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- ↑ "Bombers favourite Woodcock returns to remember club on 50th anniversary". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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- ↑ "The Lions roar in" . Harrow Observer. 5 June 1970. Retrieved 27 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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