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NOSTALGIA
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'A BIT OF THIS & THAT' (1)
This page is designed to give you information that just doesn't fit into any of the other categories. For example, available here are two pages of a magazine 'The Steering Wheel' detailing a hillclimb held by the Riley Car Club at Mt Cotton in 1933 - but not at our venue!
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Also, Ann Thomson was awarded a Life Membership of CAMS this year and, while her citation was published in the Octagon, it should be more generally and permanently available to our members so that they can appreciate her service to the Club and to motorsport.
We also had our members competing in
significant events (event if not put on by the MGCCQ) such as
the hillclimbs at Burleigh, Whites Hill, Toowoomba and Warwick
and this provides a place for these events to be acknowledged.
There have also been a whole range of
excellent articles of historical interest published in the
Octagon. Members who join the Club after the publication of
these rarely get the chance to read them. Here on the website
they can be accessed at any time. Amongst these are the
well-researched articles by Malcolm Spiden on the history of
motorsport in Queensland.
There is also a collection of snippets of
intriguing information gleaned whilst the archiving of all
articles in all Octagons was being undertaken. As a play
on words to indicate that these were from the past, they were
aptly named ‘Octagone’.
Early Club member, Ken Ebeling, was a diarist
and keeper of records with the result that his memoirs of his
motoring days provide an accurate account of his pursuit of
motorsport while a member of the Club. |
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LAND OF THE CLUBROOMS IN 1974 –
Photo supplied by Pat
Collins whose family farmed the area where the Clubrooms
now stand (thus the name of Collinsvale St) |
These were written primarily for his family
along with his complete life story but he has made the motoring
sections available to the Club. They have been serialized in the Octagon and are still
available on the Octagon page of the website but are
available here as well. They make fascinating reading of his
life with his MGs as well as giving us insight into early Club
events.
Some photos of the building of the hillclimb
were made available when the book ‘History of the Hill’ was
being compiled in 2007. They are reproduced here along with a
number of candid photos of Club members at working bees.
There are also individual stories such as
those written by Lionel Ayers about racing his TC and Bruce
McMillan about the early days of the Club.
These have been organized into two major
sections:
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Photos of general interest (below )-
Octagon articles of enduring interest
(click here)
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PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO PHOTOS OF:
(Click each link)
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PHOTOS OF
GENERAL INTEREST |
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John Gill competing at Whites Hill |
John Gill competing at Whites Hill |
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The MG TF in which Gordon McNicol and John Muller competed in
the Ampol trial |
John Gill competing in his TF at AHC at Toowoomba in 1955 - Photo from Ken
Ebeling |
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Vince Jordan (MG TF) competing at the second Interclub gymkhana; this one
held at Caboolture on June 13, 1955 - Photo from Ken Ebeling
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Ken in his TR2 in the ‘pits’ at the 1956 Burleigh hillclimb
- Photo from Ken Ebeling |
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Joe Marano, MGA, at the Redcliffe Jaycee Road-eo 28.4.57 - Photo from Ken
Ebeling
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A page from Ken’s photos album of the 1956 Burleigh hillclimb
and Strathpine 1956 - Photo from Ken Ebeling - Click to
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Ian's first race meeting which was at Toowoomba
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Photo from Ian Michels |
Newspaper cutting about the Toowoomba race meeting
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Photo from Ian Michels
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Club presentation of trophies. L to R: Ian Michels, Mrs
Thomas, Ray Lovejoy
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Photo from Ian Michels
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Kerry Horgan on the starting line - Photo from Warwick Hillclimb
Nov 64 from Elaine Hamilton |
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Brian Tebble’s turn - Photo from Warwick Hillclimb Nov 64 from
Elaine Hamilton |
Photo from Garnet Smith |
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Photo from Garnet Smith |
Fred Dyke and Bill Pickett at tthe Jaycee Road-eo 28.4.57 -
Photo
from Ken Ebeling |
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THE BUILDING OF MT COTTON HILLCLIMB |
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Photo from Brian Tebble shows the building of the track |
Photo from Brian Tebble shows the building of the track |
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Photo from Brian Tebble shows the building of the track |
Photo from Jon McCarthy shows him supervising the building of
the hillclimb |
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Photo from Brian Tebble shows the building of the track |
Photo from Brian Tebble shows the building of the track |
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun
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Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun |
Photo from Jon McCarthy shows that working bees included a bit of
fun |
