2007 Southern Classic Bike Show Report

In spite of an awful weather forecast, the number of autojumble stands and club exhibits at the show was very high. The new H&H auction was also very successful. A coach load from France was spotted and one French rail employee had travelled by rail to the Kempton station, presumably whilst taking a break from his job with Eurotunnel!

However there were problems with crowds, queuing and car parking. The Kempton authorities had made plans to use the extra turnstiles but in the event their plans failed. We would like to apologise to all our attendees for the frustration caused by the long queues and will endeavour to improve our arrangements for future events. We are considering, in common with other organisations, the introduction of a “premium buyer class” with special privileges such as early entry.

We would like to thank all our club exhibitors for the enormous amount of effort they made to produce their stands. There was enormous interest from people who had travelled from all over the South of England to this largest event of its kind. Judging was carried out by the exhibitors and the London Douglas club was a clear winner with its replica of Graham Brown’s shop in Godalming. The Scott Owners club and the Police Bike stand were second and third.

Colin Hitchcock's entry was judged best in the show with his superb 1930 BSA Sloper.

Contrary to regular mistakes in advertisements placed in OBM (a Morton publication) the entry price for autojumbles is not expected to rise next year!