Rolleston Transport Festival & Grand Garage Sale Tour 2010
Monday 31 May 2010, 10.00am - 5.00pm, Croft & Village

Swingboats, Bouncy Castle, Children’s Entertainer, Pony Rides, Punch & Judy, Magician, Miniature Railway Rides, Skittles, Raffle. Festival Teas in the Old Grammar School. Festival food in Rolleston Club. Classic vehicles including: cars, motor cycles, lorries, tractors, buses, coracles, stationary engines, model railway and much more. A fantastic family day out. Proceeds to St Mary’s Church Fund, Methodist Chapel and Rolleston Pre-School.

This year's Transport Festival coincided with the Village Grand Garage sale, as last year. Another chance to clear the garage, loft and attic! One mans junk is another man’s treasure.

A free (donations) bus left the church every half hour to tour the village.

Click here to see a video of the Beyer Peacock steam wagon leaving the village.

You may ask what Rolleston, a little hamlet at the start of the 20th century when road transport was in its infancy, has to do with the history of transport. Many will be surprised to know that there is an interesting history of transport associated with Rolleston. The Mosleys were the first people to own a car in the village - a Sunbeam. bought in the 1920s. The local blacksmith, Frank Topley, was expert at making and repairing leaf springs and people came from a long way to have new springs made for their cars (and carts). Perhaps more significantly, the owner of Burton car makers Baguley - Major Baguley lived in the Grey House in School Lane.