Boston club's 32nd show is 'best ever'

Published: 14/08/2024

"An excellent show, with excellent weather and certainly our best so far!"

That's the verdict by the Boston Classic Car Club on its 32nd annual show, on Sunday 11 August, at the Orchard Park field in Hubbert’s Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire.

Entry was free for classics which were pre-booked (one of the cornerstones of every BCCC show) and over 500 had pre-booked with a mixture of classics from motorbikes, classic and vintage cars and light commercial vehicles, so there was plenty to see for everybody.

Entertainment during the day was provided by the Dream Belles singing duo, who were extremely popular last year and even more so this year, who entertained with hits from the '60s and '70s including some ABBA hits.

Personality Sarah Crabtree (pictured below with Brian Dann from King's Lynn alongside his 1968 Sunbeam Stiletto) kindly presented, as well as sponsored, all the trophies through her company, Evoke Classics (main sponsors of the show this year).  

Sarah walked around the show during the day speaking to and interacting with as many people as she could – often not able to move on for many minutes because of the numbers who asked for selfies or autographs!

‘Fuzz’ Townshend (pictured above, with a Vauxhall Chevette) TV star of ‘Shed and Buried’ and ‘Car SOS’ also appeared and took part in a ‘Question and Answer’ session with John Simpson (BCCC Chairman).  

He also was very patient and good natured whilst speaking to a large number of visitors afterwards with a queue  which, at times never seemed to reduce!

A raffle was held for the chosen charity of the Club for the year, Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes and raised over £400.

Well over 1,500 visitors paid for entry to the show this year not including others who had free entry (children under 16 enjoyed free entry) so it is estimated that attendees including exhibitors and traders totalled between 2,500 and 3,000.

To round off the show the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster gave a flypast about 15 minutes after the official closing time with a good number enjoying the low pass over the field of this iconic aircraft.

https://bostonclassiccarclub.org.uk/