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Woodvale Rally 2013 - The Woodvale Transport Festival
Photograph by Patrick
Trollope.
THE Woodvale Rally's
Woodvale Transport Festival 2013 was battered by high winds and
rain, but it was still regarded as a success. Figures of those
attending the show over the 22 June to 23 June 2013 were
considerably higher than in 2012, when they had to move to
Victoria Park, Southport, after the discovery of asbestos on RAF
Woodvale's airfield. Saturday was extremely lively, despite the
heavy rain lashing down and the increasingly gusty wind. But
some model aircraft did manage to fly and the static Spitfire
Display Plane was a huge draw for the crowds. The new
attraction, Skyfall was also a magnet with young and old
standing in line to take the plunge. The event might not have
had all the transport on show, over both Saturday and Sunday,
thanks to the un-seasonable weather, but what they did have on
display was extremely interesting. If you did attempt to get
around the show ground and tried to look at all the stands and
exhibits, you had to go over the 2 days.
Sadly, on the Sunday, some
stalls had to close early, because of the very high winds, which
had stopped all flying on the model aircraft side of the park as
well. But again all was not lost and the atmosphere was very
sociable and again, it looked like all taking part and attending
had a good time. In fact we only heard one complaint the whole
day, and that was not about the show. It is still hoped that
someday the show will return to the airfield, with some of the
RAF stressing the fact they are disappointed not to be able to
host it, but if things go on as they did at this event, Victoria
Park has a huge amount of advantages over its tradional home.
That was highly apparent with this year's show. For us this was
oddly, one of the most sociable and friendly events we have been
to in recent years. Well done to all who took part and to the
event's organisers. We would ask our readers to please lend much
support to this event next year and also tell your friends and
family to attend!
To see Part 1 of our
photograpic coverage of this event, please click on
here
now!!!
To discover news about the
2014 show, keep an eye on:-
woodvalerally.com.
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