What a waste
18/01/09 13:56 Filed in: Stories
I came across this picture of Hackney Greyhound Track and it brought back memories of many a Saturday morning sat punting in the bookies, remember the Tracton prefix was always prominent and the Scottish owned dogs with the Cooly prefix, oh how we all wish that this track could be resurrected and bring back one of the best running tracks in the country.
Also for the "slightly" older readers I found this picture of Leeds Track in 1938, you can see the admission price, 2/6d (£1.22) and 1/3d for Ladies, the track was opened on 16th July 1927, hopefully this will bring back good memories for some.
Just so that we don't leave our visitors from America out , I got all my old photos out as I knew I had some pics of Seminola Park which was based in Orlando Florida. Sadly on checking the Internet, I found that this track had closed down.
It was a great running track with nice wide sweeping bends, all tote obviously and free entrance tickets were always to be found at local Hotels and Motels, perhaps our tracks should look at this in trying to lure customers through their doors.
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