Record entries and crowds for classic car show - Get Surrey

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A RECORD number of vehicles and a record crowd made for a great 10th anniversary celebration for the Cranleigh Lions' Classic Car Show on Sunday (Aug 21).

With 1,700 entries - everything from motorcycles to tractors, military vehicles and veteran, vintage and classic cars - as well as a big autojumble and plenty of trade stands, the village showground was full to capacity.

For the first time in the event's history the organisers had to close registration for classic vehicles before the day.

While the cars were the stars of the day, actress Trudie Goodwin added some celebrity glamour to the Brooklands Museum Trust stand, where she was a guest of Rolie Luker, who runs the outreach programme.

Trudie, who played Sgt June Ackland in the long-running ITV series, The Bill, and more recently has been touring with the stage version of Calendar Girls, also rode aboard one of the cars displayed on the stand, a 1914 Stanley Steamer. Others included the cars used to provide trips on the surviving banked section of the country's first racing circuit, as well as a Routemaster bus.

"Rolie was one of the cameramen on The Bill from the outset. He told me about Brooklands and invited me down. I went to look round and thought it was brilliant," said Trudie, who has owned a number of classic cars.

"I love old cars - my first was a Morris Minor; I have had at least three, as well as an Isetta bubblecar and until fairly recently a Triumph Vitesse convertible, which was my everyday car."

The actress said it was "wonderful" that the show was now so big after starting with just 100 cars. She admitted she still hankered after owning another classic and added: "There are some fabulous cars here."

Mike Mutters of Haslemere, who owns the Stanley Steamer, explained that it was important the car is used and said he drives it around 2,000 miles a year.

"It will cruise very nicely at 40mph to 45mph, but it doesn't stop too well," he said.

Mike has been "playing" with steam cars for about 30 years, though he has only owned the Stanley for about five years. The car's engine sits on its rear axle and under the bonnet is a boiler.

"It has to have an MOT every year and it also has to have an annual boiler inspection," he added.

Rare veteran cars lined up alongside family saloons that were a familiar sight on the roads of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, sports cars, the gleaming chrome of American gas guzzlers, kit cars and much more.

A casual observer may have been excused for thinking the car displayed by Julian Paphitis was just another Porsche, when in fact it is a real one-off.

"It was a Porsche 914, which I made a custom body for, to make it look like a Porsche 935. I did it because I love that car really," explained Julian, who also installed a twin supercharged Chevy V8 engine as part of what he describes as his attempt to build the "fastest street legal car in the UK".

To protect the driver from any engine blow-up, Julian, who has an engineering background, installed a bombproof Kevlar blanket. It took him 17 years to build and was, he admitted, "a real labour of love". Petrolheads can discover all the technical details on Julian's website at www.v8914.com.

Four charities will benefit from Sunday's show - Shooting Star CHASE, Rowleys 50+ Centre, the Surrey Advertiser-backed Prostate Project and Jigsaw School.

Everything went extremely well - the weather was just right with lots of warm sunshine, some light cloud cover for the morning, but a gentle breeze to keep temperatures down so that everyone could enjoy themselves, said show chairman, Michael Meek, thanking all the volunteers who made the event possible.

Our main aim over the last three years has been to make the event a pleasant day out for all for all the family and we seem to have achieved this at our 2011 show.

"We seem to have broken all previous records and we would like to thank all those who have supported us this year.

"As far as the finances are concerned, we had a successful event and are grateful to the generosity of those people who attended the show, particularly in these difficult economic times," said Mr Meek, adding: "We do still have bills to pay and money to get in, but we hope to raise a similar sum to last year - in excess of 20,000 - to distribute to our four chosen charities and various other local causes."

Alan

We have now been able to look at how this years show went.

I know that you will submit your version of the show for the Surrey Ad, but I have made a few comments, which I am sure you can use in some way to get over how well the show went and the effort all our volunteers put into it.

Everything went extremely well - the weather was just right with lots of warm sunshine, some light cloud cover for the morning, but a gentle breeze to keep temperatures down so that everyone could enjoy themselves, said show chairman, Michael Meek, thanking all the volunteers who made the event possible.

Our main aim over the last three years has been to make the event a pleasant day out for all for all the family and we seem to have achieved this at our 2011 show.

"We seem to have broken all previous records and we would like to thank all those who have supported us this year.

"As far as the finances are concerned, we had a successful event and are grateful to the generosity of those people who attended the show, particularly in these difficult economic times," said Mr Meek, adding: "We do still have bills to pay and money to get in, but we hope to raise a similar sum to last year to distribute to our four chosen charities and various other local causes."

We have listened to the owners and the public and provided a greater variety of food and drink vendors this year, which has meant a better choice for everyone.

We had 1700 classic vehicles of all types booked in through our online registration system, as against 1200 vehicles two years ago.

With the classic car drivers plus in many cases a passenger and a substantial number of people through the public gate, we seem to have broken all previous records and we would like to thank all those who have supported us this year.

We have listened to the owners and the public and provided a greater variety of food and drink vendors this year, which has meant a better choice for everyone.

I would like to thank all of our volunteers, without whom this event would not be possible

Our main aim over the last 3 years has been to make the event a pleasant day out for all for all the family and we seem to have achieved this at our 2011 show.

We had 1700 classic vehicles of all types booked in through our online registration system, as against 1200 vehicles two years ago.

With the classic car drivers plus in many cases a passenger and a substantial number of people through the public gate, we seem to have broken all previous records and we would like to thank all those who have supported us this year.

We have listened to the owners and the public and provided a greater variety of food and drink vendors this year, which has meant a better choice for everyone.

There were+ a large number of autojumble and other stalls, and we are getting more of the country market style stalls as the show gets known amongst this community of sellers.

We were delighted that our good friends Brooklands Museum returned again this year, with their Car Rides team and provided a spectacular parade of superb vintage and iconic classic cars in the arena, including the 1914 Stanley Steamer with the actress Trudie Goodwin on board.

As far as the finances are concerned, we had a successful event and are grateful to the generosity of those people who attended the show, particularly in these difficult economic times; we do still have bills to pay and money to get in, but we hope to raise a similar sum to last year to distribute to our four chosen charities and various other local causes.

I hope that this is OK for the Surrey Advertiser and although you said that you will have to use the photos which your photographer took, would it be possible to use the one I have attached, as this will promote both the Lions and Brooklands.

Regards

ACTRESS Trudie Goodwin will be among the guests at Sunday's (Aug 21) 10th anniversary Cranleigh Lions Classic Car Show and Autojumble.

Trudie, who played Sgt June Ackland in the long-running ITV series, The Bill, and more recently toured with the stage version of Calendar Girls, will be aboard the Brooklands Museum's 1914 Stanley Steamer.

The museum will be showing 12 vehicles in the arena, including a Routemaster bus, and there will be an opportunity for fans to meet the actress on the Brooklands stand at the Cranleigh Showground.

From its humble beginnings with 100 cars, the show has become one of the biggest one day classic shows in the south of England and this year will have more than 1,300 vehicles of all shapes and sizes dating from 1907. In fact, the Lions have had to close registration for classic vehicles as they have reached capacity for the event.

In addition to vehicles there will be a busy autojumble and a variety of trade stands, along with arena events, food and drink. There will also be music from quirky pop covers group, The Logical Tickle Band.

The Lions run the show to raise money to support local charities and people in need, as well as national and international Lions projects.

Last years event helped raise more than 20,000, some of which supported Shooting Star CHASE Childrens Hospice and provided a lifeline to Cranleighs Rowleys 50+ Centre.

This years classic car show will benefit four charities - Jigsaw School in Dunsfold, the Surrey Advertiser-backed Prostate Project, Rowleys 50+ and Shooting Star CHASE - who all depend on money raised by the public to provide their vital services to the community.

More information about the event can be found online at www.cranleighlions.org , www.facebook.com/cranleighlions or www.twitter.com/cranleighlions .

CRANLEIGH Lions are gearing up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Classic Car Show and Autojumble next month.

The event will be staged on August 21 from 9am to 4.30pm at the Cranleigh Showground in Bookhurst Road.

From its humble beginnings with 100 cars, the show is becoming one of the biggest one day classic shows in the south of England and this year will have more than 1,300 vehicles of all shapes and sizes dating from 1907.

Theres going to be something of interest for every enthusiast and vehicles youve possibly never seen before, promised a Lions spokesman.

In addition to vehicles there is a busy autojumble and a variety of trade stands, along with arena events, food and drink. There will also be music from quirky pop covers group, The Logical Tickle Band.

We think this is a great day out for the classic vehicle enthusiast, said the spokesman, but explained that the Lions are not taking that for granted - they would like people to let the organisation know what their perfect classic vehicle day out is by completing a short, anonymous survey at www.cranleighlions.org/classicdayoutsurvey .

The Lions run the show to raise money to support local charities and people in need, as well as national and international Lions projects.

Last years event helped raise more than 20,000, some of which supported Shooting Star CHASE Childrens Hospice and provided a lifeline to Cranleighs Rowleys 50+ Centre.

This years classic car show will benefit four charities - Jigsaw School in Dunsfold, the Prostate Project, Rowleys 50+ and Shooting Star CHASE - who all depend on money raised by the public to provide their vital services to the community.

More information about the event can be found online at www.cranleighlions.org , www.facebook.com/cranleighlions or www.twitter.com/cranleighlions .