Miscellany started off as a duplicated A4 sheet sent out every month, progressing to a quarterly duplicated magazine, which went to all members, home members receiving the monthly duplicated newsletter as well. Just been going through some I edited in the 60s, much more competition then. When I took over as secretary we had just over 220 members of which some 95% used their cars on a daily basis and some 75% used them for some form of competition. In those days the Morgan was a cheap sports car not as it is today, in 1965 the basic Morgan 4/4 cost more than the basic Mini but cheaper than the top of the range Mini. The Club introduced the monthly Miscellany in April 1976, as I had edited the newsletter I took over this publication, hard at times to get enough articles but it all came together. Remember a bit of flack when I introduced the pin up photos on the rear cover, most members appreciated John's (John H Sheally11) photots, indeed many members and centres submitted similar. As time went on, the membership increased, when I retired as secretary in 1984, becoming the Clubs first Vice President,it stood at over 1700 members. In recent times the profile of the Morgan Owner has changed, no longer just the enthusiast but because of the cost of the cars, a far more wealthy person,a lot of which understand nothing about cars. To illustrate this one Sunday a few years ago a member rang me up to identify a pool of liquid under his Morgan, its usual weekend usage to go and get the papers, didn't know if it was oil or water based. As the owners profile changes the magazine must also change to reflect the interests of the majority of owners. Of course on the technical front there is much less you can do at home with modern electronics than you could with points and tappets. I can still "play" with my classic,a Mk.IV Spitfire, sadly cannot afford a Morgan these days.
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