I had been planning for this show for a few months stealing time in between my main stream work over in Denmark. Much of the work was checking my stock and making sure of the pricing as i control 3,200 parts in my Montage of products . Finally the 12th April appeared and Carola and i drove to the exhibition halls to set up the tables and carousels with both of us suffering with bad colds and Carola's cold now supported with antibiotics . After an afternoon of setting up 5 carousels we departed for home and rest ready for the next days opening action.
On the Saturday we entered the hall and exchanged opening encouraging words with Sean Ashby and Lee Harries later to see Aiden Stokes, all of us were full of great expectations , will it be so ? . We had one carousel to get ready and just when we thought it would be done the organisers let everyone in 30 minutes earlier , great !The start was quite encouraging and first 3 hours were good but by lunch there was little going on and that remained the same into the afternoon. The same pattern was for Sunday also .
Poor Carola she had been with cold for 2 weeks and still working at school
Good friends John and Katey Kilby
David Mellors also was there collecting his Halkon Hunt we recently purchased.
Trevor Newey
Paul Taylor and Joe Oakes
Phil Mattock
Colin Talbot in the centre
Well well , a blast from the past , last seen in 2011 in the Swedish Scandanavian Masters , Klaus Fix .
Did not recognise him with his shirt on !!!
Sam Merry and son no1 turned up
A right pair of bouncers
Mark Pollard floats compliment on display
Rogues gallery
For me as a small outlet i would say the show was an average success as i have more recognition through my online customers . The show has time to grow for next year as its been years since last shown in the Midlands .
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