A subsequent raid at her home found illegal firearms, including two Schmeisser submachine guns, and in August the pair were charged with conspiring with others to evade prohibitions on the export of gold, receiving 26 gold bars knowing they were stolen, and unlawful possession of firearms. After speedway, Waterman went into business in sheet metal working and plastic injection moulding, making plastic goods for companies such as Woolworth and Airfix. a b c Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5 a b c d e Burford, Brian (2019) "Squire Francis 'Split' Waterman (1923–2019) Speedway Star, 19 October 2019, pp. 43–45

Insensitivity towards us is going to be hard to repair': Jewish BBC staff say dozens defied ban to attend London march against anti-Semitism and slam bosses who 'got it badly wrong' In September Waterman faced further charges under the Coinage Act of possessing dies and crucibles for purposes of forgery. The year 1989 would be their commercial peak. The stats speak for themselves: 13 No.1 singles and the biggest-selling album, Jason Donovan’s Ten Good Reasons. New recruits topped the charts (Sonia’s You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You) and the Top 10 (Big Fun, a flash forward to the boy-band decade that would follow ). The problem with strong, intelligent women is that they can argue well. And if there is a time when you can’t get a word in... I lashed out.Harding remembers Rutherford telling a room of DJs at the DMC convention that “We don’t need you any more, we’ve got Kylie”, while SAW themselves got a barrage of abuse from the dance fraternity while receiving an award at the Royal Albert Hall.

Harding claims that Waterman watched Trevor Horn so closely that he would strike a deal with equipment suppliers to furnish him with whatever state-of-the-art gadgetry Horn had.

Speedway star on gold bar charges". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1967. p.1 . Retrieved 27 November 2011.