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GAINSBOROUGH Football Ground

Northholme Football Ground, North Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2QW Lincolnshire certainly has been blessed by the number of temporary greyhound tracks, with the town of Gainsborough becoming another of its towns added to that list. The sport took place at the towns...

DEEPING ST JAMES

Rundle Farm, Deeping St James, Peterborough The village of Deeping St James lies eight miles north of Peterborough in Lincolnshire. It was on the 13th of June 1931 that greyhound racing took place for the first on farmland that lay at the rear of Rundle Farm. At...

DUNHAM Schooling Track

Field House Farm, Dunham Rd, Darlton, Nottigham NG22 0TA The Dunham schooling track in Nottinghamshire, has yet to add itself to list of temporary racing venues, the simple reason is, is that it has not yet taken place, even though efforts have been made. It has at...

BOSTON Lord Nelson Field

Nelson Way, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 The Lincolnshire town of Boston has been blessed with Greyhound Racing at a number of venues within its vicinity. This chapter describes the one that took place at the Lord Nelson track during 1931 and 1932. Little is known...

BOSTON Tattershall

Tattershall Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 It seems that the large Lincolnshire spa town of Boston has played its part in history, with its sporting venues linked by amateur football and Greyhound Racing. The more recognised one was at the York Street Ground of...

EARL SHILTON

Sources of information shows that Greyhound Racing once took place in the small Leicestershire town of Earl Shilton. The town itself lies nine miles southwest of the City of Leicester and is known to have hosted the sport during the early 1930’s. Newspaper...