EAW007200 ENGLAND (1947). Custom House, a Speedway meeting at West Ham Stadium, 1947
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| Title | [EAW007200] Custom House, a Speedway meeting at West Ham Stadium, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW007200 |
| Date | 24-June-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | CUSTOM HOUSE |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 541317, 181516 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 0.03682743509906, 51.514387282866 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ413815 |
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 The Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital's original site (1890 - 1937). Due to subsidence it was moved in 1937 to Alnwick Road. See Lost Hospitals of London, https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/albertdock.html for further details. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was also founded here in 1899, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Hygiene_and_Tropical_Medicine |
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| Royal Albert Docks |
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| Royal Victoria Docks |
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| Midsummer's day, Tuesday 24th June 1947. Enormous crowd indicates after the end of the (normal) working day. Long shadows indicate this was during the early evening? |
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| Many cars, motorbikes and motor cycle and sidecars parked. Petrol rationing was still in place in 1947 and didn't end until 1950. |
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| The 4 riders at the starting line, awaiting the track to be cleared before the next race begins. |
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