West Green House Classic Car Show
In March of this year Thames Mog visited West Green House near Hartley Wintney. Gathered in the car park we were met by the house tenant Mrs Abbott,who enthused about here liking for Morgan's and invited ThamesMog to attend the inaugural classic car show in September. Sunday the 25th of September arrived. The day was sunny with some cloud. Start time was 0830 for arriving. Around 8 or 9 Morgan's from the club turned out and joined the ranks of classic cars on display. The variety of vehicles was broad, from a Rolls Royce towing a colour matched caravan, a
Thames Tour 2016
The visit to SGT was part of a longer tour around the central Thames Valley. These are a few pictures taken by participants. Including a stray Morgan seen in Windsor and a gatecrashed car show.
SGT Visit September 2016
As part of his 3 Thames Valley tour this year Time Jones arranged for us to visit SGT in Taplow. A Morgan dealer for many years they now concentrate on support and servicing for Morgan owners and indeed will service any make of car. They opened specially on Sunday just for us and very generously provided tea or coffee and cake.
Cliveden House - April 2015
A vivid displ> - which is one of the largest in Europe. It is planted out in 16 triangular beds and a huge half-moon bed encircling a statue at the southern end, all of which were contained spring flowering tulips. After their customary coffee and cake, some adventures Morganeers tackled The Maze, with mixed success. I expect most of you know th>, but did you know th>, w>, >, was first performed in public in the cliff-side amphitheatre at Cliveden on 1 August 1740. It is believed that it was at Cliveden in 1751 that the Prince received a blow
Nuffield House - May 2015
Drizzly rain, and the forecast for more, failed to deter the hardy Thames Valley Centre Morgan owners from visiting Nuffield Place in Oxfordshire for their monthly walk. The house, home to Lord Nuffield the founder of the Morris car company, depicts the lifestyle of the 1930s and 40s, with items furniture and objects left as they were at the time of Lord Nuffield’s death. Although the Nuffields were one of the wealthiest families in England their home was far from ostentatious, with many items brought at local stores or reproductions of Harrods furniture made by Oxfordshire craftsmen. The items in
Fawley Hill Railway Museum - August 2015
Recently a good friend of mine, showed my girlfriend Julia round the sensational Royal Pavilion in Brighton. How to thank him? I thought. Les being a brilliant historian and a great railway enthusiast there was one place to thank him – the Fawley Hill Railway Museum. manages about 1 in 9) We had loads of rides on the train enjoying the garden’s wild life and the various relics from Britain’s railway heritage – particularly amusing was the Eurostar station sign placed near one of the stations in the garden from Waterloo station, I believe. Les and I even had a