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WELCOME TO SANDBACH TRANSPORT FESTIVAL‌ This year we are happy to welcome back SpareParts with their arts festival who will be parading down the streets of Sandbach on Sunday afternoon with their super scrap vehicles.
Sandbach Transport Festival is delighted to return for another year and will be packed with classic cars on the Saturday and heritage, HGVs and a mixture of other vehicles on the Sunday. Look out on Sunday for the St Luke’s charity bikers run through the town.
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Kicking off on Saturday we will be visited by Rex the T-Rex who will be roaming the common. On both days we will have a steam train offering free rides in the park plus lots more exhibitions and arts activities making it a complete family fun weekend.
STUNNING SPITFIRE FLIES INTO SANDBACH To celebrate the Centenary of the end of the First World War, we have an iconic full-scale replica World War 2 Spitfire being displayed at the Sandbach Transport Festival. The Spitfire is believed to have been purposely built for an indoor museum in the late 1970s and has been sold a few times since then. It represents a Mark 9 version of the aircraft that was introduced from July 1942 onwards as a stopgap measure to counter the threat from the Luftwaffe’s Focke-Wulf FW 190A. To save time and resources, the early versions were built onto Mark 5 fuselages (with prominent rivets) and fitted with the Merlin 61 engine.
Although the Sandbach Transport Festival is usually associated with road vehicles, there is a link to the Town. ERF purchased a Spitfire and presented it to the Royal Air Force, the cost of a Spitfire at the time was £5,000. To raise that amount of money ERF decided to hold a raffle with the first prize being a brand-new ERF truck, which at the time was a scarce commodity. Within 2 to 3 weeks the £5,000 target was achieved, and a cheque was sent to Lieutenant Colonel Moore-Brabazon, who was Minister of Aircraft Production. The aircraft was called ‘Sun Works’ after the ERF manufacturing plant and went into squadron service with a Canadian unit of the RAF in 1941.
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ALL ABOARD FOR STEAM IN THE PARK As usual we have a host of activities taking place in the park and this year we’re thrilled to be able to add steam train rides to what is on offer. As you’re making your way to the SpareParts Village on Sunday you can jump aboard and enjoy the magic of steam as you go. Not only that but we have a selection of delicious culinary delights that will keep hungry tums full throughout the weekend. Don’t forget to visit the park over the weekend!
BIKERS DIG DEEP FOR ST LUKE’S
A major attraction at the Festival is the arrival of hundreds of riders taking part in the St Luke’s Hospice Charity Ride. The riders are will roar into town at about 1.15 on Sunday behind St Luke’s own London bus. The ride is organised by South Cheshire Motorcycle Club.
DINOSAUR INVASION
Sandbach is set to be overrun by Jurassic jeopardy throughout Saturday as Rex, the T-Rex stalks the streets. Get up close of personal with one of the giants of the dinosaur world during your visit and hear him roar. Don’t miss out on having your picture taken inside a giant dinosaur egg too.
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ON SUNDAY
THE SPAREPARTS VILLAGE IN THE PARK On Sunday the SpareParts Festival will be taking over the park with a host of performances and experiences to delight visitors both big and small alike. Starting at 10am and running right through the day, explore what happens when transport and art collide with a programme of FREE activities and events. To give you a flavour of what to expect we’ve picked out a few highlights to share with you.
VANDER WHEEL OF DEATH
Definitely not for the faint hearted, the Vander Wheel of Death has been touring the UK since 1987 wowing audiences across the country. This daredevil rotating contraption sees two acrobats take to the skies as they run the gauntlet on the Wheel of Death.
PHILEAS FOGG: DAY 79 BY DIZZY O’DARE
Join Phileas Fogg and his newly employed French valet Passepartout as they attempt to circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. The year is 1872 and its day 79 of the journey. TIMES: THROUGHOUT SUNDAY
TIMES: SUNDAY 10AM, 12.30PM AND 2.15PM
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VR PLAYGROUND BY THRILL LABORATORY
Don a VR headset, jump aboard one of the Professor’s playground swings, kick your feet, and be transported away from reality - at high speed. TIMES: THROUGHOUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
SEED BY PIF-PAF
SEED - a surprising and inspiring hitch-hike on the journey from small acorns to great oaks with a Rockabilly Tree-Planting Anarcho-Nomad. Join Wilford planting trees where he shouldn’t - living in his shed and on the run from his past and his arch-enemies, SLUGS, out to get him for his contraband seeds. TIMES: SUNDAY 11AM AND 1PM
DRUM GOD BY ULIK ROBOTIK
A machine comes to life…. and surprises UliK and the audience when all of a sudden the huge machine, hidden under a red cloth, starts to move to the sounds of UliKs drumming. Within minutes UliK and the robot are involved in a turbulent ride! UliK Robotik shows how perfectly man and machine can play together. Through the interactive game the robot becomes human and turns the show into an extraordinary experience. TIMES: 12PM AND 2.40PM
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MAKE A SPLASH BY CARLOS CORTES
THEATRE PAS-DE-DEUX BY ULIK ROBOTIK
Talking about “Industry 4.0” everybody thinks of a robot arm, working in a deserted factory building. It can be different: The “UliK Robotik Theater” shows how a robot interferes with a rendezvous and changes into a very human-like partner in the game with the two protagonists. The poetic transfigured message: Only at first did the robot arm represent a threat. Soon, its advantages will exceed the disadvantages. TIMES: SUNDAY 10.30AM AND 1.45PM
Make a Splash is a performancepainting-installation that is created by all the people that take part in this “group action painting”. There will be music, and dance, and a joyful activity that invites people to join in and splash some paint onto our car! After some dynamic “painting moves” the whole vehicle will be covered in bright and colorful splashes of paint... Move aside Jackson Pollock! Our vehicle will become a “smashing” canvas that has been created by tens of participants working together... TIMES: THROUGHOUT SUNDAY SPECIAL HAPPENINGS AT 11.30AM, 12.45PM AND 2PM
SPAREPARTS SUPER SCRAP PARADE TO TAKE OVER THE TOWN On Sunday we’ll be treated to the SpareParts Super Scrap Race as artistic contraptions take to the streets of Sandbach wowing the crowds and offering the surreal and stupendous. THE PARADE STARTS AT 3PM AT THE COMMON MAKING ITS WAY PAST THE TOWN HALL AND DOWN THE HIGH STREET BEFORE RETURNING TO THE PARK.
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SpareParts ‘JunkYard’ Village Performances in the Park
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By car Via the M6 leave at Junction 17 and follow the A534 to Sandbach then follow the signs for car parking.
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St Mary’s Church
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By train Connections to Sandbach train station are available via Crewe or Manchester.
Sunday SpareParts Timetable
L FESTIVA MUSIC 10-4PM N T & SU ON SA
Don’t miss Foden’s Band on Sunday at 12pm
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10am
Wheel of Death
10.30am
Pas-de-Deux
11am
SEED
11.30am
Making a Splash
12pm
Drum God
12.30pm
Wheel of Death
12.45pm
Making a Splash
1pm
SEED
1.45pm
Pas-de-Deux
2pm
Making a Splash
2.15pm
Wheel of Death
2.40pm
Drum God
3pm
SpareParts Super Scrap Parade
FREE WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCES Throughout the day we are proud to present a series of FREE workshops and performances including Matti Hemmings, FACT- Shift, Dan Fox and the Boom Bikes, Flames Oz, Barefeet from Zambia, Reckless Intervention, Circus Fudge, Electric Sunshine Project, Junk Yard Crash, Jessica Rost and Handmade Parade. Watch out for surprise performances and activities all day.