Hereford Times - 7th January 2016 - Page 26
Hereford Times - 7th January 2016 - Page 26
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| Date of Publication | 7th January 2016 |
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28 THE HEREFORD TIMES Thursday. January 7, 2016 herefordtlmescom Create the most luxurious effects with high quality & exquisite detailing Porcelain - Mosaics Terracotta - Ceramic - Glass - Natural Stone devant designs Tel: 01432 355377 Unit 11, Grandstand Business Centre, Faraday Road, Hereford, HR4 9N8 OPEN MON - FRI 8.30AM - 5.00PM SAT 9.00AM - 4.00PM 30th motor Show to boost charities From left: Steve Matthews, Rob Carter with his 1990 Corvette, Andy Smith with his 1956 Ford Console Kustom, Phil Davies, Darren Mossy with his 1954 Ford Anglia 100E, and Joe Weston A SHOW featuring ‘anything extraordinary with wheels’ will raise money for two county charities. The custom car show, organ. ised by the county’s Cross Cruisers and American Car Club, is lined up for next Au« gust and will mark 30 years since the club held its first show. Celebrating a range of vehi- cles with wheels and a custom design, the show will raise money for St Michael’s Hos~ pics and the Midlands Air Ambulance. Joe Weston. from the club, explained: “We started as a club in the November before our first show with eight members. It was a bit of a whim really. A couple of mem- bers had talked to people who had talked to other people and it got round to a few people in other motor related things and that‘s where it started. “We all turned up at the Mor- timer’s Cross in November and thought ‘this is a good By Jessica Phillips 01432 845884 jphlé‘herefordtimesnom Twitter as‘HTnewsroom idea’ and would meet once a month as it was then. It went from once a month to basical- ly once a week. “We are a group of like- minded people who are into our cars, bikes and anything with wheels and an engine which is out of the ordinary. None of our stuff is standard. “We will take a very small car and put an exceptionally big engine in it. One man has a Moggie Minor with a four- litre motor in it.” The club now has around 50 members, including Andy Gough from Leintwardine, who holds the current record for the fastest rocket pro- pelled go-kart. Once the club had been formed, it decided to hold its first show, which raised £1,000 for the children’s ward at Hereford County Hospital. Next year’s event will mark 30 years since the fundraising shows began. “We invite other people to come along with whatever they have got, whether it’s American, custom or older 19305, 403 and 505 cars ~ which would never have had big en— gines in,” said Mr Weston. There is then a ‘show and shine’, a drive through local towns and villages and the show then opens to the public on Sunday. “It’s an appreciation really of What people have built, bought or whatever else be- cause all these things are hand built really,” he added. Entry to the car show, at Mortimer’s Cross pub on Au- gust 6 and 7, 2016, will cost £5 each but is free for those un- der the age of 12. Anyone interested in spon- soring the show or finding out more should e—mail Joe Wes- ton at piggy67@live.co.uk. Residents unite to thank woman WHAT started as a heart- warming television advert led to one Hay-on-Wye resident re— ceiving their weekly shop free. Residents of the border town were asked to give nomina- tions for a deserving member of their community to receive a bag full of goods from the town’s Co-operative store in Newport Street. And Eileen Bufton was select- ed as the most deserving for her efforts supporting a num- + ber of charities and organisa- tions despite being blind. The competition was inspired by the supermarket’s winter television advert which fo— cussed on kindness. Following on from the idea, Hay 00-01) Community Pio- neer, Gareth Ratcliffe, asked for nominations from the com- munity for someone in the town who deserved a special “thank you” through a bag of free products. He said: “Community spirit is strong in Hay and, as a com- munity retailer, it was great to offer people locally a chance to acknowledge this. “The recipient of the bag- full of Co-op goodies received a number of nominations of ‘thanks’ — being blind has not stopped Mrs Bufton from be- ing an advocate of the Hay community and supporting charities and organisations including St Mary’s Church." |
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