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Brandon Stadium and the Bees (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter skybluetony176
  • Start date Oct 2, 2019
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skybluetony176

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  • Oct 2, 2019
  • #1
Had some positive news this week Save Coventry Speedway: INDEPENDENT REPORT BOOSTS CAMPAIGN
Clearly still a long way to go but at least this is a step in the right direction.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Oct 2, 2019
  • #2
The stadium's not looking good atm though. Will it stay up long enough to see a resolution?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Oct 2, 2019
  • #3
Deleted member 5849 said:
The stadium's not looking good atm though. Will it stay up long enough to see a resolution?
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Structurally I believe it’s sound. It’s just all the glass, side panels, roof and seats are vandalised, in state of poor (no) repair etc
 

Gazolba

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  • Oct 2, 2019
  • #4
My father took me to watch stock-car racing and occasionally speedway racing (anyone remember Nigel Boocock?) there years ago.
God knows how we got there since my parents never owned a car. Went on the bus I guess.
What struck me most was the horrible noise and how very dangerous it all looked.
 

skyblueinBaku

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  • Oct 3, 2019
  • #5
Gazolba said:
My father took me to watch stock-car racing and occasionally speedway racing (anyone remember Nigel Boocock?) there years ago.
God knows how we got there since my parents never owned a car. Went on the bus I guess.
What struck me most was the horrible noise and how very dangerous it all looked.
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I certainly remember Nigel Boocock! In the days before he started wearing blue leathers, his equipment was not top class; Ken McKinlay was looking at his bike, shook his head and said "If he can score the points he does on that thing, imagine what he could do on a bike!"
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 3, 2019
  • #6
I really hope they come back as I always said I would go to watch them with my good friend Frank Smith the ex bees rider but didn’t get round to it
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Oct 3, 2019
  • #7
Back in the day, I loved going to Highfield Road on a Saturday afternoon, then to the Brandon stadium in the evening.
 
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Otis

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  • Oct 3, 2019
  • #8
no_loyalty said:
Back in the day, I loved going to Highfield Road on a Saturday afternoon, then to the Brandon stadium in the evening.
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And then to Hillfields later on still.
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Oct 3, 2019
  • #9
Otis said:
And then to Hillfields later on still.
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Never on a Saturday, I left that until the Sunday when it was quiet.
 
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LastGarrison

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  • Oct 8, 2019
  • #10
Tommy Knudsen is the name I always associated with the Bees.
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Oct 9, 2019
  • #11
LastGarrison said:
Tommy Knudsen is the name I always associated with the Bees.
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Knudsen and Kelvin Tatum, both Bees legends.
 
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skybluesam66

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  • Oct 9, 2019
  • #12
for me it was Ole Olsen
 
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skyblueinBaku

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  • Oct 10, 2019
  • #13
Ron Mountford.
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Oct 12, 2019
  • #14
Only ever went once - around 1975/76. Dad's family treat (none of us had ever been before) They raced against Hackney Hawks. I think the bees won. Never been back since and not a fan of any motor sport but there can be no question that they are a genuine sporting institution - Hope they can be resurrected somehow.
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Oct 12, 2019
  • #15
skybluesam66 said:
for me it was Ole Olsen
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I never went to speedway more than about a dozen times but remember about this time we had a rider called Ian Hindle and he nearly always finished last.
 

chiefdave

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  • Apr 17, 2020
  • #16
Why don't I find this news surprising?
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Apr 20, 2020
  • #17
chiefdave said:
Why don't I find this news surprising?
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That’s a shame
 

Bertola

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  • Apr 20, 2020
  • #18
chiefdave said:
Why don't I find this news surprising?
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I'm only surprised that it' taken so long.

Teh pictures floating round social media are heartbreaking
 

Gazolba

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  • Apr 30, 2020
  • #19
Can't read tweets.
 
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