For several years, the little village of Uppermill hosts a military vehicle show titled "Yanks." The show is held as a tribute to the John Schlesinger film of the same name. Yanks was actually filmed in the locale and several members of our group in 1978 took part as extras in the film shoot, including my brother with my Willys MB.
The best thing about Yanks is many of the villagers dress up in period wartime clothes and help celebrate the event, with the quiet little backwater becoming a hive of activity. The pubs (as you will see later) are packed with customers, the local transport company provides an old Leyland Tiger coach for passengers and the partying goes on all day and into the night.
Some nice vehicles turn up....it isn't unusual to see a half-track roar through the village and there's plenty of WW-II vehicles to gaze at. There are also later vehicles on show (including a Gama Goat and a couple of M38 jeeps) and although not "period correct"...they are made welcome like everyone is.
I hope you get the feel of the show from the pictures we took.
Enjoy.....
Ken
Here's the first batch of photos...................

Above.... a heavily-loaded jeep post-D-Day with every conceivable accessory.

Above....a pair of despatch-rider motorcycles. The nearest one is a Matchless...the other is, I think, a BSA.

Above, a Land-Rover, a Ford GPW and a Jago Jeep.

The windscreen notice says it all. In the 70's, car maker Gordon Jago decided to build fibreglass bodies in a jeep style, which were then assembled onto Ford Escort running gear. They were very popular for a while but are now rarer than the real thing.


Above....someone brought a steam engine !

Above...a post-war GAZ/UAZ 4x4 looking very nice......

Above....another Ford GPW with a US Navy jeep nearby.

Above....another wartime jeep with a folding para scooter on the front bumper.

Above. Another wartime jeep painted and marked as a British Desert Ops vehicle.

Above....a Hotchkiss French Army jeep marked up as a US Army WW-11 jeep.

Above.....a militarized CJ-3B. Several of these vehicles came from Austria years ago.
Anyway....that's yer lot for now. Another batch will be posted very soon.
Ken
Kind regards....
Ken
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