Irish Transport Heritage Events INDOOR EVENTS |
The following are
the Indoor Events for the incoming months all of which
will be held in the McElhinney Suite, The Pavilion,
NICSSSA, Stormont Estate, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast
and commence at 19.45. In the last year or so our Hon. Secretary Michael Collins has visited both mainland Europe and Canada and tonight we took a look at some of the transport systems that Mike encountered during his travels. And by way of a total contrast, Mike is also going to take a look back at some of the more interesting vehicles the railway companies of Northern Ireland have owned which could operate on both road and rail. Thursday 9th February 2012 – “Any Old Iron” From the late 1970’s and through the 1980’s the troubles forced both Citybus and Ulsterbus to buy considerable numbers of second-hand vehicles in order to maintain services throughout the province. An interesting time for us all with all sorts of unusual vehicles turning up from operators all over the UK mainland. As always our trusty member Raymond Bell was on hand to record on film all these comings and goings. No doubt this will be a most interesting trip down memory lane, delivered in Raymond’s unique style. OUTDOOR EVENTS Saturday 7th
May 2012 – ’Llandudno Transport
Festival’ This event attracts several hundred entries covering buses, cars, commercials, fire engines and military vehicles as well as traction engines and stationary engines. There should be something to interest everyone and that’s not even mentioning the large number of stalls on site. Departure will be from Belfast (Europa Bus Centre) at about 0530 on Friday 4th May returning around 2000 on Monday 7th. We expect to be able to offer this weekend for £180 (provisional price). That will include ferry crossings, travel in one our preserved buses and three nights accommodation in the Trevone Hotel on the seafront where a warm welcome is always guaranteed by our host Rodger. Full details of timings will be provided just prior to the event. Hotel accommodation is limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis so early booking is essential. Due to problems obtaining seats on the evening fast ferry for the return journey on our last two trips, it has been decided to return in comfort on the earlier slow boat sailing. Our optional Saturday day tour, which last year took us to the beautiful and historic city of Chester, proved to be extremely popular and something along the same lines will be arranged for this year. A small additional charge will be made for this trip. ..........DATES FOR YOUR DIARY…….….DATES FOR YOUR DIARY .......... Indoor Events Thursday 8 March 2012 - Subject to be confirmed. Outdoor Events Saturday 28 April 2012 - Annual Bus & Coach Rally Saturday 15 September 2012 - Autumn
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