Hollycombe Fairground at Night and Singleton Count

This weeks collection of pictures I took at the end of our season with our two steam engines last year.

The first few pictures are of Burrell Showmans engine "Lady Pride of England" at the Hollycombe Steam Collection near Liphook, Hampshire.

Then the other pictures were taken at The Autumn Countryside show which was held at Singleton near Chichester, West Sussex.

Jump to Lady in full light Jump to From the other side Jump to Lady and her crew Jump to Victoria on the threshing drum Jump to All working together Jump to The threshing scene Jump to Horses in the arena Jump to A cart full of straw Jump to Beautiful horses Jump to And another Jump to Victoria looking lovely Jump to Could be the 1940s? Jump to After a busy weekend... Jump to The two grand old ladies
Lady in full light

Lady in full light

As we only live a few miles down the road from Hollycombe we decided that we would attend a couple of their 'Fairground at Night' events which they hold at the end of their opening season. They have all the rides and their showmans engine lit up and we went along on September 18th and 25th to help light up the fair.

Here we see Lady Pride of England standing in front of The Razzle Dazzle which is the only example of this ride to existence.

From the other side

From the other side

This was a lovely event to attend, the whole fair gives a good atmosphere and it was very busy both Saturday evenings when we attended. Something different for the family and the restaurant/cafe does some nice fish and chips amoung other things...

It's well worth a look next year when these nights are on, it's an evenings entertainment for young and old.

Lady and her crew

Lady and her crew

Here is Lady and her crew, this engine is only on loan to us for a short while and its an honor to be aloud to play with such a wonderful machine. Our two sons love her, especially our eldest who takes great time, care and pride in her at all times, it's nice to see the youngsters with such a passion.

Victoria on the threshing drum

Victoria on the threshing drum

Here is Victoria set to the threshing drum at The Autumn Counrtyside Show at Singleton on 9th and 10th October. We have done this event with Victoria for a few years now and it's a great show, lots to see.
All working together

All working together

Here you can see the horse and cart, he is waiting for the sheafs to come from the threshing machine where he then takes them to be stored and used at a later date.
The threshing scene

The threshing scene

This is a picture of the working threshing display, you can see the engine working the threshing machine and the tractor working the baler. This is late on Sunday afternoon when much of the work had been done, you can see the bales stacked up at the front of the display.
Horses in the arena

Horses in the arena

As well as traction engines and tractors etc. they also have horses ploughing, here they are being shown in the arena.

As well as my love for traction engines I have a love for horses, for many years I had some but time and life style changes means now's not the time for horses in my life, maybe some time soon though I hope....

A cart full of straw

A cart full of straw

This is one of the museum's horses keeping busy.
Beautiful horses

Beautiful horses

And another

And another

Victoria looking lovely

Victoria looking lovely

After sitting on the threshing drum for two days we took her to stretch her wheels around the field for a little gentle chuff....
Could be the 1940s?

Could be the 1940s?

Apart from all the rope and people, I know, but I sometimes think it's nice to have a picture like this in black and white.

After a busy weekend...

After a busy weekend...

The two friends are ready to move on to the next stop in their busy season.

Victoria here seems dwarfed by Foden engine "Wattie Pollock".

After this event it was time for Victoria to return back home to Liss after her few weeks away doing events in and around Sussex.

The two grand old ladies

The two grand old ladies

Here is a picture of Victoria and Lady at the start of the season, we have had a great 2010 with both engines and here's looking forward to 2011. Hope to see you on a rally field somewhere, come and say hi....