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Rally Calendar November 2008 |
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NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 2 Lincoln Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society Open Day. 10.30-17.00. Celebrates centenary of bristol built buses, but other vehicle types also welcome. Displays, visiting vehicles, sales stands, refreshments and a variety of buses and coaches operating free services to/from Lincoln railway station and park & ride bus service from Moorland Centre, Tritton Road. Parking on site is extremely limited. Admission £5 (includes programme and bus working timetable), accompanied children free. Details: Phone 01522 689497. Website. St Helens Nocturnal Running Day, 12.00-18.00 at North West Museum of Road Transport. Free bus services running into the evening will recreate the late night buses of old. website NOVEMBER 8 Andover. The Big Transport Collectors' Fayre, Winton School, London Road, SP10 2PS. 10.30-20.00. Books, photographs and diecast models for bus, rail, lorry and steam enthusiasts. Display of buses, commercial vehicles, traction engines and steam models outside. Admission £1. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Road Haulage Enthusiasts Transport Archive, 75 Gallaghers Mead, Andover, SP10 3BS, phone: 01264 396891. Dewsbury West Riding Transport Fair, 11.00-16.00 Bus Museum, Ravensthorpe. Free bus from Dewsbury bus station, plus (subject to weather and availability) mystery tour on West Riding Leyland Tiger PS2 No.733 (EHL 344). Details: A. Dakin, 5 Oakenshaw Street, Wakefield, WF1 5BT (stamped addressed envelope, please). Phone: 01924 258314. website Rotherham. South Yorkshire Transport Museum Open Day. website
NOVEMBER 15 Crawley. Toy and collectors' fair, K2 Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, 10.30-15.00. Details: (stallholder bookings) Geoffrey Martin, 11 Macaulay Close, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6TZ. Phone: 01732 840787.
NOVEMBER 16 Bluebell Railway, East Sussex. Vintage Bus Running Day on special routes to/from the railway plus a static display at Sheffield Park station. Details: website. Dublin Toy Collectors Fair. Clontarf Castle Hotel, Castle Avenue, Clontarf. 10.00-17.00. Over 60 stalls including photographs and transport ephemera. Dublin bus route 130. Ten min walk from Killester DART station. Details: phone Brian on 0013 531 580 3008 or Terry on 0035 312 849199 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Twilight Trolley day with trolleybuses operating after dark. 11.00-18.00. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four concessions) £15. Free parking. NO free bus connection from Doncaster. Details: 01724 711391 Website email.
NOVEMBER 22 Harrow, Middlesex. London Omnibus Traction Society Autumn Transport Spectacular, Harrow Leisure Centre (nearest station Harrow & Wealdstone). Look out for advertisement in Buses nearer the date. Details: (large stamped addressed envelope, please), London Omnibus Traction Society, Unit N305, Westminster Business Square, 1-45 Durham Street, London, SE11 5JH. Website. NOVEMBER 29 Birmingham. Aston Manor Transport Museum 12th annual collectors' fair. Free bus service to/from Birmingham city centre. website |