We were to join the Essex Branch at the venue they had found for us, but our usual members found it a bit far. But one of our members, Stephen, joined them at Galleywood Heritage Centre. This is Stephen’s report. Jackie and I joined the Essex Branch picnic on 19th May at Galleywood Heritage Centre […]
19th May 2024 – Classic Car Show, Rickinghall
This year we were invited by the Essex and Suffolk Borders Region of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club to their annual Car Show at Rickinghall Village Hall. We had originally planned to hold a joint Branch picnic with Essex Branch at Galleywood, but our usual members thought it was a little too far for them to […]
5th May 2024 – Ipswich to Felixstowe Run
The 52nd Ipswich to Felixstowe Run took place on Sunday 5th May. Nine Iceni Morris Minors and Austin met at Asda Car Park on the outskirts of Ipswich at 9am and then drove in convoy to Christchurch Park and by good fortune lined up in one line among the other 700 entries. The range of […]
21st April 2024 – Drive It Day
Our Drive It Day run this year was organised by Branch members Matthew and Claire Ling. The starting point was Notcutts Garden Centre, Woodbridge and there were 13 vehicles down to join us, but on the day there were 17. We had four join us on the day. One was a modern car as one […]
17th March 2024 – Indoor meeting, Botesdale
We had a talk on our charity for this year – The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), by Peter Lawrence. Peter’s wife Linda got involved with the National Coastwatch about 10 years ago and is now a trustee and station manager around the East Coast. Peter’s talk entitled ‘Eyes along the Coast’ (which is the NCI’s […]
18th February 2024 – Indoor Meeting, Botesdale
We had a good turn out of members despite the very wet weather and floods in Norfolk and Suffolk. We had invited Hilary and Valerie from Upbeat to collect our cheque for our charity amount we raised this year. They were both surprised at how much we had raised. A very impressive £600. Hilary is […]
21st January 2024 – New Year Lunch
We again held our New Year lunch at The Half Moon Pub at Rushall. Twenty-three members and family enjoyed a lovely meal when we took over the whole of their conservatory. Many thanks to Mary Huggins who organised everything although she didn’t actually come to the meal. Thanks to Chris for bringing along some Christmas […]
10th December 2023 – Christmas Buffet, Botesdale.
We had an excellent turn out of members for our Buffet and unfortunately a lot of members couldn’t make it due to illness. There was a lovely variety of food and the tables were laden with platefuls. We started off with a quiz brought along by Jacky and Brian and we tried to find the […]
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