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1979. Our first Notts Area Event. Wollaton Park, Nottingham
NOTTS AREA MGOC 30TH ANNIVERSARY
During 2007, the Notts Area MG Owners Club is celebrating its 30th year and since myself and my wife Jane are the only original members it has been suggested that we write a few words on our history.
Because I have written about our Club history before, when it was our 25th anniversary, I will keep it short this time but I have included some photos, which I didn't last time.Our first meetings were at the 'Griffin's Head' in Papplewick, then 'The Yew Tree' in Brinsley and then various other pubs until we finally settled at The Rolls Royce Social Club, Gate No 1, Watnall Road, Hucknall. Here we have our own room served by a good bar with a large private car park outside. We meet, as we have always done, twice monthly on the second and fourth Wednesdays from around 8.15pm. We have always tried to arrange one meeting per month with something happening such as a quiz, game, guest speaker etc, with the other meeting being a natter and noggin. At weekends during the summer we visit various events on the MG/classic car calendar, go on road runs, treasure hunts etc and also organise holidays both home and continental..
1978. One of our first outings.
A visit to Donington Park car
museum.
The number of Club members has increased, decreased and then increased again over the last 30 years and now seems to remain fairly stable at about
the 110 mark with a hardcore of members who have been with us a long time.
Every New Years Day from the outset we also had our own run. We still do but in recent years it has been run on the first Sunday after New Year due to not many turning up because they were over the drink-drive alcohol limit! It has also become difficult to find venues that can deal with large numbers of people for a meal on New Years Day itself.
A New Years Day Run in the early years, just before it started to snow, at The Druids Inn, Birchover, Derbyshire. There also used to be at least one picnic a year somewhere, which also included games such as rounders but we had to stop playing this 'dangerous' game due to injuries (broken teeth, unconsciousness, severely sprained ankles. SERIOUSLY!) and old age!
In 2007, as in most years, we have had a very busy season attending many classic car events around the country, going on our own treasure hunts and road runs (some of us also going on other Area's road runs). We have also organised several holidays this year; to the Jersey Spring Rally, Brittany, the Isle of Man, Ireland and recently one to a Warner's hotel in Cheshire. This last one was in celebration of our 30th year and was attended by 52 of us.
The usual 'bun fight' at a picnic! Circa 1989
Finally, I would like to thank all the people who have made the Club what it is: the members, the committee members and the area secretaries especially our current one Penny Lee (14 years duration!) who has, and still does, a sterling job in organising things in general and keeping us under control (sometimes)! Keith and Jane Dudley.
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