THE Streatham and District Historical Society held its 6th Annual Vintage Tractor and Machinery Day on Sunday.
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The event featured restored tractors, stationery and traction engines, vintage motorcycles and vehicles, old fashioned blacksmithing and blade sheep shearing.
Rally secretary Jennifer McKenna said the event drew a good crowd considering it was going up against the AFL and NFL grand finals.
”It was successful. We probably were down in exhibits for the men as in tractors and that, but the stalls and the food and the actual attendance was good,” she said.
”Given that we are fighting against the grand finals and daylight saving and now it’s the middle week of the school holidays this year instead of the end of school holidays.
”I thought it was really successful and I was really pleased with it.”
Ms McKenna said she was yet to count the numbers of attendees but the show would make its annual donation to Beyond Blue.
”We still haven’t calculated that. We were all so exhausted on Sunday night,” she said.
The vintage rally’s annual attraction, a Scobies’ traction engine once again fired up for the crowd.
There was also entertainment for younger visitors, including a Meccano display.
”Noodles the Clown had a good following of children and the magic show as great,” Ms McKenna said.
”I went through and spoke to everybody and everybody seemed to be enjoying their day and had a great time.”
There was also a variety of stalls including food from the Willaura Lions club.