The Old Market Hall Cinema welcomed a group of thirty Old Salopians, parents and their friends. “We had the whole cinema to ourselves and were very well looked after indeed. Top Gun Maverick did not disappoint – getting better with the years, just like Old Salopians…” Grant Charlesworth-Jones (O 1991-96) Out of the cinema, along...Continue reading→

More than twenty Salopian Drivers with friends and family had a great day out on Saturday, meeting at Wallingford near Oxford. Cars came from Surrey, Yorkshire, Berkshire and Shropshire, both old and new – from the beautiful Lotus Elan and TR4 of John Hutchison (Ch, ’73) and David Tunbridge (Rt 72-76) respectively to newer convertible...Continue reading→

Beef Wellington was the main course at this year’s dinner – and very delicious it was too. Thirty members of the club, ranging in age from seventeen to eighty-plus gathered in Henley-on-Thames for our now well-established winter dinner on the 21st of February. With its illustrious 207-year history, and reputation as the most successful rowing...Continue reading→

Combining your favourite hobbies on the same day seemed like the ideal opportunity for Grant Charlesworth-Jones (O ’91-96) to host both the Salopian Drivers Club and Bentley Drivers Club at the Shropshire Aero Club. Grant entertained the motor enthusiasts at a VIP hospitality day at the members-only air show “SleapKosh ‘24” which saw 350 planes arriving...Continue reading→

22nd June 2024 The Salopian Drivers Club combined with the Bentley Drivers Club again last weekend for a day which combined driving, an excellent lunch and a very privileged visit to a private collection ofcarriages. The day began with about forty members of the two clubs, in twenty cars lining up on Central at the...Continue reading→

Having organised Kent tours for the last two years, I wasn’t sure there would be much interest in having another one there. Thankfully, my misgivings were unwarranted as the take up was good and within a short time after announcing the tour, sixteen members and partners, in eight cars, had signed up. The programme was...Continue reading→

In May 2024, 7 cherished cars – a Bentley Mk VI standard steel, a BMW 2-series cabriolet, a Bristol 409, a Jaguar E-type, a Lotus Emira , a MGA, and a Triumph Stag, gathered at the Lakeland Motor Museum to start the first Salopian Drivers’ Club Cumbrian Tour. The museum has an excellent display of...Continue reading→

Last Friday evening’s dinner at the Turf Club was a sell out, partly because of the elegant venue and prospect of good food, wine and company but also because one of our members, Sir John Stuttard, had agreed to give us a talk about the 1997 Peking to Paris Challenge in which he participated. Before...Continue reading→