Held in the charming town of Kington, this annual show was cancelled last year due to heavy rain and flooding, and so the organisers of the show needed good weather to keep the club in funds. After all the cold and rainy weather of recent weeks effecting many shows up and down the country, the organisers must have been relieved when the weekend was dry and sunny and sometimes quite warm as well.
Held over two days, on the 15th and 16th of August, the show caters for all types of classic vehicles. Kington is situated approx 15 miles East of Leominster in Herefordshire on the A44. At Trimpley show a couple of weeks earlier we’d been recommended that the Kington Show was good but we hadn’t been prepared for the number of vehicles on show. There must have been about 200 classic cars from not only the 1950′s, 60′s, 70′s and 80′s but also some superb pre-war cars as well, including a couple of wonderful Sunbeams. Lots, probably over 100, of other stuff from trucks, buses, tractors and steam traction engines. Another highly recommended show and we must congratulate the organisers for a wonderful day out. Put it in your diary for next year.
Ok now down to the green stuff. Miliblog attended on the Sunday and below you can see the lovely vehicles that were there. One Willys MB Jeep I recognised right away was EJW 816, which was the Jeep featured on the cover of the Brooklands Books Collection No1 book published in 1983. The book’s a collection of articles and photos of Jeeps from 1942-1954. The Wye Valley branch of the MVT were there and with my wife happily reading the Sunday Times along with a coffee, I was able to have a chat with a couple of similar enthusaiats from the club. One opened up his S3 Lightweight so we could get the army registration number for us and the other turned out to be the Chairman of the branch itself. Apologies for not getting your names, but we enjoyed a chat on shows and vehicles which is what it’s all about ! Now we’ve able to fix the link to the Wye Valley website on our Links page so you can also meet the guys !
Definitely one for the diary for next year !
NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 3 AUGUST 2009
Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s whats’s new on Miliblog newsletter.
Lots of new photos this week, from Leyland Hippo Tankers, Alvis Stalwarts to loads of Austin Gipsies used by the Home Office and released in the late 1990′s. I’ve put some samples below for you to see, including a very unusual Land Rover S2 109, which I think may have been for an unmanned drone aircraft. If you look closely you can see a sort of ramp at the back to hold the drone.
Another exciting development we have this week is the start of featuring videos from You Tube. It’s all above board, our website chaps have assured us. So we’ve been busy putting 50+ videos for your pleasure. Some are only for a few seconds, while others last over five minutes. Below is a sample for you to see. I’m still amazed as to the amount of military vehicles that keep arriving on the scene after all these years. Where have they been for the last 60 years ?!!!
One plan for the next month is to get the Forum working and our trusty web designer is looking at a completely new version that will enable you to share your own queries and questions with other enthusiats all over the world.
So we will leave you to enjoy yourselves once more looking through our photos.
Take care and cheerio !
Simon
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker (Z-2295)(Malta)
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker
Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Truck Prototype Towing 5.5 inch Gun
Austin Gipsy LWB (CYY 357 C)
Land Rover S2 109 Drone Carrier (27 ES 41)
M3A1 Stuart Tank Going Out !
1942 Bedford OY Road Test
M8 Armoured Car being offloaded
Steyr RSO. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
SdKfz 250 Half Track. Bovington Tankfest 2006
SdKfz 251 Half Track. Bovington Tankfest 2006
SdKfz 251/D Half Track. Bovington Tankfest 2006
British Bren Carrier
T16 Bren Carrier in Action
Universal Carrier, Thunder over Mlch, 2006
Test driving the Bren Carrier at Full Speed
Netherlands TV Noord Report on Bren Carrier with Canadian Veterans
Bren Carrier out for a short drive
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier slow drive by
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier Walk Around
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier Driver’s View
Tiger Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2006
Tiger Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2006
Hetzer Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2006
Hetzer Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2006
M18 Hellcat. Bovington Tankfest 2006
M18 Hellcat op Amhurst eelde 2007
M18 Hellcat. Tanks in The Town. Mons Belgium 08/2007
M24 Chaffee. Belgian Tank Museum Depot in Kappelen 08/2007
M24 Chaffee. Tanks in The Town. Mons Belgium 08/2007
M36 Jackson. Tanks in The Town. Mons Belgium 08/2007
Stuart Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
Sherman 105mm. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
Driving lesson on the Sherman Tank M4A1 “Combat Camel” of the Brussels’ Royal Army Museum .
Inside view of the Sherman M4 105mm “Spit Oil” of the Royal Army Museum of Brussels driven by “Gamin”.
M18 Hellcat unloading for the Wellesley, Maryland parade
M3A1 Stuart Tank Going Out
M3A1 Stuart Tank Coming Back !
M3A1 Stuart Tank loading onto Flatbed Truck, July 4th 2009
M3A1 Stuart Tank, July 4th 2009
M5 Stuart Tank offloading
Matilda 2 Tank and Crusader Tank Set Off. Bovington Tankfest 2006
A12 Matilda 2 Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2008
Crusader Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2008
A34 Comet Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2006
Sherman Firefly. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
