Since the early 1980s, the Camrose Vintage Working Day, featuring a wide range of rural memorabilia, has grown immensely and now regularly attracts several thousand visitors.
Now located on a 50-acre site at Folly Cross each year on August Bank Holiday Saturday, the enthusiasm of the public and those who collect and restore old tractors, stationary engines, cars, motor bikes and so forth has not wavered and knows no bounds.
After meeting all accepted expenses the proceeds have always been shared amongst a variety of worthy causes and, to date, this has amounted to approaching £100,000.
Regular beneficiaries have been the Friends of Withybush Hospital, Community Care, the Talking Newspaper, Respite Care, the Handicapped Association drama group, the Lifeboat service and St. John's Ambulance and local organisations caring for arthritis and rheumatism sufferers, diabetics and cardiac rehabilitation groups.
More recently, mindful of specific needs, money has been given for bone marrow transplants, the Deaf Children's Association, and the Noah's Ark Appeal for a Wales Children's Hospital.
Similarly, this year included for the first time has been Erb's Palsy Group - a national charity offering advice to families affected by obstetrical brachial plexus palsy - a condition which can possibly effect one in every 1,800 babies born.
A social gathering of about 80 committee members and supporters were present recently when cheques were distributed by the chairman, Simon Hunteey, at the Camrose Community Centre.