Greenford Park Trotting Track
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| Location | Greenford, London Borough of Ealing, west London |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′27″N 0°21′19″W / 51.54083°N 0.35528°W |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Closed | 1935 |
Greenford Park Trotting Track was a trotting track, motorcycle speedway and short-lived greyhound racing track in Greenford, London Borough of Ealing, West London.[1]
Trotting track
[edit]The site of the trotting track was on modern day Jeymer Drive, south of Birkbeck Avenue and was opened in 1919 by the London Trotting Club.[2][3][4] Charles Sabini who was portrayed in the hit series Peaky Blinders was associated with the track.[5] Sabini and the mob violence at the trotting track were described in detail by Ted Greeno.[6] It closed in 1935.
Motorcycle speedway
[edit]The track was a pioneer venue for Speedway with a first meeting on 7 April 1928.[7] The very large dirt track also hosted Sidecar speedway and it was known in speedway circles as the Greenford Driving Park, with the entrances on Birkbeck Avenue.[8] It also hosted speedway meetings in 1931.[9]
Greyhound Racing
[edit]The greyhound racing first appeared on 31 October 1927 during the very early years of greyhound racing but racing had ceased in 1928. The track was a short lived independent (unaffiliated to a governing body). The racing took place on a smaller track inside the trotting track.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Greenford Greyhound Stadium". Greyhound Derby.com.
- ^ "OS County Series, Middlesex 1935". old-maps.co.uk.
- ^ "Greenford Trotting Track 1930". Britain from Above.
- ^ "Horse Trotting in Greenford". The London Picture Archive.
- ^ "The real Peaky Blinders story". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ Greeno, Edward (1960). War on the Underworld. London: John Long. p. 22.
- ^ "Birth of Greenford Speedway/Dirt Track 1928". London Motorcycle Museum.
- ^ "Greenford Speedway". Greyhound Derby.com.
- ^ "Greenford Speedway". Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette. 28 August 1931. Retrieved 4 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 418. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.