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Miscellaneous Part 6 |
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7x
1932 Speedway News Magazines for Sale
Frenchman Leon Boulard
Wooden Legged Murderer!
Stars of Speedway
GB v USSR
USSR
More Russian Riders Jim
Henry's Items
England v Australia 1947-1953 |
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Crazy Doug
Hutchins Wembley
Speedway Postage Stamps
Munich
World Final
Two World Champions From Down Under
Charlie Spinks 1938 Badge
Ken McKinlay
Ernie Odlum 1917
Scotlands Best Riders
5-1 Heat Maximums
Cec Warren's 1928
Scrapbook |
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A Tough Aussie |
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Photos courtesy of Bob Andrews |
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Reg Fearman says: 2017. On Monday Jason Doyle had 14 screws
inserted into his right foot in Poland. Five days later he was
racing in the GP in Denmark and scored 15 points - he has been
in every final - and leads the GP with 65 points. He was
robbed last season of the World Title when injury struck near
the end of the competition, he was streets ahead on points. |
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Sydney 1946 |
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Not sure of the riders in this pic. It's possibly Lionel van
Praag on the outside with Jack Parker in the middle and Shergar on
the horizon! If you know who they are, please send me an
email
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Argentine Bound British Riders |
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Courtesy of Graham Gleave |
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This touring party were photographed on their ship the Asturias en
route to the Argentine in 1929. |
I can only name 2nd from left standing Eric Langton and Arthur
Westwood at far right standing. If you can name the others
please email me
John |
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Tom Roe's Photo Postcards |
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Tom says: Good Evening John, These
two postcards came out of a job lot in Sheffield, One is
autographed " yours in action, Charlie Gray" the other one, no
idea! They are postcards. Regards, Tom Roe. |
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Graeme Frost says: The two
photos shown above on your Miscellaneous page 6 were both taken at
the Wayville Showground in Adelaide (South Australia). Thee
one of Charlie Gray was taken on 25 November 1929. The other
one would be from around 1928 or 29.
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Ken McKinlay |
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Courtesy of J Spoor |
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John Robert Vickers (Ken) McKinlay
borne 7th June 1928 in Blantyre, Scotland. Passed away on 9th
February 2003. His nickname Hurri-Ken was given to him by Johnnie
Hoskins. |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Ken The Hunter |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Ken With His
1967 British Lion Teamates |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Ken sitting in front of his 1967 British
teamates. Off the top of my head they are: Terry Betts, Nigel Boocock,
Eric Boocock, Colin Pratt, Ray Wilson & Roy Trigg |
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Ken At
The
1967
BLRC |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Adrian says: This photo of riders at the
1967 BLRC features Dad, Gote Nordin, Ove Fundin, Charlie Monk,
Ivan Mauger and Ray Wilson. |
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Hurri-Ken & Ove Fundin Also At The
1967 BLRC |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Ken (Left) Leicester & Right Ken
A Coventry Bee |
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Davies Park Speedway
1927-2015 |
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Courtesy of Tony Webb |
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The Iceman |
Bruce Cribb |
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Bruce Brian Hoani Cribb
(born 27 June 1946) is a former speedway rider and ice racer from
New Zealand, who rode in the UK for several teams in a career
spanning over twenty years. He won the New Zealand Championship in
1972, and was a member of the New Zealand team that won the World
Team Cup in 1979. |
He competed in ice speedway
events and rode in three World Ice Speedway finals. |
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Courtesy of John Spoor |
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Speedway News Magazine |
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This is a very collectable
publication. 30 odd pages per issue. On sale from the beginning of the
sport in 1928. I have 7
issues dating 1932, from which I have copied some of the items shown below: - |
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Vol. 5. No. 5 |
May 6th 1932 |
Vol. 5. No. 9 |
June 3rd 1932 |
Vol. 5. No. 19 |
Aug 12th 1932 |
Vol. 5. No. 20 |
Aug 19th 1932 Front Covers
Shown Above |
Vol. 5. No. 22 |
Sept 2nd 1932 |
Vol. 5. No. 25 |
Sept 23rd 1932 |
Vol. 5. No. 26 |
Sept 30th 1932 |
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I am prepared to sell the 7
issues listed above, so if you want to discuss them send me an
email John |
Selling odd items from my
collection helps me pay the monthly web hosting fees. |
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Speedway News |
Arthur Jervis |
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Courtesy of John's Speedway
News Magazine |
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West Ham's Arthur Jervis
astride a first generation JAP Speedway bike, from their factory
in Tottenham. These machines were first seen around 1930 so
his could only have been a year or two old. |
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Speedway News |
Crystal Palace v Wembley
1932 |
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Courtesy of John's Speedway
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The Palace's Ron Johnson
darts between the Wembley riders. |
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John S Hoskin's Novel |
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"Crashin' Through" |
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A Speedway Thriller |
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Courtesy of John's Speedway
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John S Hoskins was speedway's
major entrepreneur. Here we see from an advert in a 1932
edition of the Speedway News Magazine, Johnnie had turned his hand
to penning a novel and also had written a song. |
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Speedway News |
Dirtrack
AJS |
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The Jack Chapman Story |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News magazine |
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The Jack Chapman story shown above is from the Speedway
News. The Speedway News is a very collectable 30 odd paged
speedway magazine pre-dating the Speedway Star. I have 7
issues from the 1932 season. If you would like to buy them
please send me an email so we can discuss.
John |
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Speedway News |
England v Australia
1932 |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazine |
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Stamford Bridge staged the
first official test match against the Aussies on 4th June 1932.
The Speedway News devoted 3 big pages to preview the meeting.
This issue of the Speedway News Magazine has pictures of the two
captains as shown below: - |
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England's
1932 Test Captain |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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I confess to being a bit of a
petrol-head, so the bikes pictured in the 1932 magazines intrigue
me, like Colin's machine shown above. Colin's bike has
definitely got a JAP engine but the tank, frame, forks, handlebars
and exhaust are not bog-standard JAP items. The Tottenham
company may have offered alternative equipment to customise their
bikes or maybe Colin was a dab hand at engineering and put
together his own bikes from any parts available. |
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Australia's 1932
Test Captain |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Frank's bike appears to be a
JAP but it has features of a Rudge about it. If pressed I
would say it is a Rudge |
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Speedway News Test Match |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Norman Parker 1932 |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Norman Parker on a Rudge |
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Speedway News |
Joe Francis |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Speedway News |
Vic Huxley |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Speedway News |
Frank Arthur |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Speedway News |
Ron Johnson |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Speedway News |
Dick Smythe |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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Speedway News |
Jack Ormston & Alex Peel |
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Courtesy John Skinner's 1932
Speedway News Magazines |
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All 7 magazines are in
excellent condition despite being 86 years old. I will
consider any offer John |
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1956
World Final |
Programme |
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Courtesy of Adrian McKinlay |
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Speedway Chariot Racing |
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My mate Keith "Jack O Diamonds" Dyer
doesn't send me much for the website but when he does they are
usually real gems like the above picture.
Keith says:
Hi John, I found this in a 2012 Rye House programme. No idea of
date or track. Certainly seen nothing like it before. |
John says: My thanks to Rye House
for the chariot picture [ if you don't want me to put it on the
website just say so and I will remove it] |
The bikes /horses appear to be Harleys
and I think the rider in white is Charlton Heston better known as
Ben Hur! |
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Ian Hoskins |
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Courtesy of Martin Fasola |
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Scottish Riders |
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Norrie Isbister & Drew McQueen
1929 |
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Is this the best photo on my entire
website? Well maybe not, but it is in my
top twenty, there are many excellent photos dotted around the many
pages making up the website. Norrie and Drew laid their Douglas machines low and
I will bet both riders kept upright after this corner and
continued to race. |
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The Hurri-Ken |
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The Templetons |
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The Fife Flyers Doug & Willie are shown guesting in Newcastle
kit in 1961. The Templeton brothers kept Scottish Speedway going
for a number of years. |
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George Hunter |
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George Hunter joined Newcastle in 1970 |
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Bert Harkins |
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Jim McMillan |
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Doug Templeton Jim McMillan & Willie
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Kenny McKinna |
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Courtesy of J Spoor |
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I have supplied pics above, for in my
opinion, Scotlands
best riders. If you can come up with better riders please
email me here John
and no! Charlie Monk was not a Scot! or Reider Eide either! |
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World Under 21 Programme |
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Courtesy of Graham Gleave |
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Rye House Programmes
1954 & 1962 |
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The Rockets were previously known as the
Red Devils |
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Rowley Park South Australia Poster |
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Two World Champions
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Above Left: Jack Ellis Young (born - 31 January 1925 in
Adelaide, South Australia died 28 August 1987 in Adelaide) was a
world champion in 1951 and 1952. By winning the 1951 and 1952
World Championships, Jack became the first Australian to win two
World Championships in any form of motorsport. He attracted
as a fan young Ivan Mauger before Ivan started winning titles
himself.
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Right: Ronald Leslie Moore
MBE (born 8 March 1933)
is a former New Zealand international rider. He twice won the
Individual World Speedway Championship, in 1954 and 1959 he paved
the way for his Kiwi countrymen Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger. |
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Munich
World
Final |
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Graham Gleave has sent the two Munich
World Championship Final pictures. Thank you Graham |
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Czech Golden Helmet Winner
Tony Rickardsson |
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Courtesy of Graham Gleave |
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Graham Gleave With Tony
Rickardsson |
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Action From Birmingham |
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A fantastic picture Cyril Roger (Norwich) Eric Boothroyd
(Birmingham) Phil Clarke (Norwich) Ron Mountford (Birmingham) |
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Douglas May
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Hello John, I am Avalon Eastman and I am looking into my father's speedway record and
wonder if you have any information at all you can share.
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His name was Douglas May Hutchins, know as
"Crazy Hutchins" and rode in the 1930s for Manchester Belle Vue,
Preston, Poole Pirates and was a "Star Signing" for Southampton
Saints. He had to give up when he broke his left ankle
and this coincided with the outbreak of WW2 when he joined the
Royal Signals. He had a Radio shop in Parkstone,
Poole. I used to have some programmes with his photo
on the front but some time ago gave these to his old school for
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information please email his daughter here
Avalon Eastman |
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Pardubice
Czech Republic |
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Courtesy of Graham Gleave |
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A big fast track. The scene of many
a drama in international speedway. If you have any
info/pictures or programmes please email me
John I cannot help but
compare this track to my home track Newcastle's Brough Park which
I think would fit into the Pardubice centre green! |
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Wembley Speedway
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Hans de Kloet of the
Netherlands has sent the following image of British Postage
Stamps. Hans is looking for information on the smaller 1936
pictures supposedly of Lionel Van Praag winning his world title at
Wembley.
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I am showing below 2 enlarged extracts
from the sheet pictured above, featuring the 1936 Wembley world
champion Australian Lionel Van Praag. The dotted matrix is
how the stamp was printed so I could not remove the dots.
Hans doubts the picture and he may well be right to doubt it!
I don't know if the photo is Lionel at Wembley but I think not as
there appears to be a roof low down unlike Wembley and the bikes
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John says: I,
like Hans doubt the stamps and I think it isn't Wembley in 1936
but is it Lionel Van Praag? I cannot tell that! It is maybe a
picture of him riding elsewhere. If you can supply any
information on this please email me
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Ernie Odlum
1917 |
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Ernie Odlum Story |
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Ernie Odlum
1917! Was he the "first" Speedway Rider |
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Tony
Webb says:
Ernie Odlum a great story
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Queensland Speedcar
Champion Barrie Watt
gave me a
newspaper cutting from
August 13 1917.some information that will upset
speedway history!!! Old time speedway rider Ernie Odlum,
advertised as coming from Toowoomba, won the motorcycle handicap
at Brisbane Cricket ground riding an Indian machine! The event was
advertised as a Motor Gymkhana
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Ernie then won the Queensland 3 and 20 mile Champion Deagon 5/11/1921
Queensland 10 mile sidecar champion 1/8/1925 Australian 6 mile
Champion 1928 and Deagon 5 mile Champion 1928 and two Queensland
titles at Deagon on November 5 1921
He also rode in the first meeting at the Ekka on October 16
1926.
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1930 found him penniless living in a tent
at Amity point North Stradbroke Island, he survived for a
number of years by breeding Angorah rabbits and fishing
he then smoked
and sold them. An upturn in his fortunes came when he won 100
pound in the Golden Casket. He then purchased a truck and started
a delivery service. built a house and took a bride. He was a major
influence in the building of the original Amity Point Community
Centre Truly a
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the life of Mr Odlum, a rags to riches. journey that was repeated
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North Arm Speedway
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North Arm
Speedway was the first dedicated
motorcycle speedway ever
built in
Adelaide,
South Australia and was
located in the
industrial suburb of
Gillman. It was run by the
Speedway Riders' Association of South Australia and ran from 1981
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International Action |
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Leigh Adams, Craig Boyce, Josh Larsen and
Joe Screen |
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The Late Kelly Moran
RIP & Ronnie Correy |
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GB v USSR |
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GB v USSR matches 1964/65 were great
adverts for speedway and we turned out at various tracks around
the UK in droves to witness Russians racing in Western Europe for
the first time. I saw one of the USSR meetings held at
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John says: GB v USSR in the 1960s |
Aussie Steve Magro sends this picture of GB versus USSR, asking :-
Is this Ivan on the left?
Nigel Booey on right.
John says: I think so Steve.
I would say yes to Nigel Boocock on the right but Ivan on left? just a maybe.
I am amazed that I cannot be definite about Ivan. He was my childhood hero
at Newcastle. The handlebars made speedway bikes what they were in the
60's. Perhaps modern day bikes need to revert to these old style bars to
make our sport more attractive to spectators. I particularly like the bars on the
Russian's bike clipped onto the top of the front forks. The
JAP bikes used old style forks that you couldn't clip the JAWA/ESO
bars onto.
So can you confirm the 2 GB riders as Ivan and Nigel, if so send me an email here
John |
Dave Gifford says: Hi John mate.
The photo of Booey and Ivan. I would say it is definitely not Ivan and that it
could be Brian Brett. good to see the Toon back in business. giffy |
John says: Thanks Giffy. Yes I can see
that this could be Brian (Pommy) Brett. You and I should be able to spot
Brian. Anyone else want to comment? Yes the Toon are doing well, both
Toons are, Speedway and Football. The Diamonds riding high and Newcastle
United back in the Premiership, winning 6-0 last week
John |
Lee Dunton says: Hi, came across the photo on the website
and it's definitely Booey but I think the other English rider is Trevor Hedge,
however, could be wrong....
Great website. Lee |
Mike Page says: I believe the identity of riders in
the photo headed "Ivan and Booey" in the Name the Rider section of your
website is solved. Brian Brett is leading with Nigel Boocock behind him, Vitaly
Shilo (Y & B) on the outside and Boris Samorodov just outside Booey. The race is
Heat 5 of the GB Vs Russia Test at Wembley on 4/7/64. The photo was in Speedway
Star a week or so after the match. Shilo was badly hurt in a later race in the
same match. Ivan did not ride in any of the matches against Russia in 1964
and 1965. Trust this resolves the issue. |
Mike Page again, he says:
The shot was in Speedway Star dated 10 July
1964 and Speedway Post dated December 1964. Both agreed the English pair
were Nigel Boocock and Brian Brett, but the Star said the Russians were
Samorodov and Shilo whereas the Post said they were Kurilenko and Kadirov. I
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John says: We called them "The Russians"
but officially they were Soviets from the USSR
or as they called themselves the CCCP. Whatever the name they went under
they were a fantastic
touring side in the cold war era that was the 1960's. I can identify Gab Kadirov and Igor Plechanov the rest are a mystery to me so help me please with
their names and the track
John |
Lee Dunton says:
The Russians, 2nd from the left I think is Gennady Kurilenko, (forgive the spelling) 4th from the left is definitely Boris
Samorodov. |
Nick Short says: Gabdrakhman Kadirov, Gennady Kurilenko,
Anayoly Gruzintsev, Boris Samorodov, Yuri Chekranov, Igor Plechanov. |
Alan Charles says: Hi John that pic of the
"Russians" was taken at Coventry in 1964 and it was the first time they'd
ever been to GB. The D. Di Mascio ice cream van was always parked on the
"Coventry" bend, how much more charming than turns three & four. The other,
pits end of the track was the Rugby bend. |
Note the nice touch of the
national costume. That is down to the super showmanship of Charles Ochiltree
who also had a fleet of brand new Triumph Spitfires (Coventry-made) to
parade both teams around the track in pairs. The Russian guys seemed very
happy to be here and contrary to what the cold war might have you believe
they were friendly, handsome and sporting opponents. You can see the crowd
was a good one, they are stood right the way down the terracing. |
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the time Coventry was Sky Blue mad, the football team were doing well so to
raise the profile of this unique event, for weeks before stickers
proliferated around the city saying "the Russians are coming!". Our
headmaster got a bit peeved about it so he made an announcement in assembly
one morning by way of promoting the event in the hope that the stickers
would stop appearing in the classroom windows! |
The meeting was very close
with GB running out winners 56-52 I think. The GB power team was Ron Mountford & Ken McKinley who both rode for the Bees I'll root the programme
out sometime. Anyone who was there will never forget Gab Kadirov who caught
a footrest in the fence and bounced half the length of the back straight
only for him to remount and get a third on account of another rider having
an EF! |
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bikes all arrived in a team coach and we all marveled at the fold back handlebars and extra long saddles on
the Jawa Eso bikes |
Fabulous warm sunny night with red ants swarming
all over the concrete terraces ruining anyone's ice-blue jeans if they sat
on them. The GB guys were all immaculately turned out, Ron How wore a white
hankie instead of a leather face mask which looked so smart against his
black leathers. Briggo looks a bit dusty! Booey & Broady looked fantastic in
their Blue and Red leathers respectively. Kindest regards, Alan Charles |
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programme scan which names most of the
Russians. Gab Kadirov sticks in my mind as he had a Beatles hair do! |
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Leningrad |
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Graham Gleave has sent me this team photo
which he says is the Leningrad team. The race jacket is one
I haven't seen before, perhaps it means something to Russians? |
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Leningrad's Ivan Andreev |
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Ivan appears at far right in the
Leningrad team photo shown above |
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More Images Of
Soviet Riders
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Igor Plechanov & Viktor Trofimov |
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Courtesy of Graham Gleave |
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Gennadij
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Speedway Researcher
Jim Henry's Items On Speedway's Pioneers |
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Scotsman Jim Henry often sends me items
he has uncovered. Usually Scottish items but occasionally
general items. I am pleased to display the following
pictures, newspaper items etc. Jim uncovered the following
items from the archives of the "Sunday Post", to whom I am very
grateful as without the interest shown by our newspapers like the
Post much of the sports past, names and events etc would have been
lost to us. |
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The above items relate to pre second
world war, Glasgow White City and Edinburgh Marine Gardens |
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John says: Bill Dickie shown above,
sporting the typical crash helmet of the era! The high crown
served no useful purpose in the event of a crash. These
early helmets were made of cork and did not protect the riders
face or jaw. I had Kid Curtis' helmet loaned to me for a
while. It was just like Bills, shown above and I tried it
on. It was very uncomfortable and as I was used to riding a
Royal Enfield on the roads late 1960s/70s with a modern helmet I
wondered just how protective the old cork pudding basin helmets
were! There were many head injuries in speedways early era
and a few deaths from head injuries so I guess the old cork
helmets were no real protection in a high speed impact. |
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John says: Jim sent me this clipping re
Tiger Sanderson. Tiger rode regularly in my home town,
Newcastle but not at the famous Brough Park track, home of the
modern day Newcastle Diamonds. He concentrated on
Newcastle's other track Gosforth Park where he was the big name.
Newcastle Gosforth lasted 1929-1931. I don't understand the
clippings references to Medium Weight and Heavy Weight etc but
obviously Heavy Weight referred to the better riders? The
other rider (above right) Is Scotsman Norrie Isbister, who with
Drew McQueen was a leading light of early Scottish Speedway. |
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this means (re Charles Sanderson). This was two of the
classes in the Scottish Championships staged at St Andrews
beach in the late 1920s. Not really studied in detail
but I'm sure heavyweight was the larger capacity machines
whilst lightweight was smaller capacity machines. The annual
events were reported in Scottish press and specialist
motorcycle magazines. When I've time I'll see what I can dig
up. Sanderson was a regular competitor in motorcycle events in
Scotland before and after is dirt track days.
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Jack Parker On A Douglas |
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English superstar Jack Parker was well
known to speedway fans of the Scottish tracks. Jack is shown
here riding a Douglas Dirt Track bike. Douglas machines
dominated in the late 1920s but by 1930 they faced a stiff
challenge by Rudge and then the JAP machines. |
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John says: I
think the above picture is of Eric Langton. Correct me if I
am wrong
John |
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James Valente fixing a puncture on his
AJS machine. British bike AJS was quite successful on the
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1930 England |
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1931 England |
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England v
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I believe the following images from Don Price are relevant to
riders who took part in the England/Austrailian
internationals in that period. Can you help with riders names, tracks and
years, or any other info
John |
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Les "Smiler" Wotton |
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Steve Baker says:
Hello John, hope you are keeping well. I see you have
some new photo's from Don Price, which no one seems to
have named yet, so I thought I would have a go, though
I am not so hot on pics from this period. Firstly, I
would say they are all from circa 1947/48
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Steve Baker says: This is Les Wotton of Wimbledon |
Col Greenwell agrees:
Les "Smiler" Wotton. (Wimbledon race jacket).
(Rode for them 1947-49) |
John says: Would the
"Smiler" nickname have anything to do with Les'
gappy teeth? |
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Archie Windmill
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DP2: John says: The scan has an autograph apparently
Archie Windmill can anyone substantiate this
John |
Steve Baker says: This is
definitely Archie Windmill of Wimbledon
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Col Greenwell says: Arch Windmill. Rode for
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Heat Maximums |
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Rowan Watt has sent an image of a
Crayford v Berwick and Workington programme 15th July 1980.
The meeting was a double header, perhaps Berwick did a lot better
than Workington? Crayford are in a select club of teams that have
scored a 5-1 in every heat, in fact in this match they also had a
5-0 in heat 2. |
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Crayford 65 Workington 12 |
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All 7 Crayford riders were on full or
paid maximums and Workington's Ian Robertson top scored with 4
points, I will not embarress the rest of the comets! In 1980
we had 13 heat matches which would have returned a perfect score
of 65-13 but this match finished 65-12 due to both Workington's
riders in heat 2 falling and neither remounted to finish the heat.
If you know of any other whitewashes please scan the programmes
for me John |
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Harry Saunders |
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DP3: A great picture showing Excelsior on the
fuel tank. Excelsior made road bikes and speedway
frames. This bike would have housed a JAP engine. |
Steve Baker says: This is Harry Saunders
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Col Greenwell says: .???....Annoying... I have
seen the pic before...can't give the name..!!!
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George Wilks Left & Charlie May |
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DP 4: A great pose in menswear circa 1946/48. |
Steve Baker says: George Wilks
and George Saunder |
Col Greenwell says:
Looks like George Wilks on the left. Have a look
on your
Wembley
page in the A-Z. He rode for Wembley 1946-54.
Missed 1949 when he was at West Ham |
Fred Pallett says: George
Wilks is on the left and Charlie May on the right.
They were both riding for Wembley in 1946-47, so the
photo was probably taken during that period. By 1948,
May had moved to Walthamstow. Wilks remained with
Wembley until his retirement in 1952, except for the
1949 season when he was loaned to West Ham to cover
for the injured Eric Chitty.
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Bill Matthews Left &
Unknown On The Right |
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DP5: A great pic for what is the rider on the left
saying! Did he suffer from flatulence, I wonder! |
Steve Baker says: Picture taken at Custom House, West
Ham, the guy wearing the Hammers jacket is Bill
Matthews, though I am not sure about the other chap.
Perhaps Archie Windmill again? |
Col Greenwell says:
On the right
looks like Arch Windmill again to me. |
The above photo's owner
Don Price says: "My dad was a speedway fanatic. He had a poster and sign
writing business and supplied most of the posters plus the
visiting riders name boards for the pits. He became good
friends with the owner Les Marshall.. I think his favourite rider was Graham Warren ( a real superstar then)
and later Alan "Wacker" Hunt. I could write a book on this
era alone!! Hope you enjoy the pics." Don Price |
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John says: These 5 photos are 60 + years
old. My thanks to "DP" Don Price for sharing them with us. |
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Don Price has sent
us some further photos, which I
have added to the Harringay and West Ham pages in the
websites A-Z.
He sent one more photo for naming It is from an England v
Australia test match, have a look below and let me know if
you can name the riders and the track |
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DP6: Steve Baker says: I think this is New Cross
1950 and the riders are Cyril Roger, Bill Longley, Tommy
Price and Aub Lawson |
John says: These riders are queuing
along the white line. I would say they were very skillful to
ride so close or maybe the photo was taken a split second before
they came to grief |
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1935 Australian Team |
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1948 Australian Team |
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Grass Tracking Photo |
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Steve says: This photo features Queenstown New Zealand I guess about 1940's 8
riders around the rugby pitch. Does anyone else have the photo and can you
supply more info. The bike in front could have the BSA emblem on its petrol
tank
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1953 Amsterdam |
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Amsterdam 1953 can you name anyone in the line up?
John I can
see Reg Fearman in the centre |
Bob Bath says: The only one I can pick out is good old Reg
Fearman, he’s the tall guy in the middle with the Leicester Hunters
race jacket. Cheers Bob Bath |
Reg has become a friend of mine we exchange emails all the time.
So Reg Fearman says: Some of the
stars of the day in the photo are from the right Phil Bishop, Roy
Craighead, Jock Grierson, Fritz Dirtl, Josef Hofmeister, me, and
Henny Kroeze's father. When I get home I shall look at the original
and see if there is any more I can identify. |
Henny Kroeze says: About the picture from Amsterdam: I am not
sure it is Amsterdam,could be Rotterdam! It is not 1953, it is
1954. The Result from 1953 on the 10th of august was as follows:
Tonny Kroeze17 points Kiehn Bertelsen 16 points This was after a
runn off.#th was Jonker 13 Andersson11 Howdy Byford 11 Josef
Hoffmeister 9 Albin Siegl8 Ronny Ganz7Fransdon6 Molef6 Wilf
Plant6 Phil Bishop5 Stabirk4 Mytchel2 Newton2 Laudrum1.
Results Rottredam 1954
Andersson13 TonnyKroeze13 Kiehn BertelsenJack Grierson12
JimmyCooch Seidl10 Kesselmans9 Murphy6 Hoffmeister4 Erhardt 3.
Searman 2. These are the results that i found out. Searman was
riding for New Zealand. You must have ridden under a false name
and a false nationality. He Reg I think you were blackriding
hahaha.Hope you likei t ,if you want to know more we have a nice
speedway museum in Holland so if you come over i could take you
there. Bye for now and regards!!
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Great Britain |
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Courtesy of Nick Short
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I can see Brian Brett, Mike Broadbanks, Nigel
Boocock, Ken McKinley and Barry Briggs wearing the union flag so that is 4 to
name
John
When I look at the
old Japs with Cow Horn handlebars I wonder about modern bikes and their short
bars. Why did they change? Bring back the old bars on modern bikes, I
suspect the racing would be more spectacular. I will ask a couple of
riders from the 60's about this. |
Ivan Mauger says: Hi John. The Bars were big on the JAPS as there was a lot of
dirt on the tracks those days going into the corners. Now not so much, Briggo
called me Spouts in 1958 as I had my bars low. It has taken the modern riders 50
years to catch up with me! Cheers Ivan |
Ian Jaycocks says:
Dick
Fisher, Brian Brett, Ron How, Ron Mountford, Tommy Price, Mike Broadbanks, Nigel
Boocock, and the wonderful Ken Mckinlay, Barry Briggs on bike, looks like Kens
bike, Briggo never had a JAP that was that good looking. |
Nick Short Says: L to R – Dick Fisher, Brian Brett, Ron How, Barry Briggs on
bike, Ron Mountford, Tommy Price (manager), Mike Broadbanks, Nigel Boocock, Ken
McKinley. |
Lee Dunton says: Dick Fisher (Belle Vue), Brian
Brett (Swindon), Ron How (Wimbledon/Oxford), Ron Mountford (Coventry), Tommy
Price, Mike Broadbanks (Swindon), Nigel Boocock (Coventry), Ken McKinlay (West
Ham), Barry Briggs (Southampton/Swindon) on bike, only a guess where they were
riding at that time. |
Lee Dunton says: My feel on the handlebars was that
Renthal made some shorter straighter bars for the longer tracks, less wind
resistant, they took off in Aussieland then everyone bought them. this was
around the early mid seventies. Personally it made identifying riders harder,
when they had their own distictive shaped bars when coming to the tapes you
didn't need a programme to know who was lining up where. |
Colin Jewes says: I acknowledge the cowhorn handlebars on a Jap look
great, as for many of us they were of the time of our formative speedway
years. However, they just didn’t sit right within a Jawa frame.
In 1971 when Brum re-opened I was dope-&-oiling for skipper George Major
who was pretty much king pin around Perry Barr, (but not the Perry Barr
track of today, 2014.) George was still riding a Jap, and took a lot of
friendly stick from other riders when they saw his machine. With his
success he was able to a buy a brand new bike, a Jawa, understandably,
but to which he transferred his cowhorns. His scoring went right off and
he was struggling! After several meetings he re-fitted the bars that had
come with the Jawa and his scoring was back into double figures. The
riding position of cowhorns in a Jawa just isn’t the same as when in a
Rotrax-type frame.
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This picture was taken at a test match at
Berwick in 1972 I think. "Young England" v Scotland but not
a "young Scottish side" the considerably older Hurri-Ken McKinley
is crouching at the far right and the evergreen Templeton brothers
also not young were riding for Scotland. |
Steve Brown says: This
was actually held on June 5th, 1973, and was the first of a three-match series.
Scotland won 3-0, by scores of 60-48 (Berwick), 70-38 (Sunderland), and 66-42
(Teesside). From L to R Young England : Peter Reading, Frank Auffret, Bruce
Forrester, Mitch Graham, Graham Jones, Geoff Davies, Dave Gatenby. Scotland :
Doug Templeton, Wattie Robertson, John Wilson, Andy Meldrum, Mick Beaton, Jimmy
Gallacher, Willie Templeton, Ken McKinlay. |
John Wilson (pictured) says: Wattie is between Andy
Meldrum
and Jimmy Gallacher |
Grant Crawford says: I daresay you have already
been given corrected details of the photo but in case you have not the rider
next to Dougie Templeton (2nd left) is Ally Brady. His son Ross rode for
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kings Lynn & Peterboro' a few years back until injuries took
their toll. Love the site Regards, Grant |
Bob Ferry says: Hi John, On your defunct tracks
site, name that rider section, someone states that in the England v Scotland
series, Scotland won 3-0. Well I don't know about the other results but at
Sunderland England won 70-38, and I think England were too strong for Scotland
at that time. Wouldn't be surprised if it was England winning the series 3-0 and
not Scotland.
Best Wishes, Bob |
Steve Cummins says: Dave Younghusband
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Australia
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1950's
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John says: Can anyone help with names/track/year for this
photo please
John Reg Fearman says:
From the
outside. Aub Lawson, Dent Oliver, Bill Longley, ?
Mike Kemp says:
the
rider on the inside is Jack Parker
John says:
can anyone name the track?
John |
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Stars of
Speedway
Circa 1949 ish! |
Scans of a booklet from around 1949
received. I am showing this excellent little publication in all of
it's glory below:- |
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The booklet only
measures five 5" by 3.1/2" . I
hope you
like it. It is a little different.
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Leon Boulard
Champion Of France
1934
& 1935 |
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I have been corresponding with
Jean
Boulard. It is a bit
difficult as he only speaks French and I only speak English, (yes
ok! I know, I am a Geordie so it is debatable that I actually speak
English!). Anyway, I used "Google Translate" and have ended
up with Jean's words translated into English. Allo Allo! Listen
carefully I will say this only once! |
Jean Boulard says:
Hello
John,
I only
speak
French!
Photos
of my
father.
The
name
Leon Boulard
speedway
driver
of 1933
at
1939. After the
war in
1945
the last
stage
competition montrouge
Buffalo
(Paris).
French
Champion of
1934,
1935.
He raced
in England,
stadium
of
Wembley, Deutchland, Belgium,
Czech
Républic France
(city
Le Havre and
Paris)
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Jean Boulard says:
The English "pilot" on right Westwood |
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Jean Boulard says:
Above, in center my father
Leon Boulard
with 2 other pilots Ofeker and Béranger
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Jean Boulard says:
My
father Leon in
3rd
from left
with
English
and
Australian
Team |
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Jean Boulard says:
VIVE LA MOTO
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
My thanks to Jean. The website is all the better for the
colour tinted photographs featuring his father Leon Boulard. |
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Jean's
Matchless CSR 650cc
Cafe Racer |
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Jean Boulard says:
This tribute
I owe you
John Skinner,
I will have
't
like my father
is present.
Again
thank you,
to review
your
site which is best on internet.
The England
country
that
Papa
loved
so much.
I ride
today
a British
Matchless.
This was my
first bike
at the age
of 16 years
today
to 75 years,
I found my
childhood
memory!!!!! All my
Friendship
Jean |
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Wooden
Legged Murderer Allegedly! |
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Dave de Temple |
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Who is this and can you tell me anything about the venue and the
rider?
John |
Paul Brassell says: This is
Dave de Temple who is American |
US rider Jim Painter says:
Hi John, You want to know more about Dave De temple? Well He use to ride with me and
our other friends at a little mini bike track called Atlantis Park. Dave,
Shawn Mc Connell, Shawn and Kelly Moran, Louis Kossuth, Myself and others
races the national Mini Cycle series in California USA. he rode a Honda xr 75
cc until he was 16 years old. He then started riding speedway with us. Did
you also know that he has a wooden right leg? Yep That's true a wooden leg.
He did pretty good for a peg leg. last I heard he was in prison for murder.
I do not know if it is true but that is what I heard.
Jim Painter |
John says:
Thanks Jim and if it turns out that Dave wasn't/isn't in prison
I will remove the offending item
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Graeme Frost says: I see on your website there is mention of Dave
De Temple being in jail for murder. I don’t know if this is true
or not, but I don’t think it should be on the website unless there
is some verification. |
Anyway (Did he mean "Anyone") can say anything about anybody
without verification. How many people would have read the website
and assumed it is true, and repeated it, when it may well be
wrong. A quick Google search shows there is a Dave Temple in
jail for murdering his wife but that certainly isn’t the former
speedway rider. Regards Graeme Frost |
John says: Hi Graeme, It isn't I whom is saying Dave de Temple is
in prison, it is Jim Painter who thinks he is. Please don't
shoot the messenger (Me!) |
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Charlie Spinks
1938 Badge |
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John says: A Spanish Antique Dealer has been in touch. He is
Miguel A Gallardo and he says: - |
Dear skinner: My
name is Miguel Angel, Im from Spain and I know
about your internet publications of speedway
cup history en England. I have and antique
shop in Spain and last year I buyed a
beautifull silver medal. This object it was
for one of the champions of this cup in 1938
mr Charles Spinks.
I only wish said you if
this piece could have interest for any people or
museum in England, because here in Spain the
speedway cup is anything nowhere and its not
usual.
Im sorry for my english.
Thank you for your atention.
Sincerely:
Miguel A Gallardo. |
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John says: Miguel is in antiques to make
his living so if you want to buy this badge send the guy an email:
his address is as follows: -
gallardorestauraciondearte@gmail.com
The rear of the badge is hallmarked. If it is silver it
could be worth a few Euros! |
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