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It’s Jim and maybe Cecil

Rereading the story about Jackie White (February 2020 issue) and the request for names of other riders in the picture – well, number 52 is definitely Jim Squib, who came from the New Forest area.

He was a member of the Southampton speedway team in 1947 (I have individual pictures of the whole team on postcards) and your picture would date from a couple of years later.

Next to him is possibly Cecil Bailey, another team member who went on to take many photos for Motor Cycle News and other publications.

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