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Salford
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| Salford Albion Stadium, Cromwell Road,
Salford. Dirt Track/Speedway took place here on an egg
shaped track in 1928 and 1929. The sport never really caught
on and the stadium never staged speedway again although it became
a stock car venue from 1970 until 1976 |
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Salford
Albion Entrance |
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| Courtesy
of Graham Gleave |
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| Salford's
Popular Enclosure Entrance (I think the cheaper part of the Albion
Stadium?) catering for "Gents" which I presume was for the
toilets! |
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Syd
Newiss
Cig Advert |
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| Courtesy
of Graham Gleave |
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Later Pictures
Of
The Albion Stadium Dog Track
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| Courtesy of Graham
Gleave |
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| Courtesy of Graham
Gleave |
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| Graham Gleave says:
The houses on the left of the casino have been redeveloped and new
housing is there now. The Albion Casino has been rebuilt it
is now much larger and modern. |
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| AJ Ward |
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| Courtesy
of Tim Beddow |
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Local Newspaper's
Accounts Of
Salford Speedway |
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1928
Newsprint |
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| Courtesy of Graham
Gleave |
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Courtesy of Graham
Gleave
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1928 Newsprint |
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| Courtesy of Graham
Gleave |
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Dick Fletcher
1929 |
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| Courtesy
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| The
Albion Track |
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1929 Newsprint Last
Meeting Ever At Albion Stadium |
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| Courtesy of Graham
Gleave |
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| So with the above
newspaper showing attendances were poor the Salford Track closed
down for ever as far as speedway was concerned |
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1929 Speedway Programme &
A Stockcar Programme from 1971 |
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The stockcars
departed in 1976 and the stadium was demolished. The site
now houses The "Albion" Casino named after the old stadium and a
petrol station
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If you have anything relating to the
Speedway 1928 or 1929 please email me
John
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| Salford
Programme Cover |
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| 22nd
April 1929 |
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above scan is of interest as it shows the makes of bikes the 1929
riders were using and each race was contested by 6 riders! The
helmet colours too are interesting. Orange Pink & Black and
interestingly no yellow or yellow/black |
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1928 Douglas |
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Bikes like this
Douglas would have been used at Salford when speedway was held in
the city during 1928 and 1929
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