POURING rain did not put off the hundreds of visitors to the 11th annual Westbury transport extravaganza on Sunday.

The event, organised by Westbury Preservation Society, welcomed a host of historic vehicles with owners on hand to answer visitors' questions.

This year saw a change of venue with a move from the football grounds to the top field off the Westbury to Bratton road. Keith Miller, chairman of the society, said: "We had more entries than on the previous site and all the comments that were made by the entrants were very positive, they certainly liked the new site.

"We were a little bit disappointed the weather was not so good. At the start of the day it was raining but as the day went on it became fine.

"We had fire engines from the 1940s onwards, extremely interesting cars and a very good and quite remarkable selection of stationary engines.

"We had a steam engine made in brass and a very beautiful stone crusher that was really quite something. "There was a good turn out of military vehicles including Chevrolets, trucks an army display unit together with an armoured ferret."

Mr Miller said he was delighted to see so many young faces at the event because it is important more people understand the importance of preserving vintage vehicles.

"These vehicles are part of a living history and heritage. It is very important youngsters see how things used to be made in this country," he said.

"These vehicles are like an endangered species and a lot of them at the event are unique. If they are not cared for they will decay and rot." Any profits made from Sunday's event will be donated to a charity, yet to be chosen.