by Graham | Apr 4, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
An advert appears in the greyhound owner dated 1971, appealing for entries for races over a 400-yard straight course. The hounds show that they would be spot graded and would contest behind a Ball hare type lure. The whereabouts of this venue and how else it operated...
by Graham | Apr 2, 2019 | London Area Tracks
Hartsholme Cricket Ground, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln LN6 Hartsholme cricket ground became another of Lincoln’s Greyhound Racing venues, that would operate under temporary license organised by the Lincoln Ball Hare Promotions. The venue which still serves as a...
by Graham | Apr 2, 2019 | North West England Tracks
Hayton Lane End, Nr Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria CA8 9JB Eight miles east of Carlisle is the small market town of Brampton. It is known that a handful of Greyhound Racing enthusiasts, known as the East Side Greyhound Company, promoted meetings two miles southwest of...
by Graham | Apr 2, 2019 | North West England Tracks
maybe Sheepmount Athletics Stadium, Mayor’s Drive, Carlisle CA3 8XL Another venue to host greyhound racing within the boundaries of Carlisle was the one known as the Sheepmount greyhound track. The area of Sheepmount itself was a cluster of playing fields and a...
by Graham | Apr 1, 2019 | Middle England - South East Midlands Tracks
Notley Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 The town of Braintree in Essex becomes host to two small Greyhound Racing venues, one dated during the 1930’s the other during the late 1960’s. It is the Notley Road venue that is described in this chapter, which operated...
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