THIS year’s Classics on Show event set to run at the Showfield, Stokesley on Saturday, August 7, will have a definite Second World War feel with the addition to the line up of vehicles from Eden Camp.

The modern history themed museum near Malton will bring two of its popular 1943 exhibits from its extensive Second World War-related vehicle collection to the show, including a Triumph 3HW motorbike, and SAS Jeep Billy Boy.

Chris Mayes, of Stokesley Rotary Club, which organises the event, said: “These are really welcome additions to Classics on Show with both vehicles having played key roles in the last world conflict.

“The Triumph 3HW was popular with dispatch riders during the Second World War and though it was used by men, being lighter than the 550 it was ideal for women with the ATS, WREN and WRAF, while Billy Boy is a rare piece of military history, being part of the USA’s Lend Lease Agreement, given over to the British forces circa 1943/44, and adapted to suit airborne use and serving in the British Army until 1950.”

Eden Camp experts will be on hand at Classics on Show to answer all questions about the vehicles. They will also run a competition testing visitors’ knowledge, with the winner going home with a family ticket for a day out at the museum, where they can experience the sights, sounds, and smells of life on the Home Front and the Front Line, all set in the buildings and grounds of an original Second World War Prisoner of War camp.

Harriet Stainton, the museum's marketing manager, said: “We are excited about being part of the Classics on Show line-up and giving visitors a taste of some of the vehicles we have on show at Eden Camp. Classics on Show, like Eden Camp, is a great way of keeping history alive and of celebrating it in an entertaining and fun day out.”

Classics on Show 2021 is set for an exciting return after last year's outing was cancelled. This year’s event, which for the first time will feature a dedicated motorbike arena, has already attracted the support of the Yorkshire Coast British Motorcycle Club, which is planning to exhibit up to a dozen bikes.

Classics on Show 2021 is sponsored by Mathewson’s classic vehicle auctions of Thornton-le-Dale, SG Petch, the family run multi franchised car dealership, and Lexus Teesside. The show is free to enter for exhibitors, though donations are welcomed. Visitors pay £6 or £14 for a family ticket while auto jumble traders pay £15 for a standard pitch. The event regularly attracts up to 400 exhibitors. Funds raised from this year’s show will go to local and Rotary charities.