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Rally Calendar June 2008 |
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JUNE 1 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. Details: John Hillier, phone 01276 23200, email or Glenn Turner, phone 02380 327959. Hertford, Stevenage & Hitchin. Classic bus running day. This well-established event focuses on the rural routes of Hertfordshire. 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. Family Fun Day, 11.00-16.00, Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road. The fifth time for this event designed for families and will feature large scale models and vintage bus and fire engine rides. website. Uxbridge/Northwood. running day. Organised by Amersham & District Motorbus Society. Recreating some of the former LT Central & CCountry bus routes that used to serve the area. Peter Cartwright, 54 Gunions Road, HIGH WYCOMBE. HP13 7NX. Phone 01494 437750. Programmes: £3 from address above, or £4 on the day. Usually available one month before the event.
JUNE 7 Chesterfield running day 13.00-16.00, organised by Transpire – The Chesterfield Bus Society. Services radiate from Coach Station, New Beetwell Street. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Chris Corroy, 169 Hunloke Avenue, Walton, Chesterfield, S40 3EA. Crawley. Toy and model collectors' fair, K2 Leisure Centre from 10.30. Details: (stallholder bookings) Geoff Martin, 11 Macaulay Close, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6TZ. Phone: 01732 840787 Seaton. & District Electric Tramway 14th Annual Bus & Vintage Vehicle Rally, Seaton Heights Hotel, Seaton Down Hill. Bus link with Axminster station, vintage bus rides around the Axe Valley. Details: Seaton Tramway (Vintage Vehicle Rally), Harbour Road, Seaton, EX12 2NQ. Phone: 01297 20375, fax: 01297 625626 email website.
JUNE 7-21 Dudley. Trolley 21 running event at Black Country Living Museum. Trolleybuses from the UK and abroad will help celebrate the 21st anniversary of the museum's trolleybus service. Details: website
JUNE 7/8 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum Trolley Day. 11.00-17.00. 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
JUNE 8 Barry Festival of Transport. Organised by the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group in conjunction with the Vale of Glamorgan Steam Railway. Details: Mike Taylor, phone 01443 862144, website. Bolton Abbey N Yorks. Keighley Bus Museum Trust awayday heritage bus display at Bolton Abbey station plus free bus service between Bolton Abbey station and village, connecting with trains on Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Details: website. Froghall N Staffs. The Alf Tunstall Classic Bus Rally, Froghall Station, Churnett Valley Railway. Train service in operation. Trade stands acceptable Details: John Wilshaw, phone 01782 871645 email website. Hull/Bridlington. 40th East Coast Run for pre 1986 vehicles which congregate at East Park, Holderness Road, Hull from 09.30-11.00. Route is via A165. Arrive Sewerby Fields, Bridlington from 12.00, dispersal from 17.00. Free public admission. Programme 50p on the day. Entrants pay £2 per vehicle and are entitled to have a free autojumble stall. Details: East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club, events secretary Bernard Messingham, phone 01482 860381. Luton Festival of Transport for pre-1980 vehicles, Stockwood Park, 10.00-17.00. Admission £4 adult, £1 child, £8 family. Details: Chiltern Vehicle Preservation Group, email, website. Rotherham South Yorkshire Transport Museum open day. Details: website. Southampton Royal Victoria Bus Festival, Royal Victoria Country Park. After a break of 10 years this event is back. It used to attract around 200 vehicles in its heyday. Details: (sae please) PB Bus Marketing Specialists (Netley), 2 Trafalgar Close, Chandlers Ford, EASTLEIGH. SO53 4BW.
JUNE 14/15 Birmingham & Midland Museum of Transport at Wythall. J-Days: 60 years of the iconic Morris van. Gathering at the Transport Museum in association with the J, J/B and 101 Register. Details: website. Crich Tramway Village, Derbyshire. The Jazz Years. 1920s and 1930s themed weekend. Details: website Swansea. Festival of Transport. Swansea-Laugharne Road Run on Saturday. Welsh Bus & Coach Show on the Sunday at Swansea recreation Ground. Details: (large stamped addressed envelope, please) Ashley Lovering, Swansea Festival of Transport, 5 Clos Cynan, Hendrefoilan Woods, Killay, Swansea, SA2 7DL (phone 0781 495 8379). email website. Welshpool Festival of Transport, Powys Castle. Free bus to/from Welshpool town centre. Details from Steve Morris by email website
JUNE 15 Brownhills, Staffs. Chasewater Railway Bus Rally, Brownhills West station. Static display and free bus shuttle services provisionally between Lichfield and Hednesford Bus Station to Chasewater Heaths Station. Hourly train service between the two stations linking the two sites. Details: Chasewater Bus Rally, 12 Boley Close, LICHFIELD> WS14 9AR. Phone: 0794 126 7521. email website Burton-upon-Trent. REVISED DATE Ninth Bus & Coach Rally, Coors Visitor Centre 10.00-16.00. Bar and restaurant, shop, Coors shire horses, history of brewing, free vintage bus rides. Details: (sae) Phil Stanbridge, Event Co-ordinator, 2 Red Rose Court, Long Street, BURTON upon TRENT. DE15 9LZ. Phone: 0798 995 0566 email Cobham Bus Museum running day for Fathers’ Day featuring post-1973 doubledeckers. £5 admission includes unlimited bus rides for up to two accompanied under-16s (shuttle from Weybridge Railway Station). Details: website Durham. Fathers Day park & Ride 11.00-16.00. Vintage buses will operate the Park & Ride from Belmont car park, just off the A1(M) at jct 61 (A690 turn off to Sunderland) to/from the city centre. Bus rides and car parking are free, and some trade stalls will be present. Sponsored by Durham County Council. Details (sae) Ian Findlay, North East Bus Museum Trust, 1 Gullane, WASHINGTON. NE37 1SE. Phone 0191 417 2539 email. website Stoke on Trent 19th Trentham Gardens Classic Car & Transport Show. Details: Transtar Promotions, 9 Newquay Road, Park Hall, WALSALL. WS5 3EL phone 01922 643385 website email.
JUNE 21 Maidstone & Kent Vintage Toy Collectors' Fair. 09.00-15.00, The Lockmeadow Market Hall, Hart Street (next to Maidstone West railway station, which also is a stop on the park-&-ride bus service). Details: (stallholder bookings) Geoff Martin, 11 Macaulay Close, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6TZ. Phone: 01732 840787.
JUNE 21/22 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum Trolley Weekend featuring BUT trolleybuses in operation. 11.00-17.00. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four concessions) £15. Free parking. Free bus connection (Sunday only) from Doncaster Interchange departs 12.30, returns 16.00.. Details: 01724 711391. website. email
JUNE 22 Blackpool. Totally Transport — Blackpool’s Great Promenade Motor Show, New South Promenade. 11.00-16.00. Fourth joint event organised by Lancastrian Transport Trust, Blackpool Preservation Group, Blackpool Civic Trust and Harrowside Solarium. Classic cars, buses, coaches, commercial vehicles and a vintage tram service will feature against the backdrop of the refurbished South Promenade and Solarium complex. Details: Paul Turner, LTT Events, 6 Westbank Avenue, Blackpool, FY4 5BT. Phone: 0781 598 3885, email. website. Bromley, Kent. Ravens Wood School Rally. Buses and coaches welcomed since 2002 at this well-established car show. Detail: David Harper phone 0701 702 2450. email. website. Chatsworth, Derbyshire. 3rd Chatsworth Preserved Bus Gathering, Chatsworth House 09.00-17.00. All preserved buses (not current) welcome for display in front of Chatsworth House, set in 1000 acres of parkland. Extensive free bus rides will operate within the grounds to Bakewell, where trade stands will be accommodated in the Town Hall. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Entries information from Dennis Vickers, 14 Whitting Mews, Holland Road, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, S41 9HF. Text: 0772 706 7278. email. Trade stall enquiries to Andrew Bagshaw, 21 Ash Grove, Mastin Moor, Chesterfield, S43 3AW. Phone 01246 473619. Hemel Hempstead Running Day. 10.00-17.30. Based at Hemel Hempstead bus station. Marking 60 yers since the first RTs entered country area service. Many rural and interurban services. Organised by Amersham & District Motorbus Society. Details: Programme/timetable available from mid-May for £5 (£6 on the day) from Peter Cartwright, 54 Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NX. Phone: 01494 437750. Weymouth. Vintage Bus Running Day based at Lodmoor Coach Park & Weymouth College. Buses will operate to Portland Bill and Bowleaze Cove with mystery tours throughout the day. Lodmoor was the site of Weymouth Rallies in the 70s and 80s but facilities have been much improved. Car park adjacent. Details: Entry forms (stamped addressed envelope, please) Weymouth VBRD, 6 Dorchester Apartments, Westerhall Road, Weymouth, DT4 7SZ. website.
JUNE 28 Elstree & Borehamwood. On the Buses event as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations of Elstree Studios. Starts 11.00 at Innkeepers Lodge, Borehamwood with reception and television film footage of On the Buses film and tv series. Followed by Routemaster trip to outlying film locations, followed by big screen presentation of Holiday on the Buses at Reel Cinema, with guest stars for question and answer session, then guided walk around the town to see and photograph On the Buses film locations. Ends 17.00, with 80th anniversary evening event starting at 19.30 £20 adult £10 child. website email. London E3. Centenary Open Day at East London Bus Group Bow Garage, Fairfield Road, 10.00-17.30. Historic bus displays and stalls. Vintage buses operating to/from London Transport Covent Garden Museum. Admission by programme. Procedds to St Joseph's Hospice. Details: East London Bus Group, 2 St Clements Road, ILFORD. IG1 1BA. Phone: 0208 553 3420 website Manchester. Busmen's Holiday at the Museum of Transport. Special event for all former employees of bus operators in Greater Manchester. Free admission. Details: website
JUNE 29 Crich Tramway Village. 1950s day. A gala of 1950s music, cars and styles. Plus Presidents' Day when this year's presidents of the Omnibus Society and the Tramway Museum Society, Gavin Booth and Ian Yearsley, host a joint bus and tram event with preserved buses marking the replacement of trams in cities like Leeds, Sheffield, Glasgow and Edinburgh.. Details: website. Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust will operate free bus service, 11.00-17.00, between Glasgow Museum of transport and Victoria Park via Broomhill Cross as part of West End Festival. Sheffield Festival of Transport, Graves Park. Details: Transtar Promotions phone 01922 643385 website. St Helens Trolleybus Day. 11.00-16.00 at the North West Museum of Road Transport. To mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of trolleybus services in the town. St Helens vintage buses will travel the Prescott and Rainhill circular routes with a guest appearance of 1951 St Helens BUT/East Lancs trolleybus 387 (BDJ87) returning to the museum for the first time in 40 years. Trade stalls in the museum with refreshments available. website. Stroud Bus Running Day, Stroud College 10.00-17.00 Details: Mike Ede email. |