Hi guys
as mentioned in my book,,with photo supplied courtesy of bernard. therecould possibly have been as many as 4 of these systems built as apparently they appeared in fairgrounds in england in leicester square and the haymarket in london and liverpool and manchester
bearing in mind that the track was six laned there could have been as many as 32 cars built
my gut feeling is that there may only have been one possibly two tracks and they were carted round the country by the fairground carneys and set up inthe different locations
interesting enough was the fact that gambling as such seemed to have been banned in britain at this time so the carneys would have charged the competitors for taking part and the winner was given 5 players weights cigarettes.
the problem fro tim birkin and the "miniature speedway ltd " company was that the accounting system of the carneys meant that the money owing to the company was not always paid in suffiicient amounts to be profitable
this coupled with the untimely death of tim birkin as a result of burns received in the 1933 tripoli gp saw the demise of the venture .
although I believe some of the patents patrick kennedy took out post dated bitkins death.
However what puzzled me was the fate of the cars ,berneard told me his collection came from France (how did they get there?
Where did yours come from john ?
Cheers tony
as mentioned in my book,,with photo supplied courtesy of bernard. therecould possibly have been as many as 4 of these systems built as apparently they appeared in fairgrounds in england in leicester square and the haymarket in london and liverpool and manchester
bearing in mind that the track was six laned there could have been as many as 32 cars built
my gut feeling is that there may only have been one possibly two tracks and they were carted round the country by the fairground carneys and set up inthe different locations
interesting enough was the fact that gambling as such seemed to have been banned in britain at this time so the carneys would have charged the competitors for taking part and the winner was given 5 players weights cigarettes.
the problem fro tim birkin and the "miniature speedway ltd " company was that the accounting system of the carneys meant that the money owing to the company was not always paid in suffiicient amounts to be profitable
this coupled with the untimely death of tim birkin as a result of burns received in the 1933 tripoli gp saw the demise of the venture .
although I believe some of the patents patrick kennedy took out post dated bitkins death.
However what puzzled me was the fate of the cars ,berneard told me his collection came from France (how did they get there?
Where did yours come from john ?
Cheers tony
