JohnnieWalker Bonny Hills, Australia All posts by this member | 46 of 50 Tue 12th Jan 2016 10:22pm Member: Joined Jul 2011 Total posts:284 Great to see some subtle humour in the Coventry Observer's report:
“Nigel put his heart and sole into racing and many people shod a tear or two when it came to laying him to rest beneath the old gate one position where he created so many fantastic memories.”
I assume these are the proof reader's very clever references to the speedway rider's steel shoe! True Blue Coventry Kid ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 47 of 50 Thu 21st Jan 2016 12:35pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5153 Courtesy, "Retro Speedway":
Nigel Boocock's Last Lap (part 1)
Nigel Boocock's Last Lap (part 2)
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 48 of 50 Tue 10th May 2016 10:08am Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2422 Link to Boocock badge
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 49 of 50 Sun 14th Jan 2018 6:49pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5153 I am reliably informed that Nigel's ashes are still under the start line at Brandon, and the solicitors for the developers have stated that, if anything is to happen on the site, they will organise their retrieval.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member Thread starter | 50 of 50 Fri 25th Dec 2020 1:49pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5153 Love this!
The names of some great speedway riders with links to the city of Bradford have been adopted as the names of buses in the borough. The latest is Nigel Boocock.
Nigel of course embarked on a glittering career in speedway some 66 years ago with the Bradford “Tudors”, before moving to Birmingham, Ipswich and then to Coventry.
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Nigel Boocock (1937-2015) |