VINTAGE ENTERTAINMENT
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Earlier this summer, the Hawk and Foden the dog, had, as the song says, a "perfect day", when they took an excursion to witness the Leicester Mercury's Historic Vehicle Pageant.
More than 1,500 vintage vehicles took part in the pageant, which drew a crowd of 50,000 spectators. Appropriately forts twelfth year, the event kicked off with a spectacular 12-mile cavalcade from Leicester Racecourse to Abbey Park, and included military and emergency service vehicles, cars, buses, tractors and motor cycles.
Sue Hollins, promotions manager from sponsor" The Leicester Mercury' remarked or the excellent turnout: "We had more entries this year than ever before, but there's no reason why we can't break our record in the millennium."
Fighting talk indeed. Well she can count on this old bird showing up again next year, with wagging mutt in tow.