Vintage fair ‘successful’
About 25.000 people visited the Lions Vintage Country Fair held at the week-end at the corner of Styx Mill Road and the Main North Road. Although attendance was down on the previous fair of its type, the chairman of the organising committee. Mr C. C. de Lambert, said that it had been “very successful." The fair's purpose was to raise money for the St John Ambulance Association to buy cardio-pulmonary resuscitation equipment. ’ Mr de Lambert said that about $lO,OOO would probably be given to the association, after organising expenses
and the participating bodies' share were deducted. Static and working demonstrations. handcraft and other displays all reflected the vintage’ theme of the week-end. "It was probably the biggest collection of 'vintage machinery in the Christchurch area." said Mr de Lambert. The traction engines, threshing machines, and others came from as far as Blenheim, from museums and private collections. The “vintage” arts included lead-light windowmaking and spinning.
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