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  • January 17, 2018 at 14:29 #1337775
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    Closed in 1964 so few will remember it but it has its own website. I found the colour film footage particularly interesting (in the “memorabilia” section ) Link to website

    January 17, 2018 at 22:34 #1337839
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    Thanks for this Tonge.
    Really interesting.
    Has anyone else got anything similar regarding other lost racecourses ?

    January 18, 2018 at 01:00 #1337859
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    Love looking at that. That’s a finish to rival the Hamilton hill. Would also love to see any film of other defunct courses. Ally Pally, Manchester, Stockton (Teeside Park) Lanark, Bogside, Wye, Buckfastleigh etc etc

    January 19, 2018 at 18:57 #1338061
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    There is a book on all this of course. Wasn’t Lewes considered to be horribly dangerous ?

    January 20, 2018 at 18:09 #1338340
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    There’s an excellent history of the course, ‘Lewes Racecourse, A Legacy Lost?’ by Cheryl R. Lutring which is well worth a read if you can get hold of a copy. Not only does it describe the history of the course in some detail but also the training of racehorses in and around the town.

    My recently departed mother remembered visiting the course on a number of occasions in the 1950s.

    Rob

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