Boy Scouts -
soapbox derby at Greenhead Street,
Bridgeton
Great 1952 photograph of Boy Scouts
'racing' in Greenhead
Street.
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Sept
2004 : Roddy Whyte West Lothian
Age: 61-70
Interesting site. The photograph of Scouts
racing was the "SOAPBOX DERBY" & raced
annually for a few years.
I think I was the driver of car no 10 and came
second to car no 11. I would have been about
14 yrs old at the time. Myscout
troop was the 169th Glasgow situated in
Knightswood. I seem to recall that we won the
best construction prize and were annoyed as we
considered that the winning car was really a
bicycle with a box frame thus more pressure
could be applied to the pedals. From the
photograph you will see that the driver is
high up.
