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Sunday 4 April 2027
Springfields Events Centre
Sunday 4 April 2027
Springfields Events Centre
Since 1987
The Spalding Model Tractor Show was founded in 1987 by Colin Boor and Stuart Gibbard, and has been held at Springfields ever since.
Date
Sunday 4 April 2027
Doors
Early bird 8:00am · General 10:00am–3:00pm
Venue
Springfields Events Centre, Spalding
Admission
£15 early · £10 general · Under 16s free
How it started
Bill Richardson ran a farm toy show on his farm in East Hatley, Bedfordshire, and it sparked the idea of a show closer to home. As Colin put it: “Why travel all over the country looking for model tractors when we could get them to come to us?” And so the Spalding Model Tractor Show was born.
Colin and Stuart were both arable farmers, and autumn was a busy time for them, so the first show went into the diary for the summer. Brian Norman later took over Bill’s show and moved it to Biggleswade.
Our story
1987
Colin Boor and Stuart Gibbard hold the first Spalding Model Tractor Show, in the ballroom of the Springfields restaurant.
A few years on
After two or three years the show outgrows the ballroom and moves to the Conference Centre, where it has grown ever since.
Around 2001
Brian Norman asks Colin and Stuart to take over his Biggleswade show. Spalding now runs in April and October.
2022
Stuart steps back to focus on other work, and Colin runs the show with his son Tim until October 2022.
Today
Kerry Gooden and Daniel Hewitt take the show on, with the aim of making it the largest and best in the country.
2027
The show marks its 40th anniversary.
The organisers
We have taken over the show from Colin and are thrilled to share our enthusiasm with you. Our aim is to build on what Colin and Stuart started and make this the largest and best show of its kind in the country.
As participants and traders at shows ourselves, we know what traders and visitors want from a day out, and we are dedicated to delivering a show that works for everyone involved.
1987 – 2027
In 2027 the show turns 40. Colin Boor and Stuart Gibbard started it in the ballroom at Springfields; today it fills the Conference Centre twice a year.
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