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Originally Posted by suzukiman
If that's the FIRST rally held at Astle Park it's only been going for 45 years ! How come it's the 50th Celebration next year ?.
Cheers
Tez
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Following a fair bit of consultation with Mr Lea and some other kind people I have put together a bit of a time-line for the early Cheshire preservation years. 1966 was the first rally at Astle Park, however there were rallies at Lower Withington and in Crewe prior to that. The first actual rally was held in Ted Moston's field, next to Jodrell Bank, over the weekend of 6/7th October 1962.
So really there's a choice of years to celebrate anniversaries, I've settled on trying for a "50 years of Cheshire Traction Engine Rallies" theme for next year. It was in fact the 50th rally in the Lower Withington / Crewe / Astle Park line of events this year, however I wasn't really in a position to push for anything as my first-born (a son) arrived mid-July!