WI0406 V NEWCASTLE CL (2004)

The Pirates have been in existance since 1948 and this DVD charts the story from the very beginning to the Golden Jubilee of Britsih Speedway in 1978. Interviews with many of the Pirates of yesteryear including Dick Howard, Bill Holden, Norman Strachan, Ross Gilbertson, Peter Swain, Ken Middleditch, Pete Smith, Brian Crutcher, Malcolm Simmons, John Davis and Neil Middleditch as well as the doyen of ITV Sport..Dave Lanning and the Poole historian Cyril J Hart. Rare cinefilm action from Wimborne Road make this a collectors item. running time 210 minutes