MORE than 130 vehicles have already booked in for Barney’s Classic and Retro Vehicle Show on Sunday.
It is the third year the fundraising automotive display, which features a mini-run up the dale for car owners, has been held at Barnard Castle School.
Despite recent bad weather organiser Jonathan Wallis is confident the sun will be shining on the day, when Barnard Castle Band will be entertaining visitors, for the bumper show.
He said: “The weather is looking good for the weekend but if the rain continues the field won’t be right for the cars to come in. We’ve got 135 booked in and another 35 on a waiting list and that’s growing.”
The event has been supported by local businesses High Force Scaffold, New Bridgegate Tyres, McGarry’s Solicitors and Harpers Developments ensuring money raised by the event goes towards the town’s Christmas Lights Group and Cancer Research UK.
Mr Wallis added: “I believe though this weekend will be the start of a heatwave, but I’d advise people to bring their ponchos along just in case.”
There will be catering and refreshments on site along with afternoon tea stands and a bar. Entry is free for spectators but donations are welcome.The show opens at 9am with the car run scheduled to depart about 11am.
![A COUNTY councillor is backing a campaign to get a pedestrian crossing in Staindrop. Frustrated parish councillors in the village summoned their county council representative Cllr George Richardson to their latest meeting to discuss several issues, including the call for a safe way to cross the A688. Earlier this year their request for a crossing was turned down by the county council’s highways officers. Parish council chairman Jonothan Raper described the reasons for the refusal as “spurious” and called on Cllr Richardson to support their campaign. He added: “One of the arguments they made was there is no clear line of desire when they studied the village – well this isn’t a clear line of desire because there isn’t a crossing, people cross whenever they can. “When the lollipop person was there, one of the things I noticed was people would walk all the way down to the lollipop person to cross the road to go to the shop or to go to the school.” He added a problem of parking at the primary school is exacerbated because people are too afraid to walk their children across the road. Cllr Richardson said he had supported previous attempts for a crossing point with the first being made about 15 years ago. He added: “We went fairly well down the road with that and they looked into it. The only recommended place was where the bus stop is and to get the visibility splays, people on the other side of the road would lose their parking. “That didn’t go down well so it just died a death.” Cllr Raper said he suspected the real reason for the officers’ refusal was the cost of installing a crossing. He added that much of the cost could be recovered from savings made on not having to employ a lollipop patrol. Cllr Raper said: “A lollipop person only provides a benefit of crossing for three hours of the day. You are getting 21 extra hours of crossing time [with a pedestrian crossing].” Cllr Richardson said he would raise the issue with the county council’s cabinet member for highways, Cllr John Shuttleworth.](https://teesdalemercury.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/georgeR-120x86.jpg)
