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Report by Bozi Mohacek
SVVS
Lunchtime Meeting, The Star - Lingfield -
September 2023
The Star is now a popular eatery and traditionally followed-on a couple days
after the SVVS exhibition of vehicles at Reigate Tunnel during the Heritage
Open Days. This generally resulted in Members wives tending
not to let their men-folk attend both meetings, - and therefore, the Star
attendances have been a bit Sparse. This should not have been the predominant
reason in this particular case, but the weather can. After many weeks of near drought in the latter part of
the summer, accompanying a 'heat wave' in the 32C+ range, the weather chose
our two hours on the Sunday lunchtime to break and deposit significant bits
of the Atlantic over Lingfield. The weather forecasters had warned of it, and an enormous
middle-of-the-night thunderstorm confirmed the probability. Lightning struck
the church next door and the lightning conductor passed the annual test, - not so our
levitating airborne dog ! On a personal note Mr. President was confined to bed
on this day due to another attack of an as yet undefined cause by Messrs NHS,
of an angeoedema, which, cheerfully, ranks as USA's most potent life
threatening allergic disorder.
The Star in Lingfield
signals that the 'summer season' is drawing to a close, which is a bit of a
shame. The weather for most of the Summer this year was great and it is a shame it had to end with a splash. The turnout
of cars was predictably low, some 10
proper vehicles, down 11 on last year. The nature of the vehicles generally
being used in the Society is changing. There is a gradual turn from 'vintage
vehicles' to 'classic vehicles'. Perhaps the Membership is changing too.
Older Members tended to have 'vintage cars' because these were the old cars
in 'their time', as 'veteran cars' had been for the generation before. As
Members have aged and passed away, their cars have gone into museums and
collections, and into the upper price bracket and are now not within easy
financial reach of the current generation of 'old car enthusiasts'. For them
it is current 'classic cars' that are the old cars of their time and
generally still priced relatively reasonably.
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