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Name
The Rider
Part 2
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The Bogy Man! |
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| Courtesy of J Spoor |
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No! the following photos on my Name The
Rider Pages are not as difficult to name as this one!
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The man in black. George Charlton
says: Hello John, I came across this
photo on your Defunct Tracks
website and found it very interesting I have a
good pal Ivan Stevenson who has some
of his photos on your website, we came
across this topic, the man in black!
Ivan has a large collection of photos
from the 1920 era, he found a one very
similar and thinks it is of Les Blakebrough who rode for Stamford
Bridge and Coventry in the 1930s he
died in 1933 I hope this helps on this
matter.
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| John says: I don't know the
identity of the man in black. When I put this
picture on my name the rider pages, I never thought anyone
would name him or even hazard a guess! You and Ivan
could be right but I would like to see Ivan's photo of Les
Blakebrough send me an image by email please
John |
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The Bogy Man is:-
Les Blakebrough! |
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| David Pipes has supplied "proof" of the
identity of the man in black he is Les Blakebrough. |
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David Pipes says: The rider on the Name the Rider section on
your website is named as Les Blakebrough.
I was looking through the old issues of the Daily Mirror and
came across a picture of Les headed “The Bogy Man” in the
paper dated 18 May 1928. I am attaching a photo from the paper
(see above)
and I think that you will agree that this does confirm that
the mystery rider is indeed Les Blakebrough (1907-1978)
although the paper did misspell his surname.
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| I am also enclosing a photo (see below) of Les in action and another
(see below) with
Les and his Douglas with “ball tyre” – probably good on deep
cinder tracks but not a very useful tyre on present day slick
track surfaces !! |
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| Photo's courtesy of David Pipes |
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| ZZ Top! No! Too Many Of Them |
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| Courtesy of J Spoor |
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| In the same vein do you recognise the guys
in this team photo, personally I am not even sure they are human! |
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Doug Neath says: Hi John, Can’t help you with the
single rider, but I believe the team photo was taken at Belle Vue
in 1968 and is of the Russian side Leningrad Auto Club who rode
there in a challenge match on 27th July.
Their team consisted of:
Ivan
Andeev, Yuri Lomdotski, Gennardy Vyonov, Anatoli Belkin, Viktor
Katyuzanski, Genrikh Lemberg and Vladimir Kannunikov, though I
have no idea who is who in the picture.
Hope
this helps
Doug
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| John says: Well Doug you weren't supposed
to be able to identify either the single rider in black or the
Russians behind the masks but thank you for the names of the
Leningrad team |
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Another
Bogy Man Pic |
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| Courtesy of John
Spoor |
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| Another almost
impossible to name rider, unless you recognise the tip of his nose
that is! if you can name him please send me an email
John |
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| Another Bogy Man |
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| Courtesy of David
Pipes |
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David Pipes says: Hello John, I recently came across this
picture of a speedway rider and thought that you might like to
include it in your “Name the rider” section of your website.
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this rider John |
| John Spoor says:
This is Les Barker in 1928 at the opening of Brighton Speedway |
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| John says: I get pictures and
questions sent to me where the sender doesn't know the name of the rider or
wants information concerning our sports past and I don't have the answers! Any
help is appreciated because it would be wrong not to include historical items
just because we have no idea what the subject is about! |
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| Can you name these
tracks, year and rider's? send me an email if you can supply an answer or want
to make any points.
John
When a rider has been named the picture will eventually be transferred to the appropriate team
page along with your name and comment. |
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| If you have any items: photos or otherwise
and would like to know names and other info then please email me and
I will put it on the website. |
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| Hackney Rider |
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| Courtesy of Nigel |
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| Steve Baker says: Les McGillivray of
Hackney, I would say from 1970 (he rode for the Hawks from 67 to
70). |
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| Eastbourne 1950s Pic 1 |
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| Eastbourne 1950s Pic 2 |
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| These two pics belong to Mike Kemp.
Six riders, no names! Can you help please?
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Who Is
Ray Terry? |
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| My friend Col Greenwell says: I recently
acquired this photograph. It has on the back Frank Hodgson. It
certainly looks like Frank. What has me stuck is there is a name on
the mudguard Ray Terry. Who is Ray Terry I am wondering ? |
| John says: I would put my shirt on this
being Frank Hodgson. Did Frank borrow Ray's bike or was Frank
asked to pose for the picture on a bike and Ray's machine was
nearest the cameraman! |
| If you can throw any light on this picture
please email me John |
| Col Greenwell says: Hi John. Pic I
sent to you is not Frank Hodgson. It is Ray Parry an Eastbourne
junior, early 1950's. So that's sorted. |
| Colin Sackman says: Quite by accident I
stumbled across " Who is Ray Terry? " and the photo on the Defunct
Speedway Tracks site Name the Rider Part 2. It really intrigued me
beacuse the Ray Terry in question is my old mates dad. I remember
seeing that photo in his house when I was a kid. I don't know a
great deal more about him other than he was voted " Most Handsome
Rider " in one of the Speedway Mags. I remember his son Ron proudly
showing the Mag to us at the time....... |
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| Jim Henry's Photos |
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Jim says: The writing on photo 1 is in Spanish but where it
was taken I don't know.
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John says: Can anyone identify the rider
on the Douglas?
John |
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| Jim Henry says: I haven't a clue where photo 2 was taken - abroad
maybe ? |
| John says: So your homework for the weekend
is: Can you name either rider
and say where the pics were taken?
John |
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Gary Thompson says: Hi John, at a guess
the two photo’s could be of the same rider and maybe they
could have been taken in Argentina at the Hurricane Speedway
during the late twenties about the time Frank Varey and
others took a touring team to the country |
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Greenwell has sent the following scans from an old book he
has: |
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| John says: I like the idea that we could be
looking at pictures of the Spaniard Poto brothers known as Primo and
Secundo who were Toreadors before riding speedway. |
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| So are the photos of one, or both of the
Toreador Poto brothers? or is this a load of "Bull"! If
you can help in naming the rider in the photos or have info about
these photos, please email me
John |
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Communications |
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| John says, It's
Ole Olsen on the left and I think it is Billy Hamill on the right
(I'm not so sure), but who is that in the middle and can you confirm
it is Billy on the right?
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| Steve Baker says: Ole Olsen, Rick Miller and Bruce
Penhall. The picture was taken at Ricks testimonial meeting
held on April 12 1991. Sonic Communications were Ricks main
sponsor and they sponsored this meeting. Ole and Bruce rode
in a series of match races, which Ole won 2-1 |
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John says:
Doesn't look like Bruce Penhall to me, I think it is Billy
Hamill, but I bow to your
phenomenal memory Steve. When Bruce quit to become a
Hollywood star I watched CHIPS every week but never saw our
guy in an episode. Did anyone actually see Bruce in a
TV show or film. Maybe he should have continued
riding? John |
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| British Speedway |
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| Steve Baker says: Can only name Savalas
Clouting in y/b and Stuart Robson in red |
| John says: Was this a British Final?
What track and can you name the riders?
John |
| Steve Baker says: Pic headed British
Speedway, which I have already named Sal Clouting and Stuart Robson,
I can now confirm as heat 18 of the 1996 British Under 21 Final at
Swindon, the other two riders are Scott Nicholls in blue and Stewart
McDonald in white. |
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| John says: if you have a photo
without names please email it to me and I will put it on one of the
"Name The Rider" pages
John |
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