June 4th. After tea got the Alfetta out and drove along that very pleasant road between Knighton and Bridgnorth to the Midland Motor Museum, where Kay Petre, talented lady racing-driver…

If Pelmanism used to be a memory-training method, Ulmannism might be defined as trying to poke criticism at W.O. Bentley. Bentley-folk will recall how Alec Ulmann, the American historian, suggested…

My piece last month on the sports 19/100 hp Austro-Daimler is a reminder that several purely racing cars of this famed Austrian make came to this country, between the two…

The Austin Ten DC held its AGM at "The Spread Eagle", Thame, last month and was seen to be in a thriving condition. Its 1984 "Driver of the Year" was…

The High Peak HVC is holding its annual High Peak Historic Vehicle Run on June 2nd, starting and finishing at Buxton. The route will cover about 50 miles; entry forms…

It was with the deepest regret that we learned of the death of Ted Inman-Hunter, after a long illness. Ted was apprenticed to the Aston Martin Company at Feltham in…

A staunch reader, Mr S. H. Simpson of Leicester, has sent me an extract from "Living In Lakeland" by Tom Smithies (Robert Hale), describing how Beatrix Potter used to visit…

Motoring as it was, a look back to the roads of the 1920s. (Continued from the May issue) Using the observations of motor-noter OJ for our look back on the vanished automotive scene, we find him,…

Rain did its best to spoil the Vintage SCC race meeting at Oulton Park on June 11th but did not succeed. It was, however, unhappily damp for those who had readied their prized possessions for…

A new "Model of Yesteryear" by Lesney is always an event, and their latest is a splendid miniature reproduction of a 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost landaulette to a scale of…

I hear that a 1908 Thornycroft has been imported here from Australia by an enthusiast who has restored many interesting cars, from a large Edwardian Delaunay-Belleville to veteran London to…

Everyone has some brief but memorable moments in life. One of mine occurred after I had contributed to a book about all kinds of sports, my contribution being motor racing,…