Shrewsbury Steam Rally

[TJJ]

I went to the Shrewsbury Steam Rally on Sunday. A 2.5 hour traffic jam to get in as some bright spark had set up a three-way set of roadworks traffic lights just before the entrance. Once inside there were a lot of displays to enjoy. This set of images will cover the steam part of the show.

















































There were steam lorries as well. This was of particular interest to me as one of my uncles worked for Sentinel in Shrewsbury as a welder.

[Georgeconna]

Some Cracking engines on show there!

[cabbage]

Reminds me of the excellent and entertaining Fred Dibnah.
Wasn't there an old aviation themed movie, that featured a steam enginecalled "Dreadnought". My memory may be faulty, but it involved a technocrat type Yank, who ended up falling in love with a steam engine.

[TJJ]

There's one name I missed ...

[keithjs]

Reminds me of the excellent and entertaining Fred Dibnah.
Wasn't there an old aviation themed movie, that featured a steam enginecalled "Dreadnought". My memory may be faulty, but it involved a technocrat type Yank, who ended up falling in love with a steam engine.

Your memorys not completely faulty. It was The Iron Maiden. The aviation parts were fimed at Radlett. The futuristic airliner was of course a Victor. Also filmed around our local area too.
Stars Alan Hale Jr of Casey Jones fame.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056105/?ref_=ttloc_loc_tt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Maiden

[cabbage]

Many thanks, keithjs. It dates back to a time (long ago) when i could sit back and actually enjoy watching a film on TV.

[keithjs]

Many thanks, keithjs. It dates back to a time (long ago) when i could sit back and actually enjoy watching a film on TV.

You're welcome. Of course you realise you've just cost me £4.99 to buy a copy form Amazon don't you...

[FarnboroJohn]

Wonderful stuff! I've never done a steam fair but you tempt me.

[keithjs]

Wonderful stuff! I've never done a steam fair but you tempt me.

If you want to start big the Great Dorset Steam fair at Tarrant Hinton near Blandford Forum is the place to go. Trouble is this year it was last weekend. (you'll need the whole weekend tho'.!)
There are numerous smaller events throughout the country.

https://www.gdsf.co.uk/

[5944]

There's a decent sized one at Turvey near Bedford in a couple of weeks, the one that used to be held at Shuttleworth until they got kicked out.

https://bseps.org.uk/rally/

[FarnboroJohn]

This autumn is fully programmed but next year I shall definitely dip a toe in the water, maybe one of the smaller events. Thank you for the links!

[Paulish]

Thank you for sharing these photos. Really great to see these old machines in such pristine condition. Particularly pleasing to see the mighty Tarmac Hercules steam truck, with Tarmac being my former employer.