4 NEWS - Transport Trust Restoration Award winner; New Transport group in the west; Dad's Army Museum opens; RA Thorney Island open day

16 OFF TO THE COAST - Ken Rimell travelled to the coast to await the arrival of entrants on the 39th London to Brighton Run

20 A LONG WAY FROM HOME - Gary Merrin relates the tale of how an Austin 7 van from Sussex found itself in Australia

24 MINI MATADOR - Bill Charleson looks under the skin of his superb Meccano model Matador

30 A GEM MUSEUM - WITH DIAMONDS CLOSE BY - Peter Durham visits the Rushden Historical Transport Society's Museum

36 20 YEARS AND WORTH IT - Ken Rimell tells the tale of a rare Fordson WOT1 and took 20 years to fully restore

40 PICKFORD'S - COMPETITION AND THE END OF AN ERA - Robert Coates continues the history of Pickfords looking at how they managed to fight off another form of competitor

44 FIRE WATCH - John Warden resumes his series on the machines used by Leicester City Fire Brigade, looking this month at water tenders

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50 OPEN DOORS AT COBHAM - VCV's Jeff Colledge found the Cobham Bus Museum's open day was well worth the visit

53 BOMGING ALONG ON 'THE BOMBER' - Hugh Dougherty rediscovers a special old friend from the Glasgow fleet

54 CLASSIFIED COMMERCIALS

58 SUNNY SANDBACH - J. Crosse reports on this year's Sandbach Festival of Transport where, naturally, Fordens and ERFs dominated.

4 NEWS - Transport Trust Restoration Award winner; New Transport group in the west; Dad's Army Museum opens; RA Thorney Island open day

16 OFF TO THE COAST - Ken Rimell travelled to the coast to await the arrival of entrants on the 39th London to Brighton Run

20 A LONG WAY FROM HOME - Gary Merrin relates the tale of how an Austin 7 ....