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Warrington's online radio station, Radio Warrington (www.radiowarrington.co.uk) broadcast live from the event. This is DJKenny in the radio van, who is a great friend of mine and presents his own show on a Tuesday and Saturday. He also has his own website www.djkennylive.me.uk and a presence on myspace, You Tube and Face Book - in fact, just type DJKenny Warrington into your browser and he will probably come up a million times. He gets everywhere! Anyway, on the day his colleague interviewed me live on air about the mywarrington website. The transport show was well attended and supported various community groups and good causes, which is what it is all about. Enjoy the photos. If you can add any stories about the vehicles, email me. |
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| The town's heritage bus, a Leyland Titan PD2/40 Special, one of 12 delivered new in April 1965. It is 7' 6" wide to cope with the narrow section of Sankey Street at the time (now pedestrianised). The observant ones among you will notice it features in the On The Buses section - but if you look carefully it has Warrington Borough Transport emblazoned on the side. Here in 2010 they company have reverted back to the Warrington Corporation lettering. | This is a former London Routemaster bus RML2863, which is now owned by the Bensons for Beds company. It was new in August 1967 and the present owners have removed all the seating from upstairs to reduce weight. This link gives some of its previous owners. | |||
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| AEC Matador 0853 recovery vehicle, used by Crosville buses, who eventually became the Arriva company of today. | On the left a Foden truck, originally belonging to Warrington Market wholesale fruit and veg supplier James Bate & Sons. The Foden name goes back to 1856. Click here for more on The Foden Society. The second photo shows the storage boxes used by Bate in the olden days. The third view show a Scammell truck, also used by the Bate fruit and veg company. | ||
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| A trio of Minis. I wonder why the pink one attracted all the girls on the day... | This is a Rover 12 from 1936. | ||
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| A Morris van. | And a threesome of Morris Minors. | ||
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| A Ford Zodiac from 1965. | Ford
Corsair, new in 1967. The owner tells me it has covered less than 2000 miles since new (to Sep 2010). |
A 1967 Lotus Elan S3 Coupe. | Rolls Royce. |
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| Sunbeam Talbot 90 MkIII Supreme, first registered in April 1956. | A Sunbeam Alpine Series V. | A Sunbeam Alpine, one of three vehicles on permanent display in Warrington Market. | The second vehicle on permanent display in the Market, a 1936 Ford 8. The scooter is featured further down the page. |
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| A couple of Triumph Stags. The first from 1972-3, the second from 1973-4. In those days, the registration year began on 1 August. | A Triumph Vitesse 6, new in 1966. They were built between 1962 and 1971. | A Mercedes AMG, new in 1984-5. | |
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| A Couple of MG's. The Morris Garages company was founded in the 1920s in Oxford. The exact date is disputed. | A BMW from 1991-2. Its name translates as Bavarian Motor Works. | A Volvo, new in 1987-8. | |
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| Chevrolet Chevy Van 20. It was manufactured by General Motors in the United States. | A replica of Vietnam gun truck Highland Raiders, which served between 1968 and 1971. | Harley Davidson trike. The owner is a fan of Laurel & Hardy as there are emblems of the comics on the rear mud guards. | A Triumph motorbike. | A Vespa PX1255 scooter. |
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| This stall was run by www.warringtonchallenge.org.uk who hope to raise £1 million for British service charities. | An Olympic games canoe on display beside the Sea Cadets stand at Market Gate. | One of the regular market stallholders sold their wares from this outdoor stand. | The third item on permanent display in the market - a Puch 'Cheetah' scooter, made in 1961 in Austria. |
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I'm a one man band. Nobody knows nor understands... And I forgot to ask his name! |
Nearly time to go. This clock is on display inside the Market and was made in France. | We
fly the flag for Warrington Market's Classic Transport Show... |
...which is more than can be said for the England football team after their World Cup performance. This seat reserved for their next match - any offers? |
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Warrington Market's Classic Transport Show 2009 takes place in the year that the market was awarded with the title Best Indoor Market in the UK. The market has existed for over 750 years. You can read more about it on the Warrington Market page. The vehicle featured here is a Vauxhall Velox. |
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| Ford Prefect models. The Prefect was introduced in 1938 and was manufactured at the Dagenham plant in Essex. Here we see three of the 100E models, of which around 100,000 were manufactured between 1953 and 1959. The four door models had a three-speed manual gearbox and could do 0-60 mph in 32.2 seconds, with a top speed of 71 mph. | Ford Prefect models E93A (left) and E493A (right). The E93A was manufactured between 1938 and 1949, and the E493A between 1949 and 1953. Around 200,000 of each model were produced, and both models had a three-speed manual gearbox. | |||
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| The Ford E83W commercial vehicle was built between 1938 and 1957 with a three-speed manual gearbox. | Ford Popular 103E was manufactured between 1953 and 1959, with a three-speed manual gearbox. | Two examples of the Ford Popular 100E. Around 126,000 of these were built between 1959 and 1962, with a three-speed manual gearbox. In 1960 it would cost £494 - that's 6 months wages. | A Ford Anglia 105E. This model was registered in 1964. Over 1 million were manufactured between 1959 and 1967. | |
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final two Ford cars are a Ford Consul (left) and a Ford Zodiac (right).
The Consul MK1 was manufactured between 1951 and 1956 and the MK2 version
from 1956 to 1962. It was first shown at the 1950 London Motor Show.
The Ford Zodiac was launched in 1953 as an upmarket version of the Ford Zephyr. The MK2 version was manufactured between 1956 and 1962. Two examples were on display at the transport show. |
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| Austin 7. | Morris Vans. | MG. | Hillman. | |
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| Daimler. | Jaguar. | Leyland PD2/40 Special, housed at the Northwest Museum of Transport in St Helens. | Warrington Borough Transport's heritage vehicle, another Leyland PD2/40 Special. I have travelled on this bus many times as a child, when the fare from home to town centre was just tuppence! | |
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| Triumph TR3. | Triumph GT6 MK3. | Vauxhall Velox. | Commer Van. | Dennis Fire Engine. |
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| Rolls Royce. | Scimitar. | Cadillac. | Plymouth. | |
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| Harley Davidson. | BSA. | A couple of Triumphs. | Scooters. | From
the Cycle Museum at Walton Gardens. |
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| Army promotion stand. | A
simulator ride. I didn't go in it. |
Kiddies fairground ride. | Donkey
rides without the sand. |
£1
a ticket to win this Skoda Fabia. |
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A Volkswagen Beetle. The German-made car's name means The People's Car and the original version was manufactured between 1938 and 2003, after which a new Beetle was launched. The original was made famous in the Walt Disney films The Love Bug, Herbie Rides Again, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and Herbie Goes Bananas. |
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This is Batman's car, the Batmobile, from the 1960s TV series Batman. The Batman character was created by DC Comics, founded in 1934 as National Allied Publications, and is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc, a subsidiary company of Warner Bros Entertainment, itself owned by Time Warner. The Batman character was created in 1939 and along with his sidekick, Robin, has been fighting crime ever since. The car used in the TV series was based on the Lincoln Futura Show Car originally created by William M. Schmidt. |
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Noddy is the creation of children's author, Enid Blyton. Noddy lives in his own little House-for-One in Toyland and the books were originally published between 1949 and 1963. Television shows about the character first appeared on British TV from 1955 and have remained ever since. The first book explains Noddy's origins. He was carved by a woodsman but ran away after the man began to make a wooden lion, which Noddy was scared of. As he wanders through the woods, with no clothes, money or home, he meets Big Ears, a friendly brownie. Big Ears decides that Noddy is a toy and takes him to live in Toyland. |
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Only Fools and Horses is a BBC sitcom created by John Sullivan in 1981. It stars David Jason as ambitious Cockney market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and was set in Peckham, south London. The show also starred Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney ('you plonker') and Leonard Pearce as their grandad, later replaced by Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert. My particular favourite episode was A Touch of Glass from Series 2 where they visit a stately home to clean the chandeliers. The car is a Reliant Robin, and the model was made between 1973 and 1981 in the UK, and again between 1989 and 2001. |
If you would like to see more TV and film vehicles, take the kids on a day out to the Cars of the Stars museum in Keswick, Cumbria.
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| This was a strange-looking vehicle. It looks like it is meant to be from The Flintstones TV show, but the real version is nothing like it. Maybe it's a new version I haven't seen. | This
is a Ford Falcon Caribbean, a very early kit car made of fibre glass (GRP)
and was usually based on the running gear of an old Ford Popular (hence
why they were classed as Ford Specials!) The car was built by the original
owner back in 1963! Thanks to Barry for filling me in on this description - I forgot to make a note of it originally! |
This is the invisible car - well actually it was meant to be a Formula 1 racing car, but it didn't show up. | And
finally, the 15 vehicles
shown here all appeared at
the 2010 show too,
which are featured in greater detail further up the page. |
The 4th Annual Fiddler's Ferry Classic Vehicle Show took place on Sunday 15 July 2007. Over 40 vehicles graced Fiddler's Ferry Yacht Haven to bring back the nostalgia of the open road. The heavy rain didn't dampen anybody's sprits and a good time was had by all. The event was run by North West Casual Classics (see their website at www.northwestcasualclassics.com). The club was formed in 1995 and meets at the Penketh and Sankey Sports and Social Club on Warrington Road in Penketh at 8.00 pm on the second Tuesday of each month. New members are always welcome to join. I am grateful to the various owners for allowing me to feature their vehicles on this page. Long may your cars and enthusiasm remain on the road.
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| Fiddler's Ferry Yacht Haven. | 1965 Ford Zodiac. | 1973 Triumph Stag. | Triumph
TR3, voted the favourite vehicle on the day by the landlady of The Ferry Tavern. |
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| 1964 Ford Anglia. | 1966 Ford Anglia Super. | 1965 Ford Cortina. | 1964 Ford Consul. |
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| A wonderful collection of Morris Minors. | |||
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| Mg (Morris Garages) made some classic cars. Here is small selection. | |||
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| A classic Austin. | A 1960 Beardmore. | A
Morris 8, from around 1935. |
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Austin Healey Sprite "Frogeye". |
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| 1967 Sunbeam Alpine. | Mercedes AMG. | MG ZT. | 1971 Mini GT. |
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| Cadillac. | Mini. | 1986 Ford Capri. | Ford Zodiac. |
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| Triumph Stag. | Fiat. | Sunbeam Alpine. | 1977 Mercedes. |
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| 1997 Nissan. | Rover. | 1975 Rover 2000. | A Rover and a 1975 Vauxhall. |
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| Ford Zodiac. | Ford
Zodiac and a Vauxhall Velox. |
Rover 2000 SC. | 1968 Rover. |
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| Bentley. | A couple of Datsun 240Z's. | A Ford Consul Classic. | |
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| A small selection of motorcycles were represented at the show. | |||
My thanks to Steve for filling me in some vehicle names. Much appreciated.
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