Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium
[5] Perry Barr Stadium Ltd became the new promoters of greyhound racing and the circuit was described as a good galloping track with long straights and banked bends suiting all types of dogs, especially large, wide and 'leggy-on-the-turn' varieties.[8][9] During the war years the Mr Bithel owned, Tom Baldwin trained Model Dasher won the Midland Puppy Derby and Eclipse.As a result, they turned their attention to the Midlands and bought Perry Barr and the Totalisators and Greyhound Holdings, which owned six stadia at Brough Park, Crayford & Bexleyheath, Leeds, Gosforth, Willenhall and Monmore.[16] In the 1980s rumours surfaced regarding the desire of Ladbrokes to sell the land to developers, unsettled trainers Paddy Hancox and Bertie Gaynor moved to Hall Green and Coventry respectively which became a huge problem for the track.The rumours proved to be true when a sale to developers was agreed and the site sold, the last meeting was held on 14 April 1984, 56 years after it had opened.[17] The site today is the huge 'One Stop' shopping centre and not a single sign of the old track exists but greyhound racing did resume in 1990 at the nearby Perry Barr Stadium.
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