by Graham | Apr 10, 2019 | South West England Tracks
West Park, Higher St Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon, P5 The Devon city of Plymouth seems to have been blessed with Greyhound Racing during the sports pioneering days. Three Greyhound Racing venues in the city found themselves established for a good number of years as...
by Graham | Apr 10, 2019 | South East England Tracks
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham In this present day of professional football it is very difficult to accept that greyhound racing would take place at a football ground, but during the decades between The Great Wars, it seems that a handful of venues did just that....
by Graham | Apr 10, 2019 | South West England Tracks
Roborough Polo Ground, Plymouth, Devon Another of the cities that seems to have come to life during the sports pioneering years with temporary greyhound tracks, was Plymouth in South Devon. This chapter describes one of its earliest, with a track operating in the...
by Graham | Apr 10, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Manor Park Football Ground, Nuneaton, Warwickshire Although the town of Nuneaton had experienced Whippet Racing during 1927, it wasn’t until the early 1930’s that organised Greyhound Racing first appeared within its Borough. Its location was the town’s football ground...
by Graham | Apr 10, 2019 | South East England Tracks
Stedlyn, Sittingbourne, Kent The small hamlet of Lynsted is situated four miles south east of Sittingbourne in Kent. It is in this hamlet that the Stedlyn Schooling Track existed. The venue became very popular with licensed trainers from around the London area, having...
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