I hope that you are all keeping well in these testing times, as the COVID-19 virus is continuing its devastating impact around the world. Our thoughts go out to those impacted by the virus, both directly and indirectly.
We recently held a committee meeting to decide how we should proceed with All British Day 2021.
We decided that we will keep planning and organising; essentially business as usual. This decision has been taken as the amount of work that has to be done to prepare for All British Day simply cannot be left to the last minute.
Over the last few months, the COVID-19 regulations have changed considerably and possibly they will change again in the coming months. The best we can do is to keep monitoring the situation and keep updating you and our website.
Rest assured everyone’s health is of paramount importance to us and will continue to be. If we are given permission to proceed with ABD 2021, we no doubt will have to implement procedures to comply with COVID-19 regulations, whatever they may be next February. This will have an impact on how we run the day, so we do ask for your understanding if things are not running as smoothly as usual.
Like most other event organisers at present, we are planning on the run. We hope it is not the case, but if it eventuates that you have paid to attend All British Day 2021 and we do not get approval or our approval is revoked, or possibly event restrictions and distancing do not make the event viable by 30/11/2020 we would simply roll your entry over to ABD 2022. Again, the entry fee remains unchanged.
On a more positive note, looking to next February we are promoting two themes for ABD 2021.
The first is “British Working Wheels”. Via this theme we want to bring to the public’s attention the extent and diversity of British vehicles that have contributed in Australia over the decades, from the humble push bike to small capacity motorcycles, moving on to larger bikes possibly with side cars, and we would like to display examples of the daily runabouts /company cars.
We also would like to see the types of vehicles used by middle management, upper management and on to vice regal and government saloons.
Other British workhorses we would like to see are delivery vans, utilities, tractors, busses, and trucks, not forgetting that Britain also equipped the military with a diverse range of vehicles. We feel that there is plenty of scope to salute Britain’s working wheels contribution in the past and in our current times.
Britain was not all work and no play; we are also looking to celebrate the 60th year of the E type Jaguar, a car that could easily be described as the quintessential example of an elegant sports car. The E-type was the ideal car linking Jaguar’s recent racing history to the buyers that purchased this impressive car. It is a vehicle that turned heads 60 years ago and continues to do so. If you own a vehicle or know of someone that owns a vehicle that either fits the British Working Wheels criteria or has a Jaguar E-type, simply forward this letter to them!
At this stage we are expecting to open for entries on 1/10/2020, closing on 7/11/2020.
We will be monitoring the number and types of entries to ensure we can use the grounds effectively and host a balanced display.
Keep Safe.
Kind Regards,
Jamie Sandford -Morgan President – All British Day
