Windsor MG Heritage Festival Sunday 25th April 2009  
 

Bocketts Farm for the start of one of the eight charity runs

F leaving Leatherhead

Parking up on the Long Walk

Very early F (Number 42)

TF and assorted MGs on the Long Walk

Water temperature gauge on Y Type

Maestro still celebrating it's 25th Anniversary

Not all cars were MGs - here's an NG !+

Race Car F

Much modified F

One of a number of LE500s

MGs still arriving down the Long Walk

MGF number plates

Queens Jubilee TF

85th Anniversary TF

MG Motor Standard TF135

Lots of historic MGs at Frogmore Parade Ground

Some of the F/TFs that took part in the Royal Review

Prince Charles's MGC GT

18/80 a nose ahead of the F/TFs in the parade ground

F with castle

MGA leaving Frogmore

LE500 leaving Windsor

Some of the odler cars needed a helping hand
 

Now just how do you open the boot ?

  
     
     
     
     
 

 

The Windsor Heritage Festival organised by the Windsor & Eton Round Table and the MGOC was a multi club event designed to raise funds for local charities headed by the Prince Philip Trust. For us MG enthusiasts it meant a fantastic array of Historic MGs to admire, the likes of which we are unlikely to see for a very long time to come. With a complete range of just about every model from the 1925 Supersports to the brand new and not yet released MGTF 85th Anniversary edition it was truly MG nirvana.

Whilst this was not strictly an official  MGF Register event it deserves an entry in our main events reviews as so many Register members took part many joining the cavalcade to be reviewed by HRH Prince Philip himself within the grounds of Windsor Castle, including two of our Regional Reps John Wilson (South Coast) and Simon Davies (North West).

With eight charity runs taking place around the country to converge on the Long Walk there were plenty more F/TFs taking part and some interesting cars were to be found a short walk away from the Frogmore Parade ground, where the cavalcade cars ended up.

A large number of LE500s could be found , several modified Fs, a very early 1995 car (42nd off the line) as well as the Queens Golden Jubilee model which had been re-commissioned specially for this event after being in the Longbridge museum for four years. A new battery and a top up with petrol was all that was needed.

With such a display of historic MGs it would have been hard for the F/TF to upstage them if it were not for MG Motor UK launching their new 85th Anniversary of MG TF at the event alongside the standard TF135.

The MG Motor chairman planted two trees with Prince Philip to commemorate the occasion and showed the Prince around an LE500, having a little difficulty in opening the boot for him.

In addition to the runs and cavalcade there was a gala dinner held in Windsor  on Saturday evening.

A fantastic event and it raised over £50,000 for charity

 

 

 

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