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Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium
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pjmburns
master brummie
Say - it us true
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Final look inside Perry Barr greyhound stadium before 'end of an era' closure
Perry Barr stadium will shut its doors in August 2025 after almost 100 years in Birmingham - here's how it looked in its final months before the closure
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pjmburns
master brummie
Birmingham landmark to vanish after nearly 100 years - taking two sports with it
Sadness for the city as speedway team to shut down and greyhound racing moves to the Black Country
also see this thread
this time at the cost of the speedway venue at perry barr....i find it incredible that yet more housing is going to built while the hundreds of apartments opposite the speedway still lie empty over 2 years since completed...
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Birmingham Brummies speedway team to close doors at season's end
Co-owner Nigel Tolley says this will be the last year of speedway in Birmingham.
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Sadly I can't see any mention of it being Birchfield Harriers original stadium (as the first Alexander Stadium, named after W W Alexander, completed in 1927 to celebrate the club’s 50th Jubilee). This history is so often overlooked in favour of its speedway and greyhound racing history. Birchfield Harriers were the first club to own their own track.
Hope someone manages to secure the William Bloye leaping stag plaque. Or maybe the 1920s building displaying the plaque will be preserved in the redevelopment. We live in hope ! But I somehow doubt it.
Hope someone manages to secure the William Bloye leaping stag plaque. Or maybe the 1920s building displaying the plaque will be preserved in the redevelopment. We live in hope ! But I somehow doubt it.
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If you check out post #3 on the thread below you'll see the name 'Birchfield Harriers' proudly displayed on the building, this was facing Aldridge Road/Wellhead Lane. The BH sign was replaced with 'Perry Barr Stadium', presumably, when the new stadium was built at Perry Park.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birchfield-harriers.55413.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birchfield-harriers.55413.
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Richard Dye
master brummie
A sad day for sure!Birmingham landmark to vanish after nearly 100 years - taking two sports with it
Sadness for the city as speedway team to shut down and greyhound racing moves to the Black Countrywww.birminghammail.co.uk
Dionysius//88
master brummie
Do you know I along with my wife and young daughter used to go to the dogs as they say here on a Saturday night . I was lucky there was a gentleman that used to bung me a couple of free tickets for the dogs not every week but every couple of weeks . I loved it a pint while you watched the doggies run around , I loved a bet too not much about 0.50p which I think was the minimum stake I always betted on one number and more often than not it would come in . While my wife's selection would be still running anyway my daughter who was about 12 at the time started screwing her face asking while I always won and she didn't , she coaxed the number I always put my bet on from me . Do you know something as soon as I let my secret out I nevr woner won a penny again .
pjmburns
master brummie
A sad sight.
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In pictures: Perry Barr greyhound stadium demolished after almost 100-years
Landmark dog track dismantled in place of 400 new homes as greyhound racing and speedway disappears from Birmingham
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Mark Tooze
master brummie
Managed to get a few photos from the car whilst stuck at traffic lights on Saturday - there is hardly anything left now:-
Richard Dye
master brummie
When did it go vacant and what is going to go there?
There are two other threads "Speedway Perry Barr" and "Planned housing village at Perry Barr", that contain details about the site at Perry Barr, that may help clarify things for you Richard.