p20201931Europe/London25 20208 Aug 25, 2020
It was good to receive some restoration news from a couple of SE members to help fill these notes. Please keep the news coming! Dan Lehmann has been in touch to say that despite his work being very busy during the pandemic he has still found time to get on with the...
p20200230Europe/London19 20206 Jun 19, 2020
I was watching the Antiques Roadshow in early May which was filmed at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. Right at the end of the programme the very last person to be filmed was a familiar face. VCC’s very own Jonny Thomas! He was there with 3 rather grotesque...
p20205530Europe/London15 20204 Apr 15, 2020
2020 started off well and we had a great line-up of events in the South East to look forward to. Oh how things can change so quickly. The terrible storms and flooding in January and February caused such misery to so many people around the country. I hope no VCC...
p20205329Europe/London23 20202 Feb 23, 2020
I previously mentioned my desire to stand down from writing these notes for a while but nobody has come forward to take them on. At the recent South East Section AGM many members came up to me to say how much they enjoy my notes and were sorry that I was giving up. So...
p20191031Europe/London12 201912 Dec 12, 2019
“Oh no it’s all over. 365 days to wait until the next one” were Penny’s first words as we crossed the finish line in Brighton. She adores the Brighton Run and loves every single minute of it. She was even more disappointed when I pointed out 2020 is a leap year so...
p20192531Europe/London28 201910 Oct 28, 2019
I start with the sad news that we have lost two more veteran car friends in the South East since my last notes. Hazel Grossmark, wife of the late Derek Grossmark, passed away on 4th August. On 24th July Air Marshall Sir Freddie Sowrey KCB, CBE, AFC dies at the age of...