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Club meeting Friday 8th March 2024 at 7PM at the Club House, Orton Lane, Twycross, CV9 3HA
also Easter BINGO *

Easter Open Weekend

The Club and Museum will be open to visitors Saturday 30th, Sunday 31st March and also Monday 1st April.

The Museum will be open from 10a.m. with refreshments available.
There is FREE entry and FREE parking for this event so come and join us and have a look around. There will be a Tractor Run on Sunday 31st.

___1st January 2024 Crank Up and Tractor Run.__

The Museum will be open from 10a.m. with refreshments available.
There is FREE entry and FREE parking for this event so come and join us and have a look around.

_________Club Open Weekend - Free Entry______________

The Club will be open to visitors on Saturday and Sunday 30th September and 1st October 2023.

The Museum and buildings will all be open with food and refreshments available. Lots of displays to view and wonder about. All welcome - FREE Entry

Tractor Road Run 29thOctober

***********************Raising funds for the Air Ambulance****************

Now the harvest is in, and all you vintage tractor owners out there, join us for a Tractor Road Run on Sunday 29th October 2023. Entry is FREE.With donations towards the Air Ambulance

********** Bank Holiday Weekend 25th, 26th and Monday 27th May 2023**********

The Club hosted an Open Weekend on Saturday 25th until Monday 27th May 2023, with exhibits throughout. The Museum and buildings were all open with food and refreshments available. There was a Tractor Road Run on Sunday 26th May commencing at 10:30 a.m. . Everbody was welcome, to come and have a browse and a chat. Free entry with funds raised for the club and the Air Ambulance.

Tomorrows antiques collected today - Wolsey Hornet

Tomorrows antiques collected today - PO Bike.

Here we have a bicycle, used for delivery by the Post Office (Royal Mail) for decades. A common sight, even now but for how long? Another great addition to our Museum.

Presentation of a cheque to the Air Ambulance 2021

Presentation of the cheque took place on Saturday 9th October 2021 at the meeting place and yard at Woodside Farm, Twycross and was attended by 21 members. The cheque for £800 was presented by Robert Vero, land owner, to Colin Measom, a volunteer with The Air Ambulance Service who was accompanied by his wife, Aileen, also a volunteer. The money was raised from a charity tractor run on August Bank Holiday Sunday as part of a rally organised by The Central Midlands Vintage Stationary Engine Society.

L-R Colin Measom, Air Ambulance volunteer, Robert & Ann Vero, land owner
Group photograph of members at the presentation.

Yesterdays antiques collected today - Land Girls Bicycle

Here we have a very old Bicycle. The paintwork is original and we believe it to be a Land Girls machine. Let us know if you recognise the style as something different. It will go in the Museum alongside a Butchers Bike.

Also we hope to have fresh in to the Museum a Ferguson 35 Petrol Parafin Tractor circa 1959 (yes thats all we currently know about it). Just arrived this 1957 Allis-Chalmers b. The model b was produced to replace the horse on the numerous American small farms. It was very successful.

Make and model unknown at present

The model b

Tomorrows antiques collected today - Peugeot

Very stylish, very French. This rare Peugeot motorised bike is just one of a series of motorised bicycles in the Museum.

Tomorrows antiques collected today - Tins

New (to us) shelving has enabled us to show the collection of historic tins and containers to better effect. If you find an old tin that you think would add something to the collection then bring it along.

The Fire

On 27th Decvember 2017 in the early hours we were informed that the Club workshop was ablaze.

The Workshop, Blacksmiths shop and Storage sheds were completely destroyed along with the Static caravan.

Fortunately no one was hurt, the Fire briage and Fire officer prevented the fire from spreading to the main Museum building and the rest of the site.

Our thanks to the Emergency services for their prompt and efficient responce.

Along with the Landlord, the decision is to rebuild the Workshops - Bigger and Better.

British National Ploughing Championships 2019

British National Ploughing Championships 2018

Over 250 champion ploughmen and women from throughout Great Britain converged on the village of Austrey near Atherstone in Warwickshire on 13th and 14th October for the 68th British National Ploughing Championships. Gale force winds and rain over the two days failed to dampen the enthusiasm. 250 acres of Tractors, Horses and Steam Engines all devoted to ploughing was a sight to behold.

Bobs Engine Club members and their exhibits formed a major part of the static display and can be seen in the videos that follow. The Tea,Coffee and Sunday Soup provided to members and friends were most welcome.



Here we have a Drone's eye view of the buildings and geography of the club and associated buildings in June 2018. The heap of rubble is the remains of theworkshop buildings that were destroyed in the fire. As can be seen we have started on the new foundations, we are rebuilding the workshop, bigger and better.




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The Club

The Club The club started in 1997, it’s aims are the restoration and presentation of old stationary engines, or barn engines as they are sometimes known, including any relevant farm machinery and equipment, vintage collections and memorabilia.  We have members with Barn engines, tractors, motor bikes, cars, working and static displays as well as models. For example we have collections of Tilley lamps, old cameras, a collection of milk churns, vintage lawn mowers, wooden toys, blow lamps, kitchen and laundry equipment, working miniature steam, cycles and auto cycles; in fact all things vintage!

Meetings Meetings are held on the second Friday of every month, except for December, at Woodside Farm, Orton Lane, Twycross, Leicestershire CV9 3HA from 7.30PM onwards.  In December the club holds a social event on a Saturday night, attendance is not obligatory, but all are made very welcome – tea and coffee come free of charge. Other refreshments are on sale and a raffle is held to help defray the cost of the evening.

Membership Cost of membership is £25 per year, the membership fee includes a £5,000,000 public liability insurance, covering any rally or show in the British Isles providing members adhere to the safety code.  At most shows and rallies proof of insurance will be asked for, it is therefore advisable to carry your membership card to all shows. Also included with you club membership is N.F.U. Countryside membership, allowing access to their stands, usually at agricultural shows.


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Contact For further information please contact the secretary, whose details are on the contact page. Other clubs are very welcome to join us on our show days. For further information please contact the secretary.  Details as above.

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