5th Annual British Car Show set for Aug. 22
Historic Rugby, a restored Victorian village, will host “The Return of the British,” the 5th annual British Car Show, on Aug. 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. British cars and bikes of all descriptions will be on display including Jaguar, Austin-Healy, and MG.
The event is free for spectators to stroll among the cars and talk with owners. Come early and enjoy breakfast at the Harrow Road Café before the kick-off of the car show. Early registration of entrants is ongoing, and registration forms are available at www.pbcctn.org/Rugby. For other details, contact Charlie Bunnell at rugby@pbcctn.org or 931.210-3732 or 931.210-3742.
Historic Rugby will offer guided tours of extraordinary buildings showcasing the 1880’s British-American village. A ranger with the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will lead a round-trip, guided information hike at 1 p.m. to the Gentlemen’s Swimming Hole through a shady, wooded gorge. Or you can continue on and see huge boulders and towering trees as you follow the river to the Meeting of the Waters where early Rugbeians loved to picnic and take photographs with the novelty of the portable camera. A complimentary exhibit of historic river photos is on display in Rugby’s ranger station, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through September.
Don’t’ forget to enjoy British cuisine available at the Harrow Road Café, as well as from food vendors selling BBQ, Italian ice, swamp cabbage, and cobbler. Antiques, crafts, and souvenir items are featured in Rugby’s Commissary, as well as the Spirit of Red Hill and Missions Matter. Once the car show is over, the party doesn’t end there. Junction South will perform on the lawn of Ivy Cottage where wine and ale may be enjoyed.
Rugby was founded in 1880 with the goal of building a strong agricultural community through cooperative enterprise, while maintaining a cultured, Christian lifestyle, free of the rigid class distinctions that prevailed in Britain at the time. The village has continued for 135 years, with numerous original buildings either restored or recreated. Learn more about the history of Rugby and its unique attractions at www.historicrugby.org.
Rugby is located just off State Scenic Hwy. 52, 16 miles southeast of Jamestown and 35 miles from either Interstate 40 or I-75 in East Tennessee on the southern edge of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Please enter “Historic Rugby” for GPS directions