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Post by jim on Jan 19, 2011 19:14:02 GMT 1
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Post by djw on Jan 20, 2011 13:58:00 GMT 1
Another great site for photographs of riders, stadiums, etc is www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Quite a few Glasgow/Coatbridge ones on there,especially at Paisley
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Post by motofreako on Jan 20, 2011 20:49:47 GMT 1
Hi there - I actually write the MotoFreako blog which has the "Evolution of the Speedway Bike" article. FYI, there's plenty more technical posts on there regarding speedway bikes and also some historical features and photographs, including one about the Glasgow team in 1946...The photographs used on this post were given to me by '46 Tiger Maurice Stobbart himself... blackcountrybiker.blogspot.com/2010/08/glasgow-speedway-1946.htmlThanks for the link guys.... MotoFreako.
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Post by jim on Jan 20, 2011 22:31:54 GMT 1
Hi MotoFreako
Interesting blog. Good work. I'll certainly be visiting again.
Coincidentally, I was just talking to another ET member recently about John Chaplin's vintage speedway columns which used to appear in the Star. I don't subscribe any more and so don't know if they still appear. I used to thoroughly enjoy the tales of those leg trailers from years gone by. Your "Smoky" Stratton post reminded me of those.
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Post by Pail Merk on Jan 21, 2011 0:01:15 GMT 1
Nice piece of cyber-sleuthing, Jim, and thumbs up for the webwork, MotoFreako.
It's great to see the auld bikes in such good condition. Mind you, the Nixon JAP could do with the wire brush treatment and a fair dollop of elbow grease. A wee bit before Brian N's time as a Tiger, but the name stirred some Shawfield-era memories.
Always a pleasure to see the Men In Black give these mighty machines a wee skid. Still can't believe how the old-timers managed to slide 'em.
That massive Newcastle history site goes back so far they were known as the Carbons.
Did I see some reference to Charlie Monk's bike being on display in Cardiff for last year's British GP weekend or has Pail Merk been on the dreamy juice again? Surely someone of a red-and-white persuasion took a snap of Maximum's dream machine.
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