tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126161102009-02-21T09:31:52.739ZOur own personal reviews of the Steam and Vintage shows/rallies we visit throughout the season.Sewards of Petersfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00893307909755804150noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12616110.post-36541126484054373842008-07-22T16:33:00.004Z2008-07-22T17:27:20.370Z

Click for pictures from the 2008 Much Marcle Steam Rally.After the disappointment of the cancelled 2007 rally due to the floods, the 2008 event was one of the best. Presented by the Herefordshire Traction Engine and Vintage Club at its regular site, the rally programme listed 33 full size engines with 32 actually on parade. They represented all types and classes from the humble but increasingly

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One weekend in September we found ourselves with "Victoria" at The Onslow Arms Public house in Loxwood, West Sussex. This was for a vintage road run and the pub was the gathering place. It was Saturday 15th September and the idea behind this event was to raise funds for the restoration of The Wey and Arun Canal that runs behind the pub.There was a good selection of vehicles there, including seven

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Marshall 14242, Victoria, Empress of India at Heyshott Harvesting 2007.One of the highlights of any rally season for us is the vintage harvesting event held in the shadow of the south downs at the village of Heyshott, it is a traditional harvesting and working weekend where all the aspects of the farmers year are demonstrated. Tractors make up the bulk of the exhibits though other vehicles and

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Click for pictures from the Singleton Steam Festival 2007.The first Steam Festival was held on the 18th and 19th of August at the Weald and Downland Museum, Singleton and attracted 20 full sized steam engines and a good selection of models of all shapes and sizes. The setting could not have been better for the opportunity to take some really good timeless pictures.The selection of engines was

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Marshall 14242, Victoria Empress of India at the Double LL Rally 2007.This year's show was held over the weekend of July 21st and 22nd. We had other things planned for the Friday before so we had decided to move Victoria to the rally field on the Thursday. The weather was looking good and we steamed our way to the showground at Five Heads Road, Horndean without any problems. Here we were shown to

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Click for pictures from the Sewards Steam and Vintage Gathering 2007.After the success of the 120th birthday road run in 2006, Sewards of Petersfield decided to put on another event at the Spread Eagle pub in West Liss, Hampshire on the 14th and 15th of July 2007 and were very lucky in their choice of weekend as the weather was fine and dry, unusual for the summer of 2007 when so many events have

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Top: Burrell Traction Engine "William the Second"Upper Middle: Sentinel S4 Steam WagonLower Middle: McLaren Traction Engine "The Favourite"Bottom: Marshall Traction Engine "Victoria Empress of India"The annual vintage gathering at Kingsley near Bordon in Hampshire was held on the 23rd and 24th of June this year and we were as always looking forward to attending. Victoria had been groomed and all

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Top: Burrell Road Locomotive "Lord Roberts"Upper Middle: Fowler Road Roller "Peace" 10 ton 5nhpLower Middle: Aveling & Porter Traction Engine 6nhpBottom: Allchin Traction Engine 7nhpOn the 2nd of June we decided to journey over to deepest Sussex and visit the Hadlow Down rally at Tinkers Park, an event that has been going for 42 years but was new to us. After finding the site, we parked the car

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Top: Babcock and Wilcox No 95/4014, Built 1926 - MonarchMiddle: Babcock and Wilcox No 95/4013, Built 1926Bottom: Burrell Showmans Scenic Road Loco No 3896, Built 1921 - Earl BeattyWe had planned to take Victoria to the Bill Targett rally this year but due to technical difficulties we were unable to attend so, putting our disappointment to one side, we had to make do with visiting on the Saturday.

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Top: Ruston Proctor Traction Engine, 50278 - SuccessBottom: Garrett Tractor, 33991 - PatriciaIn August on our way to our holiday in Norfolk we visited the Thurlow and Haverhill Steam and Country Show organised by the venerable East Anglian Traction Engine Society. This event has been going for a long time and has a regular and loyal following. It is held on a hill top showground with easy access

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The weekend of July 22nd and 23rd was the Double LL vintage gathering. We had not entered this rally before but as we are members of the club they had ask if we would attend, which we did. This event was held on a well known site to the local people as they have a few events here over the year. We had decided to go early on the Friday as we would have to travel down the main A3 road which

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 Once again this year the Herefordshire Traction Engine and Vintage Club have presented a classic steam rally. The weather, if anything was a little too hot which may have affected the visitor numbers as it did not seem as busy as last year but all the sections were well supported as usual. There were 37 engines in the programme but actually only 30 were on parade, these were a good selection

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Sentinel 8351 Woodcote has been the venue of a steam rally for over 40 years and has always attracted a good selection of entries. The 2006 event was held on the weekend of the 8th and 9th of July and when we visited on the Sunday the weather started with rain but luckily improved about lunchtime enabling us to look around in the dry. The very nice programme listed 21 full sized engines

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Top: Tasker 1741.Middle: Sentinel 8933.Bottom: Aveling & Porter 4932The weekend of 24th and 25th saw us attend the Kingsley Steam Rally. The weather was looking good and we were all looking forward to this event.Friday afternoon we pulled on to the site and were allocated an area where we could set up camp, it was a nice big area with plenty of room for all our gear. The evening was spent

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June 17th and 18th this year was the weekend chosen by Amberley museum to stage its annual mid summer steam show, this event has been going for a number of years and has steadily increased in size. It has undoubtedly taken over the june spot from Parham steam rally now that that event is no more. The weather could not have better, and under blazing sunshine and cloudless blue skies 17 full sized

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Top: Marshall No. 80608, 10 ton roller ‘Omon’.Mid: Foster Showmans Loco, ‘Victorious’.Bot: Aveling and Porter convertable No. 4255, ‘Queen Victoria’.The 2006 Bill Targett memorial rally was held on the 13th and 14th of May near Eastleigh, Hampshire and was once again blessed with dry and mainly fine weather. As always, with this traditional event, the steam section was well supported with 33 full

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Our first actual outing this year was to attend the first open day of the season at Twyford Waterworks, held on Sunday May 7th. This working museum is run by volunteers who maintain and demonstrate various pumping engines, both steam and diesel, although at the moment the steam engines are unable to be run due to maintenance works. The open day made a convenient stop off on our way to

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Top: Wallis and Steevens, "The Mistress".Mid: Victoria in amongst the threshing machines.Bot: A view of the Threshing area. Another year had gone by and our favourite rally was fast approaching. This rally for us is what we would call an old fashion event, lots of room to steam about and not too many restrictions governing where or what you can and can’t do.So, on the morning of Friday 9th

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Top: Fowler SRL ‘Lion’.Bottom: Saw bench demonstration.2005 was the 31st annual steam show to be held at the Havenstreet steam railway on the Isle of Wight. As always it took place over the August bank holiday weekend and we decided to visit it on the Sunday. The day began with an adventure as we travelled by hovercraft from Southsea front to Ryde, the journey time across the Solent of 10 minutes

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As you may have read elsewhere on this website, we didn't attend the Northchapel steam rally with Victoria in August. This was due to the bad weather for the long journey, so we decided against getting Victoria and the drivers wet.On the Sunday, as the weather had cheered up, we decided to jump in the car and take a look at what we had missed. As we pulled into the car park we could see the rally

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Top: Marshall 76795.Mid: Makers Plate on Marshall 76795.Bot: Fowler Tractor 14406 - MTOTO.The weekend after we visited Pickering we called in on the Driffield rally which is held on a showground just outside the town, it was just as well that we knew this as there was very little in the way of signposts indicating the route to the event. We eventually found our way onto the ground and made

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Top: Burrell SRL 3909 "Winston Churchill".Mid: Burrell SRL 3878 "Island Chief".Bot: McLaren Road Locomotive 1421 "Captain Scott".A sunny start to the day for our visit to the renowned Pickering Steam and Vintage Show. Access to the site was easy, arriving on Sunday morning at around 10:45.Having parked the car we walked the short distance to the entrance. Pricing was Adults £6.00, Children £3.00,

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The 19th annual Marcle steam rally held at Much Marcle, near Ledbury in Herefordshire took place on the 16th and 17th of July this year in beautiful sunshine, in fact if anything, the weather was perhaps too good as, though busy, visitor figures were down on last years event suggesting that people preferred to stay at home and sunbathe.Marcle is put on by the Herefordshire Traction Engine and

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What better site to hold a vintage vehicle show then on the south of England showground at Ardingly in West Sussex, it has everything that organisers and exhibitors could wish for, toilet blocks, showers, a road network and plenty of space, what could possibly go wrong? We visited Ardingly on Saturday 9th of July with great expectations as we had visited in the past and had fond memories of this

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They were blessed with fine weather. This well established rally has been in its present location for a number of years. Kingsley steam and vintage rally, organised by the C.S.V.A.C. was held over the weekend of the 25th and 26th June this year and after a thundery start both days.The C.S.V.A.C. is primarily a tractor and stationary engine club which is reflected in the high number of entries in

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