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11-13th November Lancaster Insurance Classic Car Show


Stourbridge Pre-War Car Club at the NEC    John Bates
 
As you will be aware, your club had a stand at the NEC over the weekend of 11 - 13 November 2016 where we displayed three members’ cars.  The cars were Steve Butler’s Sunbeam Talbot (1938), Roy and Vicky’s Jaguar (1946) and Rob and Iris’s Willys Overland (1922).  As could be expected, they attracted lots of attention.  The stand was manned over the three days by several members: Rob and Iris Gillett, Christian Ditchfield, Roy and Vicki Bailey, Shirley Anne Knowles, Steve Butler, Chris Read, Alec and ‘Peggy’ Evans, Maurice Dickens, Paul Bailey (new member), Chris Lees, Peter and Carol Willoughby and myself.  Visitors included  Geoff Salminen, Alan Bateman, Peter and Viv. Dodson, Kevin Birch, Steve Lowe and Pete Fox (who also supplied trailer transport).

The cars were chosen to fit in with our interpretation of this year’s theme - heroes and heroines.  We ‘interpreted’ the theme as the largely unsung heroes and heroines who worked on the ‘home front’ producing material for the war effort and transporting it. These people included factory workers, miners, farm workers, fishermen, Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), land girls, doctors, nurses, firemen, etc.  

On Sunday morning we had a visitor to the stand who wanted to talk about the Jaguar as he was rebuilding one.  He wanted to take lots of photos to help his project.  At the same time another chap rolled up who wanted the contact details of the Jaguar owner as he had spares for sale.  Unfortunately for Roy and Vicki, but fortunate for the two visitors they swapped details and (presumably) some more old ‘bits’ will be reused.  

The stand itself had a chain link fence, ‘half ‘ a tent (as seen on airfields etc. during WWII), war time photos (large and on display boards), a  mannequin (an A.T.A. girl - they delivered aircraft from factories to airfields), pedestals for information sheets about the cars are their connections with the war effort, the new Club pull-up posters (7 feet high) and a union jack.  

Improvements for next time (should there be one) are already being planned.  The stand was largely built by Peter Willoughby with contributions from Steve Butler, Kevin Birch, Chris Read and others.  My thanks go out to all who participated.  It was a great team effort that worked better than I hoped for and I would do it again.  It was good fun and a real ‘get to know each other’ exercise.  Well done, everyone.

There were some little ‘niggles’ like NEC staff not knowing procedures for set-up day and drivers being directed all over the place, then complications over break-down procedure,  but taken all together, a well organised event that hopefully gave lots of pleasure to thousands of enthusiasts.  

Car Information Sheets and Hero Link Sheets

willys_final_for_proof_read_14_oct_16.pdf
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heroic_jeep__final_for_proof_reading_25_oct_16.docx
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sunbeam_talbot_final_for_proof_read_14_oct_16.pdf
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rootes___ata__finals_for_proof_reading_16_oct_16.pdf
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ss_jaguar_finals_for_proof_reading_16_oct_16.pdf
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war_work_finals_for_proof_reading_19_10_16.pdf
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