American cars on show at Olympia House Antiques in Chesterfield.American cars on show at Olympia House Antiques in Chesterfield.
American cars on show at Olympia House Antiques in Chesterfield.

Hundreds of visitors soak up the sight of American cars at Chesterfield antiques centre

Families escaped their homes to enjoy a show of American cars and trucks which took place in driving rain.

The vehicles took pride of place in the car park at Olympia House Antiques on Brimington Road, Chesterfield, on Sunday.

Sofia Latif-Ward from the antiques centre said: “American vehicles arrived from all over the country. Families gathered, took photos and gazed at the amazing vehicles on display.

"The comments we were hearing from attendees were that they had been stuck indoors for too long now because of the pandemic so the weather wasn’t going to stop them having a day out.”

Sofia thanked Bev Thomas and Adrian Ashton from Motorfest for helping to organise the centre’s first big car show which attracted hundreds of visitors.

Olympia House now runs a free monthly scooter and bike night – the next one is on Thursday, August 19, from 6pm to 9pm.

At the end of September the antiques centre will host a vintage fashion show at a bar in Chesterfield.

Its Christmas market will return on Sunday, November 28 after being cancelled for the past two years because of floods and the Covid pandemic.

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