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sparrow
24 Feb 22 10:07
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With four Derby winners in six years in the 1960s Clapton had the best quality greyhounds of all. These photos are from 1968 but unfortunately none show the main stand.
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Report jackboo February 26, 2022 12:06 PM GMT
is george knight in any pics
Report sparrow February 26, 2022 12:50 PM GMT
I remember George Knight working there but I doubt you would recognise him from these photos.
Report jackboo February 26, 2022 1:29 PM GMT
were are you from sparrow am from holloway , i used to go w/c/the gay
hackney/catford / romford the good old days .i did go to rye house to back coffee shop in the frist race got beat so i walked out
Report sparrow February 26, 2022 2:40 PM GMT
jackboo, I was brought up in Hackney but moved to Yorkshire in 1970. My regular tracks were Clapton and Harringay although I have visited most of the old London tracks and several more besides.
Report SUNDERLAND GREYHOUND EXPERT February 28, 2022 8:54 AM GMT
sparrow I have said before I so envy your memories, It must have been great to be a regular there , know the dogs , know the form, the characters the lot. I just love your memories, your photos, and even your talking pictures.
Report sparrow February 28, 2022 10:07 AM GMT
Thank you SGE.  Just a pity that all many of us have now are memories, but time moves on I suppose. Clapton had such an incredible atmosphere with large crowds and a very strong betting market and anyone who witnessed it all in the 60s will never forget the place.
Report casemoney February 28, 2022 11:38 AM GMT
Adam Jackson a brilliant Trainer was there at one stage  ended up at the City .
Report casemoney February 28, 2022 11:42 AM GMT
Won Derby with Chittering Clapton ,and Patricias hope 1st win
Report sparrow February 28, 2022 12:56 PM GMT
Case, I recall Chittering Clapton winning his race at Clapton in the 60s in a low grade race and although the 5/2 fav was unimpressed by him. For me Paddy Keane was the top trainer at Clapton.
Report sparrow February 28, 2022 12:57 PM GMT
* Chittering Clapton winning his first race
Report matso February 28, 2022 11:34 PM GMT
A truly magical time .. We all know how easy it is to look back and say how different class it was .. But it really was ..Such a shame todays dog crowd will never see its like again .
Report casemoney March 1, 2022 4:53 PM GMT
I started in the 70s by the end of that Decade the writing was on the wall Sad So many great tracks lost , each having a special place in peoples hearts ,it is not and never will be the same , there are some  of us left that love the Sport  ,But the Fan Base has gone ,Sadly never to return . A night at the Dogs was summat to behold , Many towns with no tracks and Many tracks  at the Beck and call of Bookmakers with  stupid  Timings and Schedules , Fodder racing  Pumped out for one reason , the bookmaking industry ...  How many people attend these meetings ?
Report matso March 2, 2022 10:49 PM GMT
Casemoney ... probably like yourself used to go dogs a good few times a week .. the game was so much more alive and classy then .. Sadly I now find it so terribly boring
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