"The Welshpool Festival Of Transport took place on Powis Castle Showground on 18 and 19 June 2005.
The festival was officially opened on Saturday by the Mayor of Welshpool, Cllr Ann Davis. The small ceremony was followed by a parade through the town.
On Sunday, Richard Thorpe (Alan Turner from tv's Emmerdale) was guest celebrity. He drove round the arena in a Model T Ford and also took part in the parades as well as mingling with the crowds. There were two parades during the day.
There were over 300 exhibitors and an estimated 2,000 visitors.
Entertainment included catering stands, trade stalls, two organs, K9 Capers Dog Display Team, fairground ride, bouncy castle, birds of prey demonstration, Punch & Judy and more.
Exhibits included cars, motor cycles, pedal cycles, a tricycle, vans, lorries, buses, stationary engines, fire engines and military vehicles.
Vehicles were invited into the central arena throughout the weekend, where the drivers were interviewed by Rozanne Corfield.
The camping facilities were well-used, as was the beer tent with its live entertainment.
The weather was excellent until Sunday afternoon, when the second thunderstorm put an end to the proceedings around 4pm.
The committee feel the weekend was a great success and all the happy faces made the preparatory work well worthwhile."
Written by Dennis Duggan from Welshpool.
your comments
Geoff Ball, Guilsfield
this year 2009 we will be having the sealed knot at the transport festival to give even more entetainment for the crowds
Sun Feb 1 16:16:11 2009
Sandra Ball from Welshpool
Welshpool Festival of Transport will be happening again next year. 20/21st June 2009. If you have a car you wish to show please bring it along. We have great camping. And have had many comments about how friendly the show is. Look forward to seeing you there.
Wed Jul 9 14:59:13 2008
Janice Burnett Warrington
Hi I am janice I have 2 classic cars and I have missed your classic car show last week so could you please let me now if there is any more up and coming shows in the future.
Thu Jun 26 09:12:18 2008
Peter Gilbert Llandrindod wells
Doing around thirty shows per year,Welshpool is a favourite,easy to get to and a great day,i enjoy meeting friends with their classics and love showing off mine,very enjoyable and a great atmosphere.
Tue Feb 6 11:15:08 2007
Phil Thomas, Merthyr
A great day, well done everyone. There will be Welsh Transport Festival on 7 & 8 July 2007 in Blackwood which will be a welcome event in South Wales.
Mon Dec 11 09:32:07 2006
Mark Hedges, Dudley (West Midlands)
What a fantastic show it was on Saturday.
Traction Engines, Classic Cars, Vintage Trucks of all persuasions graced the field on what was tantermount to a very hot day.
Well worth a visit, so hopefully we will be back next year. Well done everyone!
Tue Jul 4 09:45:21 2006
Emiley from Shrewsbury
This show is great. I have been about 2 or 3 times and it has been real fun. We showed our car (MG - creamy colour with red roof.)There is loads to do and I love looking around the stalls and the cars are great! Especially the steam engines which smell so good. Hope to see you there - 24th june to 25th june (23rd if you camp/stay over).
Mon Mar 13 16:09:34 2006
tom price from ellesmere
showed my fordson super dexta and camped over..this was my second time showing here and it just gets better..had a really enjoyable weekend..would recommend it to everyone
Sun Aug 28 21:20:56 2005
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