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Phil Hart was born in Balham, London in 1908, but he went to live and work in Brisbane Australia when he was 17 after a huge row with his father who strongly objected to Phil buying his first motorcycle! Whilst he was working as a farmer's boy in Brisbane, Phil began racing at speedway meetings...

I lived in Herbert Road Small Heath. I was baptised at St Aidan's Church in Herbert Road, but I always attended St Andrews where the Vicar was Rev. T.W. Tait and his curate was John Clifford Wilson. This would have been in the late 1950's or early 1960's as I moved away from Small Heath in 1967...

Dixon's brother Ernie was a rep for the HP Sauce Company and used to regularly visit the offices where I worked as a buyer in Great Barr. He was always ready to talk football and was always so proud of his brother's achievements. Ernie played football himself and was a centre half at Newcastle...

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I have been an ardent follower of Birmingham's Speedway team "The BRUMMIES" for the last 71 years and still thoroughly enjoy my Wednesday night visits to Perry Barr during the summer months. (The racenight is due to change to Mondays from 2024 onwards by the way.) The first ever speedway...