All geared up for Tern Valley vintage show

More than 2,000 visitors hot-footed it to the family show held at Chetwynd Deer Park near Newport on Saturday and Sunday that featured military vehicles, stationary steam-powered farm gear, a Land Rover display, boy racer street cars, trade stands, bouncy castles, a show ring, as well as a bar.

It was the 38th time that the show was put on and plans are already underway to repeat it next year and then followed by a special 40th anniversary show in 2019.

Tern Valley Vintage Machinery Trust vice chairman Gerry Hobday says: “It is going really well despite clashing with other county events. We have attracted some high quality trade stands and over the two days we will have seen up to 2,500 visitors.There have been displays in the show ring including the Honda Goldwing motorcycle club, vintage and classic tractors which are always very popular and this time we’ve had about 80 of them turn up.

“We have also had some street cars come in and it’s amazing how well looked after they are and how much money the owners spend on them. We are looking forward to running the show again in 2018 which will be our 39th show and we have some big plans for our 40th anniversary the following year.”

Among the exhibitors was Sally Williams, of Ryton XI Towns, who was showcasing her family’s 1940 Scammell Pinor Gun Tractor.

Maurice ‘Moss’ Edwards, 85, of Bishops Wood, has been a trust member for 15 years and displayed his collection of stationary machines including a a Bamford engine dating tot eh 1940s, an American Amanco dated 1916 and a Lister engine dated 1931.

“Visitors always ask me a lot of questions about the engines. The Bamford I acquired in 1975, but it lay in my shed unused until 2002 when I joined the club. They were used for barn machinery, grinding mills and running water pumps that sort of activity,” Mr Edwards said.

His friend Howard Crewe, 82, joined the trust 10 years ago.