Wartime in the Vale 2009

27th June 2009

An exhibition of Wartime Vehicles (and a few other vehicles as well), in a similar fashion to the Evesham Vintage Easter Gathering, and at the same location, Ashdown Farm, between Evesham and Badsey. These photographs are from the Saturday; I took 174 photographs in total and this collection currently represents 14% of the total photographs taken. As with the Easter Gathering, I have blanked road vehicle registrations for security, but can supply versions with the registration showing if required.

I did this primarily for practice on a moving airborne target, in this case the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's C47 "Dakota". However, disaster nearly struck as I forgot to pack my spare battery, and I only realised its absence when I came to change batteries at around 2pm. Fortunately, I was able to squeeze enough power from the current battery to cover the simulated mortar attack and the Dakota Flypast, and with the battery just about depleted I returned home.

The lighting was somewhat variable during the day, especially in the morning, when it was somewhat overcast, and the ISO settings vary somewhat on this photographs. The mortar discharge and the Dakota flypast were done at a high ISO setting as I chose speed over quality, and was using a long lens.

I have supplied the organisers of this event with six photographs from this collection; at present they do not wish for a full set, so anyone with a vehicle in this collection can contact me via the "Leave a Message" link on the home page of this site, stating which vehicle is required, and I will supply them with a copy of the file.

[More military vehicle photographs can be found in my Bovington Tank Museum collection. More vintage vehicles can be found in the Evesham Vintage Easter Gathering and Evesham Vintage Steam Rally Collections. Photographs of the BOBMF Lancaster can be found in my Evesham River Festival 2008 collection]

Exhibit 46 - Land Rover TACR-1, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4371.JPG 2009-06-27 09:49:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 158 - Raleigh RM9, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4385.JPG 2009-06-27 10:09:00 Buy Print	"Dig for Victory" Garden, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4391.JPG 2009-06-27 10:19:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 245 - Allis Chalmers Tractor, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4393.JPG 2009-06-27 10:21:00 Buy Print
Exhibit 86 - Bedford M1120 Laboratory, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4396.JPG 2009-06-27 10:25:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 8 - SAS "Pink Panther" Land Rover, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4397.JPG 2009-06-27 10:28:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 190 - Bedford OWL, Wartime in the Vale 3586x2391 Vale_Wartime_4398.JPG 2009-06-27 10:30:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 184 - AM General Troop Carrier, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4401.JPG 2009-06-27 10:33:00 Buy Print
Exhibit 271 - 1934 Wolseley Hornet Special, Wartime in the Vale 3405x2270 Vale_Wartime_4405.JPG 2009-06-27 10:42:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 297 - Aston Martin DB6, Wartime in the Vale 3529x2352 Vale_Wartime_4409.JPG 2009-06-27 10:46:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 255 -AKTIV Snow Trac, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4416.JPG 2009-06-27 11:05:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 223 - Ford GPW, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4417.JPG 2009-06-27 11:07:00 Buy Print
Clare Challener, 1940s singer, Wartime in the Vale 1979x2968 Vale_Wartime_4421.JPG 2009-06-27 11:12:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 300 - "Jack Jones Butchers Van" from "Dads Army", Wartime in the Vale 3645x2430 Vale_Wartime_4429.JPG 2009-06-27 11:24:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 134 - Austin Tilly, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4430.JPG 2009-06-27 11:25:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 225 - Diamond T Wrecker, Wartime in the Vale 3666x2444 Vale_Wartime_4431.JPG 2009-06-27 11:26:00 Buy Print
Exhibit 157 - GKN Simba AFV, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4432.JPG 2009-06-27 11:29:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 109 - Fordson N Tractor, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4433.JPG 2009-06-27 11:34:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 126 - 1936 Vollkswagen Kubelwagen, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4470.JPG 2009-06-27 12:47:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 194 - Bedford TK6W, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4473.JPG 2009-06-27 12:54:00 Buy Print
Exhibit 232 - M36 Sherman Tank, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4476.JPG 2009-06-27 13:06:00 Buy Print	"I don't think you'll get much milk from this", Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4477.JPG 2009-06-27 13:14:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 298 - Fordson WOT2h RAF Radar Truck, Wartime in the Vale 3872x2592 Vale_Wartime_4482.JPG 2009-06-27 13:45:00 Buy Print	Exhibit 125 - Alvis Samaritan Tracked Ambulance, Wartime in the Vale 3412x2275 Vale_Wartime_4488.JPG 2009-06-27 14:03:00 Buy Print