Fairford Steam Rally

Fairford Steam Rally


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Date held on	August Bank Holiday
Duration (days)	3
Venue	Fairford Park
Location	Fairford
County	Gloucestershire
Country	England
NTET Accredited	YES
Attendance numbers (approximate no.)	?
Next Event Date	2010
First Event was held in (year)	1967
Last Event was held in (year)
No. of years held	40th (2009)

Events Web Site	www. ?

The Fairford Steam Rally and Show is held each August Bank Holiday weekend in Fairford Park on the outskirts of the village of Fairford Nr Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England. The gathering is organised by the Fairford Rally Committee and raises funds for the Cotswold District Scouts and local Charities.

Event history[]

The Event has been hosted for the last 40 years in "Fairford Park" by kind permission of the "Ernest Cook Trust" and Mr. R. Iles.

The 2007 & 2008 events were cancelled (reason not given in program) and so the 2009 event was the 40th that the Event has been held in the Fairford Park were the event enjoys a parkland setting and is laid out to meander around the extensive number of mature trees. This gives the rally a feel of being smaller than it is as it is split into section rather than being one large open space of some events.

This event is a National Traction Engine Trust Authorised Event.

Typical exhibits and features[]

Exhibit classes included

Steam engines
Tractors
Vintage Cars
Commercial vehicles
Classic plant
Collectable Models
Stationary Engines
large engine demo

Atractions

Fairground rides & Stalls
Trade stall
Collectables
Club stands. including the Ford and Fordson Association and the NTET trailer.
craft tent
Etc.

2010 Event[]

Fairford Steam Rally/2010

2009 Event[]

2009 Steam engines[]

Note: List is being updated - photos to follow

Steam Engines list
Exhibit no.	Engine (make & No.)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no.	Owner	Photo
1	Marshall no. 71837	-	Traction Engine	1919	DD 2007	J. Plaister, Swindon Wiltshire	150px]]
2	McLaren no. 757	Apollo	Traction Engine	1904	AL 3029	C. Brown, Swindon, Wiltshire	150px]]
3	Burrell no. 2426	-	Traction Engine	1901	BL 4843	C. Hatch, Wiltshire	150px]]
4	Burrell no. 4093	Dorothy	Road Locomotive	1931	DV 9252	D & B Smith, Oxon	150px]]
5	Fowler no. 11699	Pride of Hanley Castle	Traction engine	1909	AB 9028	S. Preston, Oxon	150px]]
6	Burrell no. ?	-	Gold Medal Tractor	1931	Reg no.?	D & J Davis, Bucks	150px]]
7	Garrett no. 33827	-	Traction engine	1920	IW 2731	T. Whircombe, South Wales	150px]]
8	Marshall no. 15391	Eynsham Hall	Traction Engine	1887	BW 5249	J. Wharton, Whitney Oxon	150px]]
9	Marshall no. 28922	Alderman	Traction Engine	1897	BH 7606	D. Paxton, Warwickshire	150px]]
10	Marshall no. 65908	-	Traction Engine	1914	BD 5609	D. West, Gloucestershire	150px]]
11	Aveling & Porter no. 3430	Sarah	Steam Roller	1894	PB 9801	PK. Smith, Bucks	150px]]
12	Aveling & Porter no. 5590	-	Steam Roller	1904	CH 3282	N. Keene, Wiltshire	150px]]
13	Aveling & Porter no. 10448	-	Steam Roller	1922	HR 7446	J. Bond & I. Stone, Swindon Wiltshire	150px]]
14	Aveling & Porter no. 11956	-	Steam Roller	1927	UP 327	B. Martin, Gloucestershire	150px]]
15	Aveling & Porter no. 14002	-	Steam Roller	1929	4132 DG	C. Cribbs, Oxon	150px]]
16	Burrell no. 4025	Pride of Dorset	Steam roller	1926	PR 6641	M. Shepherd, Warwickshire	150px]]
17	Fowler no. 15964	-	Road Roller	1923	WY 7912	J. Howard, Wilts	150px]]
18	Garrett no. 34084	The Barroness	Steam roller	1921	BJ 7045	J. Millington, Cheshire	150px]]
19	Wallis & Steevens no. 8005	-	Steam roller	1929	OU 2684	C. Bellamy, Oxon	150px]]
20	Barford & Perkins	-	Static Steam plant & pump	1950	-	C. Hatch, Wiltshire	150px]]
21	Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies no. 14385	-	Portable engine	1902	-	B. Dando, Bristol	150px]]
22	Foden no. 3398	Happy Jack	Steam tractor	1912	M 4489	J. Calder, Staffs	150px]]
23	Foster no. 14608	Ikanopit	Steam tractor	1930	PN 5629	D. J. Harding, Staffs	150px]]
24	Garrett no. 31633	MrPotter	Traction engine	1913	BJ 1696	mr & mrs Brown, Bucks	150px]]
25	Mann no. 1343	- ?	Steam tractor	1919	U 4891	T. Hopkins, S wales	150px]]
26	Sentinel no. 9192	-	Steam waggon	1935	CML 781	Geoff Peach, Warickshire	150px]]
27	Tasker no. 1424	Hero	Steam tractor	1910	AA 2356	A. Meredith, Gloucestershire	150px]]
28	Tasker no. 1765	Jolly	Steam tractor	1918	SR 1252	W. Tomlins, Oxon	150px]]
29	Tasker no. 1902	Alice	Convertible tractor	1923	KL 9885	M. Lewenden, Wilts	150px]]
30	Burrell no. 3489	King George VI	Showman's Engine	1913	PB 9624	J. Wharton, Oxon	150px]]
31	Burrell no. 3555	Busy Bee	Showman's Engine	1914	AO 6262	P. Edwards, Oxon	150px]]

Commercial & Military vehicles at 2009[]

A number of interesting vehicles were present including these;

AEC Mandator
AEC Militant
Albion Motors Flatbed
Atkinson Venturer
Austin K2, Austin K9 and Austin Champ
Bedford M, Green Goddess, Bedford O
Bedford TK
Bristol artic
ERF
Ford Transcontinental tractor unit
Ford Willys GPW (Jeep) & Willys MB
Green Goddess Fire engine
Humber Pig
Mini pick-up
Morris Commercials LC5
Scammell Explorers

(photos to follow later) And a few others trucks besides.

2009 - Tractors[]

Table of exhibits to be add & photos (list to be moved into table)

This is one of the few events wit very good numbering of exhibits

Tractor exhibit list
entry no.	Make	Model no. / type*	Reg no.	Serial no. (if known)	year built	Owner	Misc info
67	Lister	Lister Goldstar	9430 DF	Lister no. ?	?	owner ?	One of only 4 known survivors - Original Prototype
Add any other tractors from this event above here in Entry no order / ABC by make if no number
add more entries	by copying block	below and	pasting in	between entries
-	Make	Model no.	Reg no. ?	Serial no	Year	Owner ?	150px]]

Working area[]

Roadworks display and a Wood sawing demonstration

Fairground[]

a Large travelling fun fair and a set of gallopers

Classic Cars[]

A small section of classic cars was also present with some excelent restorations and a few rare examples, but they were

2008 Event[]

Event not held

2007 Event[]

Event not Held

Past Events[]

Please add details and photos here from any past events you have attended. (details of steam engines attending allows the engine own pages to be updated with details of events attended)

References / sources[]

The show guide 2009

External links[]

add Event or organisers web site here