Shropshire Star

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling hailed a success

More than 50 motorcycles from all eras went on display at an inaugural event.

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Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

Motorcyclists met up and rode in cavalcade formation along the Coalport Road hill climb as part of the Broseley Festival of Motorcycling on Sunday.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling: Jasper Blair, aged 17 months, from Kinver

The bikers met at The Woodbridge Inn at 10am.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

They then moved off in small numbers at 10.45am and parked up in Broseley High Street from 11.30am.

The festival raised funds for West Midlands Air Ambulance through voluntary donations into collection tins on the day.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

Organiser David Harmon hailed the event a success and hopes it will will be held annually.

"We had 71 registered bikes including a 1921 Morgan three-wheeler," he said.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"We also had a rare Vincent bike and an early 1950s Nimbus. We had a really nice mixture, from Italian superbikes down to 1920 British bikes.

"Groups of people were cheering and waving at us along part of the route.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"Broseley has a very good community spirit. A lot of people also came to just look at the bikes.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"The event was an inaugural one.

"We think in 1911 was the very first hill climb.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"They were very common in the early 20th century when manufacturers wanted to show off how good their bikes were.

"A year or so ago a group of us decided to get together and we wanted to celebrate the old hill climb by running a new one.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"It was a challenging route.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"We were parading so we weren't going that fast, but the route included a bridge to go across and a rough patch of tarmac.

"We are absolutely certain it is going to become an annual event.

Broseley Festival of Motorcycling

"We are hoping it will grow so we get a lot more bikes."