Aire Valley Transport Collection
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The Aire Valley Transport Group was formed in the Spring of 2003 by a group of transport enthusiasts from other societies in the Aire Valley. The aim of the AVTG is to restore vehicles that are of historical importance back to their former glory, and put them on show to the public. The group has now over 50 vehicles in its care making it one of the largest collections in the area, it also has a collection of road and enamel signs, traffic lights, petrol cans and pumps, and also a collection of bus memorabilia inc ticket machines, enamel and cast signs, badges,...the list goes on. The group is open to anyone with an interest in transport (with or without a vehicle). To find out how you can join, contact us via Email greglawson@blueyonder.co.uk
phone 01274 587519 / 07887726686 or by post to The Motor House, 157 North Wing, Bradford. BD3 0EL
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4 images added to AVTG Cars & Commercials
2009-06-08 10:28:42
Added new collection 4th Skipton festival of transport 2009 (56 images)
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Most Recent Collections
28th Jun 2009Totally Transport 2009 New
We took ex Bradford AEC Regent III HKW82 to the Lancastrian Transport Tust's, Totally Transport event at the new south promenade Blackpool.
A very enjoyable event with plenty of vehicle entries and stalls.
It was one of the first outings over the Western Train since it's restoration, also there were plenty of other historic trams running to Starr Gate.
23rd Jun 2009Royal Blue run to Weymouth & Portsmouth New
Once again we took HOD30 on an epic run from Cheltenham to Weymouth and Potsmouth. we also recreated the fammous photo of the Bristol L outside the Greyhound hotel at Corfe Castle
16th Jun 2009AVTG Cars & Commercials Updated
A selection of the groups other vehicles
16th Jun 2009AVTC Vehicles Updated
Some of the Groups vaired selection of buses
7th Jun 20094th Skipton festival of transport 2009 New
The group took 5 vehicles to support Skipton town council and Craven old wheels at their 4th annual event. This year the weather was better than expected with sunny intervals all day. The event attracted a large ammount of visitors who enjoyed riding on the 2 ex Bradford double deckers.
5th Jun 2009AVTG Artifacts
Some photo's of the groups many artifacts, which have been collected by member's of the group.
5th Jun 2009WYRCC Archive
A selection of ex West Yorkshire Road Car, Buses and Coaches. from a collection of photographs I have collected over the years.
All photo's are not for sale, but shown as a tribute to a once great bus company, sadly swept away as a result of bus deregulation in the late 1980's
16th May 2009
to 17th May 2009
Haworth 1940's Weekend 2009
Once again the group were involved in this highly successful weekend, by providing vintage transport for the evacuees, Saturday night 1940's dance and transporting the visitors between the railway station and the village top. This year the vehicle's carried over 2700 passengers, a new record for the weekend.
10th May 2009Potteries Rally
Ex WYRCC Bedford OB,CP1 took a trip to Potteries rally at the Wedgewood factory in Stoke-on-Trent, as usual a high number of buses were used on the bus services.
9th May 2009Bronte Vintage Gathering
Bradford 410 attended this rally, which supports Manorlands Hospice, which is part of the Sue Ryder foundation. The heavy showers didn't spoil the days events.
4th May 2009Brief Encounter Rally 2009
This year's rally was put together at very short notice as the previous organiser Ambrose Fox sadly passed away earlier in the year. A rather wet day did not deteer the support from the public. Next years even should be back to full strength.
12th Apr 2009Kirkby Stephen Rally 2009
We took ex Lancashire United TS8 CTF423 and ex Bradford RT HLW159 to this popular event. This year the weather was very warm with unbroken sunshine all day. Look at the photo's of 2 ex Lancashire United vehicles together.
1st Jan 2009King Alfred Running Day
Members of the group once again travelled down to Winchester to the King Alfred Running Day. A very well organised event which was very well supported by both enthusiasts and the general public.
7th Dec 2008Christmas Cracker, Manchester
The group took Ex Lancashire United TS8 CTF423 to Manchester Musuem's Christmas cracker event, this was the first time in nearly 30 years that she had ventured back to Lancashire.
No problems were encountered as she ran very sweetly.
2nd Nov 2008Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum open day
We took ex WYRCC Bristol RE to the LVVS open and running day at Lincoln, an excellent day which was very well organised and supported.
26th Oct 2008Heart of the Pennines Rally, Halifax
We took 3 vehicles to the reborn Heart of the Pennines rally, with Only 12 vehicles attending. We found the organization of the event to be poor, hence the lack of photos.
Maybee next years event will be more successful as local transport groups are looking to take it on.
12th Oct 20084th Aire Valley Running Day
Photos of the groups 4th Aire Valley Running Day.
This years event was the most successful day ever with over 60 vehicles attending, with over 25 of them running the bus services.
The group would like to thank everyone who supported the event and look forward to seeing them on 11th October 2009
All photos from our member Simon Turner, simons own fotopic site can be seen by going to his fotopic site. http://woollen797.fotopic.net/

13th Sep 2008
to 15th Sep 2008
Milestones and Swanage railway
Some of our members visited Milestones at Bassingstoke, Beaulieu autojumble and the Swanage railway.
25th Aug 2008Temple Newsholme Steam Fair
The group took 2 buses and 1 recovery vehicle to the steam fair at Temple Newsholme, Leeds
10th Aug 2008BVBG Bus rally
We took ex Royal Blue coaches, Bristol L HOD30 back to Bristol, which was the city where she was built in 1948.
We visited our friends at BVBG and attended their rally which was to celerbate 100 years of Bristol Vehicles.
A very enjoyable weekend was had by all.
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