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Bert Edwards (speedway Rider)
Richard Herbert Edwards (8 February 1917 – 13 June 2008) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team. Biography Edwards was born in Liverpool but attended Hyde School in Hendon and later Goldbeaters Modern School in Burnt Oak. He was a member of the Northern Cycling Club before he and his younger brother Harry Edwards joined the Kenton and Kingsbury Motor Cycle Club. The pair gained recognition as grass track riders before moving into conventional speedway. He began his British leagues career riding for Walthamstow Wolves during the 1950 Speedway National League Division Two, where he joined his brother who was already a Walthamstow rider. In 1951, after starting the season with Walthamstow he was loaned out to Aldershot Shots and remained at the club for the first half of the 1952 before transferring from parent club Walthamstow to Cardiff Dragons The Cardiff Dragons were a Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walthamstow Wolves
The Walthamstow Wolves were a speedway team which operated from 1934 and again from 1949 until their closure in 1951. History The club opened in 1934 competing in the National League, when Lea Bridge were forced to find a new venue. They finished ninth in the 1934 Speedway National League. After the 1934 season the Wolves were forced to relocate due to noise complaints. They moved to the Hackney Wick Stadium as the Hackney Wick Wolves. In 1949 saw the track join the National League Division Two but struggled to attract good crowds, situated between Division one tracks at West Ham and Harringay. The team raced for three years but finally closed in 1951 due to declining attendance and complaints of noise from local residents. The track was later covered in tarmac for easier maintenance of the greyhound racing Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around a track. There are two forms of greyhound racing, track racing (normally aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League (1932–1964)
The National League was the main speedway league in the United Kingdom from 1932 until 1964, after which it merged with the Provincial League to form the British League.Rogers, Martin (1978) ''The Illustrated History of Speedway'', Studio Publications, , p. 20-25 Prior to 1932 there were only small regional leagues competing within the sport in the UK, with the Northern League and the Southern League merging for the inaugural 1932 season. History Initially a single division, in 1936 a second division was created, initially named the Provincial League, but becoming National League Division Two in 1938. When league racing resumed after World War II, there was initially a single division. Six clubs started a new grass roots Northern League that year, and with more tracks opening up, the National League expanded to three divisions in 1947. For several reasons, including the levels of Entertainment tax and competition for audiences from television Television, sometimes shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldershot Shots Riders
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Aldershot Urban Area, a loose conurbation (which also includes other towns such as Camberley, Farnborough, and Farnham) has a population of 243,344, making it the thirtieth-largest urban area in the UK. Aldershot is known as the "Home of the British Army", a connection which led to its rapid growth from a small village to a Victorian town. History Early history The name may have derived from alder trees found in the area (from the Old English 'alder-holt' meaning copse of alder trees). Any settlement, though not mentioned by name, would have been included as part of the Hundred of Crondall referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Church of St Michael the Archangel is the parish church for the town and dates to the 12th century with la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Speedway Riders
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2008 Deaths
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1917 Births
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Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 and 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a Vacancy (eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Edwards (politician)
Robert Edwards (16 January 1905 – 4 June 1990) was a British trade unionist and an Independent Labour Party (ILP) and Labour Co-operative politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1955 to 1987. Early life Born in 1905, in The Dingle, Liverpool. His mother was a factory worker and his father was a harbour master. He had two brothers. One died at sea in the great war and the other was a crane operator on the docks of Liverpool and a musician. he was one of the youngest Labour councillors in Liverpool, becoming a councillor in 1927, aged 22. He also led an ILP Youth Delegation to the Soviet Union, where he met Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. During the General Strike in 1926 he was a TUC messenger, delivering important messages to the Trades Union Congress from individual unions. In the Spanish Civil War, he led the ILP Contingent in the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) on the Aragon front.Orwell biography by Michael Shelden, Minerva paperback 1992 pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Speedway National League Division Two
The 1950 National League Division Two was the fifth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Summary The League was extended again to 15 teams with the promotion from Division Three of Halifax Dukes, Plymouth, Yarmouth and Hanley. Bristol Bulldogs, champions for the previous two seasons, moved up to Division One. Norwich Stars claimed the title by a single point. On 1 July 1950, two riders were killed on the same night. Jock Shead riding for Halifax Dukes was killed at The Firs Stadium, (the third rider in four years to be killed at the track) during the semi final of the National Trophy. Shead's bike collided with another bike and he somersaulted before landing, he was take to hospital but died shortly afterwards. A second rider was killed on the same night in a division 1 fixture. Final table Top Five Riders (League only) National Trophy Stage Two The 1950 National Trophy was the 13th edition of the Knockout Cup. The Trophy consisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldershot Shots
Aldershot Shots also known later as Aldershot Poppies were a speedway team that existed from 1950 to 1960, they were based primarily at Aldershot Stadium in Tongham, near Farnham. Brief history In 1929, eight meetings were held at Boxalls Lane before the sport was introduced to the Tongham track in 1950. They first competed in the National League Division Three in 1950 and were based at Aldershot Stadium, where the team finished the season in fifth place. In 1951, the finished slightly better in third place. The star of the 1950 and 1951 team was Trevor Redmond while his fellow Kiwi Geoff Mardon was also a star man. In 1952, the third division was replaced by the Southern League and Aldershot finished 7th. In 1953, the stadium was used for open meetings. A team called the California Poppies moved to Aldershot in 1957 and were renamed the Aldershot Poppies. The team competed in the 1957 Southern Area League, Aldershot reverted back to the name Shots and had one more seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Edwards (speedway Rider)
Harry Edwards may refer to: * Harry Edwards (Australian footballer) (born 2000), Australian rules footballer * Harry Edwards (director) (1889–1952), Canadian-born American director/writer at Columbia Pictures * Henry Edwards (entomologist) (1827–1891), English-born actor, writer and butterfly scientist, known as "Harry" * Harry Edwards (English footballer) (1870–after 1899), English association footballer of the 1890s * Harry Edwards (healer) (1893–1976), spiritual healer * Harry Edwards (politician) (1927–2012), Australian politician * Harry Edwards (sociologist) (born 1942), American professor, author, and civil rights activist * Harry Edwards (trade unionist) (1874–1958), British trade union activist * Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938), American journalist, novelist, and poet * Harry T. Edwards (born 1940), U.S. court of appeals judge See also * Harold Edwards (other) * Harry Edward (1898–1973), British Olympic runner * Henry Edwards (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers. It was launched in November 2011. History The British Library Newspapers section was based in Colindale in north London, until 2013, and is now divided between the St Pancras and Boston Spa sites. The library has an almost complete collection of British and Irish newspapers since 1840. This is partly because of the legal deposit legislation of 1869, which required newspapers to supply a copy of each edition of a newspaper to the library. London editions of national daily and Sunday newspapers are complete back to 1801. In total, the collection consists of 660,000 bound volumes and 370,000 reels of microfilm containing tens of millions of newspapers with 52,000 titles on 45 km of shelves. After the closure of Colindale in November 2013, access to the 750 million original printed pages was maintained via an automated and climate-controlled storage f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
