Soap box derby gearing up to celebrate its 20th anniversary event
A soap box derby will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first time the weird and wacky inventions began rocking and rolling down a course near Ludlow.
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This year's Richard's Castle Soap Box Derby will be held on June 30 and it will be the 20th time the event has been held on the inclines of Hanway Common, near Ludlow.
Richard's Castle Soap Box Derby organised its first event in June 2004 and since then has raised more than £150,000 to support local charities and organisations.
The seed of the idea came from Humphrey & Hermione Salwey as part of the calendar of events in 2004 when Mr Salwey was High Sheriff of Shropshire.
Original committee members, some of whom are still integral to the organisation 20 years later, remember an initial meeting in the autumn of 2003 to discuss the idea.
Ian Broome, one of the original committee, said: “We were joined by organisers of the Mansel Lacy Soap Box Derby who talked us through the operation of their event. Their experience and knowledge really helped us organise our first event."
