Thousands of vintage vehicle enthusiasts enjoyed one of the country’s largest displays of historic cars this weekend.
Visitors were welcomed by glorious sunshine and entertained by more than 1,000 vehicles at the Mid Shropshire Vintage Club’s rally at the West Mid Show ground yesterday and on Saturday.
On display were tractors, steam engines, vehicles which were a feature of early farm life and private and commercial vehicles sixty years old or more.
The Allis Chambers, Fordson and Ferguson tractors - painstakingly restored by their owners - were among the 300 tractors on view.
The event, which is now in its 20th year, is unique because all the money goes to charity. The show raises money for Hope House and Severn Hospice.
Organiser Derek Sheedy said the popular event had gone very well.
He said: “We had beautiful weather and a beautiful sight so what can be better than that? We had two beautiful days with lots of people here and it was a very successful show again. We had a large crowd on both days”
The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire Algernon Heber Percy opened the show on Saturday.
Mr Sheedy said: “He said well done for all our hard work.”
Each year, the vintage club features a particular marque of tractor and this year it was the turn of Allis Chambers. There were more than 50 of the tractors on display from a wide area.
Mr Sheedy said: “They were not the most numerous of tractors and our entry was one of the best collections of this make to be seen anywhere this year.”
The rally also included demonstrations of rural crafts, a model marquee, fairground organs, a craft and gift hall, antiques, a steam-driven Victorian roundabout and children’s fairground.
Last the Mid Shropshire Vintage Club was able to donate £2,000 each to Hope House and the Severn Hospice, with smaller charities also benefiting.
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