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Monthly Newsletter – April 2020 Club Website: www.wirralclassiccarclub.co.uk Email: [email protected] Registered Charity No: 1179533 WCCC Supported Charity – Dementia Together Wirral Chairman: Ralph Wilson : 0151 336 1998 - [email protected] Hon. Secretary: Ann Boumphrey : 0151 327 2482 - [email protected] Hon. Treasurer: David Boumphrey : 0151 327 2482 - [email protected] Committee Members Chief Marshal & Gordale Event: Cliff Heald : 334 6938 - [email protected] Merchandise & Historic Rally: Geoff Bell : 739 9870 - [email protected] Raffle: John Pidsley : 328 1993 - [email protected] Public Relations Alan Green : 625 7782 - [email protected] Membership Secretary: Simon Thornton : 625 1236 - [email protected] Social Secretary Dawn Dixon : 639 0731 - [email protected] Other Appointments Wirral Classic Car Show: Ralph Wilson : 336 1998 Monthly e-News & website: David Boumphrey : 327 2482 Enthusiasts Award: Simon Thornton : 625 1236 Enthusiasts Award: Penny Lord : 632 5932 NOTE: New Club email Address: [email protected] RANGE ROVER 1970 - 2020 Photo taken in Lupton Cumbria Chairman Chat Hi folks trust you are all staying safe, staying at home and in good health. It’s quite strange to write my Chairman’s chat when we haven’t had a club meeting or the Drive it Day (social Run and Treasure Hunt). We have had to cancel our Problems and Solutions club night this month and also the presentation of David Smith and Peter Roca with Honorary Membership of the club, hopefully we will be able to make these awards at a meeting later this year when things have returned to normal. We have also had to cancel The Wirral Classic Car Show for this year, which was to take place on the 10th May, I have sent out an email to the people who returned entry forms, informing them of the cancellation and also to Andrew Pimbley at Claremont Farm. As a group we have been active on “Facebook” and now have 128 members a big thanks to John Cartlidge for organising the quizzes and all those members who have taken the time and made the effort to respond and add interesting articles, photos and comments. We have had a good response to our request for unusual photos of your car and/or components at the time of writing and there is still time to enter before the closing date of 11th May when the Committee and John Cartlidge will hopefully agree on a winner, providing the situation allows a bottle of wine will be delivered to their home. David Boumphrey has been tirelessly working away on the Newsletter and also offering his services to members who have not been able to publish their photos for the above-mentioned competition. If you have any ideas for keeping us all amused or have a story, anecdote or just something you may feel will be interesting to members give me or David a bell, alternatively add it to our Facebook site. Please take care to add to The Wirral Classic Car Club Site as there is another site with a similar name Wirral Classic Cars Club which is nothing to do with us. If you wish to contact other members their contact details are in the Handbook. Best wishes Ralph Wilson Page 2 2020 MEMBERSHIP The membership numbers for 2020 now stands at 126 with no new members from last month. This is made up of 114 Renewals and 12 New Members since the 1st September 2020. HANDBOOK The 2020 Handbook is now available and anyone who has paid their subscription for 2020 will be issued with a personalised copy which will include on the front cover your Name and Membership Number. If you have not received your Handbook, please contact. [email protected] & we will post you one. Next CLUB NIGHT at the British Legion Wednesday Club nights, at the British Legion Heswall, have been cancelled until the end of May and will be reviewing all other meetings on a month by month basis. WCCC FACEBOOK The “Wirral Classic Car Club” Facebook page now has 127 members and is available to all WCCC members. The club is using the Facebook page to notify events, online discussions, seek technical advice, photos or to just exchange views on all manner of subjects. If you have not joined yet, please give it a try. PLEASE NOTE that there is another FACEBOOK site called “Wirral Classic Cars Club” which has no connection to our CLUB. NEWSLETTER (Articles Urgently Required) Thanks to those members who have sent in articles which will appear in the Newsletter over the next few months. Please share your stories of projects you might be working on, in your Man Cave, Garage or Shed, during this self-isolation period. ITEM FOR SALE MGB – 55,000 miles T Reg. New Hood retrimmed - Stainless Steel Exhaust - New discs & pads - Wax oiled & Undersealed from new - Rubber bumper model with Chrome conversion. V.G.C. £4500 ono Call Les Peters 07905557896 Restoration & mileage awards. The entry forms for both of these awards can be found on the WCCC web site under “What’s on Offer”. The Geoff Whitely Restoration Form can be completed anytime but must be submitted by 31st September to be eligible. The “Mileage award must also be submitted by the 31st September Page 3 General Advice on Coronavirus The WCCC remains committed to following the latest UK Government advice on the coronavirus and current government and public health advice states that all, non-essential social contact with other people should be avoided for foreseeable future. Following discussions with the Committee it has been decided to postpone all WCCC events up to 31st May, this will include the Wednesday Club Meetings at the British Legion. Please be assured that during this rapidly changing situation, we are monitoring the Government advice very closely and will let members know of future changes to the Clubs calendar of events. Keep your eye on our Facebook for updates but in any case, I will keep in touch by email and/or Newsletter. Most importantly stay well and follow the Government’s advise stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading. Click here to access FBGVC Coronavirus / General advise. (Issue 2 page 4) WCCC SHOWS & EVENTS for 2020 This year we have 5 Shows/Events organised by the Club Committee. a. Social Run & Treasure Hunt (Sunday 26th April) This event has been POSTPONED, hope to be able to run this when the restrictions are lifted. b. WIRRAL CLASSIC CAR SHOW (Sunday May 10th Claremont Farm) This event has been CANCELLED. Looking forward to a bigger and better show in 2020 c. Historic Rally (Sunday 19st July) This year’s event will again be organised by Geoff Bell and it is proposed to start at the Red Fox, lunch at Carr Farm and finishing at Thornton Hough Green. We have stopped taking entries and will review the situation at the end of May. We have not cashed any of the cheques so if the event does not go ahead, we will shred them and anyone paying by BAC’s they will be reimbursed. d. Gordale Run Sunday (20th September) This year’s event will again be organised by Cliff Heald. We will have an optional short run, around 15 miles to end up at Gordale. Remember all entries need to be received before 31st July 2020. Entry form for this is now available on our web site or Click Here to download. Note: This event is limited to 80 Vehicles. f. CHRISTMAS CLUB DINNER (2020) Organised by Dawn Dixon date Saturday 5th December 2020 venue the same as last year Carr Farm Meols. Classic Motor Show NEC Trip Saturday 14th November At the moment this is on hold but if restrictions are lifted, we hope to be able to run this trip. Also, part of the NEC is now being converted into a Nightingale Hospital. Page 4 NEWS FROM THE FEDERATION In issue 5 2019 of the News there are a few articles which may be of interest to members: These have been copied on these pages. A full copy and back issues of the News can be seen by Clicking Here. The latest copy of the NEWS is Issue 2 2020 in either PDF or DOC format. General Welcome to the new non-EU Britain! (Although at the moment it feels very much like the old EU one.) This quarter brings further developments which have an impact on historic vehicles, and again a period where there is little clarity about the future. Clean Air Zones & Low Emission Zones Clean Air Zones, Low Emission Zones or Ultra Low Emission Zones, which I am increasingly referring to as CAZ/LEZ remain proposed for many areas, and the future seems to include a myriad of road user restrictions all enforced by Automatic Number plate Recognition [ANPR] and civil penalty charges [PCN’s]. No further significant developments to CAZ/LEZ have been published. York has claimed a “voluntary LEZ” as a result of agreeing with all local bus operators to use low emission buses in the historic city centre, and Harrow, currently outside the North Circular and therefore outside the planned extended London ULEZ have indicated their interest in extending the ULEZ to their borough, subject to getting funding to do so. Bradford has published an early-stage proposal to introduce a Low Emission Zone but excluding cars and motorcycles. We are currently looking at this and will be responding. There have been several on-line checking systems introduced. Transport for London have a checking system for their ULEZ although this is known to be inaccurate at times, and doesn’t include some London Authorities plans to introduce “school run” car bans around London schools, or to impose raised charges for having resident’s parking permits where non-compliant older cars are parked on the street.