Picture above shows a scene from a TOY fun day.
TOY's Annual Charity Classic Car And Fun Day History.
Transport Of Yesteryear's Annual Charity Classic Car and Fun Day first took place in July 1999 shortly after the club was formed. With around 30 cars and a few stalls it managed to raise enough money to donate £150 to Cancer Care Dorset. By 2001 things were getting bigger and new items were being added which included Stationary Engines.
Year by year new attractions were added and later a Dog Show became a popular item at the Show, music and dance has also featured in more recent years, with bands such as ' Stampede Dancers ' and Brass Tacks band. We have even featured a miniature steam railway on two occasions within the show site ! Birds Of Prey, Majorettes, Line Dancers also have been on the programme of events.
In 2011 we had more vehicles on site than ever before and more miniature steam engines than in previous years. Our 2012 Show has at least 4 new attractions to look forward to. In 2013 the club staged their 15th Anniversary Show. The 2014 Show saw another good year for the club's major event, with more new entries attending for the first time, lots of entertainment was enjoyed throughout the day, £1,250 was donated to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
2015 saw our 17th Annual Show and Fun Day on the same site in the heart of Chickerell at School Hill, we are looking forward to another good show, arrangements are going well and entries are coming in already ( February ) for this years event. We will be supporting the Air Ambulance again, our draw tickets will be available to buy from March 2015.
2016 our 18th Show was another great day, despite having to move site a few days before the Show into our car park field ! We had another great selection of vehicles and machinery. Our stage was supplied by Perryfields of Portland and the headliner was Nina Garcia who was very popular with everyone.
2017 was our 19th Show.
2018 was our 20th anniversary show and our final event !
The club's other major event is still running and the 2025 event will be on Sunday 1st June, HARDY COUNTRY CLASSIC TOUR
which supports the Weldmar Hospice in Dorchester. Entry details from Terry Downton the new organiser
[email protected]
Year by year new attractions were added and later a Dog Show became a popular item at the Show, music and dance has also featured in more recent years, with bands such as ' Stampede Dancers ' and Brass Tacks band. We have even featured a miniature steam railway on two occasions within the show site ! Birds Of Prey, Majorettes, Line Dancers also have been on the programme of events.
In 2011 we had more vehicles on site than ever before and more miniature steam engines than in previous years. Our 2012 Show has at least 4 new attractions to look forward to. In 2013 the club staged their 15th Anniversary Show. The 2014 Show saw another good year for the club's major event, with more new entries attending for the first time, lots of entertainment was enjoyed throughout the day, £1,250 was donated to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
2015 saw our 17th Annual Show and Fun Day on the same site in the heart of Chickerell at School Hill, we are looking forward to another good show, arrangements are going well and entries are coming in already ( February ) for this years event. We will be supporting the Air Ambulance again, our draw tickets will be available to buy from March 2015.
2016 our 18th Show was another great day, despite having to move site a few days before the Show into our car park field ! We had another great selection of vehicles and machinery. Our stage was supplied by Perryfields of Portland and the headliner was Nina Garcia who was very popular with everyone.
2017 was our 19th Show.
2018 was our 20th anniversary show and our final event !
The club's other major event is still running and the 2025 event will be on Sunday 1st June, HARDY COUNTRY CLASSIC TOUR
which supports the Weldmar Hospice in Dorchester. Entry details from Terry Downton the new organiser
[email protected]
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Show Day Timeline.
| 1999 | The first Annual Show took place in early July and around 35 - 40 vehicles turned up and a few stalls a beer tent and Doc Romanes steamed his engine up from Portesham . £150 was raised for Cancer Care Dorset. |
| 2000 | Our second Show saw more of everything and we were supporting the Clic charity in this year. |
| 2001 | We supported the Clic charity and we raised £1,500 in this year. |
| 2002 | We had more vehicles and machinery than previous years and we were supporting the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, we donated £2,000 to them in this year ! |
| 2003 | Another very successful Show took place, and we donated £2,000 to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2004 | We were pleased to support the charity Riding for the Disabled in this year, we donated £925 to this charity. |
| 2005 | Our 7th Annual Show enjoyed another very successful day, and we were able to donate £2,000 to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2006 | Although we had some rain in this year, we still managed to donate £1,150 to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance from our 8th event. |
| 2007 | Unfortunately we had another wet Show for our 9th Show ! We donated over £1,000 to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance in this year. |
| 2008 | 10th Anniversary Show was a great day, we donated £2,500 to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2009 | £2,560 Our largest donation to charity from our Show was presented to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2010 | Although our charity donation was down, we had another very successful day for our 12th Show. |
| 2011 | £960 was donated from our 2010 Show to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2012 | Our Show was postponed until July due to the weather, and it was held at the end of July at Bagwell Farm Touring Park about 1 mile from our usual site. £920 was donated to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2013 | The 15th Anniversary Show had a slight increase with us donating £1,000 to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, and we were back on our usual site in this year ! |
| 2014 | £1,250 was donated in this year to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. |
| 2015 | The 17th Annual Show once again supported the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, and we donated £1,250. |
| 2016 | The 18th Show saw us move site again, the second time in our history. We were forced to use the car park field to hold the Show in, and although we had rain come in at the end of the day we enjoyed another great Show. We welcomed a new entertainer Nina Garcia from Dorchester, and we donated £1,000 to the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, a charity we have supported now for many years. |
| 2017 | The 19th Show was another great success, 2 new entertainers joined our stage line up, the oldest vehicle was a 1915 Buick car that travelled down from Somerset. Chesil Beach Motors sponsored the 1st prize on the draw £500. |
| 2018 | 20th Anniversary Show on 24th June. |
| 2019 | After 20 years, we had a break from running a show! |