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The Golden Age of Speedway

By (author) Philip Dalling
Foreword by Reg Pearman
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: The History Press Ltd, Stroud, United Kingdom
Published: 9th Mar 2011
Dimensions: w 167mm h 245mm d 6mm
Weight: 415g
ISBN-10: 0752458310
ISBN-13: 9780752458311
Barcode No: 9780752458311
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The post-war era was British speedway's golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport's peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times. A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity. A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension. Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain's economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.

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