Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 I of England (Longshanks) in 1296 during the struggles against English invasion, which historians call the Scottish Wars of Independence as a spoil of war, kept in Westminster Abbey in London and fitted into King Edward's Chair. Subsequent English and then British monarchs were crowned sitting upon the chair and Stone. At the time, the Stone was viewed as a symbol of Scottish nationhood; by removing the Stone to London, Edward I was declaring himself 'King of the Scots'. In 1950, Ian Hamilton, a student at the University of Glasgow, approached Gavin Vernon with a plan to remove the Stone
Scottish Monarchs the Monarchs moved back east to Armadale Stadium, where they continue to race, while Glasgow Tigers returned to racing in Glasgow. Scottish Monarchs The Scottish Monarchs were a motorcycle speedway team based in Glasgow, Scotland. At the end of the 1995 season, the Glasgow Tigers closed due to a lack of finance and the Edinburgh Monarchs lost their home track, Powderhall Stadium, to redevelopment, leading to the Monarchs racing at Shawfield Stadium in Glasgow during the 1996 season under the guise of the Scottish Monarchs. Despite having the first rider to compete in the Speedway Grand Prix while a member