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Wythall Transport Museum Wythall, Birmingham
The Classic Motor Hub Bibury, Gloucestershire
Lakeland Motor Museum Ulverston, Cumbria
British Motor Museum Gaydon, Warwickshire
Temple Newsam House Leeds
North Norfolk Railway Holt, Norfolk
Prestatyn, North Wales
Shuttleworth Collection Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Waltham Windmill, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Burrs Country Park, Bury, Lancashire
Burton Agnes Hall, Driffield, East Yorkshire
Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset
Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, York
Stanford Hall, Leicestershire
Blair Atholl, Perthshire Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire
Grampian Transport Museum, Aberdeen |
The 2019 rally took
place in the splendid surroundings of the British Motor Museum at Gaydon
in Warwickshire on Sunday 30 June. The weather had been unusually hot on
the previous two days but was a little cooler and thankfully dry
for the event. Over 40 vehicles arrived on site and our Membership Secretary Dominic, who had organised the day, ably welcomed everyone passing out tickets to be exchanged for a discounted entry into the museum. Many old faces joined the group and it was also pleasing to see some new members too. The museum itself is excellent and if you haven’t
visited before I would certainly recommend it. The main area is fully air
conditioned allowing comfortable viewing of the many interesting exhibits.
Just a short stroll away is the Collections Centre displaying another 200
vehicles, mainly Jaguar cars, on the ground floor whilst an overspill of
cars waiting to be restored or in various conditions resides on the second
floor. There is an interesting viewpoint from this level looking into the
workshops where a wide variety of interesting vehicles are being worked
on. The museum reopened just over 3 years ago after a £1.1 million
redevelopment of its displays along with the construction of the new £4
million Collections Centre. Most took advantage of the discounted entry price
to the museum and our Archivist & Advisor John Harrison took a small group
of members on an ‘anoraks’ tour, pointing out the many historic and
interesting registrations on the way.
There were no class prizes this year to keep it
simple but later in the afternoon, Pat Woodall presented the Noel Woodall
Award for 2019 to long time member and supporter, Colin Cowperthwaite
(7777 CC). Colin has been a member since the very early days and has
attended almost every rally. He has a vast knowledge of registrations and
keeps a well documented file of his sightings so is a worthy recipient.
As for next year, Dominic is looking for a suitable venue already so watch this space. Any announcement concerning 2020 will be made in RNC News and on this website.
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