Motoring Festival Wheels Into Its 11Th Year

19 July 2013

PRESS RELEASE

Motoring Festival Wheels into its 11th Year

Sunday 28 July, 2013

Black Country Living Museum’s Festival of Black Country Vehicles wheels into its 11th year on Sunday 28th July, 2013 and this year’s line up promises to be even bigger and better than ever. Music and motors are on the menu as vintage vehicles mingle with classic jazz at the Museum’s annual gathering of cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles and bicycles.

A multitude of motoring marvels will cavalcade around the Museum site and famous name marques trip off the tongue like entries from a motoring Who's Who. The festival showcases more than 120 vintage vehicles including Austin, Bean, Clyno, Jensen, Lomax, Quantum, Rickman, Star, Sunbeam, Swallow, Turner andWestfield.

The vehicles, built in the Black Country, range from 1913 up until the present day and celebrate the innovationand ingenuity ofthe region’smanufacturing heritage.

Enthusiasts are sure to steer a fast track towards Black CountryLivingMuseum for a weekend of motoring entertainment which is sure to be the torque of the town!

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Press Contacts

For further information please contact:

Fiona Carding, Media Relations Executive, Black CountryLivingMuseum. Tel: 0121 521 5692 Mobile: 07901 575995

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Caption: Costumed Guides Betty Southall and Alan Mason in a 1901 Sunbeam Mabley.

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About the Museum

Established in 1978, Black CountryLivingMuseum is one of the UK’s leading open-air museums. Designated by Arts Council England for the quality and national significance of its collections, it is a remarkable place to explore, enjoy and spend time. Set in 26 acres with over 150 historic buildings and features, and attracting c250,000 visitors each year and almost 8m people since it first opened, it offers a glimpse into 200 years of history like no other. The Museum (a registered educational charity) records and exemplifies thecontribution and impact of the Black Country region since the 18th century to the development of the modern industrialized world. Black Country folk changed the world, and the Museum tells the story of a very special time and place in history and some of the most hard-working, ingenious and influential people you could imagine. It offers a visitor experience that few others can match.