Earls Barton Rally Background

Back in 1992 two brothers Steven and Robert Hollowell of Cogenoe, decided to offer their extensive collection of mainly agricultural items to a local museum.
Included in the collection are equipment relating to Carpentry, Wheelwrighting and Coopering. Also in the collection are a Blacksmith's shop, early radios, laundry equipment, the contents of a dairy, horse-drawn waggons, phonographs, magic lanterns and other memorabilia from bygone days. Also another family member Phillip Hollowell, also from, Cogenhoe, has an intensive collection of early mechonised farming tools and implements, including rare model of tractors imported from America before the Second World War.
Finding that there was not any such museum in Northamptonshire they, along with some friends, formed a Charitable Trust known as Northamptonshire Museum Limited. Their idea was to build their own Museum of Rural Northamptonshire Life. One idea for raising money was to hold a Steam Rally. After a lot of thought and by talking to other local Rally Organisers they decided on the August Bank Holiday as an ideal time to hold it. The Weekend before was a Rally in Lincolnshire and the Wednesday after the Bank Holiday was the start of the large Rally in Dorset. Exibiters from Lincoln could then have a stopover on their way to Dorset. The first Rally in 1993 was held in the park of Little Houghton House on the outskirts of Northampton.
The rally was a success and in 1994 they held their first rally at Ecton Park a few miles away. A further two rallys were held in the next three years at Ecton. Unfortunately the Rally of 1997 was a washout and the original Organiser Steven Hollowell decided to cancell any further rallies and disolved the rally committee. However within a few days Michael Higham of Earls Barton invited members of the Ecton Park Rally Committee to a meeting and the Earls Barton Rally Committe was formed. A site was found at Mick White's nursery on the outskirts of Earls Barton close to the junction of the A45 Northampton to Wellingborough dual carriageway. the first Rally and Country Fayre was held over the Bank Holiday in August 1998. Further information can be found by contacting Michael Higham on 01604 811633 or E-Mail



Donations

Once the Rally is over and all expenses paid, a proportion of the profits are set aside to start the next year's Rally. Then donations are made to local causes and amenaties. Some that have received donations in the past include:- Wellingborough Music Centre Concert Band, Hockey Kokey Earls Barton, Rainbow Playschool group Earls Barton, 4th Rainbows Earls Barton, Mums and Tots Earls Barton, 2nd Brownies Earls Barton, Friends of Earls Barton Infant school, Evergeens Club Earls Barton, Thursday Lunch group Earls Barton, Mums and Tots Bozeat, Retired Greyhounds Bozeat, Bozeat Football Club, About Bozeat magazine, The ATC, Northamptonshire Museum Ltd, Time of Their Lives, Lukemia Research and Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
One of the Charities to be supported for 2003 is the local Air Ambulance
Other donations include Parkinsons Disease, Rape and Incest and Macmillan Nurses.


DONATIONS FOR THE AIR AMBULANCE
should anybody wish to contribute towards the cost of keeping the Diana, Princess of Wales Air Ambulance for Warwickshire and Northamptonshire flying, (it costs approx. £1Million per year to operate)donations can be sent to the
W.N.A.A.,
Air Ambululance Head Quarters,
23, Dale Street,
Leamington Spa.,
Warwickshire.
CN32 5HH
Telephone No. (01926) 881331 or contact
Angela (the C0-Ordinator for Fund Raising Activities) on (01536) 201068
PLEASE HELP TO KEEP THE AIR AMBULANCE FLYING

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Published on: 2003-08-27 (8884 reads)