I had my first after school job at Wal'hmstow dogs in about 1978. I worked in the kitchen at the first restaurant as you came through the gates. I used to make the banana splits.. Happy times..:)
I worked at West Ham, White City, Clapton and Haringey when I was a kennel lad at Northaw Hook Kennels. Even when I left I'd still visit the tracks as one by one they closed down and Walthamstow was one of the last to go. A night out at the dogs was fantastic, I never bet more than a pound a race which as I knew what I was doing meant most nights I paid for my meal and drinks yet came out even. I was at the Clapton Stadium on it's last night which was my favourite track having worked there for trainers Adam Jackson and Charlie Smoothy, in it's place the last time I visited was a housing estate. I thought they were going to leave the frontage of Walthamstow intact because it was listed as you could see it when driving along the North Circular but sadly they didn't.
The begining of the end for greyhound racing all the profits have been cashed in by rich promoters and the offers for the land were so huge i cannot blame them for getting out of a dying sport ! however where tracks like the stow fucked up they could have held on to there assets and made millions a year in media contracts and held music concerts as well as greyhound racing
standing behind people why passive invester what funds listed innthat distance or attendaance to a point solicited in what attorney i dont want one what space..i cant see sorry im blind since when i was born... it means nothin where exactly
