| The
Coventry Festival Of Motoring 25th Anniversary 
Line up of Standards in
Memorial Park.
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Saturday morning saw a gathering of vehicles
shepherded into Millennium Place outside the Coventry Motor Museum, on
exhibition for the day to the public.
Amongst them were the 1938 Flying
Standard 12 of Dennis Brown and the 1937 Flying 12 of John Maxwell
representing our club.
The cars
assembled in Millenium Place |
There was a ride around Coventry in a magnificent
old Daimler double deck bus, belonging to the museum, to visit the old
sites of various bicycle, motorbike, and car manufacturers. Also an
excellent commentary on the potted history of Coventry’s achievements in
the motor industry over many years was presented by Staff from the museum
as we toured around. |
I recognise that Bus
Driver, it's Dennis Brown! |
On Sunday morning, The Mayor of Coventry flagged away
the cars from millennium Place on a 50 mile roadrun around the City. We
were joined by other cars and motorcycles, starting from The War Memorial
Park, totalling about 400 plus. Everyone ended the roadrun back at
Memorial Park for a static display for the people of Coventry. The finale
was a Douglas Dakota (aeroplane) flying over and dropping poppies, which
actually missed, but hey who’s perfect? Our club had a stand complete
with banners, and nine cars on display. It was a great two days of
nostalgia and we were very well looked after by the Organisers, and the
Staff of the museum. Thank you to all who helped to make it such a lovely
weekend, including our Chairman, Peter Lockley.
Report and photographs by
John Maxwell
I think I should add the names of the Club Stand
organiser, Dennis Brown, and Robert Browett, on the Coventry organising
team, in the tanks for organising for this successful event.
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Another view of the
Standard line-up in Memorial Park
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