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Rally Calendar October 2008 |
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OCTOBER
OCTOBER 4/5 Manchester Museum of Transport will operate free bus service between the Boyle Street museum and the New Century Hall, where the Manchester Model Railway Show will be held. Note that there is no special show at the museum itself. website.
OCTOBER 5 Amersham & District Motor Bus Society 20th Running Day. 10.00-17.30, based at car park adjoining Amersham London Underground station). Extensive network of routes operated around the Chilterns. Programme/timetable £5 from one month in advance from Peter Cartwright, 54 Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NX. Phone: 01494 437750 Birkenhead. Wirral Bus & Tram Show, 10.30-16.00 in and around Pacific Road and Taylor Street museums and alongside the route of the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway. Buses, trams, cars and trucks. Sales stands and displays. Free bus rides around the local area. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Rally Secretary, John Nolan, 21 Meadow Street, Wallasey, Wirral, CH45 9JA. Phone: 0151 639 4929 email Elvington, N. Yorks All types Historic Bus Rally and running event \t Orkshire Air Museum, 10.00-16.00. Organised by Routemaster Owners Club. Details: Routemaster Owners Club. website Ipswich Transport Museum 12th 'Come and ride on our buses' event. 11.00-16.00. Free rides on over 20 museum and visiting buses (old and new). Regular free buses to/from the railway station and town centre. Also free park-&-ride. Details: Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road, Ipswich IP3 9JD, enclosing two second-class stamps please. Phone: 01473 715666 Winkleigh, Devon. 45th West of England Transport Collection Winkleigh Historic Transport Gathering. Winkleigh Airfield, B3220. 10.00-16.00. Free historic bus service in the area, including visits to local cider factory. Free park-&-ride. Admission £5 adult, £2 under-14s, £3 senior, £12 family. Details: Colin Shears. Phone: 01769 580811 website
OCTOBER 11 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.
OCTOBER 12 Birmingham. Midland Red Day at The Transport Museum, Wythall. website Canvey Island, Essex. 29th annual open day and transport show, Castle Point Transport Museum. website Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust open day at Bridgeton Bus Garage, Fordneuk Street. A limited number of visiting vehicles and stallholders welcome - must register through the website or address below. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) GVVT, 76 Fordneuk Street, Glasgow, G40 3AH email website Otley. Samuel Ledgard Society annual reunion and memorabilia display 19.30 Rose & Crown pub, Bondgate (opposite the old Ledgard bus garage). Free bus services in the evening on old Ledgard routes. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Barry Rennison, 58 Kirklees Drive, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 5TE email website. Rotherham South Yorkshire Transport Museum open day. website Rugby Jim Marshall Transport Gathering, Nightowl Truck Stop, A5 Watling street. New event organised by Rugby & District Historic Transport Studies Group and teh Castle Maudslay Preservation Group in memory of a passionate commercial vehicle preservationist. 120 vehicles expected, plus stands,. £1 admission. Historic shuttle bus service to/from off-site car park. All proceeds to Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. Details: David Holton phone 01788 813531, John Bird phone 02476 665059. website email Skipton - Bolton Abbey. 4th Yorkshire Dales vintage bus running day from Bolton Abbey railway station and Skipton town centre, 10.00-17.00. Organised by Aire Valley Transport Collection. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Greg Lawson, AVTC, The Motor House, 157 North Wing, Bradford, BD3 0EL, phone 01274 420444 or 0788 772 6686 website Warminster Mini Vintage Bus Running Day. 10.00-17.00. Free bus services will operate on 12 routes plus mystery tours. At least 12 classic vehicles will work through the scenic Wiltshire countryside. Free feeder services from many local towns, including Bath, Salisbury, Mere, Gillingham (Dorset) and Trowbridge. Details: (sae please) Free leaflet from Bob Eade, UK Transport Services, 4 Saxon's Acre, WARMINSTER. BA12 8HT website
OCTOBER 18 Chester Model Showbus. Community Centre, Westminster Road, Hoole. 10.00-16.00. Admission £2, Senior Citizen £1.50, Children £1. Details: Chris Goodwin, 5A Bryn y Ffynnon Road, Brymbo, Wrexham. LL11 5DB. Phone: 01978 721872 or 0774 863 0712 email Ipswich Transport Museum 12th 'Wheels by Lamplight' evening event, 19.00-21.00. A regular evening event when the Museum is illuminated by hundreds of old paraffin and oil lamps. Admission is by ticket only. Not suitable for children. Details: website Zurich Switzerland. Bus running day 09.00-18.00 using typical blue and white FBW 1954 citybus on several town services as they were in the late 1950s. Snacks and drinks on board. Timetable available 7-10 days before the event. Details: Historische Nutzfahrzeuge J Biegger, Fischbachstrasse 16, CH-8717, BENKEN SG, Switzerland. email website
OCTOBER 18/19 Manchester Leyland Atlantean 50 Event at Museum of Transport, Boyle Street. Celebrates 50 years of the rear engines Atlantean. Several buses on display and in use on free heritage bus services. website.
OCTOBER 19 Birmingham. Aston Manor Transport Museum.Midland Red Running Day with free service from/to city centre, plus sales stands. website. Newport, Isle of Wight. Isle of Wight Bus Museum running day, 10.30 to 17.00, with frequent bus rides 11.00-17.00. Shuttle service from Newport town bus station, vintage vehicle display on the Quay. Refreshments available at adjacent Classic Boat Museum. Visiting vehicles welcome. Details: Phone 01983 533352. For visiting vehicles (A5 stamped addressed envelope marked 'Running Day') to Isle of Wight Bus Museum, Newport Harbour, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2EF. Ruddington. End of Season Road Transport Gala at the Nottingham Transport Centre. website Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum St Leger Historic Vehicle Rally 11.00-17.00. Admission: £5 adults, concessions £3, family ticket (two adults and up to four concessions) £15. Free parking. Rally starts from Doncaster Aircraft Museum 11.15. Transport sales stands. Free bus from Doncaster Interchange 11.30 and 12.30, returning 16.00 and 17.00. Details: 01724 711391. website email. Rally details from Doncaster Omnibus & Light Rail Society, 55 Silverwood House, Elsworth Close, Doncaster, S Yorks. website email
OCTOBER 25 Crich Tramway Village. Starlight Halloween. Illuminations, witches, ghosts and trams running into the dark. website. OCTOBER 26 Cobham Bus Museum. Green Day. End of season display and running day with London transport Country Area buses and Green Line coaches. £5 admission includes unlimited bus rides, shuttle from Weybridge Station and up to two accompanied under 16s. website Crich Tramway Village. Red October Day with Eastern Block vehicles. website. Leyland, Lancs. Model Transport Exhibition. 10.00-17.00 British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street. Scale models of buses and trucks. website |