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Good morning John, was chatting to my
brother about the old speedway in Aldershot back in the 1960's and
i mentioned to him about a track somewhere along Boxall's Lane in
Aldershot before the stadium in Tongham.
So this morning i started a search, having checked your
excellent site first to see if there was any mention of this
track. Sure enough you had mentioned it but unfortunately not
much information apart from a letter from Graham Collyer. You
asked if anyone had more information to get in touch so here i
am with what i found. , not much but a map to show where the
old track was built.
I am a local lad brought up in Aldershot, i support the local
football club and in my younger days i used to visit Reading
Speedway at the Smallmead Stadium as this was the closest
track and also Wimbledon at Plough Lane. Visited a few tracks
in the south, Exeter, Weymouth, Poole, Swindon, Eastbourne,
Oxford, Canterbury, Hackney and went to see Cradley Heath on a
saturday evening.. Saw 2 World finals at Wembley and some
others at White City. Also been to Cardiff to see a couple of
GP meetings and popped into Newport to see a meeting too.
Sorry to see the state of speedway in this country now,
unfortunately the younger generation are just not interested
in watching the sport. i must try to get around a few more
tracks before they go..
i have lots of speedway programmes including a few from
Aldershot. Aim to try to get one from every meeting of the
Aldershot club which may prove TOUGH CHALLENGE.
find enclosed map of the site of the Aldershot track
all the best, keep up the great work on the site. Regards
Chris
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