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In 1996 there were two major Scooter Clubs in Hull, one was the Bridge Town Scooter Club run by Steve, "Gibbo" and the other was Hull and District run by Mark Harrington, who were both former members of Kingston Two Stroke Club.  Both Clubs had around 30 plus members per club.  In 1998 Mark and Steve got together along with the committee's of both clubs with the view of amalgamating the clubs.  After roughly two months of discussions Bridge Town and Hull and District finally came to an agreement and the amalgamation went through and to this day there are still quite a lot of ex-Bridge Town members that are part of Hull and District Scooter Club. Some members go back to the days of the early 70s club The Kingston Scooter Club, most are in the photo above.

 Although the club was a breeding ground for old scooterists with misspent youth, we saw a steady influx of new younger members, with the club growing at such a rapid pace, and limited parking, it was decided by the members to look for a bigger venue. With that in mind we moved to the Banks Harbour where we were welcomed with open arms by the landlord and landlady, who have given their support in any way they can.

 The club is well organised and has a full committee and chairman, presently Steve Gibson, (alias Gibbo). 

They have done an excellent job in keeping Hull scooterists on the map. Anyone who can remember scootering in the early 70s, will remember if you had a bike that would do 50 m.p.h. and get you all the way to Withernsea you had a good bike, not so now, with the technology applied to scooters these days, you can tune your scooter to be capable of speeds in excess of 90 m.p.h. and travel the country without problems. Our club can boast arguably some of the best standard, custom and engineered bikes in the U.K. It is not unusual for the club members to attend rallies and take maybe 5 out of 6 trophy's, ranging from best turned out Club to in Graham Cox's case 2nd best lambretta in England (G.T 200) Gone are the days when you scrounged a kickstart shaft from your mate, some of these bikes have had thousands of pounds spent on them, where they have been customised or restored to near perfect condition. You don't have to spend that kind of money though to produce a decent scooter.  Also in the club we have a paint sprayer (Kenny Bradford) who will paint and even re-build your bike for a nominal sum. We also have (Karl Russel) who runs a chroming and engraving service. Should you be interested in Lambretta's or Vespa's we would like to see you. Why not pop down to Banks Harbour this Tuesday for a chat and a pint, if you were into scootering come and see some old faces and meet the younger lads too, anyone interested is always welcome.

Old Scooter club patches