THESE are some of the best photos taken at the Basingstoke Festival of Transport 2023.
The popular event returned to War Memorial Park on Sunday, May 14, attracting hundreds of visitors to the park from Basingstoke locals to classic car fans from afar.
The show, organised by Basingstoke and Deane Rotary, started out as a Rally of Thornycroft Vehicles has now become one of the largest events of its type in the south of England attracting 860 vehicles.
One of the festival winners was David Baker, who displayed his 1948 Bedford M Type lorry which he restored with his grandson.
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He said: "I first saw my Bedford lorry on the London to Brighton Commercial Rally some years ago. As I always wanted a Bedford, this one immediately caught my eye, especially as the registration plate is my initials and the truck was built in the year and month I was born!
"In 2019 I tracked it down, parked in a front garden in Croydon where it was in a bit of a sorry state and not in use. I stuck up a deal with the owner and, as the lorry was a non-runner, transported it back to Oakley on one of our recovery trucks.
"Over the past four years, my grandson Freddie aged 13 and myself, have carried out mechanical repairs and completed the restoration, finishing the wooden platform body earlier this year."
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