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Crystal Palace Speedway: A History of the Glaziers by Norman Jacobs (Paperback, 2012)
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On 19 May 1928, just three months after the sport had been launched in this country at the pioneering High Beech meeting, Fred Mockford and Cecil Smith introduced speedway racing to Crystal Palace with the first international match between England and Australia, the forerunner of the Test matches. It was an immediate success with the public who flocked in their tens of thousands to witness these latter day black-clad gladiators hurtling their way round the track on bikes with no brakes at breakneck speed and flinging their bikes into a slide at the corners at impossible angles. This book looks at how speedway came to open at Crystal Palace and follows its history through the next six years as a league team operating in the world's first speedway league until its closure in 1933 and its brief revival in the late 1930s. Although one of the pioneering tracks little was known about its history until now as Norman Jacobs provides a comprehensive history covering the major events at the track, facts and figures, behind the scenes anecdotes and its larger than life characters including Johnnie Hoskins, Ron Johnson and Tom Farndon, who became the Star Riders' champion in 1933.Product Identifiers
PublisherFonthill Media
ISBN-139781781550625
eBay Product ID (ePID)114923418
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrystal Palace Speedway: a History of the Glaziers
AuthorNorman Jacobs
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
GenreSports
Number of Pages128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height235mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight300 g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorNorman Jacobs
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 29 Nov, 2018
Speedway history
I bought this as a present for a pal who is a speedway fan. He was pleased with the gift and a few days later said it was a good interesting read about a club/track he never saw as it had closed long before he became interested in the sport. So if you like to find out about old defuncted speedway clubs and tracks you should like this book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Sep, 2018
Crystal Palace Speedway roars again.
An excellent coverage of a famous speedway track and its riders, now alas, long gone, yet preserved to be enjoyed and remembered in this excellent book by fans of the sport in the present day. Recommended reading for speedway historians. Peter Wheat.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Dec, 2016
Crystal palace speedway
Excellent read . A very detail look at part of the Unknown sporting history of LondonVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
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