Vintage vehicles all ready for Shrewsbury show
Organisers are making the final preparations for the 31st vintage show in Shrewsbury with around 5,000 vehicle enthusiasts and families expected to attend.
The show, organised by the Mid Shropshire Vintage Club, runs over the weekend of June 30 and July 1 and showcases some of the best vintage vehicles in the country, including classic cars, motorbikes, Land Rovers, buses, military vehicles, steam engines and tractors.
This year there is plenty to entertain families at the West Mid Showground including Shire horses and The Pony Club, donkey rides, craft and trade stands, fairground rides, music from the Stiperstones Brass and the Wirral Pipe Bands and the Pantonic All Star Steel Band and a bouncy castle. There will also be demonstrations including a blacksmith and wood turner.
There will also be an auction of vintage machinery and tools by H J Pugh & Sons.
For the third year running the Whitchurch-based Challenger Tractor Pulling Club will be at the show. The military vehicles, tanks and lorries will be doing a manoeuvres display in the mounds of soil unearthed by the tractor competition.
Richard Haynes, show and committee chairman said: “We are hoping for good weather and looking forward to welcoming visitors. We know we attract a lot of vehicle enthusiasts and we have literally hundreds of vehicles from all over the country, which are interesting for everyone to look at.
“Children especially love them, so we have really concentrated on getting a lot more for families and we know this will be our biggest event yet.
"There are new sections this year including Vintage Caravans and awning displays and some really exciting draws such as vintage double decker buses coming all the way from London, and a Blackstone oil engine. It's huge and extremely heavy and will need to be moved with the help of an arctic lorry! Tickets are available in advance via the West Mid website or on the gate and children under 16 are free.”
One of the aims of the event is to raise funds for local medical charities and since its formation the Mid Shropshire Vintage Club has raised more than £160,000 for charities including the Severn Hospice and Hope House and The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.
Tickets are available from www.theticketfactory.com and searching Shropshire Vintage Show. The show runs from 9am-5pm Saturday and 9am to 4.30pm Sunday.
Tickets can also be purchased on the gate and cost £10 for adults and entrance is free for under 16s.
For more information go to midshropshirevintageclub.com and follow the show on Twitter at MSVCshow and on Facebook at Shropshire Vintage Show.
