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Crystal Palace Speedway: A History of the Glaziers
Norman Jacobs
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Description for Crystal Palace Speedway: A History of the Glaziers
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781550625
SKU
V9781781550625
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Norman Jacobs
Norman Jacobs is the author of 11 published speedway books plus 14 other books. He is a committee member of the Speedway Museum, and administrator of Speedway History Forum web site.
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