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Fairford Traction Engine Rally

 

Newest Review: ... types. There were stalls which helped raise money for different charities and in the evening a Fair which the local youngsters found just as enjoyable as the Rally. As it was a weekend event and a lot arrived on the Friday, you would find an old engine complete with the music organs sitting outside the local pub. The locals from Fairford and all the villages nearby would congregate on the green or the market place and chat, listen to the old organ music and have a pint. Sometimes you met people there you didnt meet from one year to the next so it was a great meeting place. But, Alas, they have cancelled it for this year. We had to re... more

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Premium Review Fairford Traction Engine Rallys lost opportunity  (292 words)
by - written on 01/07/01 (Useful, 239 readings)
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As long as I can remember Fairford has held the Fairford Traction Engine Rally annually up at the park in Fairford. Traction Engines came from all over the country sometimes taking literally days to get here under their own steam as it were! It was not only the steam engines that came but old cars, lorries, bikes of the two and three wheel types. There were stalls which helped raise money for different charities and in the evening a Fair which the local youngsters found just as enjoyable as the Rally. As it was a weekend event and a lot arrived on the Friday, you would find an old engine complete with the music organs sitting outside the ...  Read the complete review

 
Fairford Traction Engine Rally