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Rally Calendar - Showbus Month |
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SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 7 Alton, Hants. Volunteers from the Working Omnibus Museum Project will operate free vintage bus services from the Mid-Hants Railway station to Chawton and Selborne. There will also be non stop Alton circulars. Details: John Hillier, phone 01276 23200, email or Glenn Turner, phone 02380 327959. Bolton Abbey, N. Yorks. Open-top (subject to availability) scenic bus service every 45 min 11.00-16.15 operated by Keighley Bus Museum Trust Bolton Abbey station and village connecting with all trains on Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. website Bournemouth. 37th Autumn Road Run. 90-mile road run from Kings Park, Bournemouth to Bath. Details: Commercial Transport in Preservation. Website. Chingford. Vintage bus running day and display of London buses 11.00-16.00 at Royal Forest Hotel terminus, Rangers Road (5min from Chingford station and served by all local London Buses routes). This is exactly 40 years since the terminus closed as part of London Transport's Bus reshaping Plan. Free vintage bus rides to/from Chingford station and around Epping Forest. Royal Forest Hotel open from 12.00 for Sunday lunch. Details: (large stamped addressed envelope, please) North London Transport Society Events, 132 Moorfield, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7QQ Website Crich Volkswagen Beetle Drive at Tramway Village, Derbyshire. website. Dorking/Guildford. Running day over former London Transport/London Country rural routes. Programmes and vehicle diagrams: £5.50 (A5 stamped addressed envelope please) from address above, or £6 on the day. Usually available seven to 10 days before the event. Details: Country Bus Rallies,19 Hampton Way, East Grinstead. RH19 4SG email website. Dudley. 9th Classic Car & Transport Show, Himley Hall. Details: Transtar Promotions, 9 Newquay Road, Park Hall, Walsall, WS5 3EL. Phone: 01922 643385. email, website. Manchester. Trans-Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally, Heaton Park. More than 200 vehicles, many of them buses, on a road run from Museum of Transport to Heaton Park for display. website. Merthyr Tydfil. Bus & Coach Wales 2008 Rally and running day. Organised by the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group. Linking with the Brecon Mountain Railway and Rhymney Brewery. Details (sae please): The Secretary, Cardiff Transport Preservation Group, 24 Heol y Coed, Beddau, PONTYPRIDD. CF38 2HY email, website.
SEPTEMBER 13 Bradford. Keighley Bus Museum awayday display of large selection of buses in Centenary Square as part of Nationwide Heritage Open Weekend. website. Crawley. Toy 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. Long Eaton, Notts. East Midlands Model Road transport Exhibition, 09.00-16.00, United Methodist Church Hall, Midland Street. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) John Morris, Model Bus Federation, 171 Village Street, Old Normanton, Derby, DE23 8DF, phone 01332 772435 or 0779 959 4702, E-mail
SEPTEMBER 13/14 Birmingham. Aston Manor Transport Museum. Heritage Open Weekend with free admission on both days. website Lowestoft. East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend, featuring after-dark trolleybus and tram service on Saturday. All available trolleybuses will operate. The museum will welcome visiting classic and vintage vehicles. 13.00-21.00 Saturday, 10.30-17.00 Sunday. Free vintage bus services will operate to/from Lowestoft and Beccles during the weekend. Free park-&-ride service from Gisleham School. website. Manchester. Heritage Open Weekend at Museum of Transport, Boyle Street. Part of Nationwide Heritage Weekend run in association with Civic Trust Heritage. Free vintage bus service to/from city centre. Free admission. website. Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Trolley Days and Models Weekend, featuring model trolleybuses, trams and trains and working layouts. 11.00-17.00. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four concessions) £15. Free parking. Free bus service (Sunday only) departs Doncaster Interchange 12.30 returns 16.00 (journey time approx 30 mins). Details: 01724 711391 website email.
SEPTEMBER 14 Amberley, West Sussex. Amberley Museum annual bus rally. website Also, Alan Lambert, 7 Nursery Close, Emsworth, Hants, PO10 7SP email or for stall informaation email here. Bolton Abbey, N. Yorks. Open-top (subject to availability) scenic bus service every 45 min 11.00-16.15 operated by Keighley Bus Museum Trust Bolton Abbey station and village connecting with all trains on Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. website Crich Classic Ford day at Tramway Village, Derbyshire. website Dublin, Toy Collectors' Fair, Clontarf Castle Hotel, Castle Avenue, Clontarf. 10.00-17.00. Over 60 stalls includig photos and transport ephemra. Dublin Bus route 130. 10 min walk from Killester DART station. Details: Phone Brian 00 1 353 1 280 3008 or Terry 00 1 353 1 284 9199 Liverpool. Merseyside Transport Trust running day with buses operating between Pier Head and South Parkway/Woolton via Penny Lane. Supported by Merseytravel. Details: Merseyside Transport Trust, phone: 0151 298 2122 (10.00-17.00, Tue-Sat), Website. Sheffield South Yorkshire Transport Rally at the Meadowhall Shopping Centre coach park (Tarmac surface, so no problem if wet - and extensive shopping nearby for bored partners). Free shuttle bus service, using a selection of interesting vehicles, between the rally site and the Sheffield Bus Museum, which has a special open day. Details: (stamped addressed envelope please) Rally Organiser, 52 Greengate Lane, High Green, Sheffield, S35 3GR. Southampton Running Day, marking 60 years since Southampton Corporation introduced a new circular service from the city centre via Bitterne, Portswood, Bassett, Shirley and Millbrook. Preserved Guys, AECs and Leyland Atlanteans will run every 20 min in each direction. Details: Illustrated souvenir timetable programme available for £5.50 from PB Bus Marketing Specialists (Southampton), 2 Trafalgar Close, Chandlers Ford, EASTLEIGH. SO53 4BW.
SEPTEMBER 21 Bolton Abbey, N. Yorks. Open-top (subject to availability) scenic bus service every 45 min 11.00-16.15 operated by Keighley Bus Museum Trust Bolton Abbey station and village connecting with all trains on Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. website Exeter. West Country Historic Omnibus & Transport Trust Gathering, 10.00-16.00 Westpoint Showground, Clyst St Mary (signposted from M5 jct30). Over 100 past and present day vehicles expected, free bus rides on site and to/from city centre, plus stalls and catering. Admission charge, but free parking. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) WHOTT Rally Organiser, 1 St Peters Close, BARNSTAPLE. EX31 4JU. website. Leyland, Lancs. Autumn Transport Show, 10.00-17.00, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street. website St Helens Workshop Open Day 11.00-16.00 at North West Museum of Road Transport. Opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes, to view the vehicles in various stages of restoration and chat with museum volunteers and see what is involved in returning these classic vehicles to the road, some after many years out of use. website Stoke on Trent. Potteries Connection running day, 10.00-17.00, Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton. Modern, classic and vintage buses on a variety of city and rural routes including real ale pub and photo stops. Regular services to Churnet Valley and Foxfield preserved railways. Improved timetable guide for 2008 includes detailed route maps, photographs and full working timetable with vehicle allocations. Feeder services from Crewe rail station (09.30), Derby rail station (09.00), Stafford rail station (09.30) and Uttoxeter bus station (09.40). All feeder services return from Gladstone departing approximately 16.00. City shuttle service every 30min from Hanley bus station 09.00 onwards and Stoke railway station 09.05 onwards. Admission to event and all bus rides free. Discounts available forPottery Museum tour. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Mark Plant, 55 Elldawn Avenue, Norton, Stoke on Trent, ST6 8XD. email or email Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly Gelligaer UDC 80th anniversary event at Parc Penalta. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) John Evans, 59 Cardiff Road, BARGOED.CF81 8PA email website
SEPTEMBER 27 Crich. Enthusiasts' Day at Tramway Village, Derbyshire. Behind-the-scenes tours, vintage film footage and works cars. Free bus link from Whatstandwell station. website. Henfield, West Sussex. Toy collectors' fair, Village Hall, 10.30-15.00. Details: (stallholder bookings) Geoffrey Martin, 11 Macaulay Close, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6TZ. Phone: 01732 840787.
SEPTEMBER 27/28 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Trolley Days and Six-Wheeler Weekend. 11.00-17.00. Up to eight three-axle trolleybuses in operation. Discount admission for visitors bringing any six-wheel/three-axle vehicle to this event. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four concessions) £15. Free parking. No free bus connection from Doncaster Interchange. Details: 01724 711391. website email.
SEPTEMBER 28 SHOWBUS, Duxford
Bolton Abbey, N. Yorks. Open-top (subject to availability) scenic bus service every 45 min 11.00-16.15 operated by Keighley Bus Museum Trust Bolton Abbey station and village connecting with all trains on Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. website |