THE OLD LAWNMOWER CLUB

ANNUAL RALLY 2002

Milton Keynes Museum

Saturday 18/Sunday 19 May

This year's Annual Rally and AGM was our most successful ever. We counted almost 200 machines on show at one point on the Sunday afternoon and, if we include the Museum's own display and the machines there on Saturday only, that makes over 250 on show at some point during the weekend. More than 60 Club Members were present at the AGM on Sunday morning.

This is a small selection of the mowers on show. Please click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger version of the picture.

THE INTERROGATORS!

Meeting up with old friends and making new ones is a big part of the rally. It's also a great chance to check out some unusual machines or take a closer look at something to see how it all fits together.

THE SETTING

The mowers were arranged on the grass in front of the Museum's lawn mower display building, either side of the gravel road running by the Hall of Transport. These shots show a selection of motor mowers from the 1920s and 1930s.

YOU DON'T SEE ONE OF THESE EVERY DAY!

There are always a few mowers that even the most avid collector hasn't seen.

From left to right these are:
Vantage hand mower from Stan Hardwick's collection.
Chain drive Multum In Parvo
Ransomes Bowling Green mower from the Hall & Duck Trust collection.
Collection of toy and model mowers belonging to Mike Tomkins.

GET TO WORK!

Some of the exhibitors even manage to get their mowers working!

Here's Richard Jones having a go with a 1920s Dennis motor mower belonging to Dusty Miller.

AND THE WINNER IS...

Each year the club members who come to the rally choose their favourite mower and the owner of that machine receives a special award, The Andrew Grout Plate, named after one of our founder members. This year the prize went to Tim Durant, coincidentally one of the Club's committee. This was the first time the prize has been won by a small hand mower in seven years.

Check out the images of the 2001 Annual Rally too!