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Old 16th August 2011, 05:05 PM
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This is the report from the Worlds Fair on the first rally held at Astle Park in 1966, it only seems like yesterday when Dan Howell held an enginemans meeting at the copper beech tree about the concerns of damaging the wet ground and not being invited back!

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Old 16th August 2011, 05:39 PM
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This is the report from the Worlds Fair on the first rally held at Astle Park in 1966, it only seems like yesterday when Dan Howell held an enginemans meeting at the copper beech tree about the concerns of damaging the wet ground and not being invited back!


If that's the FIRST rally held at Astle Park it's only been going for 45 years ! How come it's the 50th Celebration next year ?.

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Old 16th August 2011, 07:49 PM
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If that's the FIRST rally held at Astle Park it's only been going for 45 years ! How come it's the 50th Celebration next year ?.

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Following a fair bit of consultation with Mr Lea and some other kind people I have put together a bit of a time-line for the early Cheshire preservation years. 1966 was the first rally at Astle Park, however there were rallies at Lower Withington and in Crewe prior to that. The first actual rally was held in Ted Moston's field, next to Jodrell Bank, over the weekend of 6/7th October 1962.

So really there's a choice of years to celebrate anniversaries, I've settled on trying for a "50 years of Cheshire Traction Engine Rallies" theme for next year. It was in fact the 50th rally in the Lower Withington / Crewe / Astle Park line of events this year, however I wasn't really in a position to push for anything as my first-born (a son) arrived mid-July!
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Old 16th August 2011, 08:13 PM
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I've posted this image before but for those who have not seen it, it shows the type of Sunday Service described in the newspaper cutting and features Stanley Monarch generating for Pat Collins organ.



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Old 16th August 2011, 08:04 PM
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in the list of engine owners is there any one apart from bill briggs still alive ?
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Old 16th August 2011, 08:06 PM
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Pass... but damned good question.
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Old 16th August 2011, 09:30 PM
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Edwin Clarke too
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Old 16th August 2011, 09:54 PM
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Alan Baker who used to help Dan Howell on his Foster is another name that springs to mind.
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Old 17th August 2011, 05:01 PM
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in the list of engine owners is there any one apart from bill briggs still alive ?
Having looked up some old notes it seems that Bill purchased his Burrell in June 1963 from Richard Willcox, according to the list of the engines he attended the 63 Rally which was a more organised event, the 62 event had been put on in just 3 weeks the programme was just typed sheets of paper.

According to the list of engines out of the 20 engines that were entered 15 attended, one being a surprise visitor who had travelled quite a distance by road with a Marshall single still in it's working clothes.
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Bob Lee is still about as far as I know!.
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