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A belated Happy New Year to every one. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and you received all the gifts you wanted from Santa.
I am hoping 2010 will start off differently this year, in that someone new will take over as Group Leader! Well, can but hope. Anyway, whatever happens I am sure we will as usual have a packed fixture list of things to do throughout the year.
As there will not be another TR Action until mid-April, we will not be able to inform you of what is happening early on through the magazine. If you are not on our mailing list, please let me know and an Events List will be sent out to you. But, even better, why not come along to our very friendly club nights at The Manger?
I would just like to wrap up this report by thanking everybody who has helped in whichever way they could over the years, because without you my job would have been a lot harder.
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What a truly memorable day the “Marshall Group Friends and Family Open Day” was, to celebrate their centenary of 20th September. Several club cars drove to the Park & Ride car park in Cambridge to join a multitude of other vehicles (two and four wheeled) spanning 100 years. We were to be led to Cambridge Airport by Marshall’s own vintage Austin but, very unfortunately, it caught fire before it had even left the car park. Luckily, it was quickly put out and not too much harm done.
After parking up at the airport, we made our way to where the main action was to take place. Apart from ice cream, everything was free – fun fair, entertainments etc. The main attraction was the flying; the best flying display ever. You name it, it was there and of course to round off a fantastic day, the Red Aroows – superb. Thanks to Marshall’s and Ian for inviting us.
David and I could not make the trip to St. Peter’s Brewery a week later, so Louise has kindly written a few words about it: “We had beautiful weather for the visit; the run took over an hour and was a lovely drive. St. Peter’s Hall, a thirteenth and fourteenth century building, is now home to a twenty first century brewery, making traditional bitters, porters and stouts as well as unusual fruit beers. We were able to sample all of these during a very interesting tour”. Thank you Joe and Louise for organising this event.
Our last run out of the year was Ian and Terry’s Autumn Leaves Run on 11th October. Another excellent turn out of thirteen cars driving around some really lovely country lanes before arriving at The Crown in Hartest . Thank you both for doing the route and also the very useful information sheets.
As this is my last report for the year, I have to inform you all that this will also be my last year as your Group Leader. I think it is time for a rest, but thank you all for your company and also for all your help.
Happy Christmas.
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It seems like all the classic sports cars from across East Anglia had converged at the Little Chef at the junction of A14/A140 on their way to Helmingham Hall Festival of Classics on 2nd August. Everyone eventually – thankfully not at the same time – arrived at the Show to what I suppose is the highlight of the year, being parked in the grounds of this stately home. By a complete fluke, we happened to park right next to Bill and Barbara, our north Suffolk members whom we had only met once before – lovely to see you again, and hope you enjoyed your trip to Spain in the TR. A great time was had by all and it was nice to catch up with all the gossip from East Saxons.
The following Sunday saw a number of members at the second Classic Car and Wheels show held at the Mid-Suffolk Showground, on the same site as Stonham Barns, which was new to us. An excellent turnout of cars, with a number of bikes and commercials. It was also nice to meet up with new member Graham for the first time, and on different occasions since. One interesting stand was the Robot Wars Road Show in which “Major Damage” demonstrated its strength by knocking seven bells out of an old fridge.
Peter and Maureen were otherwise engaged on a Classic Road rally centred around Nottinghamshire and had a great time, although it was rather tiring, says Maureen.
August Bank Holiday came round all too soon for our annual trip to Lavenham Carnival and Rare Breeds Show. A good tunrout of members and TRs, including another new member, Gary, with his wife Sarah and their dog, plus also Diane Graham's other half – nice to see you all, including friends Paul and Lisa coming up from Essex. As usual, there were plenty of cars to drool over, good entertianment, stalls and a Farmers Market for good measure. Definitely no chance of going hungry,.
5th September saw a number of us again making for the Showroom and Workshops of P & A Woods (Rolls Royce/Bentley Agents) for another of their guided tours – this time given by the Manager himself, and what a great job he did of it too. As you can imagine, lots of lovely cars and wonderful workmanship. A good lunch to follow at The Farmhouse rounded off another excellent day. Thank you Richard and Hazel for organising it.
Sorry to have to mention it now, but do not forget to keep 11th December free for our Christmas meal.
