(15 Nov 2016, 9:08 pm)Adrian wrote Do you know if the latter is in place of the Seaburn rally? Or is it an additional event for the calendar? 

Quite looking forward to it, but it would be strange going back a month later for another rally. I would not be surprised to see Whitley Bay dropped either.

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Unfortunately it's their land, and they can do what they like with it. I like the Metrocentre too, but you can't force someone to allow you to hold a free event.

Nothing has been mentioned publicly by the NEBPT about the 2017 calendar as far as I'm aware, apart from the 'Metrocentre'.

I always feel the Whitley Bay one could be combined with the Classic Car Show The Links has in September, as a joint event like how Seaburn is. But they are organised by different groups I suppose - with the Whitley Bay car show entirely North Tyneside Council's doing. We (THV) were invited to the Classic Car Show again this year via the Trust and took Atlantean 290, they had buses on the concrete (like the rally) but with cars on grass areas. I think many people are put off by the NEBPT Whitley Bay Rally by the fact that there will be fewer bus attendees.