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CAETANO SHOW
Salvador Caetano (UK) is holding a coach show at its Northampton premises from Sunday, April 13 to Tuesday April 15. The show will include both new and used coaches and will give operators an opportunity to see Caetano in the UK. The show will be at Caetano House, Tyne Road, Northampton and it will be open from 10.30am to 6.30pm daily.
• Within weeks of closing the doors on this year's International Handling and Storage Exhibition its organisers have announced the next one. IHSE'89 is scheduled for September 1989 and will once again be at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
This year's IHSE attracted 28,704 visitors during its fourday run, surpassing even the organisers' expectations.
• We have news of three events for historic commercial vehicle enthusiasts: • The first is the Sandwell Historic Vehicle Parade and Transport Show at Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich. This is the ninth year of the show and the organisers promise that more than 400 vehicles will congregate at the Savacentre, Oldbury at 10.15am on Sunday May 11 for the 32km (20 miles) parade to West Bromwich.
Admission will be free at Dartmouth Park, where there will be around 650 vehicles of all types, dating back to the early 1900s.
For more details contact Geoff Price on 021-502 3713.
I The 1986 Classic
Commercial Motor Show is on Sunday, July 20. Scheduled to appear are 100-150 historic commercial vehicles including trucks, buses, wreckers, showman's and military vehicles. There is a new class for fleets too.
There will be an autojumble and transport fleet market for those searching for that elusive part.
The venue is Wellesbourne Airfield off the A429 WarwickStow road near Stratford-uponAvon. Alan Wilson of 15 Muirfield Drive, Daventry, Northants has more details.
• The 25th Historic Commercial Vehicle London to Brighton Run takes place on Sunday May 4. The 200 vehicles in the run, which is sponsored by the Wincanton Transport Group, will leave Battersea Park, London between 6.30am and 9.30am.
They will travel via the A23 all the way, except for a diversion that takes them through Croydon town centre. The first vehicles will arrive in Brighton at ham-noon.
The organisers of the run, the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society, are also holding a Wheels of Yesterday rally in Battersea Park on May 3-5. Around 400 historic vehicles will be present. The opening hours are 10am to 6pm and admission is free.
Details are available from G. Sharman on 01-398 5661.