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Programmes.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief outlines or explanations of the order to be pursued, criteria for participation, or the subjects embraced in a given event or endeavor. Includes lists of the features composing a dramatic or other performance, with the names of participants.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of John 'Jock' Watt, Speedway reporter, including notebooks, photographs, letters and programmes.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14486/1-37
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise correspondence, notebooks, photographs and programmes of John ‘Jock’ Watt, a Speedway reporter. Although he was based in Edinburgh, the papers relate to meets across the UK and internationals. The notebooks make up the bulk of this archive and cover details of meets and interviews with riders.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Programmes, fixture cards and ticket stubs for Speedway events., 1951-1970.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14486/37
Scope and Contents

This folder consists of programmes for a number of Speedway events, including fixtures for teams from the Edinburh Monarchs, Ashfield Giants, Lanarkshire Eagles, Leicester Lions, White City Speedway, Coventry, Oxford, Poole, Wembley, Sydney, England, Scotland, Great Britain, Sweden, and the Speedway Championship of the World. Many of the programmes have been annotated by Watt with results.

Also included are press passes, a fixture card and some ticket stubs.

Dates: 1951-1970.