NEC Nov.

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Hello there,

For this year’s Footman James Classic Motor Show, NEC, Birmingham, November 11-13:

The Clubs' THEME is:

‘Running in the Family’

One of the most common expressions you hear from our visitors when walking around the halls is ‘my Dad had one of those’ and this applies to every marque, from Reliants through to Rollers! It’s like looking through a family album for most people as they see the car they learnt to drive in or went on holiday in, the first motorbike they rode, etc.

It’s these vehicles and images of the car in relation to a family’s history we will be celebrating, the ones that might feature in our family photos and have a sentimental link for us all.

Of course, there are plenty of other ways to interpret the 'Family' theme too, it doesn't have to be all about actual family nostalgia.

Clubs may choose to interpret the theme with 'families' of V8 powered models, successful ‘families’ of racing cars, 'familes' of pioneering cars, and there could be many more different 'takes' on the theme.

One of the beauties of the show is the sheer variety, diversity and surprises that clubs always bring - we love seeing your ideas come to life!

We hope that this theme gives you plenty of food for thought and springs a few ideas forth. It's always difficult to come up with a theme that is truly generic but we think that, with this one, everyone can really get involved - whether it's a display of an entire marque's 'family' of cars, through to a simple display wall showing lots of your members lovely old' family snaps involving their cars etc.

Here's looking forward to November (by the way, Sandra's off on yet another holiday - hence me sending this out).

See you all soon.

Best regards,

Andy Rouse
Show Manager
The Footman James Classic Motor Show &
The Footman James Classic Motorbike Show
Clarion Events
The NEC
Birmingham
B40 1NT
Tel: 0121 767 2772
Fax: 0121 767 2880
Email: andy.rouse@clarionevents.com
www.necclassicmotorshow.com