As per last year (2023) the archive were invited by the Triumph Motor Cycle Club (Manchester branch) to have a stand at their concourse event held at the Navigation Inn, Woodley on Sunday the 29th July. It was a beautiful sunny day with over 150 motorcycles on display. We had planned to take the Ruby but that will have to wait until next year so we settled for our gazebo where we had on display a selection of Motor Cycle and brewery items. Many thanks to Evelyn Shepherd who helped me put up the stand and man it during the day. For me the highlight was talking to a couple who were looking at our collection of Belle Vue Speedway programmes. They explained that on their wedding day (12th July 1975) they went to Belle Vue to watch the speedway. Looking through the box of programmes I pulled out the one for that day and they spent the next ten minutes looking through it and commenting on the many memories it brought back to them about their wedding day.

At the end of the day the landlord of the Navigation was introduced to me and he handed over a pile of beer towels, drip trays and pump clips as a donation to the archive.