In 1930 the Bexleyheath and District Motorcycle Club started making plans for a grass speedway track on land known as the Crayford Fairfield that had hosted travelling fairs for a reported 500 years. [1 ] The first speedway meeting was held…
Swindon Stadium, also known as the Abbey Stadium, is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing track and former speedway track in Blunsdon, Swindon, England. [2 ] Greyhound racing currently takes place every Monday…
The track was often referred to as 'The Frying Pan'. It was built inside the greyhound track and had banking all the way round. [2 ] At the time of its closure in 1969 the stadium had a capacity of 26,000. [3 ] The stadium was demolished in…
It hosted professional sprint races, track and field athletics, including the Scottish Amateur Athletics Championships on a number of occasions, professional football, international rugby, cycling, and dog races as well as boxing, quoits…
The trees can live for several hundred years. It is a very hardy species that can withstand low winter temperatures, but it is affected by Dutch elm disease.
This season the proof is in the talent as Peter Fincham, Controller BBC ONE, unveils a schedule packed with new and established names, both in front of and behind the camera.
Macquarie Island lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica. Politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978, and a World Heritage Site in 1997.