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Rally Calendar July 2009 |
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JULY
JULY 4/5 Elvaston Castle, Derby. Elvaston Steam Rally with commercial vehicle section, 09.00-21.00 Saturday, 09.00-17.00 Sunday. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Elvaston Steam Rally, PO Box 462, Derby, DE24 8ZL phone: 0771 108 8335 website. Lichfield. Cars in the Park at Beacon Park, organised by the Rotary Club of Lichfield St Chad welcomes classic buses and coaches. Details: Peter Gibbs, marketing manager, phone: 01242 620902/212069 email.
JULY 5 Alton Volunteers from the Medstead Depot Omnibus Group will operate free circular vintage bus services from the Mid-Hants Railway station to Chawton. Details: John Hillier, email. Crich Tramway Village. Enthusiasts' Tram Event. Behind-the-scenes tours, vintage film footage and works cars. Details: website. Keighley Festival of Transport, hosted by Keighley Bus Museum and Keighley & Worth Valley Railway with display of heritage buses and historic lorries at Ingrow Railway Centre. Classic cars and light commercials on display at Oxenhope railway station. Integrated service (09.00-17.45) of heritage buses (incluing open top) and trains (including vintage stock) linking Keighley, Ingrow, Haworth and Oxenhope with joint ticketing. Display space for historic road vehicles strictly limited. Details: David Jones, phone 01282 413179, email. North Weald Bus Rally, 10.30-17.00, North Weald Airfield, near Epping, via A414 from M11 jct7. Organised in association with The London Bus Company and Harlow Lions. Over 200 buses and coaches on display. Marking 50 years of Routemaster production. Special rally limited edition model bus. Transport bazaar with wide variety of stands. Real ale beer tent. Refreshments provided by Kate’s Kitchen. Vintage bus services to/from Epping Central Line station, Ongar for Epping-Ongar Railway. First 339 bus from Epping station at 10.10, then every 10min until 10.50 and every 20min until 15.50. Admission £8 adult (includes return travel on route 339), accompanied children free. Details: Bookings (large stamped address envelope, please) North London Transport Society Events, 8 The Rowns, Palmers Green, LONDON. N13 5AD website. Peterborough Bus Rally, Sacrewell Farm A47. All preserved buses and stall welcome. On site cafe, ample parking, free bus services to/from Peterborough Bus station and frequent vintage bus to/from Nene Valley Railway Epping. No Admission fee to entrants or public. Details: Chris Dobbing, phone 0782 875 4412 or Eddie Purchase 01462 626750. website.
JULY 11/12 Ardingly, West Sussex Vintage & Classic Vehicle Show, South of England Showground, near Haywards Heath. Details: Horsham Historics website. Crich Tramway Village. Edwardian Weekend. Relive the Edwardian period with soldiers, suffragettes, civilians and period vehicles, plus the only chance to ride on the museum's horse tram. Details:website Leeds Waterways Festivl. Keighley Bus Museum Trust will operate a free heritage bus link at this new event, connecting The Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock with Thwaite Mills, Hunslet. Details: website. Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum Huddersfield Trolley Days. 11.00-17.00. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four children) £15. Free parking. Details: 01724 711391. website email.
JULY 12 Birmingham. Aston Manor Transport Museum 22nd Annual Open Day and Outer Circle Running Day. Free bus services to/from city centre and around sections of Outer Circle route 11. Details: website Haverhill, Suffolk. New location for Historic Commercial Vehicle Society East Anglia Rally and Road Run held previously at Ridgewell and supported by Eastern National Preservation Society. New town centre car park site has hard standing so low risk of event being rained off. Details: (sae please) Chris Butcher, East Anglia Area Secretary, HCVS, 23 Challis Lane, BRAINTREE. CM7 1AN phone: 01376 342782. Leyland Society Transport Gathering, 10.00-17.00, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street. Free classic bus service links two sites. Details: Gary Dwyer, 8 St Mary's Close, Sompting, LANCING. BN15 0AF website Lowestoft. Bus event at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, 10.30-17.00. Gathering of vehicles from 1940s onwards. Free bus services to/from Beccles and central Lowestoft every 30 min, and free park-&-ride service from Gisleham School (only disabled visitors may use museum car park on event weekends). Details:website Rotherham South Yorkshire Transport Museum open day. website Sevenoaks Country Bus rallies Running Day. Details: Country Bus Rallies, 19 Hampton Way, East Grinstead RH19 4SG email. website. Programmes and vehicle diagrams: £5.50 (A5 stamped addressed envelope please) from address above, or £6 on the day. Usually available one month before the event. Toddington, Glos as part of Diesel Gala at Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway from 10.00, Toddington Station. Details: (sae) Jim Clarke, Wentworth House North Street, Westbourne, EMSWORTH. PO10 8SP. website.
JULY 19 Alton Running Day & Bus Rally. Vehicle display and transport bazaar at Anstey Park, Alton, Hants. 10.00-17.00. Free bus service from rally site to Alton, Alresford and Medstead & Four Marks stations to complement Mid Hants Watercress Line train service and to local destinations. Free connecting buses from Basingstoke, Staines, Guildford and Farnham. An enhanced train service will also run with two locos in steam complemented by a diesel multiple unit shuttle between Alresford and Medstead & Four Marks. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Claire Barrett & Alan Fairbrother, 23 Somertons Close, GUILDFORD. GU2 9YB. Phone: 01420 87482. email. Websites: Watercress Line and Alton Bus Rally. Dover Transport Museum. White Cliffs bus rally, with free buses between the railway, museum and town centre. Hosted jointly between Dover Transport Museum and East Kent Light Railway at Eynhorne. Details: website. Fleetwood Transport Festival (Tram Sunday), Lord Street from 09.00. Preserved and modern buses are displayed throughout town centre and at Pharos Street Lighthouse. Tram rides from Fisherman's Walk to/from Thornton gate and Cleveleys. Details: phone 01253 871271. website for entry forms, email. Ipswich Transport Museum Engineering Day. Celebration of local firms including Ransomes, which built trolleybuses. Special displays and free bus tours of the old engineering sites of Ipswich. 11.00-16.00. Reunion of former employees in the afternoon. Details: website. Leeds 2009, Elland Road Stadium (5 min from city centre by bus/M621 junc 2). Celebrates 50 years since the end of Leeds trams, 40 years since the first Leeds jumbo 33ft deckers, 35 years since the end of Leeds City Trnsport and the birth of West Yorks PTE, 25 years since the end of Charles H Roe, 15 years since Badgerline bought Yorkshire Rider and 5 years since the formation of the Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group which is organising Leeds 2009 (looks like we may have to wait 5 years for the next one!) All buses and coaches welcome, especially those with a Yorkshire connection. Free admission to public and vehicles. Small charge for stallholders in 9000 sq ft undercover area. Free shuttle to/from city centre and rail station. Details: (large sae please) Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group, Unit 591, 57 Gt George St, LEEDS. LS1 3AJ website email. Woodhouse, Leics. 13th Beaumanor Hall Classic Car & Transport Show. Details: Transtar Promotions, 9 Newquay Road, Park Hall, WALSALL. WS5 3EL phone 01922 643385 website email. Whitley Bay. Vintage bus display, Bournemouth Gardens car park 10.00-16.00. Free vintage seafront bus rides between Tynemouth and St Mary's Island throughout the day. Trade stalls. Free public admission. Link bus to/from North Tyneside steam railway. Sponsored by Go-Ahead Group and North Tyneside Council. Details: (sae please) Ian Findlay, North East Bus Preservation Trust, 1 Gullane, WASHINGTON. NE37 1SE. Phone 0191 417 2539 website email.
JULY 25 Carlisle Ribble Preservation Trust Ribble 90 display of preserved Ribble buses (vehicles by prior arrangement only). 10.30-16.30 The Cross. Sponsored by Stagecoach. Details: website. Crich Tramway Village. Mini meet at Tramway Village. Details: website. Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Sandtoft Gathering preview trolley day. 11.00-22.00. Additional attractions of twilight trolleybus operation and real ale beer tent. Admission: £5 adult (£3 after 18.00), £3 concessions, £15 family (two adults, up to four children). Special two-day tickets available to cover Sandtoft gathering as well £8 adult, £5 concession, NO two-day family ticket). Free parking. Free bus connection from Doncaster Interchange departs 12.30, returns 16.00 (journey approximately 30min). Details: 01724 711391. website email.
JULY 25/26 Flookburgh, Cumbria. Cumbria Steam Gathering, Cark Airfield, near Grange over Sands. Admission £10 (adult), £7 (seniors), accompanied children free. Details: website. Llanelli. West Wales Wings and Wheels, Pembrey Airport, with Bedford dive-in celebrating 75 years of the Bedford Drivers Club and 70 years of the Bedford OB. Details: Carole Williams, Bedford Register & Drivers Club, 9 Nevill Street, ABERGAVENNY. NP7 5AA email. Plymouth. 24th Western National Preservation Group Vehicle Rally at Plymouth Hoe with trade stands and running over old routes to celebrate 80th anniversary of Western National. As part of the event First is repainting a Dennis Trident in WN Tilling green and cream. Details: Paul Derrick, (sae please) First Devon & Cornwall Buses, The Ride, PLYMOUTH. PL9 7BT email, website.
JULY 26 Birmingham & Midland Museum of Transport at Wythall. 1970s/1980s Family Day: From Life on Mars to Ma's and Pa's at the Transport Museum. Event aimed at glam rockers, punks, new romantics and the rest. Details: website. Dudley. Festival of Black Country vehicles at Black Country Living Museum. Buses to be amongst over 100 locally produced Sunbeam. Jensen, Bean, Star and other vehicles parading around the museum site. Details: website Leyland Bus & Coach Show Day, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street. 10.00-17.00. Details: Gary Dwyer, 8 St Mary's Close, Sompting, LANCING. BN15 0AF website Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Sandtoft Gathering 2009. 10.00-18.00 (last admission 17.00). Large selection of trolleybuses in action. Between 75 and 100 visiting historic vehicles on display. Admission: £7 adults, concessions £4 (NO family tickets). Free parking. Free bus connection from Doncaster Interchange departs every 30min 10.00-16.00. Last bus from museum 18.00. Details: 01724 711391. Entry forms from website or Gathering Organiser, The Trolleybus Museum, Belton Road, SANDOFT. DN8 5SX website email. Worthing. Bus Rally & Running Day, seafront. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Chris Cunningham website email. Trade stands (sae) Mike Oborne, 16 Raglan Avenue, Durrington, WORTHING. BN13 2AW
JULY 26 Cambridge.Classic & Vintage Bus Day, starts 11.00. Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane. It is also hoped to run a free shuttle service between the museum and city centre and a coach trip to the Stetham Steam Engine and Prickwillow Pumping Engine Museums. Owing to limited space vehicle entry is by invitation only, with preference given to vehicles with a Cambridge connection. Details: Cambridge Omnibus Society, phone Andy Baker 01353 740336 or John Wakefield 01223 843802 Cambridge Museum of Technology website
JULY 31 - AUGUST 2 Cirencester. 35th Gloucestershire Steam & Vintage Extravaganza, Kemble Airfield. Free vintage bus service connects Cirencester and Kemble station with rally site. Free bus rides on the airfield to/from Bristol Aero Collection Museum. Details: John Hitchings, phone 0117 909 8042 email website. |