New Posts For Thread: Harringay Rememberedhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-rememberedAt my local track Clapton there was a near riot in the 1960s when some of the crowd set fire to the grass on the track. This followed a terrible run by an even money favourite Woodford Alan a well known and usually consistent dog but of course greyhohttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559215783#559215783At my local track Clapton there was a near riot in the 1960s when some of the crowd set fire to the grass on the track. This followed a terrible run by an even money favourite Woodford Alan a well known and usually consistent dog but of course greyhoWed, 22 Apr 2020 10:04:56 -0500sparrow,Very interesting.When Hackney was undergoing its rebuild to become the ill-fated Embassy Stadium they carried on racing but housed the punters in the old stand opposite the one being knocked down. Naturally, it was given a bit of a face-lifthttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559215579#559215579sparrow,Very interesting.When Hackney was undergoing its rebuild to become the ill-fated Embassy Stadium they carried on racing but housed the punters in the old stand opposite the one being knocked down. Naturally, it was given a bit of a face-liftWed, 22 Apr 2020 09:41:26 -0500The Knight21 Apr 20 23:17Joined: 02 Sep 01|For some reason, there was trouble at the Tote windows late on and I believe the Tote building was set alight. I'd gone home by then but it always struck me as sad that it ended like that. Could anyone elsehttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559213981#559213981The Knight21 Apr 20 23:17Joined: 02 Sep 01|For some reason, there was trouble at the Tote windows late on and I believe the Tote building was set alight. I'd gone home by then but it always struck me as sad that it ended like that. Could anyone elseWed, 22 Apr 2020 03:13:36 -0500Although I was a Walthamstow and Hackney man, I went to Harringay from time to time and can vividly remember having £6 to win £4 on Ballinderry Moth when she won the Oaks final in November 1976. She was a wonderful bitch with great early and nearlyhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559213577#559213577Although I was a Walthamstow and Hackney man, I went to Harringay from time to time and can vividly remember having £6 to win £4 on Ballinderry Moth when she won the Oaks final in November 1976. She was a wonderful bitch with great early and nearlyTue, 21 Apr 2020 18:17:29 -0500I always remember the banking of the bends in the 60s and what an improvement it made to the track.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559196357#559196357I always remember the banking of the bends in the 60s and what an improvement it made to the track.Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:46:20 -0500there was a owner joe booth who would only run his dogs on sanded tracks or bendshttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559195695#559195695there was a owner joe booth who would only run his dogs on sanded tracks or bendsSat, 18 Apr 2020 15:41:19 -0500think the stow was sanded bends before harringay not surehttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559195681#559195681think the stow was sanded bends before harringay not sureSat, 18 Apr 2020 15:39:05 -0500Used to go there Friday nights occasionally with a mate from Northern Polytechnic around 1960-70 and Hackney Thursday afternoons (?) never boosted my grant very much but enjoyed the track atmospherehttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559195173#559195173Used to go there Friday nights occasionally with a mate from Northern Polytechnic around 1960-70 and Hackney Thursday afternoons (?) never boosted my grant very much but enjoyed the track atmosphereSat, 18 Apr 2020 14:27:12 -0500One of the first tracks to have sanded bends, I believe.Hove followed sometime later.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559195035#559195035One of the first tracks to have sanded bends, I believe.Hove followed sometime later.Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:12:01 -0500Amazing Stowhound. Me and Sugar was first at Joseph Priestley in 1958 and then they joined us up with Mount Pleasant school to become Brooke House in 1960. I got an interview at Davenant Foundation due to being borderline grammar but failed that. Whahttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31641837/harringay-remembered?post_id=559190861#559190861Amazing Stowhound. Me and Sugar was first at Joseph Priestley in 1958 and then they joined us up with Mount Pleasant school to become Brooke House in 1960. I got an interview at Davenant Foundation due to being borderline grammar but failed that. WhaFri, 17 Apr 2020 17:35:57 -0500