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REIGATE FESTIVAL One of the regular charity events supported by the SVVS is the Reigate Festival held in Reigate Town Centre where we support the Reigate Business Guild in raising money for various charities via various events including a noisily festive Caribbean Steel Band. |
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The SVVS Vehicle display is held in the now closed Tunnel Road which includes the famous Reigate Tunnel. Reigate Tunnel was opened in 1824 by Lord Somers beneath whose land the new road passed. The road provided a short cut on the route from London to Brighton. A gate was erected at the lower end, nearest the town and the tolls were levied which varied from 1/2 penny for a horse to 6 pence for a coach and four. Travellers on foot went through free. Tunnel Road was taken over and freed of tolls in 1858 by the Reigate Trust, which at this time had control of all roads in the county of Surrey; - all 27 miles of them. Reigate Tunnel is thought to be one of the very earliest road tunnels and pre-dates the Rotherhithe foot tunnel built by Brunel between 1825 and 1843 during the reign of George IV. Tunnel Road was eventually closed because it was too narrow for modern traffic which could not pass simultaneously in both directions. |
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The SVVS attendance grows year by year and is currently up to 27 cars. Cars on display in the Tunnel included, in order of arrival, |
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1952 Jaguar XK120, 1934 Austin 7, 1936 Jowett Jason, 1934 Morris Oxford, 1921 Amilcar, 1937 Ford Tourer, 1947 MG Y Saloon, 1910 Renault Char-a-Banc, 1946 Ford Anglia Special, 1946 MG TC, 1952 Healy Tickford, 1935 Riley Kestrel, 1937 Alvis Speed 25, 1957 Bentley S, 1937 Morris 8, 1933 Singer Le Mans, 1925 Singer 10/26, 1921 Citroen 5CV Cabriolet, 1933 Armstrong Siddeley Long 15, 1934 Packard, 1947 Triumph Roadster, 1930 Ford Model `A', 1956 Lancia Apia, 1936 Riley Kestrel Sprite, 1947 Ford Prefect, and a 1933 Singer 6. |
