Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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Stafford Bike Show is still apparently going ahead on 3rd/4th July despite lockdown not formally ending until later in July. See here:

https://www.classicbikehub.uk/News/arti ... goes-ahead

OK, so all well and good, but the venue historically used (and still in use for this event) is the Staffordshire County Show Ground.

There's only one small problem with that.

The County Show Ground is the major vaccination centre for the Stafford area. How is that going to work?
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Re: Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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Who knows how it's going to work, but having been once or twice, most attendees should be shielding, a nicotine stained beard and a beer gut will not protect you, especially when you're in your 70s.
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Re: Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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Meh, the old gits have already been double stabbed, it's the yoof at risk and they won't be there.
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Re: Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:44 pm Stafford Bike Show is still apparently going ahead on 3rd/4th July despite lockdown not formally ending until later in July. See here:

https://www.classicbikehub.uk/News/arti ... goes-ahead

OK, so all well and good, but the venue historically used (and still in use for this event) is the Staffordshire County Show Ground.

There's only one small problem with that.

The County Show Ground is the major vaccination centre for the Stafford area. How is that going to work?
They'll move the vaccination centre (or shut it down for the duration)

We got our first vaccines at Epsom race course , but couldn't book our 2nd one there because it was being moved to Sandown to make way for the racing.

Priorities old boy, priorities.....
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Re: Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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I would have thought that a vaccination centre took precedence over a show for motorcyclists, even if they are predominantly old gits smelling of elderberries/wee (delete as appropriate).

It's not exactly Royal Ascot, now is it?
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Re: Stafford Bike show (a.k.a. Rusty Old Shit show)

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mangocrazy wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:57 pm I would have thought that a vaccination centre took precedence over a show for motorcyclists, even if they are predominantly old gits smelling of elderberries/wee (delete as appropriate).

It's not exactly Royal Ascot, now is it?
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