This month I was pleased to hear Richard Cartwright and Paul Williams accepted the challenge set by Machiel Kalf’s to recreate old photographs taken of a MSCC event in Windsor End, Beaconsfield Old Town in 1952 and in front of The Royal Saracen’s Head. I have seen the new photos, and they compare very well with those taken over seventy years ago. Well done to you both. We can expect to read a full write-up in Miscellany soon. Our events have continued into September with visits varying from the Winchmore Hill Village Show to the Kop Hill Climb, and the

Last month I mention the return of a member from our formation noggin back in 1970. Well, during our noggin at the Bird In Hand, I had the pleasure of meeting David Byer. David is our surviving foundation member. As I chatted with him, I recalled that we had met some years ago at a Nettlebed Sunday noggin. David took me for a spin in his early Plus 8, in racing green if I remember correctly. It was a thrilling experience. It was great to see you again David. We had a busy August despite the lack of summer weather

Some years ago, I had the pleasure of chatting to Arthur Neal about the formation of our club. I ascertained that he and Chris Rowe had thought it would be good to form a Centre west of London. Until then they had attended London Centre. Imagine in those days there was no congestion charge or ULEZ. Petrol was getting a little more expensive but not excessively so as it is now. Anyway, they hunted around and came across the Bird In Hand in Knowl Hill, adjacent to the A4 between Reading and Maidenhead. In fact the original name for the

On Thursday 1st June we held our 2023 AGM as part of our first Thursday Noggin at the Bird in Hand. It was good that there was such a large turnout at our AGM. AGMs can be quite dry events, and I know that some of you thought the proceedings would go on for an hour or so. I hope you found ours to be light-hearted yet informative, and we completed the formal part of the meeting without it dragging on. I would like to thank everyone that attended. I also thank those of you that gave your apologies.  This

There is an amazing photograph that seems to show an RAF Chinook about to land on one of our feather flags. Don’t worry this is an optical illusion and a great photo – one for the annual Morgan calendar? We have some exciting air shows coming up, so keep an eye on our website. As I write this, we are looking forward to a guided tour of the Battle of Britain Bunker at RAF Uxbridge, and a visit to the Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival, both of which occurred in the last weeks of May. Please remember we have our

As Steve reported in our April newsletter, the Bird In Hand Noggin was honoured with several Morgans with their hoods up. It was raining hard, off and on. Well done – it all adds to the Noggin trophy. Ple> Also, this month Th> Th> Th> It's that time of the year again when we ask for your nominations for the Thames Valley Centre's trophies which will be presented at this year's AGM in June. As a Centre we are proud of our awards as they characterize the spirit of our club. Through these awards we aim to facilitate the use