by Graham | Apr 30, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottingham NG17 Greyhound Racing is known to have taken place on a temporary scale as early as 1953 and as late as September 1972 in the Nottinghamshire market town of Kirkby-in Ashfield. Unfortunately, the adverts shown gives little information of...
by Graham | Apr 30, 2019 | Middle England - South East Midlands Tracks
Seven Acres, Haverhill, Suffolk One of Haverhill’s Greyhound Racing gatherings is known to have taken place during September 1931 on a Sports field known as Seven Acres. Haverhill lies 14 miles southeast of Cambridge, although the town does lie in the boundaries...
by Graham | Apr 30, 2019 | South East England Tracks
Castle Road, Salisbury It seems that the Wiltshire city of Salisbury has become the home to more than one greyhound racing venue during the sports pioneering years. This chapter describes the one known as Salisbury Stadium & Greyhound Track. It was located on the...
by Graham | Apr 30, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Watford, Hertordshire According to a Greyhound Owner cutting from a July 1957 edition, a greyhound track is mentioned as the old Riverside Track in or around Watford. Information from this cutting shows it was a wartime afternoon meeting with its location near some...
by Graham | Apr 29, 2019 | South West England Tracks
Dyehouse Lane, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9LZ It is known that a temporary greyhound track was laid amongst the meadows adjacent to Dyehouse Lane during 1952. The venue lay about half a mile west of Glastonbury town centre, at the rear of the old Railway Station. Yet...
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