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Rally Calendar July 2008 |
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JULY 5/6 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. Mike Sutcliffe's eight 1908-24 Leylands will also take part this year. Details: website. Elvaston Castle, Derby. Elvaston Steam Rally with commercial vehicle section, 09.00-21.00 Saturday, 09.00-17.00 Sunday. Admission £6 (adult), £1 (child 5-16), £5 (seniors), £2 (after 18.00 Saturday). Free bus connections provided by Harpur & Sons, hourly on both days from Derby city centre between 10.00 and 15.00 and Sunday only from Heanor Market Place 10.00 and 13.30. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Elvaston Steam Rally, PO Box 462, Derby, DE24 8ZL, phone: 0771 108 8335 website.
JULY 6 Alton Volunteers from the Working Omnibus Museum Project will operate free vintage bus services from the Mid-Hants Railway station to Chawton and Selborne, plus non stop Alton circulars. Details: John Hillier, phone 01276 23200 email or Glenn Turner, phone 02380 327959 Blackburn. Eighth East Lancashire Rally with road run around Pennine foothills and ends with display at venue to be announced. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Darwen Transport Museum Trust, 59 Cemetery Road, Darwen, BB3 2LZ, phone: 01254 761167 or 0770 692 7466. Website: download entry forms from website. Dover Transport Museum. White Cliffs Country vintage vehicle rally, with vintage open top buses between the museum and Eythorne. Details: website. Keighley Festival of Transport, New event hosted by Keighley Bus Museum and Keighley & Worth Valley Railway with display of heritage buses and historic lorries at Ingrow Railway Centre. Bronte Country Road Run for classic cars and light commercials followed by 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. 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, 132 Moorfield, Harlow, Essex, CM18 7QQ. website. Ringwood, Hants. 7th Wessex Transport Society Festival of Transport. Avon Heath Country Park (A31) with regular shuttle to/from Ringwood car parks. Preserved vehicle display and present day and vintage buses operating free to scenic and transport-related destinations. Supported by Wilts & Dorset Bus Company. No fee for vehicle entrants or visitors. Details: (stamped addressed A5 envelope, please) Mike Caldicott, 7 Priory Dene, 47 Cavendish Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1RA Phone: 01202 293245. email, website. Vehicle running enquiries - Paul Donald, phone: 01425 672938. email Southsea/Fareham/Warsash Running day to commemorate 50th anniversary of the introduction of the first of Southdown's 285 Queen Mary Leyland Titan PD3s on route 45/A between the two Hampshire towns. Buses every 20min. Static display and preserved Portsmouth Corporation buses to take part. Details: PB Bus Marketing Specialists (Queen Mary), 2 Trafalgar Square, Chandlers Ford, EASTLEIGH. SO53 4BW. Toddington, Glos as part of Diesel Gala at Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway from 10.00, Toddington Station. Free classic bus shuttles to/from Cheltenham, Evesham and Broadway. Details: (sae) Jim Clarke, Wentworth House North Street, Westbourne, EMSWORTH. PO10 8SP. website.
JULY 12/13 Ardingly, West Sussex Vintage & Classic Vehicle Show, South of England Showground, near Haywards Heath. Details: Horsham Historics website. Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum Huddersfield Trolley Weekend including relaunch into service of 1947 Karrier/Park Royal 541 (CVH741) 40 years to the day since the Huddersfield system closed. 11.00-17.00. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four children) £15. Free parking. Free bus connection from Doncaster Interchange (Sunday only) leaving 12.30, returning 16.00. Details: 01724 711391. website email.
JULY 13 Birmingham. Aston Manor Transport Museum 21st Annual Open Day and Outer Circle Running Day. Free bus services to/from city centre and around sections of Outer Circle route 11. website Crich Tramway Village. Leylands at rich event to celebrate 10th anniversary of the Leyland Society, Mike Sutcliffe's Leyland X2 doubledecker, which is the oldest restored Leyland and the oldest surviving British built motorbus. It will be displayed alongside the other 7 Leylands. Details:(sae please) Gary Dwyer, 8 St Mary's Close, Sompting. LANCING. BN15 0AF website. Gravesend, Kent. Classic bus 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 seven to 10 days before the event. Ipswich Transport Museum engineering reunion for all former employees 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. 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, and free park-&-ride service from Gisleham School (only disabled visitors may use museum car park on event weekends). website Rotherham South Yorkshire Transport Museum open day. website
JULY 19/20 Manchester Museum of Transport.Festival of Model Tramways. Free heritage bus service. Details: website
JULY 20 Alton Running Day & Bus Rally. Vehicle display and transport bazaar at Anstey Park, Alton, Hants. Free bus service from rally site to Alton and Medstead stations to complement Mid Hants Watercress Line train service and to local destinations. Free buses from these and Alresford station to local destinations including Winchester. Free early/late journeys connect Alton MHR and Winchester South West Trains stations and Guildford bus station, and Alresford MHR and Winchester rail stations. Free regular service between Basingstoke station and Alton MHR station. An enhanced train service will also run with two locos in steam complemented by a diesel multiple unit shuttle between Alresford and Medstead. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Alan Fairbrother, 8 Lansdowne Road, Alton GU34 2HB. Phone: 01420 87482. email. Websites: Watercress Line and Alton Bus Rally. Crich Tramway Village. Mini meet at Tramway Village. Details: website. Eastbourne mini event organised by Country Bus Rallies. Details: Country Bus Rallies,19 Hampton Way, East Grinstead RH19 4SG. website. 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. 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: Vehicle phone 01253 777188. Trade stalls, phone Sylvia Jones 01253 770103. General enquiries 01253 681337, website - entry forms on site. Leyland, Lancs. Foden & ERF Transport gathering, 10.00-17.00, British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street. Details: website Whitley Bay. Vintage bus display, Bournemouth Gardens car park 10.00-16.00. Free vintage bus rides between Tynemouth and St Mary's Island throughout the day, timings depend on passenger numbers. Trade stalls. Free public admission. Free modern bus service all day to/from steam railway at Middle Engine Lane, Wallsend. 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 26 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 26/27 Flookburgh, Cumbria. Cumbria Steam Gathering, Cark Airfield, near Grange over Sands. Admission £10 (adult), £7 (seniors), accompanied children free. website.
JULY 27 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. Manchester Museum of Transport. Standrd Triumph Group event. website. Plymouth. 23rd Western National Preservation Group Vehicle Rally at Plymouth Hoe with trade stands and bus tours of the city. Details: Paul Derrick, phone 01752 403628 (evenings) email. Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. Sandtoft Gathering 2008. 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, Sandtoft, N Lincs, DN8 5SX. website email. Worthing. Bus Rally, seafront. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Chris Cunningham website email. |