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NEWSLETTERS Summary of Contents by Issue Back Copies of Our Newsletter Are Available NEWSLETTERS Summary of Contents by Issue Back Copies of our newsletter are available. As spare copies are held for only some issues, many requests will involve photocopying the originals, so the cost per copy will be $5.00 including postage within Australia. Contact Roger Foy – 02 9449 1524 or [email protected] Issue 1 May 1999 Report of the March 1950 opening of the The first issue was prepared by Roy South VP plant by Lord Nuffield. who had organised, with the blessing of Report of sale of the Longbridge plant to Landcom, the last walkaround of the Zetland BMW. (Victoria Park) plant site before the Establishment of interim committee and Nuffield-BMC-Leyland factory buildings first AGM. were demolished. This issue’s topics were: About this newsletter. Issue 4 Sep 2000 Keeping in Touch. Report of 25/50 Anniversary Celebrations The BMC-Leyland Directory. and Display Day, 25 June 2000 and formal BMC Australia on the web. presentation of Historic Engineering The Zetland Years. Marker by Institution of Engineers Zetland revisited. Australia. BMC-Leyland Australia Heritage Group – Report of Sept 2000 AGM and new Identity, Mission & Objectives. committee. Other Recent Activities. Report of 50 cars on display by car clubs in P76 Remembered. NSW. More BMC-Leyland History. Ex Apprentices First “Timeline” of the VP and Enfield and Trainees. plants. Issue 2 Nov 1999 Issue 5 Mar 2001 Photos of plant buildings being demolished Report of the decision by Landcom to name (May 1999). streets and one park in the VP development Group became incorporated. after BMC/Leyland marques. First call for material for formal archiving. Progress report on the Oral History Origin of the annual reunion. project. Historic Engineering Marker submission and The Austin Freeway & Wolseley 24/80 approval by Institution of Engineers Story. Australia. Origins of the Zetland (VP) Plant First mention of THE BOOK. 50th Architecture. Anniversary celebrations for March 2000 Item about a 6 page article in the Issue 3 Apr 2000 December 2000 issue of the UK Practical Announcement and details of 25/50th Classics magazine. Anniversary Reunion and Display day to be on 25 June 2000 at Randwick Racecourse. Issue 6 Sep 2001 Report of member survey. Advance information on the planned Story behind the 7 BMC Paintings and their redevelopment of the Victoria Park site. Artists. The paintings were hung for many BMC-Leyland Australia Heritage Group – Newsletter Index 1 years in the BMC boardroom and featured The Wide Body Freeway (that never was). in the 1958 publication “BMC in Australia”. Peter North’s – the last days of Zetland – Report of Committee meeting in the newly Part II. restored office in the Tote building. Extract from Motor magazine July & Report “Unit Plant birth was not painless”. August 1956 Engines by the Million, part 1. Inserts: BMC Paintings and the Artists; Extract from AEI August 2001; From Mini Issue 12 Apr 2003 to MINI in 42 years; Notice of “Minis A short history of BMC-Leyland by Norm Down Under” celebrations Oct 21 to 29 Prescott 2001. More on the Wide Body Freeway. Report on NRMA Motorfest 2003. Issue 7 Jan 2002 What’s happening at Victoria Park? Report of opening of Tote Park at VP site. Racing History update. Oral History project – sample of progress. Extract from Motor magazine July & Report “40 years of Mini in Australia. August 1956 Engines by the Million, part 2. Report on All British Day 2001. Report of the original “Young Lions” car Issue 13 Jul 2003 racing members. Not the Same Cooper S but the Force is Extracts from BMC Rosette; Review and Back. Reporter; President’s Report for 2001 Norm Prescott concludes his Short History of BMC-L. Issue 8 Apr 2002 Motor Sport happenings. The names that never were – article on Extracts from June-July 1966 BMC Australian BMC Australia car names that Rosette “Police choice for safety in special were not used. road squad” and from Sept-Oct 1966 BMC Memorabilia database. Rosette “Police increase highway patrol Peter Mohacsi’s recollections as a Leyland Morris Coopers”. Cadet. Update on the Young Lions. Oral History Issue 14 Oct 2003 example – the Reg Fulford Story “One Hundred Images of Victoria Park”. Insert: Reproduction of the BMC Reporter 30 years since P76 Release – review of Apr – May 1961 dedicated to the Morris events. 850 launch. Report of 2003 Reunion at Granville. Heritage Plaque to go to Nuffield Park. Issue 9 Jul 2002 Motor Sport: Report of 1974 London – Leyland P82 that never was. Sahara – Munich Rally. Forty years of Austin Freeway. Insert: Leyland City Times – Jan 1973 and Update on BMC – Leyland Competition July 1973. History. Oral History – Reg Fulford story pt 2 Issue 15 Jan 2004 The BMC – L Heritage Bronze Plaque finally Issue 10 Oct/Nov 2002 finds its rightful place in Nuffield Park. BMC-Leyland Australia – an MD’s Reflection About the Plaque and the Zetland – Peter North’s talk to 2002 Reunion. redevelopment. Report on 2002 Reunion Report of unveiling ceremony. Competition Update. Cars displayed at opening ceremony. Inserts: Extract from Feb 1959 BMC Motorsport Update. Reporter. President’s report on AGM and Launch of Heritage Group CD of images and de-incorporation of the Group. PowerPoint presentations. President’s report for 2003 Issue 11 Jan 2003 Dialog with a BMC colleague from LA. BMC-Leyland Australia Heritage Group – Newsletter Index 2 Webpage - William Richard Morris – Inserts: President’s report 2003 – 2004; Viscount Nuffield. Report of AGM 2004. BMCs First Computerised Payroll. Issue 19 Jan/Feb 2005 Issue 16 Apr 2004 MG Celebrates its 80th Anniversary – 1924 The Owen McDonald Papers. – 2004 Report of 2003 Reunion. Doncaster Reunion 2004. Tom Jessop (Training School) – a Giant in Austin Centenary. our heritage. Shanghai surprise for struggling MG Rover. The Tom Jessop collection. Owen McDonald continues his Heritage A personal comment by Roy South. Series – “Deafness” Some highlights in Tom’s activities at BMC. Insert: Supplement on MG Production in What to do with this memorabilia? Australia; Works-Supported MGs in We introduce the John Frew Collection. Australia. The Healey Southern Cross. A remembrance of Training Days at BMC – Issue 20 Apr 2005 from LA. Austin Centenary Year – First Event. MG BMC’s Wonderful Help to Ex-Offenders. Rover Crisis. Six Years of Newsletter – First Armstrong 500 recalled. Supplement. Motor Sport Update – Austin A snippet from the late 50s – Norm Healey 100 BMC – Leyland at Victoria Park – Prescott. The Book. Issue 17 Jul 2004 Issue 21 Jul 2005 The Tom Jessop Years. MG Rover Selloff – The Saga Continues. But they were not all apprentices. 1950s Foremen and Supervisors with photo. John Lindsay talks about … Austin Centenary Events. Photo of Apprentices and Trainees 1958. BMW Faces Huge Bill for Old Rovers. Ex-apprentices and Trainee Association Merv Blyth on 1960s Automatic Reunions. Transmission Training. Owen McDonald Continues His Series of Motor Sport Update. Papers – More on the Car Assembly Building 1958 – 1971. Issue 22 Nov 2005 What’s happening with The John Frew 2005 Annual Reunion 2005 Collection (photos, technical data, motor BMC Product Engineering – The Beginning. sport). Longbridge & Early Post War The Healey Southern Cross Pt 2. Manufacturing in Australia. BMC Trophy for All British day. How the P76 Changed my Life – Warrewyk UK Force 7 sold. Williams Garrie Bain’s Magnificent 1959 Austin Issue 18 Oct 2004 Healey 3000. Tom Jessop and John Frew Heritage Series Motorsport Update. conclude. Austin Centenary Event March 2005. Pictures from the John Frew Collection. Austin Centenary Medal Key Ring. Motor Sport Update President’s Report. 2004 Annual Reunion and Luncheon. Photo of Apprentices and Trainees 1963. Issue 23 Jan 2006 How we propose to proceed from here. 100 Years of Austin Presentations at Granville Reunion Moke turns 40 Owen McDonald Continues. Austin Centenary Display Mar 12 Leyland’s Earliest Days in Australia. Victoria Park Redevelopment Complete Mini Australian Time Line BMC-Leyland Australia Heritage Group – Newsletter Index 3 Motor Sport Update: MG Racing; MG’s Tribute to Evan Green Rebirth Could Happen Soon; Healey Ready Bob Phillips and Roy South Hijack Evan to make its marque again Green Moke Turns 40 National Muster End of P76 “Tragic for Australia” – Evan Green Issue 24 Apr/May 2006 Austin Centenary Display day Issue 27 Apr 2007 UK Centenary Souvenir – 100 Years of The Roy South Story Part 1 Austin and Longbridge P76 Display at Powerhouse Museum 2006 Reunion Discovery Centre 40 Years of Moke in Australia: BMC Heritage Movies on DVD Rosette Extract; Moke International Austins Over Australia Easter 2006 Time-Line Rob Harrison’s Motor Sport Update Rob Harrison’s Motor Sport Update Evan Green’s Lament at the Demise of MG, not Rover P76 – Part II MG Rover Auctions its Past Nanjing in Talks to Sell Rover Brand Issue 28 Jul 2007 Nuffield Brass Plaque Purchased The Roy South Story Part II Alan Rowe’s Heroic Restoration Rob Harrison’s Motor Sport Update City of Sydney talks re THE BOOK 2007 All British day We Contribute to City of Sydney’s The Car Makers DVD Heritage Festival First Morris Major Found Roger Foy: Some Thoughts on DO1101 Issue 25 Aug/Sep 2006 Cars; What Car for Australia; The BMC 100 Years of Austin – continued Australian Car About Roger Foy Morris 850 Postage Stamp Issue 29 Jan 2008 All British Day 2006 Roger Foy: Some Thoughts on DO1101
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