This year will be the 7th Lymm Historic Transport Day, run as a part of Lymm Festival, on June 23rd. The event will be widely promoted and advertised to Lymm and surrounding districts using local press, Facebook, twitter, flyers, posters and banners. Whilst no guarantees can be given on attendee numbers, in recent years this has been 6,000 - 8,000.
There will be a food court and a trade stalls on the The May Queen Field. This will be open for vehicle exhibitors from 8am and the main event is open from 11am until 5pm.
The ‘Drive in’ parade through the village starts at 10:30am. Please note that this has been extremely popular, those allocated a place in the parade will be notified separately and given full details.
Please encourage your members bring with them essential supplies for the day such as sun cream, hat, water, waterproof etc to cover for the variety of weather that we’ve come to know and love in the UK. Fingers crossed for a repeat of last year’s Amazing weather!
This year we are encouraging as many exhibitors as possible to Dress the Part to give an even more Historic feel to the event, there will be Prizes for the Best Dressed. We also have a large British military theme this year with a Militaria Display and a Dakota C-47 flypast, this particular aircraft was involved in operations on the eve of D-Day, 75 Years ago to the month, on the 5thJune 1944.
Many Club exhibitors are returning from previous years and have kindly expressed how great the event is. We are hoping to better earlier years and wish all Club exhibitors previous and new a fantastic day. Please let me know if you or your members have any questions beforehand or on the day and we’ll do our best to assist you.
Important Information and Instructions for Club Vehicle Exhibitors.
Vehicle Exhibition Location: The May Queen Field, Pepper St, Lymm, WA13 0JB – The site will be signposted on all the approaches to the village. For map and more general information please visit the event website www.lymmtransport.org.uk
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On arrival your Club vehicles will be met and directed to your pitch by our Marshals at The May Queen Field entrance.
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Unless your member vehicles are in the ‘Drive in’ parade they must arrive onto the field by no later than 10.15am. After that time they will find the road closed as we are unable to accept entrance after then. The field will be open from 8am for those that want to set up early,
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For advance information if any of your Club vehicles have been accepted for the ‘Drive in’ parade they must be at the departure point by 10.00am at the latest. The Start Venue will be confirmed by separate mail
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Once your members bring a vehicle onto the field it must stay on-field within the allocated area for public safety reasons until the event closes at 5pm
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Any vehicle movement between 10:40am and the event close is prohibited unless directed by an Event Marshal
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The field is well drained with a very slight slope. If the weather is inclement we will have trackway laid to ensure safe entry onto and exit from the field
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There are no water or power supplies available on The May Queen Field
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Please note that space is limited this year. Demand has been extremely high and we are notifying each Club separately of their allocated pitch area. The use of Gazebo’s is allowed so long as it is secured to the ground and fits within the allocated pitch area including vehicle. No guy ropes please,
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All pitches must be set up by 10:30am, other than for those vehicles in the ‘Drive in’ parade, once on-field please encourage them to set up promptly,
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Club Vehicle Exhibitors will not receive anything by post in advance, however we will send by separate mail an Identification Sheet to help use manage Club as opposed to Individual Exhibitors arriving on the field,
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Every Exhibitor Vehicle will receive a Free Event Pass for the driver and one passenger on arrival. Additional passengers passes can be bought at the gate at £5 per adult, £2 per child,
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We spend considerable time and effort planning this event and are aware of the number of Club vehicles that have been booked in. Additional vehicles will not be allowed on the field unless pre-booked and notified of acceptance by the event organisers in advance.