NEWS
August 2005
TACKLEY VILLAGE FAYRE
In times gone by, Tackley residents used to hold
an annual Ox-roast and Gala day. A partnership between the charity
Rural Revival and the Rivercottage initiative run by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall
and featured on Channel 4 has inspired a new enthusiasm to relaunch the
traditional fayre.
It is hoped that the new event which will be entitled the Tackley Village
Fayre will bring in valuable funds for Rural Revival and the Tackley village
hall and community owned shop initiative.
Tackley Fayre will feature a full programme of fun events for all of the
family. Along side the usual beer tents and traditional events will
be some more unusual attractions such as Ferret Racing and a ‘Cowpat Sweepstake’.
Rivercottage will be supplying some of the food for this event – so we could
be in for a very tasty day!
But of course, the star of the show will be Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, returning,
at last, to the Oxfordshire countryside where much of the film was set.
Hooray for Chitty!
December 2004
CHITTY LANDS IN HOLLYWOOD
During 2004, Pierre and Chitty GEN11 were invited to Hollywood for the
HISTORIC first ever reunion of the stars from the movie
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.....
and no reunion could be complete without the movie’s genuine car star.
After a period of 36 years,
Dick Van Dyke (Caractacus),
Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious),
Adrian Hall (Jeremy)
and Heather Ripley (Jemima)
were once again TOGETHER in their
“FINE FOUR FENDERED FRIEND”.
Chitty and her owner Pierre Picton flew to the USA specially for the
filming of the television special
“AFTER THEY WERE FAMOUS” which will air at 3:25pm on ITV1 on Christmas
Eve, following a screening of the film.
April 2004
CHITTY FLIES IN FROM HOLLYWOOD
Chitty GEN11 has recently been involved in a secret
project in Hollywood USA.
The car (and Pierre) were flown to Los Angeles to take part.
Official press release soon !
November 2003
The Special Edition MGM DVD of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang features
interviews with Pierre Picton in a special feature
on Chitty GEN 11 " a
fantasmagorical motor car"
