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Here's a video of a WW1 re-enactment at moving tanks using traction engines through the streets of Bovingdon. Interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQhqXiB8O0Speedwing, those photo's stopped me in my tracks. The memories they stir are so poignant.
Thanks for posting them.
Bob
Hi Bob,I remember that mishap well. It was during the parade of the 1980 20th Anniversary rally. The engine that lost it's flywheel was a 1930 Fowler roller named "Hengist". We were very fortunate indeed no one was injured.Do you remember the rally when one of the light tractors, a Garrett I think, broke its cranks shaft in Charlotte St and the flywheel fell down and wedged between the belly tank and the rear axle? It was during the Grand Parade and luckily no one was hurt. Quickly Keith Gale got Len Crane to bring the Wanderer around and hoist the said flywheel aloft so that the Garrett could make its way (albeit jerkily) to Newhall St and thence onto its low-loader. It (the Garrett) was alright when it was moving but it was a right beggar to get going if the crank wasn't in the right position. When I think of that I wonder if it would be handled nowadays so coolly and without fuss. There would be blue lights and hi-viz jackets galore, I'll be bound.
Hi everyone, I’m Gordon Limb’s grand daughter and remember the Newhall street rallies. I don’t think I was that keen due to all the oil and dirt but will definitely have some photos of them if anyone is still interested. SueI went to every single rally held in Newhall St and I miss it very much. The atmosphere was magical and the grand parade along Gt Charles St, Livery St and Charlotte St the highlight of the day. In later years, when I discovered beer, I used go down on the Saturday night before the rally proper as there were always some early arrivals to have a look at before going for a couple of pints in "The Steering Wheel" as it was then. One regular attender was the Garrett tractor "Rob Roy" owned by the Millward brothers of Halesowen. Andy, do you remember Ray Morris who used to drive Busy Bee? A lovely man - so sad when he died so young. I'll have look my slides out and get them scanned - somewhere in there are pictures of the people who started the whole thing off, Frank Holl, Eric Middleton, Gordon Limb, Bill Hunt and Keith Gale.
Yes please Sue, they would be very nostalgic for many of us.Hi everyone, I’m Gordon Limb’s grand daughter and remember the Newhall street rallies. I don’t think I was that keen due to all the oil and dirt but will definitely have some photos of them if anyone is still interested. Sue