Schoolboy Motorbike Scramble 1970

A schoolboy scramble event from 1970 held on Bulbarrow in Dorset, UK. I shot it on super 8 and recently had it digitised. A soundtrack has been added but is not original however it does come from that period. This was a time when fathers would cobble together bikes for their sons from whatever they could find in the garage.
The boys ages ranged from about 7 up to 16 I believe.
The motorbike manufacturers eventually made purpose built schoolboy scramble bikes which came to dominate the sport and against which ,sadly, the home made bikes couldn't compete.

[@dorsetmark]

Not Bulbarrow but Winterborne Stickland, in the fields of my grandad’s farm.
Great memories - thank you for uploading this!

[@stevehaskett100]

I was born in Blandford and my parents retired and built a house in Stickland. It was my Dad that told me about the schoolboy scrabbling. He loved the fact that most of the bikes were hand made by resourceful fathers, although sadly they ultimately lost out to factory built machines

[@chain8847]

Thank you Steve. Wonderful film. That lad who’s so keen he wears his helmet and goggles to the meeting. The elastic starting gate. The huge jumps possibly getting 6inches off the ground. Wearing two pairs of jeans for protection. Think I started racing in75. But regularly rode this track.
Happy days.

[@stevehaskett100]

Are you related to Don Rickman. I remember that was a name from that time

[@JamesDavis-pm9qt]

Those were the days

[@richardhill351]

That’s neat ! That’s really neat !
Enjoyed watching that, brings back so many memories 👍

[@stevehaskett100]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@gailslostchin]

Brilliant,happy times👍

[@ObsidianFrog]

Great times.

[@banner4141]

You can actually smell that video 😂

[@NIGHTFLIGHTVIDEO]

I really enjoyed the video. I'm guessing that it is silent footage and sound was added. Good job.

[@stevehaskett100]

Yep. Archive sound effects

[@richardamner7432]

Fantastic to see how it all used to be.......how far it has come! but maybe not for the better or good of the sport, this was real grass roots stuff, cobbled up bikes have to be way more fun?

[@stevehaskett100]

Indeed. That was what struck me when filming it all those years ago. Once the factory bike manufacturers took it on, the home made ones never stood a chance. Shame really.

[@richardamner7432]

@@stevehaskett100 It is but I still make "home made bikes" and I love doing them, street scramblers mainly, long live the cobbled up bike.

[@stevehaskett100]

@@richardamner7432 That is so good to hear. Keep up the good work