Marlborough VCC - April 2019

Secretary’s Scribblings Another month has gone by, and gee, isn’t it cooler in the mornings now.

I had to bring the Model A into Blenheim on Wednesday for a visit to the electrical doctor to get the indicators sorted. Left home on Queen Charlotte Drive at 7.30 am and I was rugged up like Scott in the Antarctic. But of course, I had the hood down!

By the time you read this, Daylight Saving would have come to an end so winter must be on the way!!

Some of us would have also been on the overnight road trip to Kaikoura to meet up with fellow enthusiasts from Canterbury. Thanks to Cath Millar for organising this wee jaunt.

From our Committee Meeting on Wednesday.

As you will notice the museum has had a lick of paint and it is looking smart.

Also, the outside end of the building will also be painted to protect it from the elements.

The motorcycle rally aftermath has pretty much wound up now, with just a few last-minute accounts to be paid. The group who organised this event did a great job and returned a small profit for the Branch.

Around the grounds, there has been some trimming of some of the larger trees behind the sheds by a few of our more intrepid members who wanted to get the job done. No one has fallen anywhere yet so let us all touch wood that it stays that way!

The shrubs around Harris Glade will also get a good haircut and a thin out in the very near future. This area has become quite overgrown with a lot of self-sown plants. Did you know that there is a light on a pole in the midst of one lot of trees there?

Kelly has had the signs around the grounds repainted and sign written, so thanks for that, Kelly.

A decision has been made to have signs made in the Museum that there is to be no starting and running of vehicles inside the building. This is for the obvious reason that those in the building do not want to be gassed by the exhaust fumes from these elderly…….. cars!

The Carpets in the Redman room are soon to be cleaned. This was decided some time ago, but we have held off until the Motorcycle rally was over.

Those of you who have been in the Redman room in the last week may have noticed we have some new chairs. I was asked by the committee to get quotes to replace some of the chairs with more comfortable ones. I duly did this and 6