The JOLLY THRESHER CAR & STEAM meeting, Boxing Day 2023
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- The "Tom Barlow" steam & classic cars meet at the Jolly Thresher pub in Lymm on Boxing Day 2023 is today's video. This is an event we'd been to some years previously - 2009 was the year of our last visit - note the very young Youthful Assistant shown briefly! After so many years it was due a return trip, so with Christmas Day behind us we headed along the M6 to re-acquaint ourselves with this informal meeting.
Steam vehicles are the key reason for the Jolly Thresher / Tom Barlow meet, and are joined every year by all manner of old cars, vans, tractors, lorries and motorcycles, making for a very enjoyable few hours. Everything gathers at the Jolly Thresher, then a short run down the road takes places to the next pub, The Wheatsheaf, where the vehicles congregate once more. For some entrants that's it, whereas others then set off down the road for a couple of miles down to the Ye Olde No.3, another well-established watering hole in the area.
It was great to see the steam rollers and traction engines that turned up, my favourite of the steamers though was the wonderful Sentinel steam wagon shown in the thumbnail. It's always a treat to see such vehicles at vintage events, but even better to see them driving along on the road.
Cars present at the Jolly Thresher in Lymm this year included a couple of Jeeps, a superb Austin 16 alongside an equally smart Chevrolet Corvair, Moggy Minor and others, plus "fly bys" from a Gilbern (several times) and an immaculate Jensen Interceptor. Various motorcyclists turned up on their venerable machines, as did a groovy Dodge van and a fine pair of trucks. Tractors were also very well represented.
We'll definitely make the effort to re-visit the Jolly Thresher/Tom Barlow car & steam meeting next year on Boxing Day, if I get myself organised enough perhaps we'll drive over in something appropriate.
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wow what a gathering, love the steamers, could almost smell them. Thank you for a wonderful year of videos.
Thanks so much for an entertaining video, Rick. Although the drivers in the area didn't seem too impressed by the steamers and tractors, I admire the willingness of the vintage owners to bring out their iron on a less than perfect day. Happiness is a warm steam engine!
A first rate meeting and very interesting video RJ. Pity about the weather and some impatient, selfish and moronic drivers the number of which are increasing on a daily basis.
Wow...The Croppers Foden and still with Shipstones Stars on the front ...Positively Loin Stirring...Thank You....
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These shows of real enthusiasts are brilliant by not being commercialised, and I am so glad that you both have been able to involve we old oily rag vehicle enthusiasts.
Rob
Yes these informal get-togethers are usually a lot of fun
Nice to chat with you on the day. I have the bronze Dodge Tradesman.
Cheers it was neat to see your Dodge, it sounded the part too
Great content thanks guys 👍
Another great video and a better hat !
Ha I've broken out the winter hat wardrobe, normal service will resume in the warmer weather :)
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Great turnout of vehicles, love the steam roller and traction engines, plus the Sentinel S6 that represented steam trucks final fling.👍
The garage towards the end was called Agden Park Motors. I once bought a Ford KA from there.
Really nice mix of vehicles there my favourite was the Austin 16 it looks fit for a king 👑 👌👍🏻
Thanks 👍
Mickey Thomson 1960 first American to break 400 mph I think he competed in and built many varied motor sports
Thanks for sharing as always and all the best for 2024!
Thanks, same to you too!
great blog keep them coming Gary from Crewe
What a Boxing Day treat everything you wish to see then topped off with steam
Thank you for a great year of videos thanks for all the effort
Lucking forward to 2024
Happy new year to you😊😊😮
Thanks for watching these uploads!! all the best
Thank you for a great video. It reminds me of the Boxing day meeting in Wickham, Hampshire I used to attend. That started as a bike meet and turned into a large gathering of bikes, classic cars, military vehicles and memorabilia stalls.
Glad you liked it, thanks for supporting the channel in 2023!
Oi Guv! Another great video. Lovely way to begin my Saturday...with a hot cuppa and one of your brilliant vids! Greetings and Happy Holidays from across the pond!❤️🇬🇧❤️
Thanks Jeff, all the best to you too
Really enjoyed this one - especially the steam vehicles. Happy New Year.
Thanks, Happy New Year to you also!
Great video, and Robert is correct, these car owners are real enthusiasts. happy New Year to you are the family. Bob
Happy new year!
My American serviceman brother in-law had a brand new hardtop Corvair Monza back in 1962. I was 11 when I had my first ride in it, out to the airbase in Fairford. I thought I was in heaven.
Cool, can't have been too many around
A very youthful assistant lol love it xx
Ha yes I had to seek permission before showing that photo :)
Very many thanks for sharing this Rick. The Sentinel steam lorry BRF 200 belonged to The Cambridge Gas Works in the 1950s & I can remember as a small child seeing it regularly ply loaded with coal from the rail sidings then on Coldhams Road in Cambridge to the gas works on Newmarket road where a Tesco supermarket now stands. a great channel thank You.
That's interesting! It's a spectacular vehicle to see driving along, I was very pleased to see it turn up when it did
Great video.I could hear the enthusiasm in your voice!!!Fantastic collection of vehicles .Happy New year to you all.
Thanks so much! Yes a great do, it felt like ages since we'd been to a show but it's probably only been a few weeks :)
WOW, what a varied collection of vehicles ! There really was something for everyone there. Looks like you had a great day out, despite the rain. I hope you, Harley and Mrs OCC had a lovely Christmas and enjoy your New Year. I'm looking forward to all your videos of 2024, so here's hoping you get plenty of footage to share with us all. Thanks and take care 🙂
Thanks Michael, it was only a brief shower so we were pretty lucky (the weather next day was appalling)
This video reminds me how much I miss living and growing up in the uk..
The passengers on the Lymm Salt trailer towed by the traction engine would have enjoyed a good few pints and wouldn't have minded getting wet! Great video as always but it made me sad that here in Gateshead and Newcastle there's no such events taking place. My wife's grandfather was a proud Norfolk man who ran and looked after all the ploughing traction engines and those used to power the giant threshers so she loves the sight and smells of steam powered vehicles. I prefer old tractors which remind me of driving a few when I used to work in my area erecting fences and buiding outdoor and indoor horse arenas. Happy New Year to you and Harley and keep those great videos coming!
Thanks for following our channels, I'm sure there'll be similar gatherings up in the North East?
A brilliant video, I must have missed this one because I am a subscriber to OCC.
Better late than never eh!! :-) thanks for checking it out
I agree. You can never ever have too many bits of wood!
Favourite: Bright yellow 1982 VW Pickup 35:45
Lovely Gilbern!
I can remember the Crosville recovery vehicle (or one very similar) in action with a broken-down bus, when I was a student in Wrexham back in the early 70s.
Thanks for keeping me entertained all year. Great videos, keep them coming. Happy New year to you Harley and all the family
Thanks, we'll do our best!
I love the old steamers, I was getting a bit of the Fred Dibnah's with the traction engine. The Sentinel S6 was very well restored. I don't mind seeing some in their original state but as you say some have to be restored to make them function. I love the Austin 16 and yes it is very similar to the Ford Pilot. I hope you made a note of those lovely wing mirrors, those are exactly the ones I had in mind for your car. A very good selection for a Boxing Day turn out. A Happy New Year to you Rick, Mrs. OCC and not forgetting Harley, very young and a bit older! 👍👍
Thanks Stephen, yes it was a grand day out indeed
12:38 Driven by the Ant Hill Mob? 😋
Ransom Eli Olds founded Oldsmobile, he was kicked off his own board so founded another company using his initials REO. So the Army truck and the Eighty Eight are cousins.
Thanks for the Jolly Thresher, I loved it because it brought back childhood memories and because I love old commercials and steam vehicles as well as cars.
Because I usually watch You Tube on TV I find it difficult to comment so I have saved up a few.
A while ago you showed an E Type Jag with an A & B Motors sticker in the back window. We lived almost opposite the A & B, before we moved to the pub in Lymm, the Star in Statham not the Jolly Thresher. My Dad was very friendly with the A & B and may have had some interest in it (financially or otherwise). He played for Everton and when he stopped playing and became a coach we loved to the pub in Lymm for 3 years before moving to Crosby, Liverpool.
My Dad was very into cars, he used to swap his cup final tickets every year for a 'new' second hand car from a garage in Bromborough on the Wirral. We ended up with some quaint things - a Triumph Roadster, which my mother immediately made him change for something more practical. A limo of some sort that had belonged to some duke - the took kit was velvet lined. That had to go quick as well. Both were too thirsty.
Later I married a 'tin smith, copper smith' a member of the London Guild of Tin Smiths/Copper Smiths. After his apprenticeship he worked for Vauxhall, we were in Luton at this time as my dad transferred to Luton Town. At Vaux. my husband Roy built new cars from the blueprint, 3 one to speed test in Tunisia. one to rough track test until it disintegrated and one to drive into a concrete block at 30mph.
He also, later did some work for Harvey Smith for Aston Martin.
We were headhunted by the State of Queensland in Australia, offered a new house to rent with the option to buy, which we did and which I still live in 52 years later.
While I cannot see to drive I have been, while in the UK, technical officer for Toddington and District Motorcycle Club and worked in Second Hand car finance where at only 18 I was given a financial allocation to buy cars. I had to do things like checking chassis numbers against engine numbers, if you had an Austrin motor in a Riley body I would send out a rep to look for the weld marks where two cars had been joined!
I haven't had so much to do with cars, bikes etc here as my husband was bitten by a 'King Brown' what they now call an Eastern Brown Snake, like the one they found at the tennis recently. King Browns can strike more than once, my husband cut one in half while helping a friend harvest sugar cane. Although they stabilized him he died 2 years later of sepsis. The result of the bite.
Enough from me - have a wonderful New Year and keep up the wonderful You Tube channel that I love so much, that keeps me in touch with my childhood and the cars etc I love.
Thanks that was an interesting read, glad these videos are of interest!!
Terrific video to end 2023! Star of the show was definitely the super Austin 16, although I'm not too sure about the whitewall tyres. At an initial glance I thought it was the OCC Pilot! I really enjoyed seeing the traction engines, steam rollers and lorries. Solid engineering, made to last and will still be a pleasure long after Teslas and that ilk are long forgotten.
Thanks Colin!
It has just occurred to me that Mrs OCC must be very tolerant to let you and Harley loose on Boxing Day!🙂@@oldclassiccarUK
4.44; the clown cars have arrived!
Aec 760up is a 1943
Why do I only hear about local car shows after they have been and gone. I would have loved to seen them all.
I miss loads too, need to search google for show dates in your area, check facebook for events etc etc
Good turn out ,pity you didn't feature alot of the best cars in your instead of corsair which rubbish when they were new ,with a lot of safety issue ,the lovely Jensen and Bentley are more worth featuring ,still good video the old engine never fail to please
I did my best! It's a Corvair, yes the earlier version did come in for some criticism from the likes of Ralph Nader but these second gen cars were improved I believe. I would have featured the Jensen more but it only drove by twice so I was lucky to get any footage of it. Thanks for watching.
Gave up to many adds.
If I didn't let ads run, I couldn't spend the time and money that the vids take to put them together (just like TV albeit on a smaller scale obv)
Thanks for your videos, are awesome, since my childhood I like all those British lorries, and I have some of them of Matchbox Corgi and so on.
the sentinel wagon is a fantastic piece of machinery! and a cracking turn out of vehicles. great video!
Thanks, yes the Sentinel is an amazing machine
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Narration is spot-on.
Glad you enjoyed it!