A bit council (Vol 6)

[Megaflow]

[shtu]

Strangely Brown said:

banger racing. Used to go to Arlington Stadium every week to watch it and never saw any competitors there that did not come from a council estate.

Not -entirely- council - DJs John Peel and Johnnie Walker, art critic Brian Sewell,

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Both Peel and Sewell were car enthusiasts who shared a liking for stock car racing. Peel may well have become aware of the sport during his time in the USA but when he returned to Britain he certainly found out about the British stock car scene, due to the advertising for race meetings on Radio London when he was working on the station (as on the show of 01 July 1967). In those days DJs would make guest appearances at stock car race meetings, among them Johnnie Walker, who took part in races in the late 1960s until a crash left him requiring hospital treatment. In later life, Peel attended meetings at Foxhall Stadium in Ipswich and in 2003 told The Guardian that "I go to stock car racing whenever I can" (Guardian Guide, Dec.27, 2003 - Jan. 2, 2004, p.7). Brian Sewell started going to stock car race meetings at Wimbledon Stadium in the 1970s and in 2010 made a programme about his enthusiasm for the sport for BBC Radio, Stock Car Sewell.
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[williamp]

Megaflow said:

Union.

League is obviously council.



ETA: way to late with that... Council.

Edited by Megaflow on Friday 9th February 09:50

Reminds me of a time I was chatting up this girl in a nightclib in Bath- one of those underground ones. It was going OK until she mentionned Rugby and I said i preferred league. She lost all interest after that...

[motco]

shtu said:

Strangely Brown said:

banger racing. Used to go to Arlington Stadium every week to watch it and never saw any competitors there that did not come from a council estate.

Not -entirely- council - DJs John Peel and Johnnie Walker, art critic Brian Sewell,

"
Both Peel and Sewell were car enthusiasts who shared a liking for stock car racing. Peel may well have become aware of the sport during his time in the USA but when he returned to Britain he certainly found out about the British stock car scene, due to the advertising for race meetings on Radio London when he was working on the station (as on the show of 01 July 1967). In those days DJs would make guest appearances at stock car race meetings, among them Johnnie Walker, who took part in races in the late 1960s until a crash left him requiring hospital treatment. In later life, Peel attended meetings at Foxhall Stadium in Ipswich and in 2003 told The Guardian that "I go to stock car racing whenever I can" (Guardian Guide, Dec.27, 2003 - Jan. 2, 2004, p.7). Brian Sewell started going to stock car race meetings at Wimbledon Stadium in the 1970s and in 2010 made a programme about his enthusiasm for the sport for BBC Radio, Stock Car Sewell.
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When I mentioned banger racing I did not mean stock car racing such as used to happen at Harringay stadium in the sixties. I mean muddy fields with a crudely marked out oval and any old car from a scrap yard that will still run which has been 'converted'. This involves shifting the radiator to the rear window area (no glass in any opening) and a stripped out interior. That's about it.
Dirt Final 2023

This was stock car racing of the seventies
and this
An entirely better class of Council entertainment!

[shtu]

Yep, Bangers always bring out extra council vs other formulas.

Bonus content for the Walt Thread in there too, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glsdFyLXFNg&t=...

[Spare tyre]

shtu said:

Yep, Bangers always bring out extra council vs other formulas.

Bonus content for the Walt Thread in there too, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glsdFyLXFNg&t=...

That made me chuckle, no idea why really

[Mr E]

williamp said:

Reminds me of a time I was chatting up this girl in a nightclib in Bath- one of those underground ones. It was going OK until she mentionned Rugby and I said i preferred league. She lost all interest after that...

I’m pretty sure I know where that is.

[DavieW]

motco said:

When I mentioned banger racing I did not mean stock car racing such as used to happen at Harringay stadium in the sixties. I mean muddy fields with a crudely marked out oval and any old car from a scrap yard that will still run which has been 'converted'. This involves shifting the radiator to the rear window area (no glass in any opening) and a stripped out interior. That's about it.
Dirt Final 2023

Looks good fun though

[gazza285]

motco said:

This was stock car racing of the seventies
and this
An entirely better class of Council entertainment!

I saw some great racing at Rochdale, that brought back a few memories.

[ApOrbital]

Mr E said:

williamp said:

Reminds me of a time I was chatting up this girl in a nightclib in Bath- one of those underground ones. It was going OK until she mentionned Rugby and I said i preferred league. She lost all interest after that...

I’m pretty sure I know where that is.

I’m pretty sure i know her.

[nicanary]

DavieW said:

motco said:

When I mentioned banger racing I did not mean stock car racing such as used to happen at Harringay stadium in the sixties. I mean muddy fields with a crudely marked out oval and any old car from a scrap yard that will still run which has been 'converted'. This involves shifting the radiator to the rear window area (no glass in any opening) and a stripped out interior. That's about it.
Dirt Final 2023

Looks good fun though

There was a Zafira in the race. Top council.

[motco]

gazza285 said:

motco said:

This was stock car racing of the seventies
and this
An entirely better class of Council entertainment!

I saw some great racing at Rochdale, that brought back a few memories.

Most stock cars were V8 powered but there was one that raced at Harringay who had used a 3.8 straight six Jaguar engine from a Jaguar saloon mounted in a girder chassis with a Morris Minor 1000 body. It had a copper exhaust system which, legend had it, made it sound better. You could certainly hear the straight six over all the uneven sounding V8s like a tenor over a chorus of baritones. On the way home westwards along the North Circular towards Hanger Lane there was usually the odd impromptu 'race' between the Morris Tens and Ford Prefects...

[Saleen836]

Mr E said:

williamp said:

Reminds me of a time I was chatting up this girl in a nightclib in Bath- one of those underground ones. It was going OK until she mentionned Rugby and I said i preferred league. She lost all interest after that...

I’m pretty sure I know where that is.

Underground club in Bath, it has to be the 'Bog Island Club' (converted oublic toilets)

[gazza285]

motco said:

gazza285 said:

motco said:

This was stock car racing of the seventies
and this
An entirely better class of Council entertainment!

I saw some great racing at Rochdale, that brought back a few memories.

Most stock cars were V8 powered but there was one that raced at Harringay who had used a 3.8 straight six Jaguar engine from a Jaguar saloon mounted in a girder chassis with a Morris Minor 1000 body. It had a copper exhaust system which, legend had it, made it sound better. You could certainly hear the straight six over all the uneven sounding V8s like a tenor over a chorus of baritones. On the way home westwards along the North Circular towards Hanger Lane there was usually the odd impromptu 'race' between the Morris Tens and Ford Prefects...

There was one lad up here, it could have been Gerald Taylor, had a V12 Jag engine in his. It handled well, but couldn’t keep off the big blocks. There were a few Jag sixes, but only for the white tops, they just didn’t have enough go.

[Jonmx]

Ticks a few boxes, but missing the key go fund me.
Not entirely sure a credit card constitutes 'saving for a honeymoon'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13056781/...

[Rufus Stone]

Jonmx said:

Ticks a few boxes, but missing the key go fund me.
Not entirely sure a credit card constitutes 'saving for a honeymoon'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13056781/...

You can load up a credit card so it has a positive rather than negative balance.

[eldar]

Rufus Stone said:

You can load up a credit card so it has a positive rather than negative balance.

Using that as a savings mechanism seems a trifle strange. Beats, just, cash under the mattress.

Sounds a little suspicious.

[generationx]

Jonmx said:

Ticks a few boxes, but missing the key go fund me.
Not entirely sure a credit card constitutes 'saving for a honeymoon'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13056781/...

She appears to have married a Sontaran.

[figtree]

Bluedot said:

dukeboy749r said:

iphonedyou said:

ironv8 said:

Grandad to that many kids who looks about 50. Council

I'd presume the granda is no longer with us, that photo having been taken when he was alive, and the kids have been photoshopped in.

I had to look twice at one of the children's names as I thought it said Draylon.

Pull yourself together man.

What you did there…….I saw it

[bigpriest]

gazza285 said:

motco said:

This was stock car racing of the seventies
and this
An entirely better class of Council entertainment!

I saw some great racing at Rochdale, that brought back a few memories.

White City (Old Trafford) for me, speedway and stock car races (nearly triple council just missing greyhounds). Sometimes a "free for all" session with the aim to smash as many opponents as possible. I think it was billed as "Hell Bangers and Wreckers". Not searching for that video