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West Midlands
Sunday Lunch
Bristol Classic Car Show
The Bristol group had three cars on
display at the Bristol Classic Car Show at Shepton Mallet.We had Ron
Fishlocks Big 9, Alan Lewis' Basic 8,and John Garrods Little 9
rolling chassis/bodyshell partway through restoration.
Saturday and Sunday were very busy with
all three cars attracting a lot of attention.Quite a few membership
forms were handed out and two new members signed up.The
sunshine also brought out many visiting classic cars,with several
hundred parked outside, especially on Sunday. Monday was fairly quiet
and we were all fairly relieved when the time came to pack up and
head for home,although my long suffering V4 probably wondered what
it had done to deserve being treated as a van and loaded up
with the stand equipment.
My thanks must go to Bob and Val
Richardson for all their help and the car owners who all went
to considerable effort to make their cars available. Special mention
should be made of the fact that John Garrod and Ron Fishlock also
manned the stand for all three days.
Steve Smeltzer
Bristol
Outsiders
might think that attending a Classic Car Club meeting is dominated by
talk of camshafts, carburettors and clutches. Nothing is further
from the truth. The fact is that members and their families enjoy an
active social scene brought together by a common interest, that just
happens to be Standard Cars. You and your family could easily join
in.
Sunday
25th January was the date for, not one, but two Sunday lunches run by
different local groups of the Standard Motor Club. Elsewhere you will
find a report on the Devon and Cornwall's meeting at Mary Tavy, but
Lynda and I made our usual journey to this, the West Midlands Lunch.
This
was held at Beckett's Farm, which is a Restaurant, Country Store and
Butchers complex at Wythall, just south of the Birmingham Conurbation.
The
1935 Standard 10 is waiting for me to fit a new Exhaust system, just
provided by the Club's Spares
Scheme, and the Flying 12 DHC is laid up for the winter, so I am
sorry to admit we attended in a "modern". The main thing was
that we were there!
Around
30 people arrived, but I only spotted one Standard, that belonging to
your Editor, Steve O'Hara who braved the elements in his 1929
Teignmouth. My apologies if anyone else turned up in a Standard, but I
didn't spot them in the rather large carpark.
Most
people opted for the rather substantial Carvery and very enjoyable it
was.
Alan
and May Withey, who have organised the event for more years than we
can remember, said that this would be the last that they would
organise, and the West
Midlands Rally this year would also be the last that was under
their control. The good news was that the West Midlands Rally will be
entirely free this year so please come along. There was a round of
applause in appreciation of the work that Alan and May had done for
the Club. As Chairman, Peter Lockley commented: "We can't make
you an Honorary Member, Alan, because you already are one!"
There
is already a volunteer organiser for the Lunch, so hopefully this
event will continue next year.
Here
are most of the members enjoying their lunches. You can click on any
of the photos to see an enlargement
Phil Homer
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