fatface Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 Had a couple of trips there in the 80s as a kid. And of all the away visits, I have to say - as a kid - the area always felt like a bit of a rough and ready place. Much more so than other tracks. I went back there to the same area many years later with the intents to shoot a video of inner city kids doing Olympic sports as a legacy piece. The reality was it was very different, very gentrified and difficult to find the grit and grime I was looking for! The kids too were annoyingly brilliantly articulate....not the poor urchins we had planned on! In a roundabout way, what I am saying is, when an area gets the "regeneration" treatment, then speedway's days in that area are numbered. It's difficult to pick out exactly where it was now, I know Waterden Road is still there, but as I understand it, the roads have also changed. Is the Copper Box now sited on the old Hackney Stadium footprint? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted June 20 Author Report Share Posted June 20 Thanks to all for taking the time and trouble to respond. Cheers, TMc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregularisback Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 Looking forward to a Your West Ham thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldhawk Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Hackney Hawks - Pride of London ! : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregularisback Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Coming in just behind the Hammers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldhawk Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 I went there as a kid in 1970 & 1971. Nice to have stadium to yourself ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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