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Rally Calendar - October |
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OCTOBER
OCTOBER 4 Amersham & District Motor Bus Society 21st Running Day. 10.00-17.30, based at car park adjoining Amersham London Underground station). Extensive network of routes operated around the Chilterns. Details: Programme/timetable £6 (£5 from one month in advance) from Peter Cartwright, 54 Guinions Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7NX. Phone: 01494 437750 email Birkenhead. Wirral Bus & Tram Show, 10.00-16.00 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. Features bus and tram rides. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) Rally Secretary, John Nolan, 21 Meadow Street, Wallasey, Wirral, CH45 9JA. Phone: 0151 639 4929 email. Ipswich Transport Museum '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. This year celebrates the 90th anniversary of the original Eastern Counties. Details: Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road, Ipswich IP3 9JD, enclosing two second-class stamps please. Phone: 01473 715666.
OCTOBER 10 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. Portchester, Hants. Indoor Transport Fair at Porchester Parish Hall, 10.30-16.00, organised by the Provincial Society. Large number of stalls. Light refreshments. Admission £1 on the door. Details: (stallholder bookings) email website .
OCTOBER 10/11 Acton, London open weekend at London Transport Museum depot. Details of the theme of this event will be available later. website.
OCTOBER 11 Birmingham. Wumpty Forty Day at The Transport Museum, Wythall. This will be a colourful day celebrating the old corporation and WMPTE buses with lots of opportunities for bus rides. Details: website Canvey Island, Essex. 30th annual open day and transport show, Castle Point Transport Museum, 10.00-16.30. Free bus link from/to Labworth Car Park. Admission £4, child/senior £2, family ticket £10. Over 50 stalls under cover inside. Hot & cold food served all day. 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. Frequent free bus linking Bridgeton Garage, City Centre and Museum. Admission £5, concession £3, family £12. Free if you join the trust on the day. MBF Scotland West model display. Details: (stamped addressed envelope, please) GVVT, 76 Fordneuk Street, Glasgow, G40 3AH email website Rotherham South Yorkshire Transport Museum open day. website Skipton - Bolton Abbey. 5th 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) The Motor House, Granby Street, Bradford, BD4 7AN, website
OCTOBER 13 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.
OCTOBER 17 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 Birmingham. Aston Manor Transport Museum. Metro-Cammell Weymann 20 years later, 11.00-17.00. An opportunity to see and ride in Metro-Cammell products through the ages with free service from/to city centre. Details: website. Hastings. Toy fair, Summerfield Leisure Centre, Bohemia Road. Details: (stallholder bookings) Geoff Martin, 11 Macaulay Close, Larkfield, Kent, ME20 6TZ. Phone: 01732 840787. Newport, Isle of Wight. Isle of Wight Bus Museum running day, 10.30 to 17.00, with frequent bus rides 11.00-16.30. 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. Oxford Bus Museum, Long Hanborough. Bus and classic vehicle rally. Details: website. Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum St Leger Historic Vehicle Rally 11.00-17.00. Admission: £7 adults, concessions £4, family ticket (two adults and up to four concessions) £20. 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 Wroughton Airfield, near Swindon. (venue to be confirmed) BUSES 60th Anniversary Rally. See BUSES for further details. Details: Ian Allan Publishing Phone: 01780 484630.
OCTOBER 24 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
OCTOBER 25 Blackpool. Open Day, Lancastrian Transport Trust, Brinwell Road, depot, Marton (just off the M55) 12.00-16.00, free bus link to/from town centre. Details: phone 0781 598 3885, website, email. Cobham Bus Museum. London links end of season display and running day highlighting connections with companies like Aldershot & District, Southdown and Maidstone & District. £5 admission includes unlimited bus rides, shuttle from Weybridge Station and up to two accompanied under 16s. Details: website. Halifax. Nocturnal Heart of the Pennines Bus Rally, Piece Hall, 13.00 until late. Supported by Calderdale Council and in conjunction with the Fabulous 40s Festival. Food & drink available. Vintage bus rides, stalls and entertainment. Details: (sae please) £5 programme from David Evans, 16 Lothian Place, BLACKPOOL. FY2 0EZ, phone 0797 066 3904, email. Leyland, Lancs. Model Transport Exhibition. 10.00-17.00 British Commercial Vehicle Museum, King Street. Scale models of buses and trucks. Details: website
OCTOBER 31 Crich Tramway Village. Starlight Halloween. Illuminations, witches, ghosts and trams running into the dark. Open 18.00-21.00. Details: website. Pudsey, W Yorks. Samuel Ledgard Society fifth Transport Collectord Fair 10.00-16.00. Pudsey Civic Fair, Dawson's Corner. Up to 100 stalls selling transport memorabilia. Admission £1. Details: (sae please) Barry Rennison, 58 Kirklees Drive, PUDSEY. LS28 5TE website, email.
OCTOBER 31/NOVEMBER 1 Manchester Museum of Transport. SELNEC 40, a two day themed event to celebrate 40 years since bus operation in Greater Manchester was transferred to newly formed SELNEC PTE. Free heritage bus services and lots of buses on display. website. |