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ANYBODY UP FOR A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
ANYBODY UP FOR A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
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 just to echo IRIS, good thread. |
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just to echo IRIS, good thread. |
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whoops !!
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loved sherrys prince what a great hurdler often wondered if it was naughty in younger days.saw it do the wembley clock in a flat trial
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bbc2: the old cherry from years gone by "if it's over the jumps, it must be dodgy!" Well it applied to some but "Sherrys", never. 17 track records, 3 Grand Nationals, the undisputed Greatest Hurdler of all time.
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TMG - if only the normal punters had digital cameras back in those days.
This forum would be awash with photos. I was on my way to Charlton once, with a bird in tow. No buses or Woolwich Ferry for me  A gleaming pillar box red Mk2 Jaguar roared its way through Blackwall Tunnel. My face was also pillar box red when it ran out of facking petrol due to a faulty fuel gauge.  And so was the 108 bus that took the bird back north of the river. never to be see again.  |
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having watched a lot of hurdlers many were iffy never saw sherrys do anything wrong thats why i asked
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mr winkle: Who knows, maybe it saved you from a fate worse than death?
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It didn't, I've been divorced 3 times.
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i saw patricia's hope win its second derby at White City in the early seventies, place was packed, couldn't get a bet on the nanny goat, massive queues. She was 9-2 that night, and i had two quid on her, it was my maximum bet for at least ten more years, now its the minimum bet on here
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white city the mecca for dog racing.loved the bowler hats precision start times and super running surface.the bets being tic tac from the nobs restaurant.only learnt tic tac to read the bets
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well white city was without doubt the best track id ever been id think in early 70,s the best track in the world
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"bbc2".........I used to take bets from the restaurant on the "floor"
Mr.Bertorelli was not too keen on his diners showing down. |
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hm you foiled my cunning plan mr memory
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I always thought West Ham was the best track.
I think only Manchester White City had a larger circumference. Clapton was more like a circle than an oval. Saw Watford on telly once. looked lke there was only enough room for 4 dogs round the bends. Film notes: Harringay was in The Long Good Friday White City was in The Blue Lamp and Hackney was in the telly programme 'Budgie' starring Adam Faith |
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West Ham track circumference = 562 yards
White City, London " = 499 " Wembley Stadium " = 476 " Harringay Stadium " = 455 " Rayleigh Stadium " = 450 " Ramsgate Stadium " = 443 " Southend Stadium " = 405 " White City, Manchester " = 356 " |
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MadGhost.. in your opinion would Harringay have had the Longest Run-In.. it always seemed so to me.
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Cheltenham races mid 70s , skint , hurtle back to Catford over bridge at back , in for free , last two races , last £4 on Catella = £76 , happy days .
Late 70s , barmaid ' divorced ' , top floor of tower block in Greenwich , unfortunately only separated ...........black eye and named next dog ' Pauls Panic ' unfortunately only good enough for Maidstone , but won a fair few . |
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matso: Yes, but Walthamstow seemed pretty long as well.
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only went to westham once was it very steep terracing looking down on big track
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"bbc2".........The owners brought a football club in.
It was called Thames F.C. & it only lasted for a couple of years or so in the Football League. The ground had a capacity of 120,000 & was the largest in the British Isles. |
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I remember that it was very difficult to see all of the race from track level. I had to go to the first floor of a grandstand and only then could I see it all. I also remember the large, heavy, green blanket that was held up across the track at the pick-up to stop the dogs safely. West Ham was enormous but so was Blackburn. I don't have any dimensions for the place but have seen a photograph and it seems very big.
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I was sure I read ?(many years ago) that West Ham had the 2nd largest track circumference in the country.
I obviously got Manchester White City wrong, it wasn't Manchester Belle Vue was it ? |
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Mr winkle: Belle Vue 450 yards
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I'm not going mad TMG
West Ham WAS the second largest to some other track, but as it was back in the 1970s I can't facking remember. |
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"mr winkle" - Try Dunmore in Belfast......now closed.
Circumference...575 yards. |
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Thanks Mr Memory.
I can come off the valium now. |
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I really enjoyed all of this thread...
As someone put so well....its painful to look back,especially as we will never see it again.. Now anyone remenber a bitch called Sawbridge..I think |
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Sorry..
HACKSAW...ANYONE REMEMBER..? |
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MR.WINKLE AT THE SAME TIME AS BA THE ROVER WAS A DOG CALLED ...OLD BOOT...BOTH FAVS OF MINE
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REMEMBER ONE NIGHT AT THE WHITE CITY ALL I HAD TO ME NAME WAS 50P HAD 30P WIN THE 2 IN THE FIRST AND A 20P FC 2-4....IT CAME UP THE WIN PAID 68P AND THE FC PAID ABOUT A FIVER GOT 12 NICKER TO DRAW FOUND THE WIN TICKETS BUT COULD I FIND THE FCS COULD I HECK I WENT IN THE BRICK TOILETS STRIPPED OFF TO ME PANTS AND SEARCHED EVERY STITCH ON ME IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY AND I WAS SHIVERING STILL DIDNT FIND EM ,THAT WAS A LOW POINT I TELL YA
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hooleyhooley: Hacksaw was a brood bitch that the Savvas had. She was the dam of Westmead Champ, Westmead Bounty, Westmead Satin, Westmead Damson and many more
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never went to any of the old london tracks, before my time
though have a few videos of the derby finals at white city, have to say maybe it was just the time mid eighties, but seemed alot of trouble at the first bend and it looked rather tight to me? ballyregans bobs TR run at harryingay in the wet, whoooosh it took off, still not as good as his 31.07 for 523m at the wick though |
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They always said you needed a dog in front off the second bend at White City, (unless it was called Dolores Rocket!)
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CASHLESS-LOOKING GOOD 22 May 11 22:46
MR.WINKLE AT THE SAME TIME AS BA THE ROVER WAS A DOG CALLED ...OLD BOOT...BOTH FAVS OF MINE Also used to a dog called Fleadh Silver, used to run mostly from 3 or 4. I swear, EVERY time I left it, the bastard thing won. Another was was Never Sober, had a string of seconds that was unreal. IIRC, it was badly injured in a race when it shot out of the boxes but didn't go round the first turn, it went straight into the outside rail. |
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low point i bet callohow daly to win 1994 english derby had a grand each way at 250/1 1/4 the odds 1st 4 he finnished last can not remember anything about the night the next morning as i got legless he was still a great dog
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Mad ghost..Spot on
Before I started racing...Apparently won the TV Trophy at Catford...maybe wrong... But was bought by Savva from George Ripley[who trained my first dogs]for big money then in those days Went on to produce the start of the Westmead dinesty[sorry about spelling] |