Bakewell Showground Spectacular - May 2-3
 

Does anyone know if there will be any full size steam exhibits at this event?
The Old Glory events guide states 25 but on looking at the web site for the showground I can only see a listing for minatures .


Dave

gregsteam1968 On here is the one to ask as he is organising the steam at Bakewell Showground.


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Suzukiman ;)

theres only one full size engine booked and the minitures are falling off fast mine inc the site insurance will not allow any vehicle movment at all sorry suzuki man i was going to email you tonight to let you now the camping is in an adjacent field its not the organisers fault the insurance co is flexing there muscels

No prob ,find another insurance company and have a word with the N T E T

I don't understand this... Not a show without the steam engine's moving round is it !!! Where is everyone going now then ?. *think

Must be a big disappointment for everyone including myself. :(


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Suzukiman ;)

I think I may go to Llandudno , not been before and I understand there is a town parade of steam and vintage vehicles .
Shame about Bakewell though , never been there either .

Dave

I've just been talking to a friend who is a miniature steam steward at various rally's and he has heard that movement of steam vehicles will will in the near future only be allowed at N.T.E.T approved rally's !!! Can anyone confirm if this is true or not !. If true it is certainly bad news for us steam engine owners :(

Perhaps it's a new "Requirement" of the rally organiser's Insurer's !.

I'm now wondering....is it time to sell my beloved engine !. *think


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Suzukiman ;)


Quote: All good things in life come to an end sometime.

This is really bad news, does anyone know if there have been any actual incedents involving engines, or is it just in case?

Health and safety strikes again, sounds like an arse covering exercise.

Just what is the issue with Health & Safety !!! I thought Steam Events had their own "Safety Officers" to see that all and everything complies with the Health & Safety issues of the organised rallies !.


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Suzukiman ;)

is this the pedestrian and vehicle segregation thing? i.e. stupid pedestrians are roped off from areas where engines are free to roam (in the hours of daylight)

What we really need is a man with a red flag...

There used to be a guy walking in front of the steam engine's waving a red flag on most rally's I attended at one time !, What happened to him ?.


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Suzukiman ;)

now, I have been around rallies since I was in a pram (don't remember the man with red flag in front of that - but come to think of it we never moved that fast, oh no dad not another engine, they all look the same, 40 odd years later, I notice they are in different colours.

seriously though when was that, I really don't remember it from the late 60's early 70's, but was curious to note in an older rally pic on here there were roped off walkways keeping the great unwashed at arms length from roaming beasts.

Makes sense really - the engines don't have signs like HGV's that say if ya canner see me mirrors I canna see yoo. and kids don't seem to have brains.

I managed to get from the camping field to the ring at one do last year, and considered myself lucky that one of the cretins had not impaled themselves on the front, the whistle seems like a tool to say "please tell your children to stand infront of the engine, and also if at posible could you walk directly infront of me, stop at will, after all I have 3/4 of a ton of moving metal with virtually no brakes, thankyou"

And then my son, 23, fresh out of uni says to me last night, well there ought to be a driving skills course, and until you pass it you can't drive on the field - he has a bit too learn yet. I did explain the apprentice club, and the competency scheme.

ian

ps how many points is a punter worth?

I'm positive someone will remember the guy with the bowler hat and penquin coat leading the engine's waving his red flag...I think the last time I saw him was at the Tern Valley rally in 2007 if I remember right ! *think


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Suzukiman ;)

quite recent then, I don't think roping off peeps and engines is a bad idea though.

i seem to remember a chap dressed like a circus ring master leading engine parades at rallies in lincolnshire in the late sixties early seventies

Just been looking at the Bakewell Show web site there is plenty of other vehicle acivity but no mention of steam !!!


https://www.bakewellshow.org/Showgro...cular__62.html


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Suzukiman ;)

right at the very bottom of the webpage there is a mention of 4" and 6" engines.. but there will be none there now!

How did I miss that !!! :o

But only 4" & 6!" !


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Suzukiman ;)

All is quiet !!! :confused:

Is anyone steaming at Bakewell ?


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Suzukiman ;)

I know two people that went, took at best 30 mins to look round ,both said poor show and not value for money .

Offered brilliant parking facilities for Bakewell itself....

did derby george do the red flag thing

Derby George was mostly the commentator...I knew him for many years, He was a grand old chap. thumbsup

I'll see if i can find some photos of the guy with the red flag and post them on here.


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Suzukiman ;)