The North Somerset Showground
Bathing Pond Fields, Wraxall, BS48 1NE
The Dig For Victory Show is a fantastic 1940's family festival held in the beautiful North Somerset countryside, exploring the turbulent yet thought-provoking wartime years.
The Historic Commercial Vehicle Society will have their annual July meet at Bones Lane, Newchapel RH7 6HR from 5pm on Monday 3rd July. This is a great event.
On the 23rd April 2023 we will be commemorating the 112th anniversary of the first occasion a body of troops was moved on operations by motor transport with a road run from Sevenoaks to Hastings. In March 1909 the AA and the War Office organised the transport of 6oo Guardsmen from London to Hastings, carried in motor cars owned by members of the AA.
The Le Pas de Calais Libéré is our annual pilgrimage to Northern France to celebrate the Liberation of the Pas du Calais by the British in 1944. The area around Haillicourt is rich in history of both WW1 and WW2. The British involvement in the modern history of the area is significant with both the World Wars. Vimy Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Arras, the Somme in WWI and the retreat of 1940 and Liberation in September 1944 in WWII.
Road run from Sevenoaks to Hastings to raise money for Combat Stress. It is open to any soft skinned military vehicles and motorcycles of the type used by the British armed forces from 1909 to the present day (armoured vehicles are precluded), as well as any pre 1965 veteran, vintage and classic cars, commercial vehicles …
The Le Pas de Calais Libéré is our annual pilgrimage to Northern France to celebrate the Liberation of the Pas du Calais by the British in 1944. The area around Haillicourt is rich in history of both WW1 and WW2. The British involvement in the modern history of the area is significant with both the World Wars. Vimy Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Arras, the Somme in WWI and the retreat of 1940 and Liberation in September 1944 in WWII.