The Vintage Scene May/June 2023 (issue 19)

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MAY/JUNE 2023 ISSUE: 19

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‘VINTAGE TRACTORS, MACHINERY & SO MUCH MORE!’

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Welcome to the May/June issue of The Vintage Scene

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elcome to the May/June issue. We hope you all enjoyed the Coronation. The cortege of horses and carriages was certainly a sight to behold.

Contents 4. Keeping The Home Fires Burning 6. Event Preview - Vale of Glamorgan Hedging & Ploughing Society Ploughing match.

7. Event Preview - Vale Vintage Machinery Show 8. Bradley’s Corner Working Day

In true British style, the rainfall has been plentiful, but we are hopeful the sun will come through for the summer country shows and rallies. It is time to connect the topper to those vintage tractors for a spot of grass cutting. On the first issue of The Vintage Scene, the front cover picture was of my Dad topping my paddock with his Massey Ferguson 35. It is my ambition to recreate this picture with myself in the seat (not for publishing, I should add!), but first we need to obtain a pto with a square connection which thus far has proved quite difficult. I also need to drag Robin (my other half) away from his eBay purchase, a vintage Honda motorcycle, to get the 35 running again.

This issue, we have a lot of event dates, covering some six pages. We are happy to receive event reports to feature in future issues. Please email these to email h.dodd@vintagescene.co.uk

10. Marvellous Milking Magic 11. Subscription Form 12. Churchill Ploughing Match

We would also love to hear from readers with: • l Tales of bygone years l Tractor and engine restorations l Vintage collections – machinery, tools etc. l Editorial on steam and stationary engines

14. Herefordshire Ploughing 15. Tractor World 2023 16. Tern Valley Vintage Machinery Trust's Easter Road Run 18. Combe Mill 20. Harry Bell Memorial Ploughing Match 22. South Yorkshire Charity Ploughing Mattch

Have an enjoyable couple of months, and we will see you again in July.

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Front Cover: Owen Hastings ploughing at The South Yorkshire Charity Ploughing Match. Photo by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com Back Cover : Barry Forster ploughing at Churchill. Photo by Sam Hitchman.

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KeEping the Home Fires Burning

By Dave Cole, a member of The Ferguson Club

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ere are a few photographs of my two 1953 Ferguson TEF20s in action cutting and splitting firewood to keep the home fires burning.

The tree that was cut up was a dead oak that had been given to us by a neighbouring farmer. This gave me a chance to try out my newly acquired Ferguson ALE20 Cordwood Saw, that I bought from a tractor auto jumble at Bristol.

I have converted the saw and tractor pulley, from flat belt to four V belts. This has made a world of difference over the flat belt drive that I have on my other two mark one or ALE19 Cordwood Benches.

The log splitter is made by West Mac, and saves a lot of hard work with the axe; or, should I say saves

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Dad a lot of work with the axe. The TEF20 No.331327 that usually powers the log splitter is fitted wilh a Fergi Positioner that is sold by Phillip Gaunt, and works very well. I can highly recommend it, and it is easily converted back to draft control when needed. My two TEF20s are as stated earlier, both 1953 builds. One is TEF No.319284; the other, No.33I327. This one·was the first that I bought, and has an aluminium bonnet. As well as being fitted with the Fergi Positioner, it has the big PTO Shaft Conversion. The other Fergie Diesel has at sometime been fitted with a 1954 engine.

Footnote: I hope one day to acquire a 3cyl 35 or wash my mouth out with soap and water - a Dexta.

These would go better on the Splitter with the benefit of more power at a slower pto speed.

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(Event Preview )

Vale of Glamorgan Ploughing and Hedging Society ANNUAL PLOUGHING MATCH on Sunday 10th September 2023 he Society has had to change the venue for the Annual Ploughing Match to be held on 10th September, and it will now take place at Boverton Place Farm, Boverton, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 4NS by kind permission of Edward Thomas of Pancross Farm. The site is on the main road between Llantwit Major and St Athan.

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There will be six classes for tractors, and one class for horse-drawn ploughs. There will be seven perpetual trophies to be won with cash prizes in all classes. The Ferguson Class will be the Welsh Open, run under Ferguson Club Rules and from the Ferguson Plough Manual 1947. All entries for the ploughing match must be lodged with the secretary before 30 August 2023, so that names etc can be included in the programme. All competitors and visitors will receive a programme at the gate.

The Society has dispensed with membership fees, but welcomes anyone wishing to donate or provide sponsorship for the event. All donators/sponsors will be listed in the programme and will receive a badge in appreciation.

There will be catering on the site all day from 10.00am to around 5.00/6.00pm when the event closes. Everyone interested in competing or watching the competition will be very welcome to come and enjoy the day out in the Vale of Glamorgan. Good weather has been ordered!

Full details of the event can be obtained from the secretary, Sarah Radcliffe 07976 950680, or the chairman, John Thomas 07879 026937 or at valeploughing@gmail.com

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Also on the calendar: The annual Ogmore Castle Tractor Run will be held on Sunday 1st October 2023.

Entries taken from 9.30am for a 10.30am start.

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FULL STEAM AHEAD! rganised by a small committee of volunteers, the Vale Vintage Machinery Show returns even bigger and better on the 1st and 2nd of July 2023. The event again returns to Ty Ucha Farm, Caerwys, by kind permission of Mr Elfed & Mrs Nerys Thomas & family who have generously allowed the use of their land for the weekend. Promising to be a traditional, fun filled event for the whole family, the show hosts a vast array of vintage vehicles, from the early days of steam to the conventional combustion engined cars, motorcycles, tractors and commercial vehicles. Also on display, will be an array of stationary engines which powered many milking machines, workshops and industries in days past.

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licensed bar as well as entertainment on Saturday evening for those staying on site.

As a family event there will be plenty for the children to do including games and activities for all ages. This year a special feature will be a fun dog show and further information can be found on the show’s Facebook page.

One of the perennial highlights of the show is the substantial steam section, from miniature replicas to full siᴢe traction engines and steam rollers – and this year featuring an exciting steam driven wood sawing display. A number of these magnificent machines will also be participating in a series of entertaining games and challenges in the main ring.

Amongst a host of farming implements and machinery on display, will be demonstrations of historical threshing methods. Threshing is a traditional mechanised way of separating grain from the straw of corn or other crops.

Threshing machines were often seen travelling from farm to farm at harvesting times, initially being powered by traction engines but progressing to being driven by tractors to turn “the box”, as it was known. The modern day equivalent is the combine harvester, which is the same principle but is self propelled and requires much less preparation.

A nostalgic display of classic campers and caravans will help relive childhood memories of holidays by the seaside, and includes period equipment and towing vehicles.

Other attractions at the event will include the craft marquee and displays from various charities, clubs, pedal cycles, street organs, working horses, chainsaw carving and even a military section. There’s even a

“On behalf of the Vale Vintage Machinery Club, I am looking forward to working with a great team to welcome everyone to this year’s show. The team have worked extremely hard this year to put together an even bigger and better event for 2023. I would also like to thank Mr & Mrs Thomas for their ongoing support and use of their land for the show. We look forward to welcoming you all on the 1st and 2nd of July. Thank you for your continued support” Maredudd Davies (Chairman).

Admission price is £5 for adults, with children under 16 entering free. Public camping is also available at £40 for the whole weekend.

The venue is Ty Ucha Farm, Pen Y Cefn, Caerwys, Flintshire CH7 5BQ For more information please visit the Vale Vintage Machinery Show website: www.valevintagemachineryclub.co.uk, visit the Facebook page or contact them at valevintagemachineryclub@gmail.com or on 07921 719084. Those wishing to exhibit can download entry forms from the website, by clicking on the “files” tab on the Facebook page or via email request.

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BRADLEY’S CORNER WORKING DAY

by Willy Carson

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orld War 2 may be a distant memory for those who lived through that horrific period, but there are many stories of its effects on ordinary people who lived miles from the front lines. Even in Northern Ireland tales have been passed down by those who witnessed some strange events.

My uncle often tells me of the four plane crashes he saw from his home farm in Co. Antrim, one of which involved a bomber whose engine had failed, resulting in it coming down in the townland of Ballywatt, almost taking the chimney pots off the neighbour’s house. As the crew emerged from the damaged aircraft, and made their way along the road toward the gathering crowd of concerned locals, the navigator asked where exactly they had landed; “Ballywatt”, came the unanimous reply. It appears that there then followed an awkward conversation, in which the locals felt that they had given the most accurate information concerning the airmen’s crash site, and any further enquiries should be made elsewhere. Retrieval of the stricken aircraft wasn’t any more straight forward; by the time the recovery lorry had completed its task, not a gatepost was left standing along the entire length of McKanes’ lane!

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My father, born in 1936, told me of a memorable day after hostilities had ended. All German naval commanders at sea had been ordered to surrender their vessels to the nearest allied port which, for the U-boats in the Atlantic, was Lough Foyle on the north coast of Northern Ireland.

My grandfather took him to Lisahally Docks to see the submarines, where he was able to climb aboard and see inside one of the boats that had threatened to cut Britain off from its vital seaborne supplies.

1940s, revealing the part which the farm played in WW2.

The Bradley’s Corner Vintage Club held their working day on Saturday 8th April, near the village of Desertmartin, on land owned by Geoffrey Stewart. It wasn’t just the tractors which provided the interest at this event, as my conversation with Geoffrey wandered back into the

During the war, so much war materiel was being shipped across the Atlantic that cargo space had to be managed very efficiently. This meant that many vehicles, tanks included, were broken down into ‘flat pack’ form before they were loaded at US eastern seaboard ports for the

There’s sure to be a Ferguson at a working day in Northern Ireland.

Mark Getty had definitely ploughed before.

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Wesley Rea his MF 240 and Fiskars plough.

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Derek Rea was driving Harry Keenan’s 3cylinder David Brown 880 Implematic.

World Ploughing Champion, David Gill gives Nigel Hadden some advice on plough set-up.

voyage to the UK. Once unloaded, the tanks were taken by train to depots where US Army motor pool mechanics reassembled and tested them, before they were loaded onto railway freight trains and transported to their armoured units. With the Luftwaffe doing its best to disrupt munitions production, it made sense to disperse as many of these operations as possible. So, since Goering was unlikely to look for Sherman tanks anywhere near Desertmartin, the townlands of Luney and Motalee provided an ideal location for this vital operation. Geoffrey explains the impact of the war on his farm; “The railway line from Magherafelt to Draperstown passed the farm, so they built a short branch line into the fields where they set up a camp to rebuild the tanks. They tested them by driving them around the fields, including this one where the boys are ploughing today. All the gaps in the hedges that you can

see were made by the tanks. When the tanks were ready to be moved out, they were driven up a concrete loading ramp onto the trains and taken to the docks in Belfast.

The only things the yanks left, were the ramp and the holes in the hedges.”

Harry had to plough one way with his reversible or there would be a traffic jam.

Joe Taylor brought the only Leyland on show in the field.

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Over forty tractors signed up for the day’s fun, which began with some advice on plough set-up from David Gill, former World Ploughing Champion and mentor of the Northern Ireland Ploughing Academy. David cast his expert eye over many of the ploughs in the field, made adjustments where necessary and judging by the furrows as viewed from the headlands, his advice was being put into practice.

Cameron Nutt took to the field with the only trailed plough in attendance, a Massey Harris pulled behind his 1947 John Deere Model D. Wesley Rea stuck his tongue out of the side of his mouth and headed up the plot, making a decent job of turning in the lea with his Fiskars plough, mounted on his MF 240. As expected, there was a fair showing of Ferguson and MF tractors. Harry Keenan and Derek Rea brought a couple of David Browns; there was a good showing from the blue team, and Joe Taylor made sure that the Leyland name was represented with his 270 and Kverneland 3 furrow plough.

By lunchtime the field had been turned upside down and the tractor men gathered around the chip van for a burger and a yarn. The weather was good, the ploughing conditions were good, and the craic was good. The proceeds from the event, which amounted to £1138 go to FACTS, the Autism support charity.

Ernie Marks made a start on the secondary cultivations with his E1A Major and discs.

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Marvellous Milking Magic

By Rebecca Carson

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am Kennedy once told Daddy that if he ever saw a Gascoigne Auto-Wash, he should buy it as he might not ever see one again. A Gascoigne AutoWash is a piece of equipment used to clean the clusters that were used in the days when milking machines had buckets and a vacuum line above the cow stands. It could wash four clusters at a time, but if you only had three you bunged one pipe with red wax. By connecting the clusters to the Auto-Wash, the cleaning water was sucked up into a glass tube. When it was full, the flap at the bottom opened and the water fell down into a big

sink, where it was sucked back up through the clusters again. This was better than getting a bucket of water and washing it out by hand, and it meant you could be in the house for your breakfast a lot sooner!

A man showed Dad a glass tube and asked him, “Do you know what this is?” Dad saw the iconic red wax bung and knew what it was, so he bought it. Dad and I polished it up, and found that it was very shiny under the grime and the glass on it is nice and clean.

The vacuum tap was really grimey and notchy.

Measuring the broken spring from the bottom of the tap.

I worked in some fine grinding paste and then Autosol.

It all came out clean and smooth.

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The vacuum gauge came from eBay. I wonder if it works.

It does!!

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The Auto-Wash leaks air round the bottom flap.

The flap should open automatically but I had to trip it by hand.

Dad’s best mate Thomas McNeil is a dairy farmer and in his parlour, he had a tap like one of the ones that you would see in an old byre. Being dad’s best mate, he offered for us to come over and test our Auto-Wash. I bought a galvanised dairy sink for a tenner from Granda’s neighbour. We put the galvanised sink up against the wall in the parlour. Thomas drilled holes into the wall and then screwed the Auto-Wash up. One hose went from the tap to the Auto-Wash; this supplied the vacuum, while the other went from the cluster in the sink to the unit. I pressed the green button that started the cycle, I turned the tap and we quickly realised that something was wrong. It took us a minute, but we soon figured out that the rubber seal was so old (older than Dad!) that the irregularities of the surface were allowing air to get in, so we hatched a plan; we put grease on the flap, and

it held the water better, but it wasn’t the job done. When it was time to go home, Dad and I popped down to John Whyte Bearings and got an O- ring that will hopefully solve the problem.

Dad went on to Ebay, and bought a vacuum gauge that measures in inches of mercury (in Hg) We tested the gauge on Thomas’s vacuum and it read 15in which is about right, so there was not much work to do on it, other than polish it.

We have the bucket unit, cluster and a pre-war Manus vacuum pump. All we need now is a vacuum regulator, and a cow. If you know where I can find a vintage regulator please contact the editor of The Vintage Scene.

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ChurchilL Ploughing Match 5th March 2023

by Sam Hitchman

RESULTS Classic 1st. C Byrd 2nd. H Hoyle 3rd. N Pantry 4th. D Hemming Mounted 1st. A Davis 2nd. N Stroud 3rd. D Franklin 4th. R Fletcher

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Trailed 1st. J Paul 2nd. G Clifton Ferguson 1st. C Huck 2nd. J Kitchen 3rd P Partridge 4th. T Patterson

Horticultural 1st. M Harrison 2nd. N Hett 3rd. C Cook Ladies 1st. J Probitts 2nd. T Matthews

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Herefordshire Ploughing Match at Langrove on 23rd April 2023

by Peter Aston of The Massey & Ferguson Tractor Owners Group

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Tractor World 2023 at Three Counties Showground, Malvern on 11th & 12th March 2023

by Peter Aston of The Massey & Ferguson Tractor Owners Group

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Tern Valley Vintage Machinery Trust's Easter Road Run Sunday 16th April 2023

by Barry Job or some enthusiasts in the Midlands, the Tern Valley Vintage Machinery Trust's Easter Road Run is the first event of the new season.

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then a westward stretch of Roman Road brought them back to Sambrook. This interesting and attractive route was enjoyed by all.

Taking place this year on Sunday 16th April, the 22 mile very rural route meandered across the Shropshire and Staffordshire border in the area to the north east of Telford.

Sadly the good weather of the previous few days did not hold and, whilst not terribly wet, the drivers with tractor cabs did have the advantage.

The event proved to be very popular with 84 tractors gathering at The Three Horseshoes Inn at the small village of Sambrook, Shropshire. After a Driver's Briefing they were away promptly at 10 o'clock heading north past Sambrook Mill, Ellerton Hall, Goldstone Hall, through Cheswardine to the halfway stop at Swinnerton's Transport Depot, Doley Manor. Soon they were off again heading eastwards past the pools which once supplied the waterwheel at Walk Mill, turning south for High Offley;

The event was primarily held to raise money for the Prostate Cancer charity, and the total raised was over £1300. Thanks must go to the road run organisers, the staff at The Three Horseshoes and at Swinnerton Transport.

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The Tern Valley Trust organise a number of events during the year, see their website at www. tvvmt.co.uk for further information.

Dick Bowler leaves The Three Horseshoes' car park aboard his 1964 Nuffield.

A friendly wave from Roger Perry on his David Brown Cropmaster as he turns left at the start.

Mark Hackett, on his 1960 Fordson Dexta, takes the tight turn at The Outlands.

Tony Shepherd, on his International B275, turns into the drive of the Swinnerton's Transport halfway stop.

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This Case 240, the largest tractor on the run, is seen here at the Doley road junction.

Gerry Hobday, the Club Chairman, leads the run aboard his 1969 Nuffield 4/60.

Andrew Millington's Massey Ferguson 165 turns right to head past the millpond for Walk Mill.

Peter Johnson's John Deere 4040, with the advantage of a cab, heads towards the finish.

Gerry Hobday and Peter Johnson give the Driver's Briefing at The Three Horseshoes Inn.

Spring Tractor Run, Cowbridge Sunday 16th April 2023

by Basil George he Tractor Boys of Aberthin recently held the Spring Tractor Run from the car park at Arthur John’s in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Around 30 tractors took part in the event. A David Brown industrial RAF vintage tow truck, number 63424, proved a handy seat for the oldest supporter, Basil, and young Harry, having a chat about old times.

As always, tea and rolls were supplied by the young ladies and the route took the tractors through the Vale of Glamorgan which looked its best on a lovely sharp spring day.

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SPEND A SUNDAY LEARNING ABOUT OXFORDSHIRE’S STEAM HERITAGE ombe Mill, the original sawmill and workshop of the Blenheim Palace Estate, has a rich social and industrial heritage.

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Standing on the site of an early 17th century flour mill, owned by the 4th Duke of Marlborough George Spencer, the building which now stands close to the River Evenlode was built in 1852. Originally powered by a waterwheel, the Mill entered the steam age when in 1886 a beam engine and Cornish boiler were installed which facilitated the Mill to continue working when the river’s flow was low.

In 1934, the original wooden waterwheel was replaced with a metal wheel, and the shaft by the present timber one.

Apart from the time the Mill was commandeered by the War Office during WWI to make props and duckboards to use in the battlefield trenches, the waterwheel was Combe Mill’s main source of power for about 40 years.

When in the 1950s electricity was brought to the Mill, the waterwheel became less important. No longer in use by the mid-1960s, the leat was filled in and the sluices buried.

However, thanks to the County Museum in Woodstock and discussions with the Duke of Marlborough, a restoration project was undertaken in 1972 to restore the beam engine and boiler.

The Mill reopened to the public in 1975 under the management of the Combe Mill Society (run entirely by unpaid volunteers), who over the years have undertaken further restoration works to other parts of the Mill.

A major restoration project in 2012 included installation of a lift and Tea Room, making the site fully accessible.

Front view of Combe Mill In August 2022, Combe Mill received an Engineering Heritage Award in recognition of the work that has been done to save engineering history.

Today, this Grade II listed Mill is a working industrial

Display of Tower clocks

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Small steam engines

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museum which offers visitors a wonderful insight into what work was like in the Victorian times on a rural estate. There are a number of collections on display which include various small steam engines, an interesting collection of working historic turret clocks, a replica of a Clerk of Work’s office and a pattern makers’ workshop. Visitors can have a go at blacksmithing in the Victorian Forge.

Every third Sunday of the month from March through to October, Combe Mill organise an ‘In Steam’ themed event. Exhibitors are invited to bring an exhibit along which is relevant to the specific theme. This provides visitors to the Mill with the opportunity of seeing collections of most unusual industrial items that were part of the rich history of the county over the decades.

The ‘In Steam’ events for 2023 are: May: Barn Engines and Horticultural: Collection of Tractors & barn engines and mini market.

June: Classic Wheels: Collection of anything on wheels Tractors, Motorcycles, and Models, Miniature Steam, Special invite to a car club (10 cars), and pop up market.

July: Wildlife by the Evenlode. Invited Exhibitors: Owls, Wildlife Trust, other Wildlife features and mini market.

August: Models & Collections: Model makers are invited to come along to demonstrate the models they have carefully made, steam engines, fairground, dye cast toys, buses, Train sets and much more. Mini market.

September: Crafts & Skills Invites crafters to demonstrate to the Public their skills. Special attraction is the White Horse Classic Car Club and mini market.

October: Wood craft with invited exhibitors demonstrating wood working crafts and how it was done in years gone by plus an autumn market.

Each event will host a BBQ and the Mill’s Tea Room and

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Upstairs Pattern shop Gift Shop will also be open. There will be a fundraising Tombola held too. `In Steam` Themed events run every 3rd Sunday of the month from 10.30am to 5.00pm on the designated Sunday.

Admission is £9.00 for adults, £7.50 concessions (children under 16 are free). People aged 60+ are eligible for concessionary rate.

Combe Mill can be found by taking the A4095 Witney to Woodstock road, turning north for Combe from Long Hanborough. After crossing the river, you will find the Mill turning on the left before the railway bridge.

To find out more, please visit www.combemill.co.uk Combe Mill is open every Wednesday from 10.30am to 16.30pm from April until October. Admission is £5.00 for adults, £4.00 concessions (children under 16 are free).

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Harry Bell Memorial Ploughing Match 18th March 2023 Report & Photos by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com n 18th March 2013, the North Cumbria Tractor Club held the annual Harry Bell Memorial Ploughing Match near Little Salkeld, Cumbria, on land kindly provided by the Hayllar family.

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Thanks went to everyone who kindly donated raffle prizes, the club members for setting out the field, and to Ian Thompson and Tommy Duckett who were the judges on the day.

In true Cumbrian fashion, there was varying weather throughout the day. Sun, clouds, rain, even a rainbow, all with a backdrop of the beautiful Cumbrian scenery.

£300 was donated to the Air Ambulance, the Hayllar chosen charity.

Results Trailed 1st: Trevor Johnstone 2nd: Gavin Little 3rd: Trevor Robinson 4th: Fred Hayllar Vintage Hydraulic 1st: Colin Hewetson 2nd: Alex Evans 3rd: George Black 4th: James Magnay Classic 1st: Gary Stamper 2nd: Paul Higginson 3rd: John Saunders 4th: Robert Turner

Joe Turner

Novice 1st: Geoff Hird 2nd: Joe Turner 3rd: Kevin Long 4th: Dean Hadley Vintage Hydraulic Open 1st: Ben Phillip 2nd: John Johnstone 3rd: David Little 4th: Andrew Melrose Trevor Johnstone

Classic Open 1st: Robert Turner 2nd: John Robley 3rd: George Braithwaite 4th: Alan Bell Best Junior: Joe Turner Best working grey Fergie: Richard Birkbeck Champion Ploughman residing in Cumbria: Colin Hewetson Colin Hewetson

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Geoff Hird

George Braithwaite judged by Tommy Duckett

Gavin Little

Fred Hayllar

Andrew Melrose judged by Ian Thompson

Ben Phillip touched by the rainbow

Gary Stamper

William Pollock

Richard Birkbeck

Robert Turner

Joanne Slater

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South Yorkshire Charity Ploughing Match 4th March 2023 Report & Photos by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com horne and District Agricultural Society held the 11th South Yorkshire Charity Ploughing Match on 4th March, followed the next day with the Thorne and Hatfield ploughing match.

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The Saturday event raised £1643 and the Sunday event raised an amazing £2990.26 with the money being split between Andys Man Club Doncaster and Dementia UK

Massey Ferguson 35x

Ferguson TE20 with a Ferguson Plough

Orange Fordson N

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Ferguson and Ford

Iron Horse became a talking point

McCormick International 434

David Brown 880 Please mention THE VINTAGE SCENE when responding to advertisements

Ferguson TE20

Massey Ferguson 65

McCormick International B275

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Diary Dates **IMPORTANT NOTICE ** Please check that the event is running before setting out.

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Visit our website for steaming dates and special events

www.claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk Tel: 01283 509929 (answer phone), enquiries@claymills.org.uk THURSDAY 18TH MAY 18/05/2023 Devon County Show (18th-20th) at Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DJ. T: 01392 446000 info@dcshow.org www.devoncountyshow.co.uk FRIDAY 19TH MAY 19/05/2023 Devon County Show (18th-20th) at Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DJ. T: 01392 446000 info@dcshow.org www.devoncountyshow.co.uk SATURDAY 20TH MAY 20/05/2023 Land Rover Monthly Live (20th-21st) at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. Contact: editorial@lrm.co.uk www.4x4sparesday.co.uk 20/05/2023 Steam On the Levels (20th21st) at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. T: 01278 691595 www.wzlet.org 20/05/2023 Abingdon Air & Country Show at Abingdon Airfield, Oxon, OX13 6JH. E:neilsevent72@gmail.com www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk 20/05/2023 Anglesey Vintage Rally (20th-21st) at Anglesey Agricultural Showground, LL65 4RW. E: vintagerally@angleseyvintagesociety.co.uk www.angleseyvintagesociety.co.uk 20/05/2023 Power Weekend (20th21st) at Kempton Steam Museum, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 6XH. T: 01932 765328 museum@kemptonsteam.co.uk www.kemptonsteam.org 20/05/2023 Special Operations Evening Show at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. Contact: 01767 627927 enquiries@shuttleworth.org www.shuttleworth.org 20/05/2023 Three Okefords Preservation Society Ploughing Steam & Vintage Show (20th-21st) at Blandford Road, Shillingstone, Dorset DT11 0SQ. T:01258 861810 www.threeokefordsrally.co.uk 20/05/2023 Woodford Vintage Festival (20th-21st) at Woodford Community Sport Complex, Highfield Rd, Woodford, Kettering, Northants, NN14 4HD. T: 07460428484 www.facebook.com/groups/343454956 533018/ 20/05/2023 Open Weekend (20th-21st) at Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 8TF. T: 07885 242411. www.teescottage.co.uk 20/05/2023 Yorkshire Game and Country Fair (20th-21st) at Scampston Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8NG. Contact: 01751 200839 24

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info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 20/05/2023 Royal Welsh Smallholding & Countryside Festival (20th-21st) at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. Powys, LD2 3SY. T: 01982 553683 requests@rwas.co.uk www.rwas.wales 20/05/2023 Stationary Engine Rally (20th-21st) at Mill Meece Pumping Station, Staffordshire, ST21 6QU. www.millmeecepumpingstation.co.uk 20/05/2023 Steam Rally (20th-21st) at Lancashire Mining Museum, Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, M29 7JB. Contact: 01942 895841 www.lancashiremingmuseum.org 20/05/2023 Devon County Show (18th-20th) at Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DJ. T: 01392 446000 info@dcshow.org www.devoncountyshow.co.uk 20/05/2023 Castle Combe Steam & Vintage Rally (20th-21st) at Castle Combe Racing Circuit, Wiltshire.

T: 01454 294117 / 07739 518980. www.castlecombesteamrally.co.uk SUNDAY 21ST MAY 21/05/2023 Chiltern Hills Classic and Vintage Vehicle Show at Weedon Park, Weedon, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 4NN. E: info@chilternhillsrally.org.uk www.chilternhillsrally.org.uk 21/05/2023 Steam On the Levels (20th21st) at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. T: 01278 691595 www.wzlet.org 21/05/2023 Land Rover Monthly Live (20th-21st) at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. E: editorial@lrm.co.uk www.4x4sparesday.co.uk 21/05/2023 Anglesey Vintage Rally (20th-21st) at Anglesey Agricultural Showground, LL65 4RW. E: vintagerally@angleseyvintagesociety.co.uk www.angleseyvintagesociety.co.uk 21/05/2023 Power Weekend (20th21st) at Kempton Steam Museum, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 6XH. T:01932 765328 www.kemptonsteam.org 21/05/2023 Three Okefords Preservation Society Ploughing Steam & Vintage Show (20th-21st) at Blandford Road, Shillingstone, Dorset DT11 0SQ. Contact: 01258 861810 www.threeokefordsrally.co.uk 21/05/2023 Woodford Vintage Festival (20th-21st) at Woodford Community Sport Complex, Highfield Rd, Woodford, Kettering, Northants, NN14 4HD. T: 07460428484

www.facebook.com/groups/343454956 533018/ 21/05/2023 Open Weekend (20th-21st) at Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 8TF. Contact: 07885 242411. www.teescottage.co.uk 21/05/2023 Yorkshire Game and Country Fair (20th-21st) at Scampston Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8NG. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 21/05/2023 Leominster Vintage Club Annual Road Run at Frank P Matthews, Berrington Rd, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8TH. E: leominstervintageclub@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/leominstervintageclub 21/05/2023 Royal Welsh Smallholding & Countryside Festival (20th-21st) at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells Powys, LD2 3SY. Contact: 01982 553683 requests@rwas.co.uk www.rwas.wales 21/05/2023 Stationary Engine Rally (20th-21st) at Mill Meece Pumping Station, Staffordshire, ST21 6QU. www.millmeecepumpingstation.co.uk 21/05/2023 OFYFC County Show and Rally at Remenham Farm, Church Lane Remenham. E:countyoffice@ofyfc.org.uk www.ofyfc.org.uk 21/05/2023 Steaming Day and Barn Engines at Combe Mill, Blenheim Palace Sawmills, Combe, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8ET. T: 01993 358694 www.combemill.co.uk 21/05/2023 Steam Rally (20th-21st) at Lancashire Mining Museum, Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, M29 7JB. Contact: 01942 895841 www.lancashiremingmuseum.org 21/05/2023 Castle Combe Steam & Vintage Rally (20th-21st) at Castle Combe Racing Circuit, Wiltshire.

T: 01454 294117 / 07739 518980. www.castlecombesteamrally.co.uk SATURDAY 27TH MAY 27/05/2023 Strumpshaw Steam Rally at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. T: 01603 717936 info@strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 27/05/2023 Chipping Steam Fair (27th29th) at Green Lane Showground, Chipping, Lancs, PR3 2TQ. Contact: info@chippingsteamfair.co.uk www.chippingsteamfair.com 27/05/2023 Smallwood Vintage Rally (27th-29th) at Near Love Lane Farm, Betchton, Sandbach, CW11 2TX. Contact: 07717 457715 ruthlancaster5@aol.com www.smallwoodvintagerally.co.uk 27/05/2023 BUT Weekend Trolleydays (27th-29th) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 27/05/2023 Launceston Steam & Vintage Rally (27th-29th) at Fivelanes, Near Altarnun, PL15 7RR. Contact: secretary@launcestonsteamrally.com www.launcestonsteamrally.com 27/05/2023 Cuckoo Spring Fayre (27th-29th) at Laughton Showground, Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6BN. Contact: 01323 811264 www.heritagefield.co.uk 27/05/2023 Tredinnick Steam & Vintage Rally (27th-28th) at Tredinnick Farm, St. Issey, PL27 7QZ. T: 07966 972812 ctpc.tredinnick@gmail.com SUNDAY 28TH MAY 28/05/2023 Strumpshaw Steam Rally (27th-29th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. Contact: 01603 717936

info@strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 28/05/2023 Chipping Steam Fair (27th29th) at Green Lane Showground, Chipping, Lancs, PR3 2TQ. Contact: info@chippingsteamfair.co.uk www.chippingsteamfair.com 28/05/2023 Steam Days (28th-29th) at Bolton Steam Museum, Mornington Road, Bolton, BL1 4HW. Contact: 01204 846490 / 01257 265003 john.phillp@blueyonder.co.uk www.nmes.org 28/05/2023 Family Day and Fun Dog Show at The Brickworks Museum, Stanwick Lane, Stanwick, Hampshire, SO31 7HB. Contact: 01489 576248 www.thebrickworksmuseum.org 28/05/2023 Steam Day at Claymills Pumping Engines Trust Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs England, DE13 0DA. T:01283509929 enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 28/05/2023 Smallwood Vintage Rally (27th-29th) at Near Love Lane Farm, Betchton, Sandbach, CW11 2TX. Contact: 07717 457715 ruthlancaster5@aol.com www.smallwoodvintagerally.co.uk 28/05/2023 BUT Weekend Trolleydays (27th-29th) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 28/05/2023 Bank Holiday Steam at The Whitwell & Reepham Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4GA. Contact: 01603 871694 info@whitwellstation.com www.whitwellstation.com 28/05/2023 In Steam (28th-29th) at Papplewick Pumping Station, Notts, NG15 9AJ. Contact: 01159 632938 www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk 28/05/2023 Motorcycle Day at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 28/05/2023 Launceston Steam & Vintage Rally (27th-29th) at Fivelanes, Near Altarnun, PL15 7RR. Contact: secretary@launcestonsteamrally.com www.launcestonsteamrally.com 28/05/2023 Carrington Rally (28th29th) at Main Road, Carrington, Lincolnshire, PE22 7DZ. Contact: hello@carringtonrally.co.uk www.carringtonrally.co.uk 28/05/2023 Abergavenny Steam and Vintage Rally (28th-29th) at Bailey Park, Park Road, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5PR. Contact: arena.steward@abergavennyvintagerally.co.uk www.abergavennysteamrally.co.uk 28/05/2023 Cuckoo Spring Fayre (27th-29th) at Laughton Showground, Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6BN. Contact: 01323 811264 www.heritagefield.co.uk 28/05/2023 Tredinnick Steam & Vintage Rally (27th-28th) at Tredinnick Farm, St. Issey, PL27 7QZ. T: 07966 972812 ctpc.tredinnick@gmail.com MONDAY 29TH MAY 29/05/2023 Strumpshaw Steam Rally (27th-29th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. T: 01603 717936 info@strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 29/05/2023 Chipping Steam Fair (27th29th) at Green Lane Showground, Chipping, Lancs, PR3 2TQ. Contact: info@chippingsteamfair.co.uk www.chippingsteamfair.com 29/05/2023 Steam Days (28th-29th) at Bolton Steam Museum, Mornington Road, Bolton, BL1 4HW. Contact: 01204 846490 / 01257 265003

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Diary Dates john.phillp@blueyonder.co.uk www.nmes.org 29/05/2023 Steam Day at Claymills Pumping Engines Trust Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929 enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 29/05/2023 Smallwood Vintage Rally (27th-29th) at Near Love Lane Farm, Betchton, Sandbach, CW11 2TX. Contact: 07717 457715 ruthlancaster5@aol.com www.smallwoodvintagerally.co.uk 29/05/2023 BUT Weekend Trolleydays (27th-29th) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 29/05/2023 In Steam (28th-29th) at Papplewick Pumping Station, Notts, NG15 9AJ. Contact: 01159 632938 www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk 29/05/2023 Late May Bank Holiday at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 29/05/2023 Spring Lambs at the Mill at Coldharbour Mill, Devon, EX15 3EE. Contact: 01884 840960 info@coldharbourmill.org.uk www.coldharbourmill.org.uk 29/05/2023 Launceston Steam & Vintage Rally (27th-29th) at Fivelanes, Near Altarnun, PL15 7RR. www.launcestonsteamrally.com 29/05/2023 Carrington Rally (28th29th) at Main Road, Carrington, Lincolnshire, PE22 7DZ. Contact: hello@carringtonrally.co.uk www.carringtonrally.co.uk 29/05/2023 Abergavenny Steam and Vintage Rally (28th-29th) at Bailey Park, Park Road, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5PR. Contact: arena.steward@abergavennyvintagerally.co.uk www.abergavennysteamrally.co.uk 29/05/2023 Cuckoo Spring Fayre (27th-29th) at Laughton Showground, Laughton, East Sussex, BN8 6BN. Contact: 01323 811264 www.heritagefield.co.uk FRIDAY 2ND JUNE 02/06/2023 1940s Weekend at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. Contact: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 02/06/2023 The Vintage Nostalgia Festival (2nd-4th) at Stockton Park, Stockton, Wiltshire, BA12 0SQ. Contact: 01985 850970 / 07771 643227 rmjtopevents@gmail.com www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk 02/06/2023 Hollycombe Steam Rally (2nd-4th) at Hollycombe - Steam In The Country, Iron Hill, Liphook, GU30 7LP. T:01428 724900 www.hollycombe.co.uk SATURDAY 3RD JUNE 03/06/2023 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Steam Event Weekend (3rd-4th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. Contact: 01622 884254 info@bwlr.co.uk www.bwlr.co.uk 03/06/2023 Steam Traction Engine Rally (3rd-4th) at Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, East Sussex, TN22 4HS. Contact: info@tinkerspark.com www.tinkerspark.com 03/06/2023 1940s Weekendat Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. T: 01509 632323 E:sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 03/06/2023 The Vintage Nostalgia Festival (2nd-4th) at Stockton Park, Stockton, Wiltshire, BA12 0SQ.

Contact: 01985 850970 / 07771 643227 rmjtopevents@gmail.com www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk 03/06/2023 Rainscombe Country Show (3rd-4th) at Rainscombe Park, Oare, Nr Marlborough, SN8 4HZ. E: WiltsVME@outlook.com www.wiltsvehicleandmachineryenthusiasts.com 03/06/2023 Astle Park Country Fair at Astle Park, Chelford, Cheshire, SK11 9AD. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 03/06/2023 North Staffs and Cheshire Traction Engine Club June Steam Party (3rd-4th)at Klondyke Mill Site, Draycott in the Clay, DE6 5GZ. Contact: web.nsctec@tiscali.co.uk www.nsctec.co.uk 03/06/2023 Country Craft Weekend (3rd-4th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. Contact: 01252 795571 info@rurallife.org.uk www.rural-life.org.uk 03/06/2023 Auction sale of Steam Engines, Vintage & Classic Tractors, Implements and Associated Spares at Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Contact: 01353 777767 vintage@cheffins.co.uk www.cheffins.co.uk 03/06/2023 Hertfordshire Steam & Country Show (3rd-4th) at Standalone Farm, Letchworth, SG6 4JN. Contact: 07425695534 enquiries@hertssteam.co.uk www.hertssteam.co.uk 03/06/2023 Hollycombe Steam Rally (2nd-4th) at Hollycombe - Steam In The Country, Iron Hill, Liphook, GU30 7LP. Contact: 01428 724900 www.hollycombe.co.uk 03/06/2023 St Albans Steam and Country Show (3rd-4th) at Oaklands College, Hatfield Road, St. Albans, AL4 0XR. Contact: 07425 695534 enquiries@hertssteam.co.uk www.hertssteam.co.uk 03/06/2023 Kenilworth Agricultural Show at Stoneleigh Park Estate, Stoneleigh Road, Warwickshire, CV8 3AY. Contact: 07799 773518 info@kenilworthshow.co.uk www.kenilworthshow.co.uk 03/06/2023 Heskin Steam Rally (3rd4th) at Malt Kiln Farm, Tincklers Lane, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5QY. Contact: 01257 267433 info@heskinsteamrally.co.uk www.heskinsteamrally.co.uk 03/06/2023 Woolpit Steam (3rd-4th) at Warren Farm, Haughley New Street, Haughley, Stowmarket, IP14 3JX. Contact: 01449 737443 pceverson48@gmail.com www.woolpit-steam.org.uk SUNDAY 4TH JUNE 04/06/2023 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Steam Event Weekend (3rd-4th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. Contact: 01622 884254 info@bwlr.co.uk www.bwlr.co.uk 04/06/2023 Steam Traction Engine Rally (3rd-4th) at Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, East Sussex, TN22 4HS. Contact: info@tinkerspark.com www.tinkerspark.com 04/06/2023 Open Day at Twyford Waterworks, Hazeley Road, Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1QA. Contact: 01962 714716 / 07516 458900 enquiries@twyfordwaterworks.co.uk www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk 04/06/2023 Summer Fair at Ellenroad Steam Museum, Rochdale, Lancs, OL16 4LE. Contact: 07789 802632 www.ellenroad.org.uk 04/06/2023 1940s Weekend at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. Contact: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk

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Castle Combe Steam Rally 20th & 21st May 2023

Admission: Adults - £10 per day Senior Citizens - £8 per day Children under 14 - Free Contact: Mr D Marsh 01454 294117 / 07739 518980

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04/06/2023 Steaming Day at Leawood Pumphouse, High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire. T: 01629823204 www.middleton-leawood.org.uk 04/06/2023 The Vintage Nostalgia Festival (2nd-4th) at Stockton Park, Stockton, Wiltshire, BA12 0SQ. Contact: 01985 850970 / 07771 643227 rmjtopevents@gmail.com www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk 04/06/2023 Rainscombe Country Show (3rd-4th) at Rainscombe Park, Oare, Nr Marlborough, SN8 4HZ. Contact: WiltsVME@outlook.com www.wiltsvehicleandmachineryenthusiasts.com 04/06/2023 Steam Sunday at The Whitwell & Reepham Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4GA. Contact: 01603 871694 info@whitwellstation.com www.whitwellstation.com 04/06/2023 Astle Park Country Fair (3rd-4th) at Astle Park, Chelford, Cheshire, SK11 9AD. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 04/06/2023 North Staffs and Cheshire Traction Engine Club June Steam Party at Klondyke Mill Site, Draycott in the Clay, DE6 5GZ. Contact: web.nsctec@tiscali.co.uk www.nsctec.co.uk 04/06/2023 Country Craft Weekend (3rd-4th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. T: 01252 795571 info@rural-life.org.uk www.rural-life.org.uk 04/06/2023 Steaming Day at Bancroft Mill Engine Trust, Lancashire, BB18 5QR. Contact: 01695 424196 www.bancroftmill.org.uk 04/06/2023 Hertfordshire Steam & Country Show (3rd-4th) at Standalone Farm, Letchworth, SG6 4JN. Contact: 07425695534 enquiries@hertssteam.co.uk www.hertssteam.co.uk 04/06/2023 Hollycombe Steam Rally (2nd-4th) at Hollycombe - Steam In The Country, Iron Hill, Liphook, GU30 7LP. T:01428724900 www.hollycombe.co.uk 04/06/2023 St Albans Steam and Country Show (3rd-4th) at Oaklands College, Hatfield Road, St. Albans, AL4 0XR. Contact: 07425 695534 enquiries@hertssteam.co.uk www.hertssteam.co.uk 04/06/2023 Innishannon Steam & Vintage Rally (4th-5th) at Off N71, I nnishannon, Co. Cork, Ireland. Contact: 00 353872802658 www.isvrally.com 04/06/2023 Heskin Steam Rally (3rd4th) at Malt Kiln Farm, Tincklers Lane, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5QY. Contact:

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01257 267433 info@heskinsteamrally.co.uk www.heskinsteamrally.co.uk 04/06/2023 Woolpit Steam (3rd-4th) at Warren Farm, Haughley New Street, Haughley, Stowmarket, IP14 3JX. T: 01449 737443 pceverson48@gmail.com www.woolpit-steam.org.uk MONDAY 5TH JUNE 05/06/2023 Innishannon Steam & Vintage Rally (4th-5th) at Off N71, Innishannon, Co. Cork, Ireland. T: 00 353872802658 www.isvrally.com FRIDAY 9TH JUNE 09/06/2023 South of England Show (9th-11th) at South of England Show Ground, West Sussex. Contact: 07359 099678 SATURDAY 10TH JUNE 10/06/2023 Patrick Edwards 5th Annual Clanfield Collective Sale at Langley Farm, Little Clanfield, OX18 2RZ. T: 01367 810259 / 07836 353549 www.patrickedwardsmachinery.co.uk 10/06/2023 Stoke Row Steam Rally at Whitchurch Hill, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 7PU. T: 07884 186766 StokeRowSR@gmail.com www.stokerowsteamrally.com 10/06/2023 Wiltshire Steam & Vintage Rally (10th-11th) at Lydiard Park, Swindon. E: wapg.info@gmail.com www.wapg.co.uk 10/06/2023 Fir Park Wings & Wheels (10th-11th) at Fir Park Farm, Fir Park, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3YL. Contact: 07816 326368 www.firparktm.weebly.com/shows 10/06/2023 Horses in Harness (10th11th) at Beamish Museum, Nr Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0RG. T: 01913 704000 museum@beamish.org.uk www.beamish.org.uk 10/06/2023 Neath Steam & Country Show (10th-11th) at Llwyn Felish Farm, Crynant,Neath, SA10 8SP. Contact: 07971 167651 info@neathsteamandvintage.co.uk www.neathsteamandvintage.co.uk 10/06/2023 North Rode Transport Show (no vehicles registered after 1990 permitted) at Station Road, Nr Congleton, Cheshire. Contact: 07836573824 www.northroderally.co.uk 10/06/2023 West Bay Vintage Rally (10th-11th) at Melplash Showground, West Bay Road, Bridport, DT6 4EG. Contact: 07918961095 / 07555097978 Wdvtsec@hotmail.com www.wdvtsec.com 10/06/2023 South of England Show

(9th-11th) at South of England Show Ground, West Sussex. T: 07359 099678 10/06/2023 Tractorfest (10th-11th) at Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, HG4 5AE. www.tractorfest.co.uk 10/06/2023 Classic & Vintage Commercial Show (10th-11th) at The British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ. Contact: 01926 649649 shows@britishmotormuseum.co.uk www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk 10/06/2023 Whitwell Steam & Country Fair at Codicote, Nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Contact: 07484 327312 www.whitwellsteam.co.uk 10/06/2023 Aldham Old Time Rally (10th-11th) at Marks Tey Racecourse, Easthorpe Road, Colchester, Essex, CO5 9EZ. E: info@aldhamrally.co.uk www.aldhamrally.co.uk 10/06/2023 Corbridge Steam Rally (10th-11th) at Tynedale Rugby Ground, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5AY. Contact: 07817 368354 www.corbridgesteamrally-sttes.com SUNDAY 11TH JUNE 11/06/2023 Stoke Row Steam Rally at Whitchurch Hill, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 7PU. T: 07884 186766 StokeRowSR@gmail.com www.stokerowsteamrally.com 11/06/2023 Wiltshire Steam & Vintage Rally (10th-11th) at Lydiard Park, Swindon. E: wapg.info@gmail.com www.wapg.co.uk 11/06/2023 Fir Park Wings & Wheels (10th-11th) at Fir Park Farm, Fir Park, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3YL. Contact: 07816 326368 www.firparktm.weebly.com/shows 11/06/2023 Open Farm Sunday at Belmont House, Throwley, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0HH. T: 01795 890 202 / 01795 890228.administrator@belmonthouse.org www.belmont-house.org 11/06/2023 Horses in Harness (10th11th) at Beamish Museum, Nr Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0RG. T: 01913 704000 museum@beamish.org.uk www.beamish.org.uk 11/06/2023 Neath Steam & Country Show (10th-11th) at Llwyn Felish Farm, Crynant,Neath, SA10 8SP. Contact: 07971 167651 info@neathsteamandvintage.co.uk www.neathsteamandvintage.co.uk 11/06/2023 North Rode Transport Show (no vehicles registered after 1990 permitted) at Station Road, Nr Congleton, Cheshire. Contact: 07836573824 www.northroderally.co.uk 11/06/2023 West Bay Vintage Rally (10th-11th) at Melplash Showground, West Bay Road, Bridport, DT6 4EG. Contact: 07918961095 / 07555097978 Wdvtsec@hotmail.com www.wdvtsec.com 11/06/2023 South of England Show (9th-11th) at South of England Show Ground, West Sussex. Contact: 07359 099678 11/06/2023 Tractorfest (10th-11th) at Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, HG4 5AE. www.tractorfest.co.uk 11/06/2023 Classic & Vintage Commercial Show (10th-11th) at The British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ. Contact: 01926 649649 E: shows@britishmotormuseum.co.uk www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk 11/06/2023 Whitwell Steam & Country Fair at Codicote, Nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

T:07484 327312 www.whitwellsteam.co.uk 11/06/2023 Golden Valley Vintage & Country Fair at Moorhampton Park, Abbey Dore, Hereford, HR2 0AL. Contact: 07517 428380 www.vintageandcountryfair.co.uk 11/06/2023 Aldham Old Time Rally (10th-11th) at Marks Tey Racecourse, Easthorpe Road, Colchester, Essex,

CO5 9EZ. E: info@aldhamrally.co.uk www.aldhamrally.co.uk 11/06/2023 Corbridge Steam Rally (10th-11th) at Tynedale Rugby Ground, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5AY. Contact: 07817 368354 www.corbridgesteamrally-sttes.com SATURDAY 17TH JUNE 17/06/2023 Steam Weekend (17th18th) at Kempton Steam Museum, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 6XH. Contact: 01932 765328 museum@kemptonsteam.co.uk www.kemptonsteam.org 17/06/2023 Best of British Evening Air Show at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. Contact: 01767 627927 enquiries@shuttleworth.org www.shuttleworth.org 17/06/2023 Fathers Day Weekend Trolleydays (17th-18th) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 17/06/2023 50th Anniversary Celebrations (17th-18th) at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. Contact: 01509632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 17/06/2023 NVTEC Midlands Group Ashby Magna Vintage Rally (17th18th) at Holt Lane, Ashby Magna, LE17 5NJ. Contact: 07780 616059 shirleymarlow@aol.com www.ashbymagnavintagerally.co.uk 17/06/2023 Emergency Services Weekend (17th-18th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 17/06/2023 Billy Vintage Weekend with a road run on the 17th (17th-18th) at Manor Farm, Cliffords Mesner, Newnent, GL18 1JL. Contact: cbarnes889@gmail.com 17/06/2023 Bolnhurst Vintage and Country Fayre (17th-18th) at St Neots Road, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire, MK44 2ER. Contact: 01234 376577 www.bolnhurstrally.org.uk 17/06/2023 Scorton Steam (17th-18th) at Woodacre Lodge Farm, Gubberford Lane, Scorton, Nr Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1BN. Et:info@scortonsteam.co.uk www.scortonsteam.co.uk 17/06/2023 Swanton Morley Tractor & Bygones Rally (17th-18th) at Swanton Morley Village Hall, Swanton Morley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4NP. T:07802 227578 smtractor.rally@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/Smtractor.rally 17/06/2023 Penhale Vintage Rally & Country Fair (17th-18th) at Penhale, Fraddon, TR8 5BX. Contact: 07799 66608 / 07711930592 www.cornishtractorclub.org SUNDAY 18TH JUNE 18/06/2023 Norwich Classic Car Show at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. T: 01603 717936 info@strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 18/06/2023 Miniature Steam Engines at Claymills Pumping Engines Trust Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs England, DE13 0DA. Contact: 01283 509929 enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 18/06/2023 Steam Weekend (17th18th) at Kempton Steam Museum, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 6XH. Contact: 01932 765328 museum@kemptonsteam.co.uk www.kemptonsteam.org 18/06/2023 Fathers Day Weekend Trolleydays (17th-18th) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft,

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Diary Dates Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. T: 01724 711 391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 18/06/2023 50th Anniversary Celebrations (17th-18th) at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. T: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 18/06/2023 NVTEC Midlands Group Ashby Magna Vintage Rally (17th18th) at Holt Lane, Ashby Magna, LE17 5NJ. Contact: 07780 616059 shirleymarlow@aol.com www.ashbymagnavintagerally.co.uk 18/06/2023 Father’s Day Steam at The Whitwell & Reepham Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4GA. Contact: 01603 871694 info@whitwellstation.com www.whitwellstation.com 18/06/2023 Emergency Services Weekend (17th-18th) and Fathers’ Day Event at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. T: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 18/06/2023 Billy Vintage Weekend with a road run on the 17th (17th-18th) at Manor Farm, Cliffords Mesner, Newnent, GL18 1JL. Contact: cbarnes889@gmail.com 18/06/2023 Fathers Day Steam Up at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. T: 01278 691595 steamteam@wzlet.org www.wzlet.org 18/06/2023 Welsh National Tractor Road Run at Cefn Coed, Colliery, Crynant, Neath, SA10 8SP. Contact: 07721 910405 anne.trials@btinternet.com www.facebook.com/people/WNTRR/1 00064456279422/ 18/06/2023 General Interest Rally at Mill Meece Pumping Station, Staffordshire, ST21 6QU. www.millmeecepumpingstation.co.uk 18/06/2023 Bolnhurst Vintage and Country Fayre (17th-18th) at St Neots Road, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire, MK44 2ER. Contact: 01234 376577 www.bolnhurstrally.org.uk 18/06/2023 Steaming Day and Wheels Past and Present at Combe Mill, Blenheim Palace Sawmills, Combe, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8ET. Contact: 01993 358694 www.combemill.co.uk 18/06/2023 Heritage Bus Rides at Oxford Bus Museum, Hanborough Station Yard, Main Road, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8LA. T: 01993883671 www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk 18/06/2023 Marsworth Steam and Classic Vehicle Rally at Startop Farm, Marsworth, Bucks, HP23 4LL. Contact: info@marsworthsteamrally.co.uk www.marsworthsteamrally.co.uk 18/06/2023 Scorton Steam (17th-18th) at Woodacre Lodge Farm, Gubberford Lane, Scorton, Nr Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1BN. E: info@scortonsteam.co.uk www.scortonsteam.co.uk 18/06/2023 Swanton Morley Tractor & Bygones Rally (17th-18th) at Swanton Morley Village Hall, Swanton Morley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4NP. T:07802 227578 smtractor.rally@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/Smtractor.rally 18/06/2023 Penhale Vintage Rally & Country Fair (17th-18th) at Penhale, Fraddon, TR8 5BX. Contact: 07799 66608 / 07711930592 www.cornishtractorclub.org SATURDAY 24TH JUNE 24/06/2023 Open Weekend (24th-25th) at Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 8TF. Contact: 07885 242411. www.teescottage.co.uk 24/06/2023 Dene Rally (24th-25th) at Charlwood Lane, Ropley, Hampshire, SO24 0HA. Contact: 01962 772386

denerallyhampshire@gmail.com www.facebook.com/denerally 24/06/2023 Sheffield Steam & Vintage Show (24th-25th) at Rackford Road, North Anston, Nr Sheffield, S25 4DF. Contact: 01709 545047 shefsteamvcl@gmail.com www.facebook.com/Sheffieldsteam 24/06/2023 Kelsall Steam & Vintage Rally (24th-25th) at Churches View Farm, Kelsall Road, Ashton, Nr Chester, Cheshire, CH3 8BH. Contact: kelsallsteamrally@hotmail.co.uk www.kelsallsteamrally.co.uk 24/06/2023 Towy Valley Vintage Show (24th-25th) at Pontargothi Showground, Cothi Bridge, Carmarthenshire, SA32 7NG. Contact: 01559 384499 www.tvvc.co.uk 24/06/2023 In Steam at Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton Pumping Station, Crofton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3DW. Contact: 01672 870300 www.croftonbeamengines.org 24/06/2023 Macclesfield Vintage Club Summer Crank Up at The Knot Inn, Station Ln, Rushton Spencer, Macclesfield SK11 0QU. Contact before 9pm 01538 755844 www.macclesfieldvmg.co.uk SUNDAY 25TH JUNE 25/06/2023 Mid-Summer Fair at The Brickworks Museum, Stanwick Lane, Stanwick, Hampshire, SO31 7HB. Contact: 01489 576248 www.thebrickworksmuseum.org 25/06/2023 Open Weekend (24th-25th) at Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 8TF. Contact: 07885 242411. www.teescottage.co.uk 25/06/2023 Dene Rally (24th-25th) at Charlwood Lane, Ropley, Hampshire, SO24 0HA. Contact: 01962 772386 denerallyhampshire@gmail.com www.facebook.com/denerally 25/06/2023 Steaming Day at Bancroft Mill Engine Trust, Lancashire, BB18 5QR. Contact: 01695 424196. www.bancroftmill.org.uk 25/06/2023 Sheffield Steam & Vintage Show (24th-25th) at Rackford Road, North Anston, Nr Sheffield, S25 4DF. Contact: 01709 545047 shefsteamvcl@gmail.com www.facebook.com/Sheffieldsteam 25/06/2023 Kelsall Steam & Vintage Rally (24th-25th) at Churches View Farm, Kelsall Road, Ashton, Nr Chester, Cheshire, CH3 8BH. Contact: kelsallsteamrally@hotmail.co.uk www.kelsallsteamrally.co.uk 25/06/2023 Towy Valley Vintage Show (24th-25th) at Pontargothi Showground, Cothi Bridge, Carmarthenshire, SA32 7NG. Contact: 01559 384499 www.tvvc.co.uk 25/06/2023 Swaton Vintage Day at The Park, Thorpe Latimer, Nr Sleaford, NG34 0RF. Contact: 01529 421194 www.swatonvintage.co.uk 25/06/2023 In Steam at Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton Pumping Station, Crofton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3DW. Contact: 01672 870300 www.croftonbeamengines.org 25/06/2023 Sotterley Country Fair at Sotterley, Beccles, Suffolk. T: 07789 076026 sotterleycountryfair@gmail.com www.sotterleycountryfair.co.uk 25/06/2023 Wrotham Classic Steam & Transport Rally at A20 Top of Wrotham Hill, London Road, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7NS. E: enquiries@wrotham.org www.facebook.com/groups/wrothamclassic/ FRIDAY 30TH JUNE 30/06/2023 Chickerell Steam & Vintage Show (30th (eve) - 2nd) at Moor Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4EA. info.chickerellsteamshow@gmail.com www.chickerellsteamshow.uk

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SATURDAY 1ST JULY 01/07/2023 Duncombe Park Steam & Vintage Rally (1st-2nd) at Duncombe Park Steam Rally, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5EB. Contact: gytecwebmaster@gmail.com www.gytec.weebly.com 01/07/2023 Weekend Trolleydays Atkinson Lorries (1st-2nd) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. T:01724711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 01/07/2023 Flyde Vintage Steam & Farm Show (1st-2nd) at The Show Field, Salwick Road, Wharles, Nr Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3SN. Contact: 07778 008715 www.fyldevintageandfarmshow.co.uk 01/07/2023 Chickerell Steam & Vintage Show (30th (eve) - 2nd) at Moor Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4EA. E: info.chickerellsteamshow@gmail.com www.chickerellsteamshow.uk 01/07/2023 Steam Show (1st-2nd) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 01/07/2023 Vale Vintage Machinery Show (1st-2nd) at Ty Ucha Farm, Pen-y-cefn, Caerwys, Flintshire, CH7 5BQ. Contact: 07921 719084 valevintagemachineryclub@gmail.com www.valevintagemachineryclub.co.uk 01/07/2023 Ramsey Steam & Fire Show at Ramsey Rural Museum, Wood Lane, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2XD. Contact: 01487 815715 www.ramseyruralmuseum.co.uk 01/07/2023 Hanbury Countryside Show at Park Hall Farm, Hanbury, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6RD. Contact: 07841 499660 www.hanburyshow.co.uk 01/07/2023 Chiltern Traction Engine Club Rally (1st-2nd) at Hyde End, Great Missenden, HP16 0RD. T: 01494 766772 www.chilterntractionengineclub.co.uk 01/07/2023 Elvaston Steam Rally (1st2nd) at Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, Derbyshire, DE72 3EP. Contact: 07504045197 www.elvastonsteam.co.uk 01/07/2023 The Cotswold Show & Food Festival (1st-2nd) at Cirencester Park, Glos, GL7 1XB (Deer Park School) and GL7 6JT (Cirencester Park Polo Grounds). T: 01285 652007 info@cotswoldshow.co.uk www.cotswoldshow.co.uk 01/07/2023 Hollowell Steam and Heavy Horse Show (1st-2nd) at Rally Field, Teeton Road, Guilsborough, Northants, NN6 8RB. T: 07773845148 hollowellsteam@gmail.com www.hollowellsteam.com 01/07/2023 Elvaston Steam Rally (1st2nd) at Elvaston Castle Country Park, Derby, DE72 3EP. T: 07436 211858 general.enquiries@elvastonsteam.co.uk www.elvastonsteam.co.uk SUNDAY 2ND JULY 02/07/2023 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Steam Event Day at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. T: 01622 884254 info@bwlr.co.uk www.bwlr.co.uk 02/07/2023 Duncombe Park Steam & Vintage Rally (1st-2nd) at Duncombe Park Steam Rally, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5EB. E: gytecwebmaster@gmail.com www.gytec.weebly.com 02/07/2023 Military Air Show at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. T: 01767627927 enquiries@shuttleworth.org www.shuttleworth.org 02/07/2023 Weekend Trolleydays - Atkinson Lorries (1st-

2nd) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 02/07/2023 Open Day at Twyford Waterworks, Hazeley Road, Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1QA. Contact:n 01962 714716 / 07516 458900 enquiries@twyfordwaterworks.co.uk www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk 02/07/2023 Steaming Day at Leawood Pumphouse, High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire. T: 01629 823204. www.middleton-leawood.org.uk 02/07/2023 Steam Sunday at The Whitwell & Reepham Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4GA. Contact: 01603 871694 info@whitwellstation.com www.whitwellstation.com 02/07/2023 Flyde Vintage Steam & Farm Show (1st-2nd) at The Show Field, Salwick Road, Wharles, Nr Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3SN. Contact: 07778 008715 www.fyldevintageandfarmshow.co.uk 02/07/2023 Chickerell Steam & Vintage Show (30th (eve) - 2nd) at Moor Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4EA. Contact: info.chickerellsteamshow@gmail.com www.chickerellsteamshow.uk 02/07/2023 Steam Show (1st-2nd) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 02/07/2023 July Steam Up at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. T: 01278691595 steamteam@wzlet.org www.wzlet.org 02/07/2023 Vale Vintage Machinery Show (1st-2nd) at Ty Ucha Farm, Pen-y-cefn, Caerwys, Flintshire, CH7 5BQ. Contact: 07921 719084 valevintagemachineryclub@gmail.com www.valevintagemachineryclub.co.uk 02/07/2023 Heritage Bus Rides at Oxford Bus Museum, Hanborough Station Yard, Main Road, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8LA. T: 01993883671 www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk 02/07/2023 Chiltern Traction Engine Club Rally (at Hyde End, Great Missenden, HP16 0RD. T: 01494 766772 www.chilterntractionengineclub.co.uk 02/07/2023 Elvaston Steam Rally (1st2nd) at Elvaston Castle Country Park, Borrowash Road, Elvaston, Derbyshire, DE72 3EP. T: 07504 045197 www.elvastonsteam.co.uk 02/07/2023 The Cotswold Show & Food Festival (1st-2nd) at Cirencester Park, Glos, GL7 1XB (Deer Park School) and GL7 6JT (Cirencester Park Polo Grounds). T: 01285 652007 info@cotswoldshow.co.uk www.cotswoldshow.co.uk 02/07/2023 Hollowell Steam and Heavy Horse Show (1st-2nd) at Rally Field, Teeton Road, Guilsborough, Northants, NN6 8RB. T: 07773 845148 hollowellsteam@gmail.com www.hollowellsteam.com 02/07/2023 Elvaston Steam Rally (1st2nd) at Elvaston Castle Country Park, Derby, DE72 3EP. T: 07436 211858 general.enquiries@elvastonsteam.co.uk www.elvastonsteam.co.uk 07/07/2023 Kent County Show (7th9th) at Kent Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF. T: 01622 630975 info@kentshowground.co.uk www.kcas.org.uk 07/07/2023 Pilford Heath Transport and Heritage Show at Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7BD. Contact: pilford.rally@gmail.com www.pilfordheathtransportheritagegroup.com

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VINTAGE MEET FAMILY FUN WEEKEND on 15th & 16th July 2023 at The Elisha Field, Drove Lane, Market Lavington,

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www.mlvintagemeet.com SATURDAY 8TH JULY 08/07/2023 Kent County Show (7th9th) at Kent Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME143JF. T: 01622 630975 info@kentshowground.co.uk www.kcas.org.uk 08/07/2023 Sedgemoor Vintage Show (8th-9th) at Pawlett Road, West Huntspill, Somerset, TA9 3RH. T: 07785765826 www.sedgemoorvintageclub.co.uk 08/07/2023 Cheshire Steam Fair (8th-9th) at Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4AS. T: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 08/07/2023 Farming in the 1950s (8th9th) at Beamish Museum, Nr Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0RG. T: 01913 704000 museum@beamish.org.uk www.beamish.org.uk 08/07/2023 Rempstone Steam & Country Show (8th-9th) at Turn Post Farm, Wymeswood, Leicestershire, LE12 6ST. Contact: 07817 046829 rempstonesteam@gmail.com www.rempstonesteam.org 08/07/2023 Rempstone Steam & Country Show (8th-9th) at Turn Post Farm, Wymeswood, Leicestershire, LE12 6ST. Contact: 07817 046829 rempstonesteam@gmail.com www.rempstonesteam.org 08/07/2023 Rona Steam & Vintage Rally (8th-9th) at Good Mondays Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire, SN15 4HL. ronasteamandvintagerally@gmail.com www.facebook.com/RonaSteam&VintageRally 08/07/2023 Woodcote Rally (8th-9th) at Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG8 0PH. T: 01491680778 08/07/2023 Sussex Steam Rally (8th9th) at Parham Park, West Sussex, RH20 4HR. Contact: 07414 532183 www.sussexsteamrally.co.uk 08/07/2023 Stourport Vintage Steam Rally and Country Show (8th-9th) at Coney Green Farm, Ribbesford Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs, DY13 0TE. Contact: 01299 822032 www.stourportvintagesteamrallyandcountryshow.co.uk 08/07/2023 Powderham Historic Vehicle Gathering (8th-9th) at Powderham Castle, Kenton, Nr Exeter, Devon EX6 8JQ. Contact: 01626 778960 www.powderham.co.uk SUNDAY 9TH JULY 09/07/2023 Kent County Show (7th9th) at Kent Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF. T: 01622 630975 info@kentshowground.co.uk www.kcas.org.uk 09/07/2023 Sedgemoor Vintage Show (8th-9th) at Pawlett Road, West Huntspill, Somerset, TA9 3RH. Contact: 07785 765826 www.sedgemoorvintageclub.co.uk 09/07/2023 Cheshire Steam Fair (8th-9th) at Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4AS. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 09/07/2023 Leominster Vintage Club Silage Working Day at Drayton Farm, Little Hereford, SY8 4BG. Contact: leominstervintageclub@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/leominstervintageclub 09/07/2023 Farming in the 1950s (8th9th) at Beamish Museum, Nr Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0RG. T: 01913 28

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704000 museum@beamish.org.uk www.beamish.org.uk 09/07/2023 Rona Steam & Vintage Rally (8th-9th) at Good Mondays Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire, SN15 4HL. ronasteamandvintagerally@gmail.com www.facebook.com/RonaSteam&VintageRally 09/07/2023 Woodcote Rally (8th-9th) at Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG8 0PH. T: 01491680778 09/07/2023 Sussex Steam Rally (8th9th) at Parham Park, West Sussex, RH20 4HR. Contact: 07414 532183 www.sussexsteamrally.co.uk 09/07/2023 Cambridgeshire Steam Rally and Country Fayre (9th-10th) at Quy Park, Stow Road, Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9AF. Contact: 07990 947 510 www.cambridgeshiresteamrally.org.uk 09/07/2023 Stourport Vintage Steam Rally and Country Show (8th-9th) at Coney Green Farm, Ribbesford Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs, DY13 0TE. Contact: 01299 822032 www.stourportvintagesteamrallyandcountryshow.co.uk 09/07/2023 Powderham Historic Vehicle Gathering (8th-9th) at Powderham Castle, Kenton, Nr Exeter, Devon EX6 8JQ. Contact: 01626 778960 www.powderham.co.uk MONDAY 10TH JULY 10/07/2023 Cambridgeshire Steam Rally and Country Fayre (9th-10th) at Quy Park, Stow Road, Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9AF. Contact: 07990 947510 www.cambridgeshiresteamrally.org.uk FRIDAY 14TH JULY 14/07/2023 Weeting Steam Engine Rally and Country Show (14th16th) at Fengate Farm, Weeting, Norfolk, IP27 0QF. T: 07907720312 enquiries@weetingrally.co.uk www.weetingrally.co.uk SATURDAY 15TH JULY 15/07/2023 Strumpshaw Tree Fair (15th-16th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. Contact: 01603 717936 info@strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 15/07/2023 Alrewas Show at Alrewas Show Ground, Daisy Ln, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 7DP. Contact: info@alrewasshow.co.uk www.alrewasshow.co.uk 15/07/2023 Model Railway & Engineering Exhibition (15th-16th) at Claymills Pumping Engines Trust Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE13 0DA. T: 01283509929 enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 15/07/2023 Weeting Steam Engine Rally and Country Show (14th-16th) at Fengate Farm, Weeting, Norfolk, IP27 0QF. T: 07907720312 enquiries@weetingrally.co.uk www.weetingrally.co.uk 15/07/2023 Hudders-field Weekend Trolleydays (15th-16th) at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 15/07/2023 The Market Lavington

Vintage Meet (15th-16th) at The Elisha Field, Drove Lane, Market Lavington, Devizes SN10 4NT. T: 07515 731700 marketlavmeet@gmail.com www.mlvintagemeet.com 15/07/2023 Barton Under Needwood Steam Rally & Family Festival (15th16th) at Needwood Rise Farm, Barton Gate, Barton under Needwood, Staffs, DE13 8AP. Contact: 01283 716497 bartonsteamrally@gmail.com www.bartonsteam.co.uk 15/07/2023 West Oxon Steam & Vintage Rally (15th-16th) at Ducklington Show Ground, Nr Witney, Oxon, OX29 7YH. Contact: 01993 771251 westoxonsteam@yahoo.co.uk www.westoxonsteam.co.uk 15/07/2023 Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally (15th-16th) at Mansfield, A6108 Leyburn Road, Masham, Nr Ripon, Yorkshire, HG4 4PB. Contact: 01765 689569 hello@mashamsteamrally.co.uk www.mashamsteamrally.com 15/07/2023 Sticker Vintage Rally and Country Fayre (15th-16th) at Sticker Football Ground, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 7EN. Contact: 01726 67353 stickerrally@gmail.com SUNDAY 16TH JULY 16/07/2023 Strumpshaw Tree Fair (15th-16th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. Contact: 01603 717936 info@strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 16/07/2023 Model Railway & Engineering Exhibition (15th-16th) at Claymills Pumping Engines Trust Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929 enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 16/07/2023 Weeting Steam Engine Rally and Country Show (14th-16th) at Fengate Farm, Weeting, Norfolk, IP27 0QF. T: 07907720312 enquiries@weetingrally.co.uk www.weetingrally.co.uk 16/07/2023 The Market Lavington Vintage Meet (15th-16th) at The Elisha Field, Drove Lane, Market Lavington, Devizes SN10 4NT. T: 07515 731700 marketlavmeet@gmail.com www.mlvintagemeet.com 16/07/2023 Barton Under Needwood Steam Rally & Family Festival (15th16th) at Needwood Rise Farm, Barton Gate, Barton under Needwood, Staffs, DE13 8AP. T: 01283716497 bartonsteamrally@gmail.com www.bartonsteam.co.uk 16/07/2023 Classic Car Show at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 16/07/2023 Steaming Day at Bancroft Mill Engine Trust, Lancashire, BB18 5QR. Contact: 01695 424196 www.bancroftmill.org.uk 16/07/2023 Classic Motorcycle Rally at Mill Meece Pumping Station, Staffordshire, ST21 6QU www.millmeecepumpingstation.co.uk 16/07/2023 West Oxon Steam & Vintage Rally at Ducklington Show Ground, Nr Witney, Oxon, OX29 7YH. Contact: 01993 771251 westoxonsteam@yahoo.co.uk www.westoxonsteam.co.uk 16/07/2023 Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally (15th-16th) at Mansfield, A6108 Leyburn Road, Masham, Nr Ripon, Yorkshire, HG4 4PB. Contact: 01765 689569 hello@mashamsteamrally.co.uk www.mashamsteamrally.com 16/07/2023 Sticker Vintage Rally and Country Fayre (15th-16th) at Sticker Football Ground, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 7EN. Contact: 01726 67353

stickerrally@gmail.com 16/07/2023 Steaming Day at Combe Mill, Blenheim Palace Sawmills, Combe, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8ET. Contact: 01993 358694 www.combemill.co.uk 16/07/2023 Vintage Engines and Vehicle Event at Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, Ludborough, Lincs, DN36 5SH. Contact: 01507 363881 marclwr@hotmail.com www.lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk MONDAY 17TH JULY 17/07/2023 Heritage Bus Rides at Oxford Bus Museum, Hanborough Station Yard, Main Road, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8LA. T: 01993 883671 www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk FRIDAY 21ST JULY 21/07/2023 Cambridge Vintage Auction (21st-22nd) at Machinery Saleground, CB6 2QT. Contact: 01353 777767 vintage@cheffins.co.uk www.cheffins.co.uk 21/07/2023 Netley Marsh Steam & Craft Show (21st-23rd) at Meadowmead Farm, Netley Marsh, Totton, Hampshire, SO40 7GY. Contact: 07713834675 enquiries@nmscs.org.uk www.nmscs.org.uk 21/07/2023 Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show (21st-23rd) at Salesbury Hall, Ribchester, Lancs, PR3 3XR. Contact: 01254 814712 www.royallancashireshow.co.uk 21/07/2023 Somerset Steam & Country Show (21st-23rd) at Netherham Farm, Low Ham, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9DR. Contact: 01761 470867 www.somersettractionengineclub.com SATURDAY 22ND JULY 22/07/2023 Cambridge Vintage Auction (21st-22nd) at Machinery Saleground, CB6 2QT. Contact: 01353 777767 vintage@cheffins.co.uk www.cheffins.co.uk 22/07/2023 Much Marcle Steam Rally (22nd-23rd) at Rye Meadows, Much Marcle, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2LX. Contact: 07968 385813 www.muchmarclesteamrally.com 22/07/2023 Quorn Wagon & Wagon Open Weekend (22nd-23rd) at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. Contact: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 22/07/2023 Netley Marsh Steam & Craft Show (21st-23rd) at Meadowmead Farm, Netley Marsh, Totton, Hampshire, SO40 7GY. Contact: 07713834675 enquiries@nmscs.org.uk www.nmscs.org.uk 22/07/2023 Railway Gala Weekend (22nd-23rd) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 22/07/2023 Beamish Tractor Show (22nd-23rd) at Beamish Museum, Nr Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0RG. T: 01913 704000 museum@beamish.org.uk www.beamish.org.uk 22/07/2023 Huddersfield TractorFest at North Moor Lane, Upper Heaton, Huddersfield, HD5 0PZ. www.huddersfieldtractorfest.co.uk 22/07/2023 Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show (21st-23rd) at Salesbury Hall, Ribchester, Lancs, PR3 3XR. Contact: 01254 814712 www.royallancashireshow.co.uk 22/07/2023 Somerset Steam & Country Show (21st-23rd) at Netherham Farm, Low Ham, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9DR. Contact: 01761 470867 www.somersettractionengineclub.com 22/07/2023 Isleport Steam & Vintage

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Diary Dates Working Weekend (22nd-23rd) at Isleport Farm, Highbridge, TA9 4QX. E: isleportworkingshow@gmail.com www.facebook.com/groups/588869657 879420 SUNDAY 23RD JULY 23/07/2023 Much Marcle Steam Rally (22nd-23rd) at Rye Meadows, Much Marcle, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2LX. Contact: 07968 385813 www.muchmarclesteamrally.com 23/07/2023 Langford Country Fete at the Museum of Power, Hatfield Road, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 6QA .

Contact: 01621 843183 www.museumofpower.org.uk 23/07/2023 Quorn Wagon & Wagon Open Weekend (22nd-23rd) at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. Contact: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 23/07/2023 Netley Marsh Steam & Craft Show (21st-23rd) at Meadowmead Farm, Netley Marsh, Totton, Hampshire, SO40 7GY. Contact: 07713834675 enquiries@nmscs.org.uk www.nmscs.org.uk 23/07/2023 Railway Gala Weekend (22nd-23rd) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 23/07/2023 Beamish Tractor Show (22nd-23rd) at Beamish Museum, Nr Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0RG. T: 01913704000 museum@beamish.org.uk www.beamish.org.uk 23/07/2023 Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show (21st-23rd) at Salesbury Hall, Ribchester, Lancs, PR3 3XR. Contact: 01254 814712 www.royallancashireshow.co.uk 23/07/2023 Somerset Steam & Country Show (21st-23rd) at Netherham Farm, Low Ham, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9DR. Contact: 01761 470867 www.somersettractionengineclub.com 23/07/2023 Isleport Steam & Vintage Working Weekend (22nd-23rd) at Isleport Farm, Highbridge, TA9 4QX. E: isleportworkingshow@gmail.com www.facebook.com/groups/588869657 879420 MONDAY 24TH JULY 24/07/2023 Royal Welsh Show (24th27th) at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY. Contact: 01624 553683 requests@rwas.co.uk TUESDAY 25TH JULY 25/07/2023 Royal Welsh Show (24th27th) at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY. Contact: 01624 553683 requests@rwas.co.uk 25/07/2023 New Forest & Hampshire County Show (25th-27th) at The Showground, New Park, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7QH. T: 01590 622400 www.newforestshow.co.uk WEDNESDAY 26TH JULY 26/07/2023 Royal Welsh Show (24th27th) at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY. Contact: 01624 553683 requests@rwas.co.uk 26/07/2023 New Forest & Hampshire County Show (25th-27th) at The Showground, New Park, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7QH. T: 01590 622400 www.newforestshow.co.uk THURSDAY 27TH JULY 27/07/2023 Royal Welsh Show (24th27th) at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY. T: 01624 553683 requests@rwas.co.uk 27/07/2023 New Forest & Hampshire 30

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County Show (25th-27th) at The Showground, New Park, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, SO42 7QH. T: 01590 622400 www.newforestshow.co.uk FRIDAY 28TH JULY 28/07/2023 Welland Steam and Country Rally (28th-30th) at Woodside Farm, Welland, Worcestershire, WR13 6NG. Contact: 07866 582606 Sallywilliams0805@gmail.com www.wellandsteamrally.com SATURDAY 29TH JULY 29/07/2023 Gathering Preview Saturday at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 29/07/2023 Welland Steam and Country Rally (28th-30th) at Woodside Farm, Welland, Worcestershire, WR13 6NG. Contact: 07866 582606 Sallywilliams0805@gmail.com www.wellandsteamrally.com 29/07/2023 Working Object Weekend (29th-30th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. T: 01252 795571 info@rural-life.org.uk www.rural-life.org.uk 29/07/2023 Summer Steaming (29th30th) at Etruria Industrial Museum, Lower Bedford Street, Etruria, Stokeon-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7AF. T: 07900 267711 www.etruriamuseum.org.uk 29/07/2023 In Steam at Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton Pumping Station, Crofton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3DW. Contact: 01672 870300 www.croftonbeamengines.org 29/07/2023 Dacorum Steam & Country Fayre at Green Croft Farm, Potten End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 2SG. T: 01923 266491 www.dacorummachineryandsteam.co.uk SUNDAY 30TH JULY 30/07/2023 The Sandtoft Gathering 2023 at the Trolley Bus Museum, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, DN8 5SX. Contact: 01724 711 391 trolleybusmuseum@sandtoft.org www.sandtoft.org.uk 30/07/2023 Welland Steam and Country Rally (28th-30th) at Woodside Farm, Welland, Worcestershire, WR13 6NG. Contact: 07866 582606 Sallywilliams0805@gmail.com www.wellandsteamrally.com 30/07/2023 Working Object Weekend (29th-30th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. T: 01252 795571 info@rural-life.org.uk www.rural-life.org.uk 30/07/2023 Summer Fayre at the Mill at Coldharbour Mill, Devon, EX15 3EE. Contact: 01884 840960 info@coldharbourmill.org.uk www.coldharbourmill.org.uk 30/07/2023 Summer Steaming (29th30th) at Etruria Industrial Museum, Lower Bedford Street, Etruria, Stokeon-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7AF. Contact: 07900 267711. www.etruriamuseum.org.uk 30/07/2023 In Steam at Crofton Beam Engines, Crofton Pumping Station, Crofton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3DW. Contact: 01672 870300 www.croftonbeamengines.org 30/07/2023 Dacorum Steam & Country Fayre (29th-30th) at Green Croft Farm, Potten End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 2SG. Contact: 01923 266491 www.dacorummachineryandsteam.co.uk MONDAY 31ST JULY 31/07/2023 Stradbally National Steam Rally (31st-1st) at Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, Co Laios, Ireland. T:08791

89131 nigelglynn1973@gmail.com www.irishsteam.ie TUESDAY 1ST AUGUST 01/08/2023 Stradbally National Steam Rally (31st-1st) at Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, Co Laios, Ireland. T: 08791 89131 nigelglynn1973@gmail.com www.irishsteam.ie WEDNESDAY 2ND AUGUST 02/08/2023 North Devon Show at Umberleigh Barton, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9DX. T: 01769 573852 hello@northdevonshow.com www.northdevonshow.com THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST 03/08/2023 Honiton Agricultural Show at Honiton Showground, Stockers Farm, Gittisham, Honiton, Devon, EX14 3AW. Contact: 01404 41794 info@honitonshow.co.uk www.honitonshow.co.uk FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST 04/08/2023 Whitby Traction Engine Rally (4th-6th) at next to Whitby Abbey, Hawsker Lane, Whitby, YO22 4JR. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 04/08/2023 Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza (4th-6th) at South Cerney Airfield, Northmoor Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5QD. Contact: 01453 890891 www.glosvintageextravaganza.co.uk SATURDAY 5TH AUGUST 05/08/2023 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Steam Weekend (5th6th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. Contact: 01622 884254 info@bwlr.co.uk www.bwlr.co.uk 05/08/2023 Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza (4th-6th) at South Cerney Airfield, Northmoor Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5QD. Contact: 01453 890891 www.glosvintageextravaganza.co.uk 05/08/2023 The Old Timer Tractor Rally (5th-6th) at Mill Meadow, Ivingtonbury, Ivington, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0JH. Contact: 07812 132295 theoldtimertractorrally@gmail.com www.facebook.com/people/The-oldtimer-tractor-rally 05/08/2023 Weald of Kent Steam Rally (5th-6th) at Little Engeham Farm, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3QY. E: info@wealdofkentsteamrally.co.uk www.wealdofkentsteamrally.co.uk 05/08/2023 Whitwell & Reephan Steam Rally (5th-6th) at The Whitwell & Reepham Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4GA Contact: 01603 871694 info@whitwellstation.com www.whitwellstation.com 05/08/2023 Whitby Traction Engine Rally (4th-6th) at next to Whitby Abbey, Hawsker Lane, Whitby, YO22 4JR. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 05/08/2023 Cromford Steam Rally (5th-6th) at High Acres Farm, Dewey Lane, Brackenfield, Nr Matlock, Derbyshire, DE55 6DB. T: 07971 525162 gwwright@rocketmail.com www.cromfordsteamrally.co.uk 05/08/2023 Retro Wheels (5th-6th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 05/08/2023 WSRA Steam & Vintage Rally (5th-6th) at WSRA Rally Fields, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA4 1BH. Contact: 01823 433856 info@steamrally.org.uk

www.steamrally.org.uk 05/08/2023 Weald of Kent Steam Rally (5th-6th) at Little Engeham Farm, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3QY. www.wealdofkentsteamrally.co.uk SUNDAY 6TH AUGUST 06/08/2023 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Steam Weekend (5th6th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. Contact: 01622 884254 info@bwlr.co.uk www.bwlr.co.uk 06/08/2023 Bikemeet & Record Fair at the Museum of Power, Hatfield Road, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 6QA .Contact: 01621 843183 www.museumofpower.org.uk 06/08/2023 Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza (4th-6th) at South Cerney Airfield, Northmoor Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5QD. Contact: 01453 890891 www.glosvintageextravaganza.co.uk 06/08/2023 Open Day at Twyford Waterworks, Hazeley Road, Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1QA. Contact: 01962 714716 / 07516 458900 enquiries@twyfordwaterworks.co.uk www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk 06/08/2023 Steaming Day at Leawood Pumphouse, High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire.T: 01629 823204. www.middleton-leawood.org.uk 06/08/2023 Weald of Kent Steam Rally (5th-6th) at Little Engeham Farm, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3QY. E: info@wealdofkentsteamrally.co.uk www.wealdofkentsteamrally.co.uk 06/08/2023 Whitby Traction Engine Rally (4th-6th) at next to Whitby Abbey, Hawsker Lane, Whitby, YO22 4JR. Contact: 01751 200839 info@outdoorshows.co.uk www.outdoorshows.co.uk 06/08/2023 Cromford Steam Rally (5th-6th) at High Acres Farm, Dewey Lane, Brackenfield, Nr Matlock, Derbyshire, DE55 6DB. T: 07971 525162 gwwright@rocketmail.com www.cromfordsteamrally.co.uk 06/08/2023 The Old Timer Tractor Rally (5th-6th) at Mill Meadow, Ivingtonbury, Ivington, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0JH. T: 07812 132295 theoldtimertractorrally@gmail.com www.facebook.com/people/The-oldtimer-tractor-rally 06/08/2023 Retro Wheels (5th-6th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 06/08/2023 August Steam Up at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. Contact: 01278 691595 steamteam@wzlet.org www.wzlet.org 06/08/2023 Steaming Day at Bancroft Mill Engine Trust, Lancashire, BB18 5QR. Contact: 01695 424196. www.bancroftmill.org.uk 06/08/2023 WSRA Steam & Vintage Rally (5th-6th) at WSRA Rally Fields, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, TA4 1BH. T:01823433856 info@steamrally.org.uk www.steamrally.org.uk 06/08/2023 Tregony Heavy Horse Show & Country Fayre at Tregony Sports Club Community Field, Tregony, near St Austell, Cornwall, TR2 5RP. Contact: 07717 006935 Mackenzie-s2@sky.com 06/08/2023 Weald of Kent Steam Rally (5th-6th) at Little Engeham Farm, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3QY. www.wealdofkentsteamrally.co.uk THURSDAY 10TH AUGUST 10/08/2023 Summer Steam Day at Coldharbour Mill, Devon, EX15 3EE. Contact: 01884 840960 info@coldharbourmill.org.uk www.coldharbourmill.org.uk

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Are you interested in Old Tractors, Sta琀onary Engines and Farm machinery?

The Na琀onal Vintage Tractor and Engine Club The only club that caters for all tractor and engine enthusiasts The NVTEC is over 50 years old and has been catering for the needs of Vintage Tractors and Engines throughout the UK during that 琀me.

We are able to o昀er members either membership of a local group, of which there are 30 do琀ed throughout the UK, or Na琀onal Membership where there is not a local group close by.

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The DB Specialist www.davidbrownparts.com

All members receive a copy of the club Magazine Vaporising which is published 4 琀mes a year, produced by club members and featuring reports from up and down the country.

For details of how to become a member of the NVTEC or how to 昀nd your local group please contact:

Mrs Ann Alcock

Keep your David Brown in tip-top condition at David Brown Parts Limited, the leading parts supplier from VAK1 to 1694.

Na琀onal Secretary 8 Douglas Road, Forest Town, Mans昀eld, No琀s NG19 0LT nvtec.secretary@ hotmail.com 07889242189

DAVID BROWN

Email: peter@davidbrownparts.com Tel: 01989 562743 (9-4 Mon-Fri) www.davidbrownparts.com

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