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2024 Bridgnorth ‘Italian Autorail’
In May 2013 a three-day event of [[Heritage buses and other vehicles#Other_vehicles|Scammell Mechanical Horse]] vehicles was held at Kidderminster.
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Scammell ELH 490.jpg|A The [[Friends of Kidderminster Town Station]]'s Scammell mechanical horse at Kidderminster. Photo: SVR</gallery> [[Hampton Loade]] Station Fund holds each October a Classic British Motorcycle event. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Classic Motorcycle Meet poster 2021.png | Classic Motorcycle Meet poster 2021
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The 2020 timetable included plans for the usual two-day Steam on the Road event but no Classic Vehicle Day. It also noted that the September 'On the Buses' would not take place at Bewdley, with the main displays moving to Kidderminster and Bridgnorth including rides from both stations.<ref>SVR News 209</ref>. However none of these events took place as a result of the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]] which required complete closure of the railway between March and July, followed by limited pre-booked services with rigorous social distancing for the rest of the year.
In 2021 responsibility for the new 'Vintage Transport Extravaganza' was taken over by the SVR's paid events team.<ref name=News219/>In addition, other events continued to be held, for example in May 2023 a 'Mechanical Horses and Morris Minors weekend'. On 28 April 2024 Bridgnorth hosted its first ‘Italian Autorail’, a gathering of over 100 Italian road vehicles from across the decades, organised in collaboration with the Italian AutoMoto Club. ==The Mechanical Horse Club==The [http://www.mechanical-horse-club.org.uk/ Mechanical Horse Club] regularly supplies Scammell vehicles for display and celebrated its 30th, 35th and 40th anniversary with displays at Kidderminster in 2013, 2018 and 2023. {{As of|2023}} its secretary is John Giles, resident in Bewdley. John owns and displays a number of such vehicles. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Mechanical_Horses_20230513.jpg | Mechanical Horses on display at Kidderminster in May 2023</gallery>
==See also==
[[Category: Miscellaneous articles]]
[[Category:Featured articles]] [[Category: Special events]]
