I can now confirm that a new batch of the Thames Valley Centre Car badge, as depicted in the logo associated with the Centre’s reports in Miscellany, is now in production. This is the round badge design. As I stated last month, the badge comes in a choice of one of five colours: red, white and blue, which reminds me of those Minis in the Italian Job, plus green and black. If you order a car badge you can choose one of these five colours, but as we can only order a limited number of each colour, choice of colour will be on a first come first served basis. We are taking orders now, please be quick as we feel these badges will be popular. What wonderful Christmas presents they will be for the lucky people that get bought one. We hope to have them available by Christmas, and possibly at the Richard Thorne Christmas party in December.
Hence, please don’t forget that we have been invited as a Centre to Richard Thorne’s Christmas Party on Thursday December 3rd. As this is the date of our normal noggin at the Bird In Hand we have decided to hold our noggin at Richard’s party. I would like to thank Helen and Richard for their kind invitation. There are always plenty of fun things to do and several interesting Morgan sports cars to crave over. It should be a memorable evening. I look forward to seeing you there.
Please note on the January 1st there is the Phoenix Inn Classic Car meeting near Hartley Wintney - details in the events section. This is always an enjoyable day out.
Looking ahead into the New Year, on Saturday 30th January we will be holding an annual Centre Dinner at the Bird In Hand. During the evening we will be awarding Centre Trophies. At the time of writing, Tim Jones was busily organising a guest speaker for the occasion. This person will also help in the award of our trophies. Please watch this space. When we are able we will be pleased to reveal the person’s identify. If you would like to attend our dinner please contact Mike Aldrich. Places will be booked on a first come first served basis. It should be an immensely agreeable evening.
Looking further ahead, I am pleased to announce the date of AGM on Thursday 21st April starting at 19:30. I hope you will be able to join us.
As this is the December edition of Miscellany, I would like to wish all readers of this column a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. I hope you will all have a peaceful time and above all you will all enjoy good health. I look forward to seeing you all in 2016.