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Post by rodders on Mar 29, 2022 12:34:15 GMT
Somewhere in family archives is a picture of my father sitting astride and wearing the leathers of Wally Kilmister a top rider in his day( google it). Often thought of sending it to Speedway Star and asking if anyone could identify the rider.
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Post by Hodgy on Mar 29, 2022 14:59:18 GMT
Somewhere in family archives is a picture of my father sitting astride and wearing the leathers of Wally Kilmister a top rider in his day( google it). Often thought of sending it to Speedway Star and asking if anyone could identify the rider. Surprised if many could identify Wally. I had to take your advice from Google. As he finished riding in 1939 you would need to be around 90 years old to have watched him ride. I’d say send it in, nothing to lose. |
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Post by rodders on Mar 29, 2022 15:40:33 GMT
Somewhere in family archives is a picture of my father sitting astride and wearing the leathers of Wally Kilmister a top rider in his day( google it). Often thought of sending it to Speedway Star and asking if anyone could identify the rider. Surprised if many could identify Wally. I had to take your advice from Google. As he finished riding in 1939 you would need to be around 90 years old to have watched him ride. I’d say send it in, nothing to lose. So would I. My father poor sod died in his early fifties from lung cancer and had never drunk or smoked. I am not sure how but he was peripherally involved in the early days of Speedway and Ice Hockey. I know that he often attended big events at Wembley Stadium using a Speedway Riders Pass. The sad thing was I never knew my father as a person and he died at a time that that my have happened. |
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Post by Hodgy on Mar 29, 2022 17:49:59 GMT
Surprised if many could identify Wally. I had to take your advice from Google. As he finished riding in 1939 you would need to be around 90 years old to have watched him ride. I’d say send it in, nothing to lose. So would I. My father poor sod died in his early fifties from lung cancer and had never drunk or smoked. I am not sure how but he was peripherally involved in the early days of Speedway and Ice Hockey. I know that he often attended big events at Wembley Stadium using a Speedway Riders Pass. The sad thing was I never knew my father as a person and he died at a time that that my have happened. That’s very sad to read. Your father didn’t drink or smoke yet died so young. My father chose the opposite lifestyle of continuous drinking and smoking, which made him quite shouty. Not violent but not a nice person to be around. It was all about his next pint. Much of my life was spent waiting in a pub car park with my brother and a bottle of coke. I do really miss not having had that father and son relationship. He made his choice and died with it 2 years ago in his early 80’s, a shell of a man. He was the one that passed on the Speedway bug to my brother and I. We’ve carried that on to date. Friday night was a Panthers night since they started, so 70’s Speedway are my earliest memories - I would run with the tapes up with my Panthers race jacket on. |
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