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Aerial view of the War Memorial Avenue and the Open-air Swimming Pool, c1965. At the extreme top-right of the photograph is the cycle speedway track. — 196-swimming pool aerial b
Aerial view of the War Memorial Avenue and the Open-air Swimming Pool, c1965. At the extreme top-right of the photograph is the cycle speedway track.

Aerial view of the War Memorial Avenue and the Open-air Swimming Pool, c1965. At the extreme top-right of the photograph is the cycle speedway track.

Cycle Speedway Track August Bank Holiday, 1964 — 199-cycle speedway track 1964
Cycle Speedway Track August Bank Holiday, 1964

Cycle Speedway Track August Bank Holiday, 1964

From an earlier age: Cycle Gymkana in Hungerford in the 1890s. Mrs Tamsin Forman sent the picture to a newspaper, saying "The leading lady, my Aunt Ray, considered a great beauty, married Frank Cundell the racehorse trainer. Their son, also Frank Cundell, is a trainer today. The second rider, Aunt Marion, was a nurse in the trenches during the First World War. The other pair of ladies were the Misses Hissey (Hussey) of Hungerford". — cycle gymkana
From an earlier age: Cycle Gymkana in Hungerford in the 1890s. Mrs Tamsin Forman sent the picture to a newspaper, saying "The leading lady, my Aunt Ray, considered a great beauty, married Frank Cundell the racehorse trainer. Their son, also Frank Cundell, is a trainer today. The second rider, Aunt Marion, was a nurse in the trenches during the First World War. The other pair of ladies were the Misses Hissey (Hussey) of Hungerford".

From an earlier age: Cycle Gymkana in Hungerford in the 1890s. Mrs Tamsin Forman sent the picture to a newspaper, saying "The leading lady, my Aunt Ray, considered a great beauty, married Frank Cundell the racehorse trainer. Their son, also Frank Cundell, is a trainer today. The second rider, Aunt Marion, was a nurse in the trenches during the First World War. The other pair of ladies were the Misses Hissey (Hussey) of Hungerford".

Cycle Speedway Track August Bank Holiday, 1964 — cycle speedway 01 aug 1964
Cycle Speedway Track August Bank Holiday, 1964

Cycle Speedway Track August Bank Holiday, 1964

At the opening of the New Cycle Speedway Track Hungerford Panthers, 1956.Back row L-R: Albert Wiltshire, Rex Smith, Alan Andrews, David Cook, Ken Hall. Middle row: Charlie May, Daisy May, Archie Barratt, Doris Wiltshire, Allan Barrett, Jack Wiltshire, Reeda North &amp; dtr, John Pike, Mrs Barratt, Roy Fox, Angela May. Front row: Bert Mansbridge, Mrs North, John North, Ray Wiltshire, Val May, Josie Wiltshire, Brian Geater, Mrs Mansbridge. — cycle speedway 02 c1956
At the opening of the New Cycle Speedway Track Hungerford Panthers, 1956.
Back row L-R: Albert Wiltshire, Rex Smith, Alan Andrews, David Cook, Ken Hall.
Middle row: Charlie May, Daisy May, Archie Barratt, Doris Wiltshire, Allan Barrett, Jack Wiltshire, Reeda North & dtr, John Pike, Mrs Barratt, Roy Fox, Angela May.
Front row: Bert Mansbridge, Mrs North, John North, Ray Wiltshire, Val May, Josie Wiltshire, Brian Geater, Mrs Mansbridge.

At the opening of the New Cycle Speedway Track Hungerford Panthers, 1956.Back row L-R: Albert Wiltshire, Rex Smith, Alan Andrews, David Cook, Ken Hall. Middle row: Charlie May, Daisy May, Archie Barratt, Doris Wiltshire, Allan Barrett, Jack Wiltshire, Reeda North & dtr, John Pike, Mrs Barratt, Roy Fox, Angela May. Front row: Bert Mansbridge, Mrs North, John North, Ray Wiltshire, Val May, Josie Wiltshire, Brian Geater, Mrs Mansbridge.

cycle speedway 03 c1956

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