Hollowell Steam Rally and Heavy Horse Show 2010

Hollowell Steam and Heavy Horse Show is an event for all the family held in Northamptonshire in July. We welcome you to visit us to have a good time and raise money for good causes.

Hollowell Steam & Heavy Horse Show attracts over 40.000 visitors and over three thousand exhibitors and traders and a couple of hundred volunteer helpers to help you

Over £79,000 was raised In 2009! Not Including Money Raised By Charitable Institutions & Causes On The Site. Our 'staff' are all unpaid and we own or borrow most of the equipment so your cash can be given away, we are proud to be able to say we make sure that your entrance fee is not used on unnecessary expenses

Even in wet weather the site does not get too muddy, if you get tired of walking around the exhibits you can always sit down and enjoy one of the best views in Northamptonshire, dogs and even children are more than welcome, but please keep them both on a lead. The whole atmosphere is we hope very informal and friendly, although like this web site it does have it's own strange sense of humour.

Expected for the 2010 Rally

PLUS: Vintage Fair, Modern Fair, Auction (Sat), Auto Jumble, Model Tent, Rare breeds, Family Entertainments, Evening Entertainments, Catering from fish 'n chips to Indian, trade stalls for your bargains, you will need two days to see it all, we have filled the field for you this year!

SPECIAL FEATURES for 2010

• Grand Raffle tickets available at £1 each and prizes are on show in the tent. Draw to take place on Sunday and July.
• Valuable prizes to be announced.
• The Tea Tent is to be run by the ladies of the village.
• Steam Rally T shirts and souvenir rally plaques will be on sale.
• Our Dog Show : Exemption Sunday Only
• Look out for the Oxford Bakery who will be demonstrating the art of bread making.
• Mr Hairy is here to entertain both children and adults with his observations.
• Mr Alexander is also here to entertain everyone with his travelling show and circus workshop.
• Firebird International present Illusions, Bed of Nails, Snake Charming, Fire Eating, and for the children, Jack Rabbit and Miss Wacky with Fun and Games.
• Helicopter Flights will be available on both Saturday and Sunday.
• The Pytchley Hounds will be represented both days.
• Our Feathered Friends are brought here Mr Hewitt, Owls to behold.
• The Delepre Majorettes will be here on both days.
• Anglia Marina Model Boat Club are here to display their crafts on the Boating Pool.
• Visit our flower marquee and see all the wonderful blooms Cactus, Fuchsia, carnation and nursery men.
• Midland Bernese Carters from their native Switzerland. Bernese Mountain Dogs were used extensively to pull small carts containing farm produce between the mountain farm, the dairies and the markets. Many Bernese owners in this country have endeavoured to keep this skill alive in the breed, and during the summer months regularly appear at fetes, Carnivals, the friendly dogs pulling their carts in support of a number of charities. The dogs at this event are all first and foremost family's pets, and are presented by members of several of the country's Bernese Carters Clubs. The owners are all volunteers, who are appearing entirely at their own expense to provide you with the opportunity to see and meet these lovely dogs.
• We hope you will stop a while to listen to the mobile bells from Lichfield Cathedral
• Watch beautiful glass items being made before your eyes by E&M Glass.
• Coquet High School, Bugbrooke Steel Band, Northampton Pipe Band, Battery Acid Samba Band, Raunds Temperance Band, Grafton District Scouts Band.
• For our other musical interludes we have various other musical groups both old and new and by public demand Dr. Busker. If the noise is too much you can get away from it in our massive 24 acre site, come early or you will not see it all.
• Quads are here again to delight the children.
• 'Ham' radio will be here again be there for you to try, courtesy of www.g0ofb.co.uk
• Trade Stalls: We try and keep our 'trade' stalls as varied as possible, look out for the great bargains and goods available no where else.
• Up and Over Trials Exhibition Team
• Northampton Archery Club
• Regency Rifles
• Dawsons Gallopers (first year)

ALL ITEMS DESCRIBED HERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON DISPLAY BUT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE ATTENDANCE

Public Admission

Adults £8.00 Children £4.00 senior citizens concession Saturday only £4.50 Free car parks with disabled area & free tractor and trailer 'bus' service from the car parks to the rally field.

Tent/caravan pitch per night £7.00. Campers weekend show pass £14 Adult, £7.00 Child, £11.00 Senior Citizens. (no unaccompanied minors camping) Caravan site signposted and open Friday afternoon Sunday night, no need to book - Elsan Disposal Points - No toilets in the camping field they are 500 meters away in the showground - Village Shop, Gas can be ordered.

SPECIAL RURAL FEATURES

• Our section of animals and rare breeds. This year we have animals from ten miles radius of the show, these include ducks, geese, pheasants, partridge, hens, rabbits, snakes to name but a few.
• The Craft Marquee has many other demonstrations of traditional crafts.
• Nick Buridge is here with his Rack Saw and willing team of helpers.
• The ARIA organisation are here to display and talk about their reptiles, Snakes. Lizards, Frogs and Snails.
• Bodging This three thousand year old craft hardly been improved since the invention of iron instead of stone tools. demonstrated by Mr. D. Stewart of Biggleswade,. he has been with us from the first rally and has now taken root at the end of the field!
• Andy Batton-Chain saw sculpture
• Bob Hedges - Rush and Cane Seating
• Andy Hawson - Wood Turning
• Julia Skinner - Road Making Exhibits
• Bush Craft and Survival - Jason Ingemels
• Rope Splicing and Knotting - Mr Warren
• Stone Mason - Darren Tebbut

Sample Main Ring Programme Of Events Not including our second horse only ring!

Saturday

• 10:00 Lorries & Military Vehicles - Tractor Ring Events
• 10:30 Auction Begins
• 11:00 Vintage Motorcycles - Midlands Bernese Carters
• 12:00 Heavy Horse Parade - Miniature Steam
• 1:30 American & Vintage Cars
• 2:00 Westerby Basset Hounds - Midlands Bernese Carters
• 2:30 Steam Engines Grand Parade & All Other Vehicles
• 3:30 Heavy Horse Parade
• 4:15 Delapre Majorettes
• 4:30 Vintage Motorcycles - Classic Cars
• 5:00 Steam Engines Invitation Steering

SUNDAY

• 10:00 Tractor Events - Miniature Steam Engines - Midlands Bernese Carters
• 10:30 Heavy Horse Parade
• 11:15 Vintage Motorcycles
• 11:30 Delapre Majorettes - Scouts Marching Band
• 12:00 Steam Engines On Parade
• 1:00 Church Service In Arena - Dog Show Begins
• 1:15 Pytchley Hounds
• 1:45 Heavy Horses
• 3:15 Steam Engines & Miniatures
• 4:15 Vintage & Classic Cars
• 5:00 Grand Raffle Draw - Steam Engine Invitation Steering

Items and times are subject to change - many more attractions operating around the showground on both days too numerous to mention

If you are a land owner and have a good site for our main road sign boards within 20 miles of the rally this would be a great help. We erect and remove again after the show promptly.

And to D&H Signs for the really eye catching posh signs you see all over the place, slowly replacing the sterling board and pallet spares we have been using, as I help put them up and take them down I can vouch for the quality and durability of these!! Click the logo for their website

Last Updated May-2010 Please note that the information given on this web site is entered by a novice - we do not guarantee that it is 100% accurate neither can we guarantee that all advertised exhibitors will attend