Feature 5  - 50 Years Ago 

I recently spotted this article in the Shropshire Star (Saturday April 12th 2008)

16,000 at Hawkstone Scramble

A crowd of nearly 16,000 motorcycling enthusiasts saw the national scramble at Hawkstone Park on Saturday. Racing conditions were perfect, and there were no serious accidents.
Roy King (Cheltenham) won the Hawkstone championship race, followed by Dennis Bickerton (Cheadle) and Arthur Lampkin (Keighley).
Riding a 500cc Greeves machine, King led from the start (writes a "Journal" reporter) with Tony White (London) challenging for the first two laps, when Dennis Bickerton, riding a B.S.A. 500cc took over in second place.
Arthur Lampkin kept a good lap average and finished third. King, who clocked a time of 20 mins, 43 secs increased his lead with nearly every lap, and when the famous Geoff Duke "flagged him in" for the finish he was a clear 75 yards ahead of Bickerton.
Geoff Duke presented the championship trophy to Roy King and congratulated local rider Dave Taylor, of Clive, who qualified for the championship final on his Ariel 500.
There were 81 competitors for the events in all. The scramble was promoted by the Salop Motor Club and sponsored by the Daily Herald.

This write up appeared in the Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News, April 12, 1958

If any one has any memories of helping to organise, riding at or spectating at these events or photographs that you would like to share with us, we would love to hear from you, as the aim is to build up a portfolio of items that can be added to the website.