THE PETER JAMES INSURANCE BROMLEY PAGEANT OF MOTORING

The UK’s biggest one-day classic vehicle show is back as the Peter James Insurance Bromley Pageant of Motoring returns to Norman Park, Bromley, on Sunday 8th June. With around 3,000 vehicles on display including classic cars, bikes, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, and stationary engines, the organisers have added to new features and celebrations to make 2014’s show the best ever!

New for this year is Classic Trunk Trading, a chance for classic enthusiasts to fill the boot of their cars with classic parts, spares and related items and bring their vehicle to the show and trade right from where they park. The items on sale must be classic focused and no vans allowed. Spaces in the Classic Trunk Trading area are only open to show ticket holders at just an extra £5 with a show ticket. These spaces must be reserved in advance.

Early bird bookers can bring their pre-1994 classic cars to the show and park alongside owners with the same marque in the popular ‘One Make’ area for the new reduced price of just £5 including entry for both the driver and a passenger into the show.

Advance ticket holders in the One Make section will also get a voucher entitling them to a free souvenir programme and a commemorative plaque on arrival to be redeemed at sponsor Peter James Insurance stand.

From Ford Cortinas to Aston Martins, more than 1600 cars featured in this area last year, making it one of the not to be missed areas of the show ground.

Visitors to the main arena can enjoy fun and games as well as classic car parades and special guests with new host Fuzz Townshend, host of TV’s Classic Car SOS, while in the ‘bandstand bar’ there will be live music from the fantastic Elle and the Pocket Belles and the ‘firestarting’ Houndogs rockabilly band.

There’s also an extensive trader village selling a host of products and services as well as the popular autojumble and a huge classic cars for sale area.

Ticket prices are £11 for Adults when booking in advance or £14 on the gate. Senior Citizens tickets cost £8 in advance and £10 on the gate. Children’s tickets are £5 in advance and £6 on the gate. There is also a family ticket on offer for two adults and two children at just £27 when booked in advance and £34 on the gate. Show opens from 9.30am to 5.30pm and parking is free.

To book tickets visit www.bromleypageant.co.uk where you can also download booking forms for clubs, cars for sale and one make entries as well as getting the latest updates.

...we have tickets to send out to our VIP'ers for The Manchester Bike Show - Maria Burnett and Steve & Sam Henshaw, Perth to Perth dvd's to Mark Robson, Davie Mckittrick and Alun Alpact Lewis, BIKERS WELCOME banners to Bum in the Mud Rally, Martha Care for their Annual Ride Out and a few cafes, along with a great big box of booklets to the Ace Cafe London Ltd for their Overland & Adventure Travel Bike Day, this Sunday 23rd March... phew!

Fronted by DANNY-JOHN JULES

Wednesday 19th March, 10.30pm – on Sky 539, Virgin 233, Freeview 63, Freesat 651, BT Vision, BBC iPlayer and online: www.communitychannel.org

Join Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf, Death in Paradise), TV sports presenter Matt Roberts and motorcycle entrepreneur Steve Keys as they embark on an epic 1,250-mile adventure from the UK to Valencia. The unscripted ‘travelogue for a difference’ sees the big-hearted bikers hit the open road, dressed in custom-made pink leathers on pink Yamaha R1 motorbikes, all in support of the bikers’ charity Riders for Health.

The Easy Riders is a charming, spontaneous and hair-raising half-hour series. Narrated by Chris Barry (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire, Tomb Raider) ‘The Easy Riders’ take viewers on the ultimate bike ride through the Champagne region, Beaujolais, and Montpellier. Their physical endurance is put to the test as they journey through chills, strong winds and rain, but their wit, laughter and camaraderie never falters (at least not for long!).

Although the trip definitely tests their mettle, it’s ultimately great fun. Viewers are given a behind the scenes look at their prep, witness their trials and triumphs and share in the laugher of an incredible journey for a brilliant cause.

The trio’s mission is to raise awareness of Riders for Health, a charity that uses motorbikes to ensure vital healthcare reaches rural communities in Africa. The trip is made all the more poignant for the biking community with news that legendary MotoGP racer Marco Simoncelli is killed in an accident the week before they depart. The large community rallies

behind the journey; in order to celebrate their friend and showcase a unique way they can use the sport they love to change the world.

The new series comes to Community Channel as part of the channel’s Do Something Brilliant campaign, funded by Big Lottery Fund, to celebrate the brilliant, diverse and talented people across the British Isles doing brilliant things to make a big difference.

The Easy Riders premieres on Wednesday 19th March, 10.30pm (with new episodes the same time each week, for four weeks).

THE EASY RIDERS – MEET THE TEAM

Danny John-Jules - one of Britain's most well loved TV actors, best known for playing Cat in the sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf and policeman Dwayne Myers in BBC’s Death In Paradise.

Danny got into motorcycles fifteen years ago when he was invited to watch MotoGP. Thinking it looked cool Danny bought himself a bike, booked his training and has been hooked ever since.

Danny said: “The trip was tough and really tested our mettle but ultimately it was FUN – it was a bunch of mates on the same level having a laugh!

Tune in if you want to watch three old ‘Inbetweeners’ on bikes!”

Steve Keys - born into a family of motorcycle racers, he began riding at just nine and racing by the time he was 17. Something of an entrepreneur, he now has several businesses including an award winning motorcycle dealership. As well as undertaking adventure rides, Steve writes for Racer Magazine and has recently appeared in a film starring Scarlett Johansson!

Steve said: “We wanted to create the ultimate motorcycle trip, and that’s what we did!

But it’s not just about the journey – viewers get a look behind the scenes, showing the prep, the laughs, the setbacks and our shared love of MotoGP!”

Matt Roberts - is a renowned TV sports presenter. He started his career reporting on MotoGP for the BBC in 2008 before joining British Eurosport bikes team earlier this year. When Matt heard about the trip said he would do anything to be part of it and was welcomed with open arms!

Matt said: “It was fantastic to go on a cool ride and promote how motorcycles save lives through the inspiring work of Riders for Health.

The charity’s ability to connect with MotoGP fans provides a way in which the motorcycle community can enable the sport they love to change the world”.

The Ace makes an appearance!

www.ace-cafe-london.com

What about coming to see a large collection of engines, running... exactly as they used to, many years ago!

Old engines, ranging from a massive 500hp Allen, to the humble Lister that was used on farms many years ago. Bring your children to see the engines being started, and the grand parents who will remember using, or seeing them, in their youth. A visit to the museum provides an opportunity to see, and remember, British machinery as it used to be. Large engines of vertical or horizontal construction will be running, some ticking over quietly and unobtrusively, providing an opportunity to experience the evocative sounds and smells of a working engine museum.

Whether you come on normal open-day, or during one of the special weekends, it will be a memorable occasion, an enjoyable day out, providing a chance to see something different.

From the small Lister (made at Dursley) remembered for its use on concrete mixers, generating sets, and use on farms, to Petter (made at Yeovil)—watch the You-tube clip of the 1912 (5-ton) 50hp Petter being started with a blow-lamp (for the first time since the 1950s) and slowly being brought up to speed. See if it doesn’t massage your enthusiasm. If it doesn’t then the start of the 4250hp Proteus (Bristol Siddeley) industrial gas turbine engine certainly will! The resonating roar echoing across the nearby valley will be memorable.

The museum is a popular venue for enthusiasts with many travelling from all parts of the UK, and even from overseas. 2014 marks the 10th Anniversary year of the opening of the museum, an important milestone in any calendar, as it provides a unique opportunity to look back and thank those who have supported the museum since day one, as well as taking in what has been achieved. This year is very special; you are guaranteed to receive a very warm welcome.

A visit presents a wonderful opportunity to see engines made by once famous British manufactures. Evocative names like Tangye, Petter, Crossley, Ruston & Hornsby, Lister, Allen, Blackstone, National, Bristol Siddeley, Pelapone, and many others, will be on view for your entertainment. Internal Fire Museum of Power provides, for the younger visitor, an educational glimpse of our industrial past, while older visitors can enjoy a trip down memory lane.

Museum Opens 12th April.
First Event: Petter VJ Day, April 12th (see website).
Second Event: A full Easter venue.
Club Visits Wednesday to Sunday inclusive.

Further details with opening times: www.internalfire.com

The museum is on the A487 Cardigan to Aberystwyth road, 8 miles north of Cardigan just beyond the village of Tanygroes.

· Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, to open new Museum

· £5 million modernisation project hosts new exhibits, including over 400 cars and motorcycles

· Three new exhibition halls; two modernised halls; interactive displays and virtual reality interpretation; Haynes Motorland Children’s adventure play zone, suite of function rooms, Café 750 and Museum shop, all to be opened

On 16 April 2014 Guest of Honour, the Hon Ed Vaizey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, will officially open the new Haynes International Motor Museum, in Sparkford, Somerset showcasing some of the greatest cars from around the world.

After over ten years of planning, two and a half years of building work and a privately funded £5 million investment, the new Museum, which is an educational charitable trust, will be one of the UK’s top visitor attractions.

Three new exhibition halls

With three new exhibition halls – Minis and Micros, Century of Supercars, Motorcycle Mezzanine – the Museum offers a tour through time and geographies, with each room themed, from the American Room, Dawn of Motoring, Veteran, Vintage & Pre-War Classics, the famous Red Room, to some of our own classic British family cars in ‘Memory Lane’, the British Motorcycle Collection and the world’s largest collection of Speedway Motorbikes and memorabilia.

As well as having capacity to further grow the collection, the new Museum is increasingly interactive and modern with more functionality and displays than ever before, including a leading edge reality experience where visitors can ‘virtually’ re-spray a real Mini motorcar. The new façade gives an impressive glass s-shaped entrance foyer leading into the Museum where, beyond the exhibition halls, there is the new Haynes Motorland Children’s adventure play zone, and the well established workshops where the cars are kept in full working order. Off the new entrance foyer lies Café 750 with private dinning space and the ‘Engine Rooms’ suite of function rooms.

Speaking about the new development John H. Haynes OBE, Chairman of Haynes International Motor Museum, commented: “I could never have dreamed when I started out that, nearly thirty years on, we would be in a position to unveil what I believe is one of the greatest motoring collections. Now space is no longer an issue, I am looking forward to continuing to build the collection with more iconic cars and motorcycles from across the globe, shared with all age groups and backgrounds, whether enthusiasts, families or tourists. I hope the increased facilities will encourage guests to spend a day here and really enjoy the range’s breadth and the story behind each exhibit.”

Marc Haynes, Managing Director of Haynes International Motor Museum, added: “It is very exciting to be launching our new Museum. The whole Museum team is delighted with what has been achieved in this major project and looks forward to continuing to grow the interpretation and collections. This is also good news for the economy. We have used local contractors during the course of construction, already been recruiting new staff and expect the new Museum will bring additional tourism, not only to the local area but to the South West as a whole and even to the UK, not to mention making a great venue for a function, wedding or memorable event.”

www.haynesmotormuseum.co.uk

A life time dream

First established in 1985 by John H. Haynes OBE with just 33 cars, the new Museum will now house over 400 cars and motorcycles from around the world. These date from a remarkable exact working replica of the first production car ever made - an 1885 Benz - to the present day, from the mighty AC Cobra, elegant Rolls Royce Phantom Two Sedanca Deville, 1930 Morris Oxford Six Saloon to King Edward VII’s 1905 impressive Daimler Detachable Top Limousine.

As a charitable trust, John Haynes’ original goal – to share his private collection of historic cars for the enjoyment of anyone from anywhere in the world be they fellow enthusiasts, families, tourists, or schools alike, whilst also continuing to have an educational value giving insight into the historical development and evolution of motorcars and engineering – has remained at the forefront of this project.