February Section Notes
For the first time in many years we did not go to Pete and Jude’s at Broseley for fortified coffee and mince pies, this was mainly due to the Scribe having a lapse of memory. By the time it was mentioned it would have meant phoning or posting to Members, which has become quiet costly. During the year we shall be showing some DVD’s of the Castrol Castle Runs from the early 80’s. The videos were kindly loaned by Phil Mayo and transferred to DVD by the Sarn History Group. Many thanks to them for doing this for free.
AROUND THE CLUB IN February
29th February – Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Industrial Revolution at Coalbrook Dale by Richard Bifield.
January Section Notes
We are a bit behind with our Calendar of Events for 2012 normally we would be giving out the cards at our Annual Dinner. However the Calendar should be on the Website just after Christmas and the cards will be handed out at the January Meeting. By the time you read this we shall have had Ron Jones’s talk and our Christmas Dinner. We have had a poor take up for the Dinner this year, with only half compared with last years. A sign of the times I suppose. We will be at the Inn on the Green for all our meetings during 2012. If you have any photographs you would like them to go on the Website, please Email them JPG to the Scribe. We will endeavour to put them on and hope to put items on each month from January onwards. A Happy New Year to all and safe riding in 2012.
AROUND THE CLUB IN January –
25th January 2012 will be a guest speaker.
Annual Trip Away
11th/12th/13th February 2012
We have arranged to go to Portsmouth, visiting the Watercress Steam Railway at Alresford, the Spinnaker Tower and the Historic Docks. On the way home we plan to visit the Museum of Army Flying. The cost of the trip is £199 per person (single room supplement £20 extra). Deposit of £30 per person to be paid by Wednesday 16th November. Further details and booking forms from Derek.
Please note the above trip has been cancelled due to lack of support.
Annual Dinner
The Annual Dinner will be held on Saturday 3rd December 2011 at The Plough, Wall-under-Heywood, Nr Church Stretton. If you are interested in attending please contact Derek for the Menu and Booking Form. All bookings (plus money) must be received by Wednesday, 23rd November.
December Section Notes
Our trip to the Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre was a great success. We were taken round the Centre in two groups - one lead by the owner Leon Pounsey and the other by Alf Molyneux. Tea and biscuits were served in Fred's kitchen. From there we headed to the Riley Marina, where half the group had a trip on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the MV Romance, whilst the others went to Hoghton Tower, then we swapped over. Once again we were poorly supported by Club Members, most of the 44 on the trip were friends and neighbours of the Chairman.
The October Club Night was the AGM, same old story the Committee elected en bloc.
Due to problems at Affcot Lodge we have now moved to The Inn on the Green, Wentnor, Nr. Bishops Castle. We still meet on the last Wednesday of the month.
New Meeting Venue!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are no longer able to hold our meetings at Afcott Lodge. The annual general meeting on Wednesday, 26th October 2011 and the November meeting on Wednesday 30th November 2011 will now be held at The Inn On The Green, Wentnor, near Bishops Castle, SY9 5EF.
Welcome
Welcome to the Shropshire Section of the Vintage Motorcycle Club website. Feel free to have a look around - our Calendar now shows our meetings and runs for 2011.
If you wish to join us at any of our meetings, you can now find us at Affcot Lodge (formerly the Travellers Rest) on the A49 at Upper Affcot, between Craven Arms and Church Stretton on the last Wednesday of each month at 8pm. New members are very welcome. Each club night is different. One month we may have a quiz or a "Noggin' & Natter", and the next we may have a special guest giving a talk.