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R.I.P. John Hyam/Gustix/Speedyguy/Jack Keen


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As long-time speedway journalist John used to be a regular on the 'Years Gone By' thread, I thought it best to make a quick post on here. John sadly passed away on October 14 at the age of 91.

There is a thread on 'General Discussions', so I don't know if it would be possible to combine the two on here.

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19 minutes ago, Lefty said:

I'm thinking he would have been okay with Multiple 'thread' tributes? 

Only if he had posted the links himself!

Great point, actually...

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Maybe should have typed this in bold...;)

A true font of knowledge and someone who truly lived through the halcyon days of the sport and covered it too...

Always good value on here to get a debate going, and often, stirred up..!

RIP John...

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John asked for information about the speedway rider Jack Keen on more than one occasion, after he had already used the name as a forum alias. The only connection I noted was that John first saw speedway at New Cross in 1946 and Jack took part in a few second half events there at that time.  Jack had previously ridden for Oxford in 1939. I never discovered why John chose to adopt that particular alias.

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1 hour ago, BL65 said:

John asked for information about the speedway rider Jack Keen on more than one occasion, after he had already used the name as a forum alias. The only connection I noted was that John first saw speedway at New Cross in 1946 and Jack took part in a few second half events there at that time.  Jack had previously ridden for Oxford in 1939. I never discovered why John chose to adopt that particular alias.

While we're on the subject, does anyone know the story behind "Gustix"?

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19 minutes ago, chunky said:

While we're on the subject, does anyone know the story behind "Gustix"?

The Speedy Star used to have a column penned by Angus Kix, who was actually Eric Linden. Is it some reference to this? B)

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16 minutes ago, Lefty said:

The Speedy Star used to have a column penned by Angus Kix, who was actually Eric Linden. Is it some reference to this? B)

Who can forget the 'Glamour League'? Wonder what reaction that would get these days?

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6 minutes ago, BL65 said:

It would never be allowed. The idea was developed from the Speedway Gazette glamour pictures of the 1940s/1950s.

Ah, the days when birds were happy for a bunch of drooling men to see them in various stages of undress...

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