Astle Park Sunday

[paumass]

Alan Williamson is, and he still owns the same waggons.

[D-valve]

Bill Briggs was not at the very first Lower Withington Rally in 1962, he hadn't entered the steam scene at that time.

From the people who were at the first rally who are still around I can think of Norris Lawton, our own David Powell, Alan Willianson, and the Wedgewood brothers with “Shrewsbury Belle”, Peter and Terry Holden, Peter Cawley from Middlewich, Matthew and Julia Swindlehurst who like myself were only young at the time, and Phil Moston whose father's land it was held on.

I have attached a scan of the announcement in the World's Fair of the first rally at Lower Withington and also the report from the Knutsford Guardian. There is also a scan of the photograph and write-up in the Advertisor in 1980 of the three founders of the rally.

[Cheshire Cat]

Great to see the old cuttings from the papers. I started going in the early 70's with mum and dad but haven't been for the last few years.

It would be nice to think that the rally is getting back on track, I know how much work Bryn, Phil, Giles and others have put in recently.

Thought I would post this picture of a badge that mum bought for me one year (think probably in the days of the village hall committee)
Anyone else remember them, never got to sew it on my overalls, would probably be long gone if I had..

[ianmorris1960]

I can;t say I remember 1966 very well, but My mum thinks that was one of the rallies where she was steering forJack Wolliscroft and I was in the bunker of Marlbrough!

There are a lot of names in those lists I remember hearing so often.

great memories....

Ian

[ThetfordBlue]

Well it appears that there was in fact an informal gathering in 1961! So that's thrown me a little bit!

Thank's Mr Dale for digging this one out... eventually....!