Edited by Terry Walker, 06 March 2011 - 09:59.
Yarmouth Speedway team, early '50s
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Posted 06 March 2011 - 09:58
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Posted 06 March 2011 - 15:49
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Posted 06 March 2011 - 15:50
Maybe a visit to UK by NZ Southern Sharks team?
Ah! clue is in the title Yarmouth Speedway team!
Edited by picblanc, 06 March 2011 - 19:57.
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Posted 06 March 2011 - 22:42
Hi. Yarmouth were called "The Bloaters" after the localy caught herrings. The rider on the left, squatting, looks a bit like "Split" Waterman. Split had a chequered career and developed into an international gold smuggler. It was not as succsessful as speedway for him as he got caught with gold in the chassis box sections of a Triumph Herald. The bike is a Mk.2 Excelsior from 1949 or 1950. Super photo of the great post-war speedway period. Got any more?Is that a Shark motif on their chests?
Maybe a visit to UK by NZ Southern Sharks team?
Ah! clue is in the title Yarmouth Speedway team!
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Posted 07 March 2011 - 10:33
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Posted 07 March 2011 - 11:10
In among the pics I have on hand is this jewel. The rider standing on the right in Western Australia's Wally Higgs (recently died in his 90s). Fantastic atmosphere, and who are the other guys? From the original Higgs collection, now held by John Napier-Winch.
From left : Reg Morgan, Jack White, Bill Carruthers (captain), Fred Brand, Tip Mills, Bert Rawlinson, Wally Higgs.
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Posted 07 March 2011 - 14:07
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Posted 07 March 2011 - 21:15