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The Golden Age of Speedway

Af: Philip Dalling Engelsk Paperback

The Golden Age of Speedway

Af: Philip Dalling Engelsk Paperback
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The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times. A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity. A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension. Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.

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The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’s peak. With league gates as high as 80,000, speedway offered a colourful means of escape from the grim austerity of the times. A determinedly clean image, with no betting and rival fans mingling on the terraces, made speedway the family night out of choice. The sport thrived despite punitive taxation and Government threats to close down the speedways as a threat to industrial productivity. A three-division National League stretched from Exeter to Edinburgh and the World Championship Final attracted a capacity audience to Wembley. Test matches against Australia provided yet another international dimension. Even at the height of its popularity, speedway was a sporting edifice built on unstable foundations, which crumbled alarmingly as the 1950s dawned and Britain’s economic and social recovery brought competing attractions like television.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 160
ISBN-13: 9780752458311
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0752458310
Udg. Dato: 9 mar 2011
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 169mm
Højde: 249mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 9 mar 2011
Forfatter(e): Philip Dalling
Forfatter(e) Philip Dalling


Kategori Sent 20. århundrede, 1950 til 1999


ISBN-13 9780752458311


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 160


Udgave


Længde 12mm


Bredde 169mm


Højde 249mm


Udg. Dato 9 mar 2011


Oplagsdato 9 mar 2011


Forlag The History Press Ltd

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