Visit Knowsley Safari Park for only £1 with a Classic Car

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23rd & 24th JULY 2011 ONLY

CLASSIC CARS AND VINTAGE BUSES SET TO BE STARS OF SAFARI PARK 1970S NOSTALGIA WEEKEND

Classic cars and vintage buses will be the highlights of a 1970s nostalgia weekend at Knowsley Safari Park later this month celebrating the attraction¹s 40th anniversary.

Knowsley bosses have confirmed that over the weekend of July 23rd/24th visitors arriving in classic cars registered in 1990 (registration letter prefix G) or earlier will be able to pay 1971 ticket prices.

This means that it will cost their owners just £1 per vehicle for up to six occupants, with the park also offering a number of prizes each day in categories including best turned out car and best 1970s outfit.

Safari chiefs have also made special arrangements to ensure that the classic cars don't come under attack from Knowsley's mischievous baboons.

Instead of using their own vehicles, owners will be able to park up and enjoy the five-mile safari drive from the safety of a double-decker bus.

Merseyside Transport Trust will be running trips on two vintage Merseyside Passenger Transport Executives Atlantean buses on both days.

Similar vehicles were used on the MPTE safari bus service to Knowsley in the 1970s and 1980s.

A further highlight of the weekend will be the official opening of an exhibition in the park¹s education centre looking back at the attraction¹s 40-year history.

Safari Park General Manager, David Ross, said: "We're expecting the nostalgia weekend to be a lot of fun and a great way to celebrate the anniversary of the park's opening in July 1971."

"The event is already generating a lot of interest amongst the classic car community and we hope that this will result in a good turnout of interesting vehicles - and outrageous fashions! - on both days."

Knowsley Safari Park - created by the 18th Earl of Derby - opened its gates for the first time on Saturday July 3rd 1971. It was the country's third safari park, following Longleat and Woburn .

However, it was the first park to be located close to a major city - just eight miles from Liverpool city centre - and the first to be surrounded by suburban housing estates.

* For more information about the nostalgia weekend ring Knowsley Safari Park on 0151-430 9009 or visit http://www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk.

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We went to this today after hearing about it on here, it was a great day out and all for a quid so many thanks for posting this!

Didn't see any other Dolomites but I did get a wave from an Acclaim driver who was just leaving as we arrived. There were a few other nice cars about, a blue Hillman Minx which was tidy, a mint red Karmann Ghia soft-top, a couple of Beetles, and probably my favourite a bronze Mk1 Capri which was even more seventies than the Dolomite.

The car survived the ordeal of the baboons, they had a go at snapping the aerial off and one of the wipers but failed. One did bite a chunk out of the windscreen surround, and another nicked off with one of my rear numberplate lights but got away fairly lightly (I suspect the Scousers would have been more ruthless!).