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Title: 1980s Track location question--North London Area
Post by: reilley1 on July 11, 2006, 10:26 PM

In the late 80s i took the tube from London to railroad station that would take me to East Anglia.  Real close to the station was a very cool BMX track and some pretty cool cats who even back then had a lot of questions about the early days of BMX. 
I know this is a long shot but does anyone here remember what the track was?

Title: Re: 1980s Track location question--North London Area
Post by: RATTY on July 11, 2006, 10:57 PM

Was the track located in a park?? If it was it was probably walthamstow, the wreck, the track the original uk bmx boys built in an olod netball court? If it rings bells let me know and I will give you some more details

Title: Re: 1980s Track location question--North London Area
Post by: greentoad on July 12, 2006, 08:29 PM

Hi Reilley

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In the late 80s i took the tube from London to railroad station that would take me to East Anglia.

Not sure what you mean on this? Did you take a train from London on the East Anglian line? Or did you take a tube and the track was in London.

If it was a train ride approx between 45 mins and 1 hour from London (Kings Cross) it might be Royston Rockets which is a track pretty near to a train station?

http://www.roystonrockets.co.uk/

Hope this helps

J.

Title: Re: 1980s Track location question--North London Area
Post by: reilley1 on July 13, 2006, 02:41 AM

Thanks for the info.  What I remember was that I took a tube from London to the last tube station available. (I know it wasn't the "Red Line") I would walk up from the tube into a train station that would take me to East Anglia.  I remember a guy named James who rode a GHP and some other cat who was his close friend who showed me the track.  It wasn't in a park tho, I remember a few businesses being in the general area.

Title: Re: 1980s Track location question--North London Area
Post by: se on July 14, 2006, 01:14 PM

Ipswich maybe?