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Old Speckled Hen Tour - Sunday 30th May 2010
77 years of MG machinery gathered at Radley College for the 18th Old Speckled Hen Tour in the annual celebration of Abingdon's two world-famous brands. Spanning the years 1932 to 2009, it was again a full house of 100 cars.
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Abingdon Works Car Show - Sunday 2nd May 2010
The early 2010 May Bank Holiday saw the 11th Abingdon Air & Country Show and the 5th year that we had joined them on the old Abingdon airfield now the home of the Army and re-named Dalton Barracks.
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St George's Day Run - Sunday 25th April 2010. We were delighted to accept the hospitality of Abingdon-based computer company, Sophos, for the start of the 5th run of St George with their impressive facilities providing a contrasting backdrop to the cars whose ages ranged from the 1930s through to the 21st Century.
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Abingdon Works Centre Awards Dinner - Saturday 27th March. The last Saturday in March, saw the former home of record-breaker George Eyston, Steventon House Hotel, again welcoming those attending the annual AWC Awards Dinner. This Victorian country house became a hotel in 1981 and in 2007 a part of the Divine Hotels group.
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Boxing Day Run - 26th December. Boxing Day morning saw the usual good attendance of cars assemble in Abingdon's Market Square for the Boxing Day Run. After a delightful 50+ mile run we ended up at The Dog House in Frilford for lunch.
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Trip to Argentan, France - Friday 18th to Tuesday 22nd September. A conversation between a couple of AWC Committee members during 2008 had sown the seeds of a possible trip to Abingdon’s French twin town of Argentan and, during the ensuing months, this seed had grown inoto a full-blown plan.
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The Chairman's Run - Sunday 4th October 2009. Since Bletchley Park has been on our radar for a visit for quite a while, it seemed a logical choice when looking around for this year's 'interesting' location for the Chairman's Run.
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Summer Day Out - Sunday 26th July 2009. We are very fortunate to have so many superb country houses and equally splendid gardens locally in the Centre to form the basis of our annual summer day out. Claydon House in Buckinghamshire is one such example.
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Pre-Silverstone Dinner - Thursday 9th July. This popular annual event is held at Abingdon to welcome international visitors to the UK to the MGCC's MGLive! weekend at Silverstone.
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Old Speckled Hen Run - Sunday 24th May 2009
With a few people fearing that the name might need to be changed to 'The Old Speckled Duck', the 2009 Spring Bank Holiday Sunday not only blew away these thoughts but blew away any form of moisture in the air that could inconceivably form a cloud.
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Abingdon Works Car Show - Sunday 3rd May 2009
Again we were blessed with a day without rain. Rather breezy but isn't this the norm for an airfield? Dalton Barracks, formally known as Royal Air Force Abingdon, was again hosting the Abingdon Air and Country Show.
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St George's Day Run - Sunday Sunday 26th April 2009
'Classic cars should be used and enjoyed' is the message from the FBHVC, so that’s what AWC set out to achieve with their Abingdon start, St George’s Day themed run. The actual start point was Sophos Plc's HQ building on Abingdon Science Park which is at the opposite end of town from the old MG site...
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Abingdon Works Centre Awards Dinner - Saturday 4th April 2009
The 2009 Awards Dinner, held on April 4th, was again held at the Steventon House Hotel, former home of MG racer George Eyston. However, under new ownership since last year, substantial improvements to the Reception and Bar areas greeted us as we walked through the door creating a much fresher and spacious look.
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The Chairman's Run - Sunday 28th September 2008
Each time there is a road run from the Abingdon-on-Thames area, this year we used the popular starting point of the Abingdon Market Place. On what had started as a very misty morning, 30+ M.G.s spanning 70 years of MG production set off late morning for a 33 mile run to Woodley just east of Reading, a day which ended in brilliant sunshine.
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Summer Day Out - Bank Holiday Monday 25th August 2008
Quaint Essential English Traditions: Strawberries and Cream at Wimbledon, Mince Pies and Carols at Christmas and Rain on Bank Holiday Monday’s! But what’s this?... Dead flies on the windscreen! Where are the raindrops?
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Abingdon Works Centre Pre-Silverstone Dinner - Thursday 12th June 2008
The AWC Pre-Silverstone Dinner, planned to be held in Abingdon's Guildhall with a top engineer involved in the lifting of the Mary Rose invited as the after-dinner speaker, had to be hastily rearranged due to dwindling numbers of proposed attendees coupled with the growing unviable costs to the caterers.
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Old Speckled Hen Run - Sunday 25th May 2008
This year's Old Speckled Hen Run, which this year started from, and ended at Radley College, Abingdon, will be best remembered for the rain!
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Abingdon Works Centre Car Show - Sunday 4th May 2008
Our report for this year's event is brought to you, by way of a change, by Keith Allen of the Chesham Natter. Their Spring Chicken Run was timed to coincide with, and finish at, the AWC Car Show at Dalton Barracks.
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Abingdon Works Centre Awards Dinner - Saturday 5th April 2008
This year's Dinner was held on Saturday 5th April at the Steventon House Hotel, with guest speaker Paul Mayhew-Archer, co-writer of Vicar of Dibley. The awards were presented by the MGCC President Bill Wallis, with our own Richard and Gill Martin receiving the Member(s) of the Year Award for devotion "above and beyond".
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Boxing Day Run - 26th December 2007
This was the first year since joining the M.G. Car Club that it has been possible for my wife and I to participate in the annual Boxing Day Run in our MGF. We had heard many things about the tradition of the event organized as ever by John Harris....
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AWC visit to the History on Wheels Museum - Sunday 14th October 2007
One reason Mike Sergeant was awarded the AWC Member of The Year for 2006 was his enthusiasm and ability for organising visits to interesting venues and this visit was no exception. The History on Wheels is a private collection....
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The Chairman's Run - Sunday 30th September 2007
The Chairman's run has been a feature of the AWC calendar for some five years, beginning as an end of season extra event organised by the Chairman himself and providing a 'mystery' tour within the geographical centre....
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Abingdon Works Centre Tour - Saturday & Sunday 18/19th August 2007
It's mid-August and the sun should be shining, but this is 2007, so the fact that it's not raining is enough to bring a smile to the face as we set off for the start of the Abingdon Works Centre Anniversary Tour. This year is the 25th Anniversary of the Centre and organiser Brian Moylan has put together a weekend run around the Centre....
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Summer Day Out - 22nd July 2007
Torrential rain in the run-up to the event saw severe flooding in the surrounding counties and in the West Country. Many entrants failed to show due to flooding in their own areas although a good number of cars did make it....
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Old Speckled Hen Run - 27th May 2007
The fifteenth running of the Old Speckled Hen road run organised by the Abingdon Works Centre took place this year on the 27th of May starting from the impressive and spacious grounds of Radley College, Abingdon...
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Opening of the MG Museum Room - 26th May 2007
The MG Museum Room, in the form of an exhibition entitled "The Making of MG - the Abingdon Years 1930-1980", was officially opened at 11.00am on Saturday 26th May by Bill Wallis, president of the MG Car Club...
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Abingdon Air & Country Fayre - 6th May 2007
After a successful first visit in 2006 to this annual event, the Abingdon Works Centre again joined forces with the Abingdon Air & Country Show which, for 2007, was being held in support of the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance service...
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St. George's Day Run - 22nd April 2007
Over seventy classic cars entered the second running of the MGCC Abingdon Works event, which this year started from the Miele domestic appliance HQ in Abingdon, close to the old MG factory site...
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Abingdon Works Centre Awards Dinner - 31st March 2007
There was a full house to enjoy this years Works Centre Dinner annd Prizegiving at Steventon House Hotel. After an excellent dinner Basil Wales provided guests with an insight into his entry into the world of Morris Motors the transfer to MG...
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Boxing Day Run - 26th December 2006
Abingdon Square is always full of MGs on Boxing Day, but this year's event proved to be a record breaker, with 49 cars attending...
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The Chairman's Run to the Oxford Bus Museum - 1st October 2006
The meet was at The Dog House Hotel just outside Abingdon on one of the old factory test routes (and also the venue of the new Abingdon natter) where tea, coffee and bacon butties were available for those who’d gone without breakfast...
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The Beachampton Natter BBQ and Annual Pride of Ownership - 13th July 2006
The annual pride of ownership meeting at the natter at the Bell at Beachampton was held on a sunny but cold night on Thursday 13th July. Over 50 MGs turned up...
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The Hen Tour - 28th May 2006
In a year without any sign of summer, apart from a hosepipe ban in the Thames Valley amid almost constant rain throughout May, it is a brave move for anyone to organise an outdoor event but this Hen Tour was a winner.
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Abingdon Air & Country Fayre - 30th April 2006
With the decision to rest the Works Car Show for 2006, it was felt a good time to join forces with the organisers of the 6th Abingdon Air & Country Fayre being held on Dalton Barracks in Abingdon at the end of April. The event, in aid of Douglas House & Helen House Respite Centres in Oxford, is held on the old Abingdon Airfield on the Sunday of the early May Bank Holiday and has gathered momentum over the years attracting over 9000 visitors in 2005.
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St. George's Day Run - 23rd April 2006
The event, organised by Centre members Dave Smith & John Watson, and prompted by the call for drivers of all classic cars to take to the road on St George’s Day, had clearly been enthusiastically greeted judging by the number and variety of cars arriving in the Market Square. As well as a 70-year range of MGs from a VA to a ZS, the 50 plus cars were compiled from a variety of Morris Minors, Minis, an elderly Austin and a grand old Rolls Royce.
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The Chairman's Run to Hook Norton Brewery - 2nd October 2005
To round off the 3 years I have spent Chairing the AWC committee I decided to organise a run with a difference to be enjoyed by a few like minded souls. The trip to Hook Norton Brewery is like stepping into a world where time has appeared to stand still, which as MG drivers is something we appreciate. If you happen to be interested in brewing, history and/or industrial archaeology there is everything for you...
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A firm summer favourite for a number of years now, this gathering at a famous motoring pub sees the front car park closed to all unless the vehicle wears the octagonal badge. What other local do can regularly have cars from pre Abingdon days to the last days at Longbridge with everything in between. Well nearly so, because last year we were short of SVWs and modern Midgets. Let's try to get a complete range this year. Just turn up at the pub on the outskirts of Hartley Wintney on the A30 towards Hook from about 20.00 hrs and enjoy the company.
