Please don’t forget our ‘1st Thursday of the Month Noggins’ held at the ‘The Bell and Bottle’ - hope you can make it along. With this in mind, I am pleased to announce that we will be holding our AGM on May 2nd at The Bell and Bottle during our normal First Thursday Noggin evening. Calling notices will be going out soon. This year we are collecting together photographs of our past events to put together a show. If you have any photos you would like us to include please contact Steve Bridge by email
If you fancy joining fellow Morganeers for Sunday Lunch, why not visit the Harte & Magpies at Coleshill. These friendly Noggins occur regularly on the Third Sunday of every month from 12:00 onwards. Our next Lunch Time Noggin is Sunday 21st April.
Our next National Garden Scheme monthly visit will be on Sunday 28th April, when we will visit the Odney Club at Cookham. This 120 acre site is beside the Thames with lovely riverside walks. A favourite with Stanley Spencer, who featured the magnolia in his work. Other sights worth seeing include are the lovely wisteria, specimen trees, side gardens, spring bedding and ornamental lake. The John Lewis Partnership Heritage Centre will be open, showcasing the textile archive and items illustrating the history of John Lewis and Waitrose.
Following on from the success of last year's visit to the world famous Haynes Motor Museum, ThamesMOG are returning in May. The Haynes International Motor Museum is the UK's largest collection of the greatest cars from around the world. There are over 400 amazing cars and bikes from the dawn of motoring in the late 1800s, nostalgic classics of the 1950s and 1960s, glorious Bentleys and Rolls Royces through to world renowned super cars like the Jaguar XJ220, and some extra special US automobiles. If you are interested please contact Dave Cleveland by emailing
Once again, ThamesMOG member Graham Larby has been offered, on behalf of the club, free entry for up to 25 Morgan cars and drivers to the ‘Masters Historic’ race meeting on 25th and 26th May. The event will host the second Rounds of the FIA Masters Historic Formula One and FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship as well as bumper grids for the Gentlemen Drivers and Masters Pre-66 Touring cars for their first UK round. The timetable will be ably supported by grids from HSCC Historic Formula 2, Equipe GTS and the Dutch Young-timer series. Passenger tickets will have to be ordered by the driver from the Brands Hatch website, where ordering online will be cheaper. For details see: http://www.mastershistoricracing.com/masters-historic-festival/event/.
If you would like to take advantage of this invitation or have any queries please email Graham
ThamesMOG has been invited to exhibit at this year’s Pangbourne Classic Car Show for the 4th year running. The 2018 event was a great success with 250 amazing vehicles on display in the glorious Berkshire sunshine, and raised an amazing £4,000 for Charity. ThamesMOG put on a good show with 17 Traditional Morgans, six M3Ws, and an Aero8 putting on a fine show. Entries for the 2019 show on Saturday 1st June are now open at the link below, registrations will close on Friday 10th May 2019. https://www.pangbourne.com/community/support-us/events/classic-car-show
ThamesMOG are joining with the Farnham Lions for a very special fund raising day at Robert and Tanya Lewis’ premier private collection of classic and supercars. Not only is the collection stunning, but you will be able to enjoy a huge variety of cars from around the country who all gather to support this fantastic day in aid of Help for Heroes. Hyper, Super, Veteran, Classic and Sports - all will be present and a display of specialist army vehicles, as well as other attractions being finalised. Entry to the event is by ticket only. Tickets are per car with as many passengers as it is allowed to carry on the Queens highway. Those of you who have visited this private collection before well know what a splendid day it will be. Pricing - Tickets purchased between 1st April and 30th June - £25 per car. Tickets purchased after 30th June and on the gate - £30 per car. To purchase your ticket for this special day go to https://www.farnhamlions.org.uk/helpforheroes/helpforheroestickets.html