VED concessions please Mr. Chancellor

Aug 282011

courtesy of comedy_nose at flickr.com

When the vehicle excise duty concession for historic vehicles was introduced it was on a “rolling” basis but, after a few years the cut off date for qualification was set at 31st December 1972. There is now an online petition requesting a change back to the rolling system and that vehicles over 30 years old be exempted from VED. Continue reading »

August 28, 2011

Overlord pictures – Update

Jul 272011

I was playing with Google and “Solent Overlord” and came across a photoset by Mark Rutley on flickr I asked if I could link to it and he kindly agreed, there was also one image of the man that makes OVERLORD such success that I particularly liked and that is reproduced here:

For more of Mark’s pictures click on the link or the picture above, Continue reading »

July 27, 2011

Overlord 2011

A selection of galleries from a range of photographers on one theme: the successful Overlord 2011 Military Spectacular held for the first time at the Lawns, Denmead.

Select from the tabs in the title bar or from the links below. If you have pictures of the event you wish to see featured on this blog please contact the webwright by clicking this link

Pictures from SOE members are listed below, the list will grow as I manage to wrest images from them. There are also links to external sites with some fine pictures from our visitors and from our exhibitors, we hope to improve facilities for photographers for 2012 so make sure you come along to OVERLORD 2012 with plenty of batteries and memory cards or film!

Katie Lamsdale’s People

The webwright’s Post War Vehicles

Ron Bossingham’s View

External Sites:

Rambo’s report on the Historic Military Vehicles Forum

Kev Shaw at UK Airshow Review

Colin Lacey (SOE member) on Facebook

Mark Rutley’s portraiture set on flickr

514th Q.M. Trucking Regt. (Red Ball Express)

Paul Morgan’s pictures at HMVF

Barry James Wilson on flickr

C and A images (pictures for sale)

Protect your vehicle

Mar 312011

It always pays to band together for protection against those who wish to harm you. I’m not (necessarily) implying that our legislators at home and in Brussels have malice in their attempts to regulate and harmonise the myriad aspects of vehicle control. But in such a situation the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs is there to fight on our behalf. Continue reading »

March 31, 2011

Snide fuel

Feb 162011

Image: nuttakit / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

The January issue of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs has a disturbing report on the use of modern fuel in older vehicles. Continue reading »

February 16, 2011

Living History

We hope to see you at Overlord 2012 but, even with our new, exclusive living history field, spaces will be limited so apply in plenty of time to ensure we can fit you in. With an idea of numbers we can make sure that our on site facilities – toilets, showers, security, catering and emergency cover are fully sufficient for your needs.

The show is open from Friday 1st June to Monday the 4th, please let us know if you wish to arrive earlier or pack up later.

Enter your email address to download Living History Application Form

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Traders

We hope to see you at Overlord 2012 but, even with our new,enlarged showground, spaces will be limited so please apply in plenty of time to ensure we can fit you in. With an idea of numbers we can make sure that our on site facilities – toilets, showers, security, catering and emergency cover are fully sufficient for your needs.

The show is open from Friday 1st June to Monday the 4th, please let us know if you wish to arrive earlier or pack up later.

Enter your email address to download Traders Application Form

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Overlord 2012

OVERLORD 2012 will be held from Friday June 1st to Bank Holiday Monday June 4th

OPEN from 09:00 to 17:00 each day

ADMISSION: Adults £8
Concessions £5
Children £4
Family ticket (2 adults, up to 3 children) £22

We had a very successful show in 2011 at our new home, the Lawns, Denmead. Our increased space was occupied by over 350 vehicles,some 80 traders and an entire field of re-enactors. To see what happened in 2011 check this page, to find out what we are up to for 2012 read on: