Leyland Society Gathering 2008
LEYLANDS AT CRICH, 2008
Sunday, 13th July, 2008
The year 2008 sees the Leyland Society celebrating its 10th Birthday.
This milestone event will be celebrated on Sunday 13th July 2008 at the Crich Tramway Village, Nr. Matlock, Derbyshire.
Crich is the National Tramway Museum and a working tramway with almost one mile of track.
The museum offers many facilities and is well worth a visit - it is one of the most interesting and enterprising transport museums in the world.
Coinciding with the Leyland Society's 10th Birthday is the 100th Birthday of Mike Sutcliffe's 1908 Leyland X2 double-deck bus.
Dating from June 1908 it is the oldest restored Leyland vehicle and also the oldest surviving British-built motorbus. This is a most important landmark in British Motoring history.
To mark the occasion Mike is planning to transport the whole of his fleet of 8 Leyland buses and charabanc, dating from 1908 to 1924, to the Crich Tramway Village
where the vehicles will be running and on display at the Leyland Society 10th anniversary Gathering.
(Click on the small images for a full size view)
They will also be there at the Crich Edwardian weekend, to be held on the previous Saturday and Sunday (5th & 6th July).
It is hoped to attract a large number of preserved Leylands, including some rarities, and for only this Society event priority may be given to
some of the older products of Leyland Motors Ltd. There will be a limit of 70 vehicles, please be sure to return your entry form as soon as possible,
entry forms will be sent out with Torque No. 38 or can be downloaded from the Society website from mid-December.
This will be a unique event and the facilities at Crich make an excellent day out for all the family.
Crich Tramway Village have kindly agreed special reduced rates for Society members and their families and full details will be published in the near future.
Don't forget, if you are keen to bring a vehicle, please return your entry form, photocopy of V5 and up to date photograph of your vehicle as soon as possible,
please do not leave it until the last minute as you may be disappointed!
You can now download an entry form for the event here.
also,
There is a link to the Crich Tramway Village website here.
