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The Newsletter of The RRECPaulerspury Section

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Not a Lot of People Know That 4

The Chairman’s Bit 5

Autumn Amble 6

Visit to Chris Lee’s 8

A Letter to the Editor 10

AGM and Christmas Lunch 11

The Story of Silver Shadow SRH 2052 18

Find Out a Little More 20

Classics on Harpenden Common - Event Information 23

Behind the Scenes at the Track of Legend - Event Information 24

Paddington Bear - From Goodwood to London 24

Future Events Diary 26

Committee Contacts 27

January2015

The Newsletter of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club - Paulerspury Section

Front Cover Photograph: (courtesy of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited - Press Club)Paddington Bear leaves Goodwood for London to join forty-nine lookalikes supporting the NSPCC (See more on page 24)

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Not a Lot of People Know That

Before the rectangular Rolls-Royce badge was designed, the grille carried an oval logowithin which were the words ‘The Rolls-Royce Radiator’.

Early Rolls-Royce cars had wooden wheels which creaked when the wood dried out.Chauffeurs were advised to douse them with water to stop the noise.

In 1942, nearly every taxi in Blackpool was a Rolls-Royce.

The first ever sliding sun roof was made by Henri Labourdette for a Silver Ghost.



The Chairman’s Bit

Happy New Year to all Paulerspury people, the sacks ofwrapping paper have gone, the Christmas tree recycled, andthe last of the New Year’s fireworks have faded in ourmemories. Dieting plans may last the month of January andthe health clubs are rubbing their hands with newmemberships which may last until spring.

The 34th AGM was extremely well attended by some 52members with 64 present thereafter for an enjoyable

Christmas lunch at Corner Five. We were also joined by Martin Carnell and his wife;Martin is an RREC Board member responsible for the Bulletin and Advertiser.

You have a new chairman, I must say a daunting prospect following in the footsteps ofBarry and those before him. I will do my best to keep you informed and preside over agreat committee.

I am delighted that Barry will stay as a committee member and continue to manageand edit Paulerspury People and importantly our website and social media links. Weare duly proud of our website which has to one of the best in the Club and I urge youall to view it on a regular basis.

Mark Warnock sadly decided not to stand this coming year as a committee memberand will be missed. Mark has done a great job managing the section’s membershipdatabase and ensuring new members are recorded, contacted and made to feelwelcome. I am pleased however that he has agreed to continue to look after themembership information for us.

Kathy, will continue to look after the money as our Treasurer, it is her seventh year inthis important role so a big thank you.

Jan is organising the events calendar. We have an exciting programme already in placefor the year with more to come. Your committee would however be delighted to hearfrom any member who has an idea for an event or would like to run an event. You donot have to be a committee member, just have the enthusiasm!

The Club has a number of important events this year: 60 years of the Cloud and S typeswill be celebrated over the weekend of the 25th April, the RREC International Weekendat Folkestone on the weekend of the 23rd May and a new venue for the Annual Rally atBurghley House on Friday 19th to Sunday the 21st of June. Details of these events canbe found in the Bulletin and on the Clubs web site.

Derek Freeman - Chairman



Autumn Amble

This year’s late road run was renamed AutumnAmble and as Kay and I were away on holiday theweek prior to the event, all preparations neededto be concluded in advance. As a result I completelyforgot to ask someone to do the write up!

As a result, I can advise that the weather wasfantastic, everyone had a glorious time and thefood was out of this world!

Well at least most of this was true I hope. Theweather was truly awesome for the time of theyear with clear skies and lovely bright sunshine.We all assembled at The Sheene Mill, with theorganisers being beaten by Peter & Audrey. Ourexcuse was that they only live 3.5 miles away!

Paulerspury Section will be celebrating its 35th Anniversary on Sunday the 19th Julywith a garden party at the Hunt House, don’t miss it and indeed the other events listedin the calendar.

I am delighted that Karen Hillier has agreed to be co-opted on to the committee, Ibelieve it is important to have fresh ideas and I am sure Karen will bring those to thecommittee.

Steve Dolan will continue as the Section Secretary acting as the important conduitbetween the Section, the Hunt House and other sections around the country. Aproposed new set of rules, prepared by the RREC Board, for the governance of sectionsand committees has been exercising ours and other section’s brains over the last month,an issue which I think will roll on for some time.

I am now the custodian of the section’s gavel and will be giving it some exercise at ourfirst meeting of the year in January.

I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible over the coming year. Please contactme or other members of the committee if you have any comments, questions, ideas,regarding events, Paulerspury Section or the Club.

Let’s have a great year and enjoy our cars.

Derek Freeman

Organisers - Mark and Kay Warnock



After a quick coffee everyone set off onthe run. A couple of members were clubcarless, so jumped in other cars to helpwith the navigating. It was nice to seeDave & Sue Knighton again and with theirlovely 20/25 on the road.

Kay and I returned to the conservatoryto chat with Ian Course about his recentexploits on the continent with his BentleyTurbo – Mr B. After about half an hour Ireceived a text from Ruth Gallafent. TheNational Trust had closed one of theroads on the carefully planned route!Best laid plans etc etc. I think everyonedid an about turn and found their wayback on to the original route through theleafy villages of South Cambridgeshire.

After about an hour the cars began toreturn and with a bit of manoeuvring, wemanaged to get most out the front of theHotel, for the benefit of staff and passers-by.

Lunch was served in the main restaurantand it was well received and of greatquality. Another successful event for theSection.

Mark Warnock

First time out for Dave Knightons 20/25

So lucky with the sun shining on us

David and Catherine share a seat

Lunch commences ‘appy Dave!



Visit to Chris Lee’s in Beaconsfield - Sunday 9th November 2014

Lurking between the The Old White Swan and Sunflower Framing on London End,Beaconsfield, is the entrance to Chris Lee’s ‘famous’ Rolls-Royce garage, where thesection were invited to come along and see what services and facilities they had tooffer owners of fine automobiles.

Rolls-Royce trained Chris Lee, left the company in 1975 and established an independentworkshop, maintaining and repairing Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars. Clients wereso impressed with his work whilst at Rolls-Royce, some of the vehicles he worked onfollowed him to his new venture, the vehicles of Princess Margaret for example, todrop just one name.

Chris Lee’s grew and grew and are able to offer a complete one-stop facility for bothmechanical work and body repairs. The quality of workmanship for which they arenow internationally renowned has brought vehicles to Beaconsfield from all over theworld. One recent complete restoration was of ALW11, a 1952 Silver Wraith DropheadCoupé by Hooper, for the Emir of Kano in Nigeria. The car was presented with theinstruction ‘do anything that is required regardless of cost’. They did and ALW11 wascompletely rebuilt and returned to the Emir. Chris and co-director Martin were delightedto be invited to Nigeria to meet the Emir who wished to thank them personally for thework that had been carried out.

Robert and June Brown’s Silver Shadow

David and Peter warm on Keith’s radiatorThe Section pay attention as Chris Lee gives us the low down

Ah, yes. Shocking Pink I believe



Chris has become attached to a few vehiclesover the years, one being a Phantom VI,which he was involved in the constructionof when new. Another is a bright pink SilverSpirit but we did not enquire of the particularaffinity to that one. Also in their line-up, is a‘single-seater’ Rolls-Royce! Of course weknow that cannot be, it is a spoof vehicle, alittle Daihatsu truck, sporting a Silver Shadowradiator grille. It is just a bit of fun Chris says.It looks like there is a lot of fun to be had atthis little place as every single member ofthe Chris Lee’s team we met consider it ajoy and a privilege to be working there,getting paid for what they love doing.

Our visit gave us all another insight in to whatis available to us at an independentspecialist, reminding us that these are theguys who are responsible for the survival ofthe vehicles we cherish. Find them andsupport them.

Not fifty yards from Chris Lee’s garage canbe found a Loch Fyne restaurant and fortyfour of us hot footed it there for lunch.Although we had all pre-ordered, service wasa bit random with not all people seated atthe same table being served at the sametime and not all the same food choices wereserved at once. Some members became alittle agitated as it had been a long morningbut fortunately, were delighted with theirfood when it did arrive. I should point outthat we were not the only diners and that inall there were over one hundred people inthe restaurant, so perhaps it wasn’t so badafter all.

Thanks to Barry and Ruth Gallafent fororganising this enlightening visit for us.

Mark Warnock

Chris Lee’s Phantom VI

V8’s to go - Take your pick

Dave Knighton recycles his coffee cup

A Corniche embarks upon restoration



Letter to the Editor 4th December 2014

Dear Barry

CHRIS LEE’S LIMITED

June and I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to visit Chris Lee’s workshops,especially the welcoming atmosphere. Everyone was very happy to talk tous and we were quite flattered by the amount of time Chris and Ron spentin the yard being complimentary about our Shadow.

Having said how good the outside is Chris volunteered that the leatherwas not quite the same standard (very true) and could he suggest‘connollising’ – they have a man who does a good job at a reasonable price.

“How much?...........mmh……… OK we’ll have some of that please. Howeverwe live 40 miles away – can you help with a courtesy car? ” “Yes – certainly– would you like the Lady Penelope pink R-R or the forest green SilverShadow?”

Where else are you offered a Rolls-Royce as a courtesy car?!?

Later on we made arrangements, delivered our Shadow on Monday, andcollected it today, Thursday. We are delighted! – the leather looks like new– uniform colour and texture throughout – superb!

Thank you for an outing which has introduced us to a firm we expect toknow increasingly well as reliable friends.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Brown

Letter to The Editor

Following our visit to Chris Lee’s, I have received the following communication fromRobert Brown.

Letters to the editor or contributions of any kind are always welcome. You can emailthem to [email protected] or post them to me, see my address on thecontacts page of this edition.

Barry Gallafent



AGM and Christmas Lunch

Sitting at my desk preparing this edition of the Paulerspury People and delighted to beso far forward at this point, up to page 11 already, AGM and Christmas Lunch. I haveplaced the photos which I had already sourced and resized, job done. And now for thetext. Ah, I have no text. In all the excitement of Christmas, the AGM and organising theChristmas lunch, I had forgotten to ask anyone to provide a write up. I have subsequentlycalled some attendees asking if they might provide a recall of the event. Some said itwas four weeks ago and a little too far for them to provide an accurate account andanother told me he couldn’t remember what happened yesterday! This accounttherefore, is written by me, the editor, chairman at the time and event organiser. If it islacking in anything or embellishes anything unnecessarily, do let me know and I willpublish your comments in the next edition.

The committee had decided to bring about a change for 2014 and the brave decisionwas taken to hold it at Corner 5 Restaurant in Box End, Near Kempston. It is a venue wehad tried only once before and on that occasion, some members were less than satisfied.On reflection, there had been a muddle in the pre-ordering process, rendering somemembers not getting what they ordered and others kindly swapping, parting with theirfirst choice to please a fellow member, very commendable but not ideal. This confusionnaturally caused delays in service. Unfortunately, some had said they would never eatthere again. They didn’t.

For this event, liaison with the Corner 5team was excellent. Pre-orders wereconfirmed and double checked and contactwas maintained with the venue until 23:30hrs the night before in order to maintainthe seating plan, having received some lastminute additions and apologies.

On arrival members were greeted by thesmiling faces of the by now ‘sunglasswearing’ Ruth Gallafent and Pippa Oliver.So bright was the sun, that they couldhardly see members as they reached thetop of the stairs for registration. Raffletickets were available at the registrationdesk and I am delighted to say thegenerosity of all who purchased themallowed us to donate £230 to McMillanCancer Care.

Ruth and Pippa at the desk

Peter Nightingale chatswith Janet Bell



Endless coffee and tea was provided on a self-serve basis on the mezzanine floor asmembers chatted and caught up with each other’s news.

Promptly at 11:00hrs, the chairman announced the AGM was about to commence andinvited all to move through to the conference room which had been laid out for us in atheatre style. The room has a superb view of the venue’s water sports lake and hardyskiers could be seen performing an array of ‘accidental’ stunts throughout our AGM.There were no takers from the section wishing to try it for themselves.

The AGM followed the usual agenda and has been very well minuted (minutes will beavailable from the Secretary by email and will be available to download from ourwebsite), so I will be brief in my writing on it.

Fifty two Section members attended the AGM, a very good turnout indeed. Thechairman opened the meeting welcoming all and announced an apology from MikeMartin, who was recovering from a knee replacement just a few days before.

Our treasurer Kathy Martin, had previously circulated a full financial statement of theSection accounts. There were no questions of the treasurer. Acceptance of thetreasurer’s report was proposed by Steven Murray and seconded by Chris Goddard.

Events Coordinator Janet Dolan, had circulated a future events summary and drewmembers’ attention to it as she spoke. A full list of events can be found at the back ofthis edition and on the Section website.

The chairman announced that Mark Warnock and Ruth Gallafent would be standingdown from the committee and thanked them both for their valuable contributions.The remaining members were standing for re-election and under the rules, the chairmanrequested that they be elected en bloc. This was proposed by Adrian Denham andseconded by Val Yates.

The chairman introduced Club Board Member Martin Carnell. Martin is the directorresponsible for publications and had come along to enlighten us on the current ClubBoard situation, the financial situation and the way forward. Martin announced that

Chairman Barry raises a titter Board member Martin Carnell



there would be two vacancies on theboard. Ruth Gallafent raised a validquestion from the floor, asking were theboard seeking any particular skill setsfrom director applicants, since themembership at large must includesomebody proficient in almost anycorporate role. Martin replied that thiswas not the case and enthusiasm was themain criteria.

Under any other business, Keith Davieshighlighted that our charitable activitiesand donations had been noticeably lessthan in previous years and suggested thatwe might address that moving forward.This point was taken on board (see raffledonation above) and our new chairmanwishes to make McMillan his preferredcharity. Keith and Pippa received the TomShanks Rose Bowl for most eventsattended.

The meeting closed at 12:15. Somemembers departed soon after, as othersarrived to join us for lunch.

The light and airy bar was soon bustlingwith banter as members relaxed and

chatted to each other in comfort. Lunch was called at 1:00 p.m. and everybody madetheir way through to the restaurant, glancing at the table plan on the way through.

Wine was on the tables already and soon began to flow. The banging of Christmascrackers and exchange of riddles and age old cracker jokes could be heard in abundance.Many donned their hats as the festivities commenced.

We were served expediently and professionally by a small but efficient team under thewatchful eye of conference and banqueting organiser Adrian. Food choices had beenprovided to the kitchen by table and member’s name which, in conjunction with thereminders on the tables, enabled fairly swift service. As with any restaurant serving alarge number with a small team, some tables get served first and others afterwardsbut this did not seem to be a problem.

The Corner 5 head chef is very creative and many people were surprised that they didnot instantly recognise on their plates, what they had ordered. Once this had been

The view from above

Keith and Pippa receive the Tom Shanks Rose Bowl



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Buckinghamshire’s independent specialist, Chris Lee’s Ltd

Says the man himself, who served

his apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce:

“There’s no ageism here. With

some 40 years’ experience of these

as happy working on the current

offerings as the period ones. In

fact, due to pressure of work, we’ve

recently taken on an additional pair of

belong to Chris Hancock, who was

previously the Workshop Manager

at Bentley Pangbourne following 30

years at Lex.”

Service with a smile

Where we like to believe we are

the extra mile for all of them. Those

who’ve entrusted us with their pride

and joy over the years range from

members of the British and other

royal families to household name

celebrities.”

Free collection and delivery

“We recognise our customers are

busy people and therefore offer free

collection and delivery to all those in

the local area. In addition to standard

Chris Hancock has forgotten more than most engineers will ever know about Bentleys and Rolls-Royces

Chris Lee busy rebuilding a Rolls-Royce V8



services, general maintenance and

repairs, we also operate one of the

best bodyshops this side of London,

and undertake accident repairs and

general paintwork for a number of

major franchised dealers, as well as

insurance companies and private

owners. We handle restoration work

too.”

Ancient arts

Redrup: “In Martin and Leigh Birch,

around, so anything from localised

repairs to body-off rebuilds are all in a

day’s work to us.”

it’s gratifying to report that Chris

Lee’s has never been busier; in fact

larger premises in the near future.

Commented Martin: “The hunt is on.

Our regular customers can rest easy

though, for wherever we eventually

get to rehang our spanners, it

won’t be far from our current home.

Moreover, our famed attention to

detail and value for money will be as

least as good as ever.”

Moderns and classics are equally welcome at Chris Lee’s Ltd

Chris Hancock and Martin Hawes attending to a Bentley Continetal GT



overcome, the food was found to be of superb quality and having gotten over theshock, most appreciated the stunning presentation. It has become apparent since butnot at the time I add, that some felt it was not traditional. The fayre certainly was.

After the meal, coffee was served and thechairman invited Martin Carnell to joinhim in standing. The raffle was drawnquite quickly. A variety of prizes werecollected from the table and Clive andEnid Green won first prize, £30 worth ofgarden gift vouchers.

The chairman then invited Fifty Yearmember Frank Gear, to join him andMartin for the presentation of his badge.Unbeknown to all, the chairman hadlearned that we were not in possessionof Frank’s badge and in a determinedeffort not to be embarrassed by this, hehad had a superb ‘cardboard cut-out’ FiftyYear badge fashioned by a young lady onthe reception desk. You could say it wasone we made earlier! Fortunately Frankhas a good sense of humour and saw thefunny side of things. He was delighted toreceive his badge and gave a short résuméof his time in the Club. Frank still has onecar that he had when he first joined. Hewas delighted with the PaulerspurySection hospitality and humour andassures us we will see him again.

Frank Gear receives hisFifty Year badge

It wasn’t us! Mmm, likely story

The Chairman thanks the Corner 5 staff



The chairman asked to see the chef, the kitchen staff and the servers, all of whom haddone a splendid job. Adrian told us the head chef was very shy and it was likely that hehad disappeared already. Fortunately we found him and were able to thank the entireteam in the usual way with a hearty round of applause.

There was no rush to leave and members relaxed once again in the superb surroundings,gradually drifting off over the course of an hour or so.

Barry Gallafent

‘‘‘WWWiiilllllliiiaaammm’’’ SSSeeeeeekkksss aaa NNNeeewww HHHooommmeee For Sale1938 Rolls-Royce 25/30 H.P.

(GGR 58) Sports Saloonby Thrupp and Maberly

‘William’ has been with us and the Paulerspury Sectionfor 14 years. Sadly, we must part company with himbecause we are going to downsize. We will still bePaulerspury people, (with ‘Henry’ our Shadow), and itwould be nice if one of you could give ‘William’ a newhome so that he too could stay in the Section.

Contact: Robert Brown on 01908 393151 or Email: [email protected]

‘William’ is no trouble and is in very good health. He has travelled a bit in his time - Lincolnshire, the Isleof Man, London, California, and back to the UK in 1990, by which time he needed some TLC. Remarkablyhe still had parts which usually get lost such as the cigar lighter, vanity mirrors, small tools, etc.. Howeverthe heat in California had turned the leather to cardboard. He had recorded some 76892 miles.

Fortunately ‘William’ was acquired by a very caring member of our club who had the whole interiorrestored, with new leather and carpet, and had specialists attend to working parts such as steering,suspension, lubrication system, etc.. By the time we bought him at the club auction in 2000 ‘William’was very presentable and in good working order. The odometer read 87498 miles.

We have continued to take every opportunity to restore and renovate, our objective being to make ‘as goodas new’ whenever possible. For example we rebuilt the brake servo in October 2000, the engine in 2004 (at93000 miles), the radiator in 2009, etc.. ‘William’ will come with comprehensive documentation datingback to 1992. We have travelled 17500 miles together in the last 14 years, and we shall miss him!

We are guided by ‘experts’ that William’s market value is £54,000. We, mere mortals, are of courseopen to sensible offers.



Silver Shadow SRH 2052 - AKX 45EThe car started life on 15th December 1965 when Kaye-Gibson Ltd ordered it from JackBarclay Ltd in Berkeley Square. It was to be painted Black Pearl (aka Jack Sparrow) with alist of special equipment. On the 8th August it was then allocated to a Mr H J Leak whochanged the colour and specification, only to decide on 6th October he wanted a latercar, so the car was reallocated on the 7th October to Earl Spencer (Lady Diana’s grandfather)with a change of colour to Velvet Green and a new specification. The car was finishedand delivered to Althorpe on 7th February 1967. It passed to the 8th Earl Spencer in 1975on the death of his father and was used by the family until sold in late 1976.

I purchased SRH 2052 in September 1979. It was the first Rolls-Royce I had ever been inand the first I had ever driven. It was also the first one I could afford! I was the thirdowner, the first I was told was the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, which did notmean much to me then. When I went to see it the then owner struggled to get it to startand the subsequent AA report advised me not to buy it. So I did. I was blissfully unawareof the previous history when I purchased the car. This became known to me later.

The car was in reasonably good condition with the exception of the paint which hadbeen polished within an inch of its life, resulting in a lack of coach lines, and had areasof dull paint and a mismatched paint repair to the nearside rear quarter. So in 1982 Ihad it painted to generally improve its external condition. At the time I did not knowwhat the coach lines should be so I had a single gold line painted which looked quitegood against the dark green. The car looked good. The interior was in really excellentcondition with nicely worn and undamaged leather, unmarked carpets and headlining.The wood had a nice patina and had no damage. So I was happy, that was till one ofthe pistons picked up on a liner and the head had to come off. In fact two pistons hadpicked up so that meant quite a bit of work, so added to that the bearings were checkedand the little end bearings changed. The main bearings where measured and found tobe in excellent condition. So with me sorting out the head, and Ray Hillier sorting outthe block and bearings we got it completed. Or so we thought as within a couple ofweeks a piston picked up on a liner. It was a fairly painless job this time though as allthe bolts were free running, it was just a pain!

Apart from general maintenance all went fairly well. The bugbear was that the housewe lived in had athree car car-portincorporated in thehouse design sothe car was alwaysoutside, thoughunder cover. Thism a d emaintenance a bitmore difficult and

Thrice painted since new and very shiny indeed



more frequent and did not do the paintwork any good so I decided in 1989 to have thecar repainted with potential rust areas attended to by a Rolls-Royce approved company.That was a bit of a mistake as the work was a real trial with numerous problems, verybad workmanship, and numerous revisits to the workshop. However after some timethe car was finished and looked really good. No more paint jobs I thought. Thensomebody decided to vandalise the bonnet with the paint hardly dry.

I continued to enjoy the car and being a member of the RREC, which I had joined assoon as I had purchased the car. It was around 1992ish that I had the idea to ring JackBarclay to see if there were any service records available for it. It was then I discoveredthat it had been owned by the Spencer family which gives the car a really niceprovenance. I also around then got the chassis and build records from the club, whichconfirmed the provenance but also gave me the details of the coach lines which werespecial to the car. These were two lines, one white and one red, the red from thecoachman’s tunic from the horse drawn coaches owned by the Spencers. When thecar was manufactured Earl Spencer sent a sample of the coach man’s tunic to Rolls-Royce for them to match the red colour. I tried to obtain this colour but drew a blank atAlthorpe. I was referred to Rolls-Royce who no longer had the sample. So I waited andwrote to Diana’s brother when he took the title of Earl Spencer. He could not havebeen more helpful. He allowed me to visit the as yet unopened coach collection atAlthorpe to see if any match could be found. On all the coaches there were the twocoach lines, white over red, exactly as the details sent to Rolls Royce. They allowed meto match the paint as near as possible and I then had the lines painted on the car. Itwas now complete externally. Or so I thought!

I then had a look at the interior, and after some deliberation decided to get thewoodwork re-polished and lacquered. This made a significant improvement. It lookedgreat, with so much more detail in the wood being revealed. The original lacquer haddarkened with age hiding so much.

In 2000 we moved to Olney where our house had a large double garage so I could startto work on the engine bay. This was not an option in the other house. The engine baywas an embarrassment. Rusty, dirty and generally scruffy. I set to work cleaning,spraying, getting stuff replated, wire brushing etc, plus of course drinking the odd cupof tea. I also noticed little marks and pimples on the paintwork. In fact just about every

door and panel had something to worryabout. So I took the decision to get itrepainted yet again. I obtained a quotewhich seemed okay, with me preparing thecar. I removed all the chrome, seats,windows, interior trim (with the exceptionof the headlining), windows, woodwork,carpets, and the front and rear screens. Ithen took all the paint off with Nitromors.Not a job I would recommend. The car was

Beautiful detail in the refinished woodwork



Philip Sage Encourages You To ‘Find Out A Little More’

As good as Paulerspury People is - and it truly is a shining example of its kind - no printeddocument can be conducive to real-time exchange of information. If you have the needof an urgent answer to a motoring problem, wouldn’t it be great to have somewhere togo? A source where you’d find fellow Club members from around the section and aroundthe world with vast experience of our motor cars - and life in general! Friendly folk whoare able and willing to assist. Wouldn’t it be even better if was free, gratis and for nothing?No subscription. 0% APR. No deposit and nothing to pay for.... ever. That would be evenbetter than SCS, DFS and all the supermarkets rolled into one.

then transported to the spray shop where all the rusty areas were re-metalled and thecar repainted. This took about two months in all. I then got it back and started to put itall back together, with a little help from Hillier Hill. Not too much though! It was anabsolute joy to rebuild the car. A job I could not wait to see finished, but did not wantto end. Sounds a bit daft but that was how it was. Then it was finished. I now knew allthe rust was gone and the car was in excellent condition. The under body was refinishedin Tetrosil by Hillier Hill and I was ready for anything.

Annual Rally. Touring Class. So I went for it. I spent about four weeks polishing, tweaking,rubbing etc till it was as good as I thought I could get it. It worked - touring Class 2011was mine. Apparently I would have come second if I had been in concours. In 2012 Ispent another four weeks on the car and entered concours. Bizarrely it got two lessmarks than the previous year even though the car was in better condition. I had a restin 2013 and went for touring in 2014 and won. Again I would have come second if I hadentered concours. So no prizes for guessing what I’ll be doing this year! At least I knowwhere I lost points though which is a bit of a bonus, so I’ve got a schedule of things inthe four judging areas to do which will hopefully get me over 90 points.

Along the way I’ve hadincredible fun andenjoyment owning the car.The friends Kathy and I havemade in the club have beena wonderful bonus. I doubtif Sir Henry realises that thebest thing about his carswas the ambience and thecamaraderie of fellowowners. You don’t see thaton a drawing board andcan’t engineer it.

SRH 2052 sporting her Winners Rosette in June 2014 Mike Martin



The Club Message Board - www.rrec.org.uk/messageboard - is just such a place, but itis also much more than that. Think of it as a Costa Coffee, with a secure car park wherefellow Club members hang out whatever the season and whatever the weather.Somewhere you can visit whenever you have a moment to spare, to catch up on Rolls-Royce and Bentley news; Technical matters; Past and future events; Historicalinformation; General chit-chat; and ‘Competitions, Quizzes and Conundrums’.

Recent and ongoing discussions include:

• Tyre availability and price • Petrol vaporization

• Stainless steel exhausts • Woodwork restoration

• My car elects to remain stationary • Sunroofs

• Bakelite repairs • Surreal experiences

• Ethanol in fuel • Word association (our most popular topic!)

• DVLA related matters • The future of Shadows

….and so much more. With over 36,000 posts so far, you may even find a ready-made answer to your question. In fact, you’ll probably find answers to questions youhadn’t even thought to ask.

Please do pop by and have a peek. If you haven’t yet registered for access, you cancontact Ailsa Plain at the Hunt House ([email protected]), quoting your full nameand membership number for log-in details.

Don’t feel obliged to contribute, but if you have the urge, don’t worry about thetechnicalities. You will be warmly welcomed and helped along the way. Even ifcomputers aren’t your first love, we have some excellent tutorials on the MessageBoard (says he who wrote them!) to help and guide you. Existing contributors will bedelighted to assist if you have any difficulties and please feel free to contact me byemail or telephone if you need any help whatsoever.

Don’t miss out any longer - we’re waiting for you!

Philip Sage

Email: [email protected]

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• For the safety of exhibitors and spectators we limit the number of 4-wheel vehicles to 1050. For the past two years we’vereached that limit seven weeks before the show. So get your ticket application in early.

• Since 2014, also for safety reasons, motorcycle and scooter owners must book in advance and their machine must be at least 20years old. Any motorcycle or scooter arriving without a ticket will not be admitted.

• As the costs of organising the event are substantial and could expose us to making a loss should bad weather lead to itscancellation, the entry ticket fee for all vehicles is non-refundable.

• To apply for your entry ticket click on Ticket Application Form

SUBSTITUTE VEHICLES

• Your ticket will display your vehicle’s registration number. If you need to come in a substitute vehicle (4-wheel or 2-wheel) it mustbe 20 years old or older and you must provide full details, including registration number, in advance, byemailing [email protected] or by writing to Classics on the Common, 67 High Street, Harpenden AL5 2SL or, from 20July, by ringing 07745 517056. Do NOT alter the registration number on your ticket. If a substitute vehicle doesn’t meet theminimum age requirement a spectator car park must be used.

Once a year, Harpenden Common comes alive for half a day with more than 1200 classic cars,other 4-wheelers, motorcycles and scooters. There you’ll find a Chevy Bel Air rubbing shoulderswith a 1927 Trojan, and a rare 1978 Matra Bagheera with a ’59 Berliot. Plus 10,000 admiringspectators.Little wonder Classics on the Common, already Britain’s biggest mid-week classic carshow, ranks among the top events of the classics calendar.

Paulerspury Section Member, Andrew Sykes has suggested that RREC members maybe interestedin this very popular event. Unlike our other events each participant needs to pre-book directlywith the organisers and vehicles must be at least 20 years old. We plan to meet up nearby beforedriving to the common and arrive ‘en convoi’ to park together so when you have booked and beenallocated a place, please email events co-ordinator janet.dolan@rrecpaulerspury to receive detailsof where and when to meet.

To take part please see the booking process below as per their website.

www.classicsonthecommon.com

Please Note: This is a strictly ticket only event so book early if you want to come BUT please donot turn up if you do not have a ticket. The organisers will not allow you in.

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Behind the Scenes at the Track of Legend Enjoy a tour of the historic Silverstone Race Circuit

During a two hour guided trip, you will see uniquebehind the scenes views of the circuit that was firstused in 1948, with plenty of photo opportunities foryour personal archives. Stand on the top step ofthe podium and dream of following in the footstepsof the Formula 1™ stars and get a closer look atlegendary sites around the track

Provisional arrangements are in hand for a tour onSaturday 10th October 2015.

Places are limited to just 20 participants at £32.00 per person and will be allocated on afirst come first served basis. Unfortunately as we need to pay in advance for this eventapplications need to close by the 28th February. We can only confirm the booking with afull complement of participants.

Interested? Then please complete the slip enclosed or [email protected]

The Rolls-Royce Paddington, named the ‘Spirit of Paddington’, was envisioned by themarque’s Design Director, Giles Taylor and crafted by the Bespoke craftspeople at theHome of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, England. The design took inspiration from themarque’s founding forefather Hon. CS Rolls, a noted adventurer and pioneer aviator,and Paddington fittingly sports a fetching brown leather duffel jacket, aviators’ cravatand MK8 racing goggles that allude to Rolls’ legend as the original gentleman racer.

Statues of Paddington designed by some of the most revered names in art, design andculture were made available for auction at the star-studded event. In total £462,500was raised on the night with the promise of more through an online sale, curated byChristie’s.

“I am honoured that our Paddington has inspired such generosity from Tracey Emin,one of the nation’s most eminent artists,” said Giles Taylor, Director of Design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. “We have all thoroughly enjoyed bringing such a well-loved characterto life and are absolutely delighted that our Charles Rolls-inspired bear has played itspart in raising vital funds for the NSPCC.”

The 50 Paddingtons formed the Paddington Trail which ran in London throughoutNovember and early December to help celebrate the release of the Paddington moviewhilst raising funds for the NSPCC. The film from STUDIOCANAL and Heyday Films iswritten and directed by Paul King (Bunny and the Bull, The Mighty Boosh), producedby David Heyman (Gravity, Harry Potter) and boasts an all-star cast including

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Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, JulieWalters, Peter Capaldi, JimBroadbent and Nicole Kidman withBen Whishaw as the voice ofPaddington.

Paddington Bear found a new homecourtesy of Tracey Emin, whosnapped it up at a Christie’s auctionin aid of the NSPCC.

Following the auction, Tracygenerously donated the ‘Spirit ofPaddington’ back to the NSPCC forfuture display.

(Text and photographs arereproduced courtesy of Rolls-RoyceMotor Cars Limited - Press Club)

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Artist Tracy Emin gives Paddington a hug



Future Events DiarySunday 22nd February 2015Lunch at Shendish Manor Hotel andCountry ClubVenue: Shendish Manor,London Rd, Apsley, Herts, HP3 0AAOrganisers: David and Sue CooperBooking Form Enclosed

Sunday 22nd March 2015Lunch with Optional Helicopter RideVenue: The Old Swan, Main Road,Astwood, Bucks, MK16 9JSOrganisers: Barry and Ruth Gallafent***SOLD OUT***

Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th AprilVisit to DAF Trucksand The Commercial Motor MuseumVenue: DAF Trucks, Leyland, LancsOrganisers: Barry Gallafent***SOLD OUT***

Friday 24th - Sunday 26th April 2015Clouds and S Types60th Anniversary WeekendOrganisers: Main Club Event

Sunday 26th April 2015St Georges Day Run and LunchVenue: Knife & Cleaver,Houghton Conquest, Beds, MK45 3LAOrganisers: Steven and Mia MurrayBooking Form Enclosed

Sunday 17th - Tuesday 19th May 2015Three Day Break in theBeautiful Vale of Dedham***SOLD OUT***

Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th May 2015RREC International WeekendVenue: Folkestone RacecourseOrganiser: Ted Meachem(Central Southern Section)

Friday 19th - Sunday 21st June 2015RREC Annual Rally and ConcoursVenue: Burghley House, LincolnshireOrganisers: Main Club Event

Sunday 28th June 2015Broadwell House Driving Day & PicnicVenue: Broadwell House, Broadwell,Nr Rugby, CV23 8HFOrganisers: Adrian and Linda DenhamBooking Form Enclosed

Sunday 12th July 2015Kimbolton Country FayreVenue: Kimbolton School, BedsOrganiser: Val Yates

Sunday 19th July 2015Paulerspury Section 35th AnnversaryGarden PartyVenue: The Hunt House, High Street,Paulerspury Northants, NN12 7NAOrganiser: Janet Dolan

Wednesday 22nd July 2015Classics on Harpenden CommonVenue: Harpenden Common, Herts**Attendees must book directly inadvance (see Page 23 of this edition) andliaise with Janet once they have theirtickets. Note: Vehicles must be at least 20years old!**Coordinator: Janet Dolan

Wednesday 5th August 2015Classics on Croxley GreenVenue: Croxley Green,Rickmansworth, WD3 3NHOrganisers: Steve and Janet Dolan

Sunday 9th August 2015South Beds Classic Car ShowVenue: Pulloxhill BedsOrganiser: Karen Hillier



Paulerspury Section Committee

ChairmanDerek Freeman (Sylvia)The Plantation, Village RoadBromham, MK43 8LLTel: 01234 823255 (Home)[email protected]@rrecpaulerspury.org.uk

SecretarySteve Dolan (Janet)The Old StablesHeathencote, Northants, NN12 7LETel: 01327 351460Mob: 07739 [email protected]@rrecpaulerspury.org.uk

TreasurerKathryn Martin (Mike)Tel: 01234 [email protected]@rrecpaulerspury.org.uk

Events CoordinatorJanet Dolan (Steve)Address: See Steve Dolan aboveTel: 01327 351460Mob: 07841 [email protected]@rrecpaulerspury.org.uk

EditorBarry Gallafent (Ruth)222b Wolverton RoadBlakelandsMilton Keynes, MK14 5ABTel: 01908 216804Mobile: 07785 [email protected]@rrecpaulerspury.org.uk

Karen Hillier (Ray)Mob: 07881 [email protected]

Future Events (continued)Saturday 15th August 2015Fête Champêtre with City BargeVenue: Sandhurst Militart CollegeOrganisers: Steve and Janet Dolanliaising with Oxford and Tahmes ValleyFounders Sections

Midweek 28th/29th SeptemberThames Barge TripVenue: Maldon, Essex.Organisers: Derek and Sylvia Freeman

Saturday 10th OctoberSilverstone Circuit - Behind the ScenesVenue: Silverstone Circuit, Northants.Organisers: Steve and Janet DolanExpression of Interest Form Enclosed

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