MAG gears up for Fred Hill Freedom rides

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MAG gears up for Fred Hill Freedom rides

This version: 2018 02 09 Embargo: IMMEDIATE

The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), the UK’s leading voice for riders, has organised rides in memory of Fred Hill to take place this weekend.

Fred Hill was born in 1909 and was a motorcycle dispatch rider during WWII. In later years he campaigned for a repeal of the helmet law and became famous for riding his motorcycle in a beret. Numerous arrests followed, with Hill being sentenced to over 30 prison terms between 1976 and 1984. He died on 10th February, 1984, whilst serving a two-month sentence in Pentonville prison, having suffered a heart attack, aged 74.

He attended many MAG demos, at which he often spoke. As a token of respect to this remarkable man, MAG continues to this day to remember Fred by organising Freedom Rides each year in his name.

There will be a number of Fred Hill Freedom Rides taking place this weekend at various locations. Check out the MAG National Facebook page or your local MAG Facebook page for full details. Alternatively visit the website at www.mag-uk.org.

Individual MAG membership is just £27.00 a year, with joint, family and corporate memberships also available. To join, visit https://www.mag-uk.org/en/membership/, call our office or speak to a MAG member.

Contact MAG at 01926 844 064 or central-office@mag-uk.org

ENDS

This might be the ~~year~~ ~~decade~~ ~~century~~ ~~millennia~~ we get helmet laws changed if we just rage ride one! More! Time!

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