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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 30/05/2014 : 11:42:16
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There are a few points of interest worth flagging in June's Safety Fast!
First, an interesting write-up by Scribe Jeremy Hawke of the Kimber Classic Trial, accompanied by some splendid pictures of the event taken by Cathelijne.
The trial is reprised in the SW Region notes, which depict Emma Digby (15) and Patrick Gardner (10) climbing Hell Ladder Lane. (I think the numbers are their car numbers, not ages!)
For those who are planning to stay overnight at Silverstone in one of the on-site Snoozeboxes, there is a £15 discount to MGCC members, which takes the cost down to £60 per 'pod'. (Wish I had been told that before I booked some weeks ago  but you may be luckier!
Dick Morbey
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BobRichards RIP
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/05/2014 : 18:13:33
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| Congratulations to Jeremy on a super article on the Kimber (and its broken half shaft sequel) with some brilliant photos, thanks to Cat! |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/05/2014 : 20:30:15
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Well done from me also, clearly an event well enjoyed by all.
George
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Mike the M
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/06/2014 : 11:58:43
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Well done indeed to Jeremy for the June Triple M spread. I can only endorse the the trip to the West Country is well worth the effort for every reason of "social domestic and pleasure"!
The driver in the Abingdon Trial if of course Joseph William Fox.
The following piece was in Safety Fast!
A Fox’s Tale
Joseph William Fox was born into the Quaker Fox family on 16th June 1908 and was the third son of Gerald and Bea (Beatrice), nee Cornish-Brown.
The Fox family had substantial business interests in Devon and west Somerset.
The main business was textiles and they produced some of the finest West of England suiting fabrics that were available at the time. They were also involved with the pottery, tile and brick making around Bovey Tracey in Mid-Devon. Their Fox Fowler Bank in Wellington financed all this.
Joe’s Father, Gerald was Managing Director of the Candy Tile business, and a Director of the Bank and the Textile Company, and they lived in Newton Abbot. Gerald had played Rugby for Devon and was a keen skier, it was natural that son Joe should be fond of sport.
Joe lived in Wellington in his early childhood but moved to Newton Abbot when his Father went to Candy Tiles.
He must have found his motoring interest from a grand parent who drove to Scotland for a fishing trip in 1904, as he entered his first Exeter trial in 1931 aged 22 in a Hillman Husky and won a Bronze medal.
MG J2 registration ‘OD 5714’ was first registered on 6th May 1933 when he was in Newton Abbot and 24 years of age. He competed in a number of M.C.C. events in 1933 and 1934.
The NA was first registered on 29th July 1935 again when in Newton Abbot. In this car he did numerous M.C.C. events and won a “Triple” in 1936.
In 1938 he went to work for Central Garage in Cobham Surrey and about that time bought an open 1931 16 h.p Lagonda ‘WH 5554’ and went rallying. He did the 1938 Welsh in it and also competed in the 1939 event in an open Lagonda. Possibly the same one, as he picked his daughter up from school in a Lagonda in 1940 and drove at high speed down Haldon Hill, near Exeter.
During the war there was a complete change of career as he was a Special Constable in the Metropolitan Police. However, before the war he had been involved with ‘Toc H’ serving his community and was South West area Secretary. This all lead to being ordained as a Priest at Salisbury Theological College leaving in 1952. He became a Deacon in the same year and a Priest in 1953.
He was then was a curate at Widecombe-in-the-Moor before being Chaplain at Dartmoor Prison. From 1958 to 1966 was involved in prison welfare. He was the Curate at Leusdon, Dartmoor in the 1960’s.
He was awarded the Police Long Service Medal and the Defence Medal.
He had married in mid 1934 to Katherine Mary Littlewood and had had a daughter Patricia. He married his second wife, Francis – a nurse, in the 1970’s.
He died 15th September 1994.
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