Motorcycle Scramble, early 1960s

[standtoo01]

My brother Frank did scrambling in the 1950s: looked exactly like this.

[spikemilliganfan]

proper cars, proper bikes and proper health & safety rules. Good times :D

[Derweiland]

I remember seeing the Rickman bros # 73 & 74, Don & Derek in Lulworth, Dorset, you had to go through the Castle grounds to get to the field, we lived in the Gatehouse , at the main road, smug we didn't have far to go. The Sharp bros? But the star was the older fat guy who was amazing, in the side-car division. I think he was called Tubby, often had a handicap start but always made it up, especially in the corner sections, though he was so big that on the long straights his bike was so slow..

[Aphidboy]

Nice to see a Greeves scattered here and there among the big four-strokes. What a great time this would have been.

[2007unclebuck]

Great footage. That is one awesomely challenging bombhole!! Those guys sure know what they are doing. Thanks for putting this up - very interesting.

[raqdog]

i think that Ford Anglia has an 'E' suffix making the film post Jan '1965'...

[megasuggs]

@raqdog You made me think with your comment, so I looked at the origional footage which is a lot clearer than the youtube film.

The reg number of the Anglia is actualy YMR392 but as the camera swings round the 2 blurs and looks like an E

By the way "E" was from Jan 1st  to July 31st 1967 (I have an "E" reg Triumph Vitesse)

Thanks for taking such an interest in my film, I love this sort of commemt

[cdiaz55]

Great looking footage! please in detail how did you capture old film? I have cans and cans of my dad's racing footage but 8mm digital conversion is spendy! thanks for your time!

[terrylangdon]

Thanks for sharing .....

Happy Days ..

tjl

[MrKtmrocket]

great film!,looks like a nice track,should be resurected.loved the plod on the scooter.

[1englishpure]

This film was taken at Shrubland Park. I can recognise the bombhole which was part of that circuit. I saw Dve Bickers win a round of the European Championship there.

[sparra1946]

THE Roger Maughfling, the sprocket-man from Knighton? Often read of him in Motorcycle Sport, real charactor. I personally knew Bill Nilsson and 'Totte' in the old days (70's). Best mates you could have. Totte was totally without ego despite his rep, "Pay me when you can." Asked HVA for 100k sek a year, "Sorry," and went to Yamaha for 200k sek. Gave 'em a chance? HL-Yam 500 4t motor was crap, designed pure-race 450 4-stroke MX, "Sorry," and is amused that Yam are now where he was 30 years ago!

[MazzingerZ7]

This mute movie is from some year around the 1920s and the 1960s in some red necks KKK vacation camp in Fulton County Illinois. All racers wore beggar bowls as head protection and their women lent them their corsets. No colored people were allowed on the premises. Racing was cool though.

[magtmtx]

1920s ???? much to modern

[tubbymarshall]

@MazzingerZ7 wrong there mate,, this is in the U.K., no redneck shit here.

[MazzingerZ7]

@tubbymarshall; please pay no attention, I was just kidding... sorry, didnt mean any disrespect.

[tubbymarshall]

@MazzingerZ7 lol, nutter. bloody comment had me fooled. it read like a yank could actually have wrote it. good effort. no offence taken.

[llandeiloferwallt]

Hi I rode in the Grandstand at Hawkestone Park, on a square barrel Triumph twin Tribsa. not sure if this year. I recognized an old friend on Ariel sidecar outfit, Roger Maughfling of Knighton. all the best Taff

[Timberland1952]

This was in the days when motorcycling was fun, before the attitudes and throttle wankers. My first bike for scrambles was a 49 Harley 125cc, knobby tires and oversize rear sprocket. I was just 12 years old.

[ryno818181]

at the beginging theres a young lad, thats my dad!! next to by grandpa :D

[megasuggs]

Wonderful! thats the reason I uploaded these videos.

[pompilid6]

I was 12 when I went to my first scramble at Shrublands in 1961 as I lived in Gosbeck which was about 3 or 4 miles away (I think) and of course Dave Bickers became a hero as he lived in Coddenham which is almost next to the Park. They held the Motocross des Nations at the venue in those days and we were privileged to see all the greats of the day such as Bill Nielsson, Sten Lundin and Torsten Hallman.

Bickers always did well but I remember him being beaten by Hallman cos his Greeves seized.

RS

[joewellham]

As a teenager (72-77) I used to live next door to Dave bickers in Coddenham - he let me ride my old Honda track bike on the field above his dads bus garage which Dave used as a practice circuit (works Suzuki motocrossers with Chris Ginn, and a Norton sidecar outfit). He once took me for a couple of laps in the Norton sidecar - I've never been so sh*t scared in my life, he rode like he was in a race, I just hung on for dear life the vibration and speed was phenomenal. Top bloke.

[scrambledhodge]

Number 68, the lad being pulled out of the Bomb Hole is Terry Warren, better known in recent years for his reports in tmx. And the fella sitting on the sidecar, just before you see the Rickmans van is Roger Maughfling. The solo race is the 250 ACU Star race. The rider on screen at 3:30 is Arthur Lampkin, who finished 2nd, at 3:33 is Pat Lamper who was 3rd, and at 3:40 is Alan Clough,

who must have passed number 16 Fred Mayes for 4th after this footage.

[megasuggs]

WOW! Thank you so much for the info, I was given this footage with very little background infomation so I really appreciate your input.

[rez958]

Freddie Mayes rode Ian Stonebridge's 380 Greeves Griffon in the national Greeves championship at Stisted in 2006 watched by Dave Bickers.

The event was run by the Pre 65 motocross club

[scrambledhodge]

It's the Shrubland GN 1961. And yes, the Rickmans got given Greeves for the 250 class that year. The two ladies are sidecar passengers, "Kay" (long tern passenger to Frank Wilkins) in the yellow shirt, who won the first sidecar race !

The other is Margot Wilson, who passengered her husband. Can you believe how steep the bomb hole is ? Wonderful stuff !

[DordogneAnglais]

Shrubland Park near Ipswich is the track, looks like a National event. Rider at 37s with badge on hat is Jeff Smith. Rider #16 at 48s, yellow shirt is Freddie Mayes. #73 & #74 are Rickman brothers, although #74 being a Greeves is unusual (1m57s). Leader at 2m47s is Dave Bickers, Jeff Smith 2nd, Freddie Mayes 4th. Pat Lamper is also in there somewhere. Great video!

[megasuggs]

I went to shrubland park just once back in the sixty's Dave Bickers won everything, but I couldn't remember what the track looked like. Thank you so much for the benifit of your great knowledge. :-)

Most of the scrambles I went to were at Hadleigh in Essex.