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Author: | Anthony Hooker [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Hollycombe Steam In The Country Organ Event 24/25 July |
This seasons Organ Gathering to be held at Hollycombe Steam In The Country Liphook Hampshire will be held over the weekend of 24th & 25th July and will once again be combined with the working steam collections Fairground Weekend. This year sees several new exhibitors at the event including Mike & Liz Harris from Treorchy with their 105 DeCap style David Leech organ, Keith Pinner with the 68 key Decap "Lucy", Robert Clarke's 84 key Gavioli, Margaret Cook with the 46 key Wilhelm Bruder and Graham Beck with his 30 Pell Modular Organ to name a few Full list of organs attending are:(subject to availability) 105 note electro-mechanical David Leech organ which operates in a similar way to a deCap. – Mike & Liz Harris 89 key Van de Broek – Mike Mitchell 89 key Marenghi - Goff Radcliffe 84 Key Gavioli – Robert Clarke 69 keyless Dean "Charlotte Rose" - Ray Bryant 68 Key Decap Dance Organ "Lucy" – Keith Pinner 68 Midi John Smith – John Smith Self built 64 keyless midi operated John Smith design based organ - Steve Elliott 52 Van Eyck – Bobby Rawlins 49 keyless Ivatt Systeme Gavioli – Martin 46 Keyless Wilhelm Bruder – Margaret Cook 37 Key Verbeeck – John Morley in his Vintage Arcade 31 Keyless McCarthy street organ - Geoff Davis 31 note Pell hand turned organ – Andy Hinds (Sunday only) 30 note modular organ – Graham Beck 27 keyless Robert Hopp – Dave & Joan Wright 26 note John Smith Busker organ - Dave Clothier 25 note Pell Street organ – Dave Deakin (Sunday only) 25 note Pell paper roll hand turned organ – Brian Rapley (Sunday only) 22 note Trueman hand turned organ – Anthony Hooker 20 note Castlewood Busker organ & 14 note McCarthy “Babe” – Thomas & Ian Macey(Sunday only) 20 note Pell mini organ – Dave Clothier John Smith Universal, John Smith Senior 20 & Topsy – Terry & Margaret Pankhurst Display of organettes and small street organs - Norman Dicker & Brian Chapman Joining Hollycombe’s resident traditional steam powered fairground attractions for the Fairground Weekend will be a rare 1948 Fly-O-Planes ride. One of only two surviving examples and the only one in the UK. John Morley will be presenting his Vintage Old Time Arcade with an array of vintage slot, fruit and novelty machines, Fortune Teller and What The Butler Saw complete with his 37 key Verbeeck organ. He is also bringing along his lovely 1950s Winnards train ride which is a popular attraction for children and adults alike with its authentic classic "clickety clack" as the train goes around the track. For the children there will be a visiting traditional Juvenile Dobby Horse roundabout complete with Dean organ and a Juvenile Ark roundabout. There will be supporting fairground side shows as well as a display of fairground models, vintage fairground transport and showmans living wagons plus a gathering of traditional fair, street and dance organs. All this plus the steam collections railways and traction engine hauled rides too! See http://www.hollycombe.co.uk for more details. |
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