On Friday 8th July 1977, a new sport arrived in Blantyre. Speedway! The Glasgow Tigers had found a new home moving from Coatbridge and they held their first speedway race in Blantyre against Crayford Kestrels that day. Pictured is the enthusiastic crowd on that day. Recognise anybody? A bit more about opening day. Programmes were sold […]
Jim Henry shared this with Blantyre Project. This is the cover of a new forthcoming book about local Speedway. The cover photo is of Blantyre’s Tommy Miller. The book explores pre-war days – The Blantyre Crowd and post war – Ken McKinlay and Tommy Miller. Jim added, “The book I have in the pipeline will […]
A fantastic picture of the Tigers at Blantyre Speedway. The location is Craighead Park (the 2nd site of Blantyre Speedway) and the date is known as 25th April 1986, just 5 months before it closed for good. The riders are all known too, named on the photo as Ray Palmer, Bobby Beaton, Kenny Brailsford, Geoff […]
Let’s go to 1982 with this fabulous team photo, which shows the “Tigers” at Blantyre Speedway 1, just off Glasgow Road. The date is 18th July. Can you name anybody? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: Daniel Anderson Was probably a Mckenna. Was a couple […]