AN annual vintage and classic vehicle rally will be held this weekend.

The Northern Vintage Transport Association event is at Witton Castle, near Bishop Auckland, County Dur-ham, on Saturday and Sunday.

In addition to the 300 vehicle and machinery entries, there will be a funfair, fire safety displays, a bouncy castle, face-painting and a US Civil War re-enactment group.

Vehicles on display range from the 1920s to the 1980s, including Austin Box Seven micro cars, kit cars and specials.

Other attractions include Japanese motorcycles, a Second World War Brockhouse Corgi, a restored Austin Atlantic, wagons, caravans, tractors, fire engines and miniature steam models.

Admission is £6 per vehicle and pre-booked exhibiting vehicles are admitted free.

Published: 11/05/2004