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The original "Slough Swifts"? From left to right: James Chapman, Stuart Crawford, Robert Twiggs, Andy Taylor, Ashley Bishop, Gary Cross, Chris Carter {back row, 2nd from right} himself, Grant Melville, Alex Buckland, Lyndon Thurgood a… — The original "Slough Swifts"? From left to right: James Chapman, Stuart Crawford, Robert Twiggs, Andy Taylor, Ashley Bishop, Gary Cross, Chris Carter {back row, 2nd from right} himself, Grant Melville, Alex Buckland, Lyndon Thurgood and Bryan Webb.

To anyone who was on the BMX race circuit in the 1980s, the name “Slough” has become synonymous with one of the greatest races to be held in the UK that decade. Billed abroad as the “London Worlds”, Slough track hosted the 1986 BMX World Championships – an event remembered and revered to this day.

PostedJuly 26, 2016

AuthorJennifer Johnston

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