A CAR and bike meet-up near Whitchurch proved to be so popular that another one is being organised for a few weeks times.

The event, organised by the Whitchurch branch of building supplier Toolstation at its store in the Mullbry Business Park, was in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

The store has regularly raised money for the well-known cancer charity in the past and it raised over £200 this year compared to last year when it raised £150.

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Event organiser, Martin Stanton said: "We had lots of different vehicles turn up.

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"We had quite a steady flow all evening.

"We raised over £200 on the night. It was great raised more money than we did last year.

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"And we had a lot of interest asking us if we are doing it again. So we have arranged another meet-up on June 13 to do another one."

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He added: "A lot of people said they would like to come again.

"It was a nice atmosphere and well spaced out. Everybody seemed to be pleased with it."

Much of the money was raised through selling refreshments on the day.

Martin said: "We mainly raised the money through refreshments sold on the day.

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"Some people donated even more money."

Martin explained that different branches of Toolstation across the UK have been raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

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He said: "There has been a lot of money raised throughout the company in general.

"The retail directors ran the London Marathon for Macmillan as well. There has been a lot of money raised for that.

"Macmillan is obviously really pleased with the amount of money.

"In total, the company has raised about £93,000 over the last month."

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Martin was pleased with the number of classic vehicles which were brought along to the event but added he had hoped to have seen more motorcyclists on the day.

He said: "We even had a gentleman on a penny farthing bicycle. We had some choppers.

"In terms of cars we had an old Alfa Romeo, a Triumph and some MGs. We also had a Bugatti and Ford Escort. We had an old American truck.

"We had quite a mix of stuff really."

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"There weren't as many bikers as I would have liked but there were some. There were definitely more cars than bikes.

"But, it was still good people came."