| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium 09:02 - Oct 29 with 752 views | HytheFerrytales |
You're gonna have to be old because it shut in 1963.
If memory serves it was in a complex with the Ice Rink and a dog stadium.
Speedway was really popular back then and the Southampton Saints won the National League in the very early 60's with legendary riders like Barry Briggs and Bjorn Knutsen on the team.
A bit niche but someone on here might have gone. |  | | |  |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 10:27 - Oct 29 with 631 views | PatfromPoole |
Think I may need to adjust my thinking on the median age of regulars on here....... |  |
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| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 11:26 - Oct 29 with 567 views | HytheFerrytales |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 10:27 - Oct 29 by PatfromPoole |
Think I may need to adjust my thinking on the median age of regulars on here....... |
Suitably admonished for being too old, I'll give Dignitas a call and see if they have an early November slot. | | | |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 13:20 - Oct 29 with 463 views | GRIM |
I'm not ashamed to say that Yes I was a regular at the Southampton Speedway.
My older brother used to take me, I think that I was only about 8 yrs old.
Loved it, loved the smell of the bikes & it was always a great atmosphere.
I actually found it quite scary, the speed, the noise.
You didn't want to stand on the bends because you'd get covered in muck from the track.
I remember local lad Kevin Holden riding for Southampton & Exeter, he unfortunately had a serious crash & died on the track.
Shame it ever closed, the nearest Speedway track now is Poole & been there many times. [Post edited 29 Oct 13:22]
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| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 13:43 - Oct 29 with 415 views | TimSaint |
Far too young to remember Speedway at Southampton.
My old man used to have a mate who was well into it, so we tagged along occasionally in the 80's and attended a few meetings at Poole and Reading.
I think the Reading track doubled up as a Greyhound Track, but both are long gone - maybe 20 years ? |  |
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| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 14:23 - Oct 29 with 368 views | HytheFerrytales |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 13:20 - Oct 29 by GRIM |
I'm not ashamed to say that Yes I was a regular at the Southampton Speedway.
My older brother used to take me, I think that I was only about 8 yrs old.
Loved it, loved the smell of the bikes & it was always a great atmosphere.
I actually found it quite scary, the speed, the noise.
You didn't want to stand on the bends because you'd get covered in muck from the track.
I remember local lad Kevin Holden riding for Southampton & Exeter, he unfortunately had a serious crash & died on the track.
Shame it ever closed, the nearest Speedway track now is Poole & been there many times. [Post edited 29 Oct 13:22]
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That is so evocative...thanks.
I was a budding bike nerd and was interested to know data like the bikes were 500cc single cylinder 4 strokes with no brakes.
Being young was good. | | | |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 16:45 - Oct 29 with 253 views | SouthSeaSaint |
I am pretty certain that the Speedway Stadium also hosted greyhound racing as I remember hearing the dogs whining in their kennels when watching Hampshire cricket next door.
I think the Speedway Stadium had a similar capacity to The Dell so could have potentially been the home of the Saints bearing in mind it probably was sat on a larger footprint. | | | |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 19:59 - Oct 29 with 116 views | dirk_doone |
| Anyone go to the old speedway stadium on 16:45 - Oct 29 by SouthSeaSaint |
I am pretty certain that the Speedway Stadium also hosted greyhound racing as I remember hearing the dogs whining in their kennels when watching Hampshire cricket next door.
I think the Speedway Stadium had a similar capacity to The Dell so could have potentially been the home of the Saints bearing in mind it probably was sat on a larger footprint. |
That reminds me of when I worked next to a dog restaurant in Korea. |  |
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