This year we are planning to celebrate our 50th display: SHOWBUS50 at the expansive Hertfordshire County Showground just off Junction 9 of the M1 near St Albans and Dunstable on Sunday 25th September.  The site will be fully catered with ample toilet facilities and good disabled access.  

Special guest
We are delighted to announce the Alan Fletcher, all the way from Australia, will be joining us on September 25th.  Many of you will know him better as Dr Karl Kennedy in the iconic soap Neighbours 
which has been much in the news recently.  Alan will be presenting the prizes on the day then continuing his tour with his stage show, “The Doctor Will See You Now”

Platinum Jubilee
We will not only be celebrating our 50th, but several other special anniversaries, not least Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. SHOWBUS has celebrated the Silver, Gold and Diamond Jubilees and this year we aim to display a line of 71 buses, one from each year of the reign.  We are encouraging all entrants to decorate their vehicles appropriately for both the 25th and the 18th.

SHOWBUSflyby
As part of our celebrations we are repeating the highly successful and much acclaimed SHOWBUSflyby.  Because of the sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II it seemed inappropriate to stage the event before the state funeral.  We are looking at a new date in June or July 2023 but will wait for the Coronation date.  The run, supported by Buckinghamshire County Council will again run along the A40 the eastern end will be at Brunel University where it all started in January 1973.  Buses will divert through Wycombe Bus Station and High Street as last time.  The SHOWBUS TRADERS VILLAGE will again be in the High Wycombe’s historic Market Place.

Brunel University campus is just over a mile inside the London LEZ though the huge roundabout south of Uxbridge High Street and the A4020 linking to the M40 Denham roundabout is outside the LEZ so all buses will be able to access Uxbridge.

Buses will be running from around 1000h onwards in BOTH directions until around 1600h up to every 5 minutes, though the frequency is likely to tail off after 1430h, but check showbus.com/display nearer the time for the planned schedule.

SHOWBUS50 National Express 50th anniversary display
National Express is joining with Showbus to celebrate its 50th birthday, indeed they sponsored SHOWBUS in its early days from 1975 till 1979.  We are inviting all preserved coaches in National Express white livery, or any that may at one time have been painted in those colours, to form part of a special NATIONAL EXPRESS anniversary display.  We hope some will also take part in the SHOWBUSflyby the week before.

Leyland National 50th anniversary display
SHOWBUS started not long after the birth of the now defunct National Bus Company and one of the first Leyland Nationals was displayed at Brunel University in January 1973, London Country’s dual door LN15 in the new all over NBC leaf green livery.  It was displayed alongside a new poppy red Bristol VRTSL6G of Alder Valley.  So in addition to our Jubilee and National Express displays there will be a Leyland National line up.

Please note dogs are permitted on a lead on site.

SHOWBUS Committee	e-mail rally@showbus.com	
Phone 01494 261002 or SMS 07518 624034
Dr Martin Isles (Entries & Parking Reception)
20 Castle Rise, Castle Street, HIGH WYCOMBE. HP13 6FQ 
Mr Charlie Nicholson (Parking Display & tours)		Mr Dave Reid
Mr Rob Passaway (Parking Display)				Mr Dominic Spooner (Trade stands)

SHOWBUS international 2022’s 17 PRIZE CATEGORIES
Prizes will be presented by Alan Fletcher, Dr Karl Kennedy of Neighbours
Preserved vehicles	Non Preserved vehicles	All vehicles	
Best in Show Shillibeer Award
Best Doyen double & singledecks 
Best former NATIONAL EXPRESS coach 
Best Leyland National
	S Best Modern Vehicle
T Best Post 2019 bus
U Best Post 2019 coach

Premier Operator Award
For the best pair of entries 

	4 Pre 1950 & before 
5 Best 1951-59 vehicle
6 Best 1960-69 vehicle
7 Best 1970-79 vehicle
8 Best 1980-1989 vehicle
9 Best 1990-1999 vehicle
10 Best 2000-2009 vehicle
11 Best 2010-2019 vehicle	

There will be two sessions of the SHOWBUS TRADERS VILLAGE.  

On September 25th the SHOWBUS TRADERS VILLAGE will be at SHOWBUS50 at the Hertfordshire County Showground.  There will again be a large marquee for a number of the stalls, with other stalls adjacent.  More stalls will be nearby which will be ones brought by exhibitors and located near their bus or coach.

In summer 2023 in the historic High Wycombe Market Place with SHOWBUSflyby entrants passing regularly through the market.  Some of the stalls will be under the Guildhall and some under the Market Building while others will occupy stall spaces along the High Street.