The Rickinghall Show went very well, with a dry but cloudy day setting up on the Saturday and sunshine and blue sky throughout Sunday. Public numbers were down to 650 instead of 1000 last year and the catering trucks said they might have chosen the beach instead. Perhaps the weather was too good! Bob Welton did the judging this year, with the trophy for first place going to a 1975 Escort Mexico, looking newer than when it left Ford and the runners up were a 1966 Gordon Keeble - only 99 were made - and a Lotus Europa. We had some excellent vehicles on display, which is quite an achievement for a village Show. It was interesting to see the size of the huge John Deere tractor against the 1950 equivalents and also the Scammel recovery lorry now did not look much bigger than a modern Luton van.
A local young man finished his Le Jog run for cancer at the show and with the donations there he is confident of raising over £10,000. The pink Pigasso got a lot of attention.
Some members worked extremely hard over the weekend to make it a success; thanks to you all.
We still managed to raise over £1800, with expenses being covered by the stalls in the hall and on the field, catering wagons and a sponsor. Several people came up to say how much they had enjoyed it and the postman today said that a few on his round had chatted to him about it. The traders and car clubs all want to do it again next year, so it looks like it is on again in 2025. With all the marshalls now in possession of new red JEC Rickinghall Car Show hats, it would be rude not to!
