Timbuck Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 When I lived at Rowland Row at Hyde Park Flats in the Sixties, I had a grandstand view of the dog track down below..On the evenings of the meetings my family used to gather at the window and watch the greyhounds doing their bit, and provided us with a free evenings entertainment. I understand that the flats have now been demolished..but is the dog track still there???. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikosavi Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 are we talking owlerton? then get yourself down, have some good food and a place a few bets. prices start at 50p per dog. it's a good night all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauline Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 i saw the flats being built,my sister was one of the 1st to move in,i used to go to the track and help out,i moved to ropery row and stayed there till they pulled some of them down.the dog track has long gone,happy days tho:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichK Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I thought the only Dog Tracks were Owlerton and Darnall (next to the railway line - long gone now). Didn't realise there was a track in sight of Hyde Park Flats (unless you can see to Darnall from there ???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 I lived on hyde park when my lad was a tot, over 20 yrs ago (he is 23 now) on Dacre Row (which was on the big block that is now demolished) Our flat overlooked where the dog track was, beside the St Johns, park, junior school. The dog track had gone by the time we moved on there (1983). the track closed down sometime between 1974/5 when my aunt moved off, and 1983, when I moved onto the flats complex. It was replaced by a park: I don't think the park is even there, now. it is all low-rise houses, these days along manor-oaks road, once you are past the "penthouses" (as hyde park walk etc was called) I remember the dog-racing there, as a kid, (my aunt lived on lord row, the one below yours, Timbuck, and the one above mine) we could see right down, onto the track, and watch the races from the balcony. It was very atmospheric, on a cool dark evening, to look down and see the lights, hear the shouting of the crowd, and see the dogs, racing round and round. so, yes, sorry, the track was long-gone, by the early '80's let alone by the early 1990's when the big block was demolished after the world-student games fiasco of 1991. PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen P Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 my husband used to race a dog there called amandas gift early eighties;it was a gret place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopher Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 My dad used to take our wire haired fox terrier to the "Dogs" in Darnall in '54-'55. I thought he was racing her at the track but realised later that it was a walk to the pub afterall! The Kings Arms on Poole Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jossman Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 My father was the first "Grader" at Owlerton dog Track in the 30's, Frank Swann. He is now 90 and still going strong. He was also a Dirt Track Rider and still has Owlerton grit in his hand after a spill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I knew a guy called Ted Beer, he had a scrap tyre business near the Hyde Park track, he used to give me tips and they were always winners. Actually he gave me three, two on dogs at Hyde Park, and a tip on a horse at, I think it was Wincanton. I think Hyde Park was what they called a 'flapper track'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbuck Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Can anyone remember the Club at the Dog Track..it used to have some great nights entertainment..bands playing untill midnight sometimes..some of the residents of Hyde Park complained of the noise but I didn't co's I was usually enjoying myself inside the Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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