MG Car Club of South Australia
A Get together with the Shropshire MG
Car Club (UK).
From.. Steve Spong
D
uring our recent trip to the UK, and
whilst staying at a friend's house
near Ludlow, we contacted the local MG
Car Club to see if they had any runs or
events on during our time there.
The local club is the Shropshire MG
Owners' Club, and they are a chapter of
the MG Owners' Clubs of the West Mid-
lands
Region
( http://
mgocwestmids.co.uk/clubs/shropshire-
mgoc/) our club's activities and were impressed
over our large size. They are a very ac-
tive outfit with regular trips away in both
the UK and on the Continent, and they
also have an annual run organised by
the ladies, a "Get Lost with the Girls"
day.
The Club President and Secretary are
Roy & Jen Crosier and they could not
have been more helpful in seeking to
help us locate a local MG event. Unfor-
tunately their own club's next event, a
drive around Shropshire, was scheduled
for the day after we left for our next des-
tination (Sod's Law rules). However their
solution was for us to meet up at a
nearby pub for lunch and that they
would muster up some local members to
make a party of it. A really terrific ges-
ture and we thought a great example of
the MG Community at work. The people and cars were:
Roy & Jen Crosier.. MGA Twin Cam
(1959). Orient Red.
Roger & Barbara Pearce.. MGA 1500
(1959). Orient Red.
David Tinker.. MGTD (1951). Old Eng-
lish White.
John Wray.. MGTD (1953). Black
David Margaroni.. MGTD. Red.
Christine Grindley & David Mays.. MGB
Roadster (1969). Red
We felt very welcome and felt that we
really knew them all by the end of the
afternoon.
Barb and I were in a very ordinary Vaux-
hall Astra and so we parked well away
from the row of MGs in order not to
lower the tone!
Hence we met at a lovely
pub called the "Station Inn"
at a little place called Mar-
shbrook, just off the A49
and about 15 miles north of
Ludlow.
Eleven club members ar-
rived in 3 "TD's", "2 A's in-
cluding a twin cam and a B.
We lingered over a long
and very good lunch and
heard many stories about
the people, their cars and
the club in general, and
they were keen to hear of
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