Virtual All Morgans' Day - Event History Video Story
Saturday 6th June
With June 7th being our 2020 (Virtual) All Morgans' Day, here is how we would normally be spending our Saturdays.
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Sunday 7th June
It is 8.00am on a Gloriously Sunny 7th June 2020 in Oxfordshire, England, and the Gates of Virtual All Morgans' Day have finally opened. Please join with us for a nostalgic visit as we share memories of past days together. http://www.allmorgansday.co.uk/
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A Brief History of All Morgans' Day.
During The Morgan Motor Company's Centenary Year 2009, The Morgan Centenary Roadster 100 Register Founder, David Harris, organised and ran a Centenary Event held at Waddesdon Manor, the magnificent Rothchild / National Trust, French Chateau styled Manor and estate. This event was held on behalf of the SpotMog MSCC Centre.
Later that year David Purchased Roadster 100 No. 001 and contacted me, by then the owner of No. 015, to ask him to help set up a Register for the series before the cars were lost around the globe. By the end of the year we had achieved a membership of about 10 owners.
The Apostrophe has also become important because when we issued our first invitation we were told by Morgan Sports Car Committee Member Quentin English that the apostrophe was in the wrong place so it was moved to be after the s' – Interestingly it is now precious to us in that position but is so often omitted in publications, much to our annoyance.
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Combat Stress
This is why the Roadster 100 Register Fundraises In Support of Combat Stress. Our Veterans deserve every £1.00 of help that we can give them as they have given their service life mental health for us all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZ_0zEIcm4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZ_0zEIcm4
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The History of All Morgans' Day 2011
With Roadster 100 Production and Sales running well into late 2010, our Register Membership began to grow and it was then that David suggested running a similar event at Waddesdon in 2011.
We decided to call it All Morgans' Day because we wanted it to appeal to All Morgan Owners, particularly those owners who are not Morgan Sports Car Club Members, and to include Morgan Three Wheeler Owners as well.
Because we were raising funds for a charity, the events also had to be run for zero cost which we have managed to maintain to this day.
Originally we hoped to remain at Waddesdon Manor as it provided a fabulous backdrop for photographs, a principle that we have also tried to maintain throughout.
Interestingly, The Morgan Motor Company had also launched the new M3W Three Wheeler model in 2011 and they brought along a non running prototype to put on show next to their stand which gathered much interest.
We managed to attract 22 Roadster 100's and a total of 220 Morgans attended this year. The Event Team back then was small with David, Myself, and owners Philip Loring and Peter Jackson who together managed all of the parking and our Wives, Lynne, Ann, Linda & Sonja.
We decided to fund raise for Help for Heroes through a £5 Booking Donation with bucket collections on the day using Army Cadets but sadly the Cadets failed to turn up so we only made £1276 from bookings and from one busy bucket.
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The History of All Morgans' Day 2012
Being slightly embarrassed at this low fundraising figure, In 2012, Register Member Frank Lomax decided to make a few Help 4 Heroes Street Collections featuring the Morgan and then I decided to make a 22 day Drive of the Coast of Britain in his Roadster 100 to raise another £3000.
Details of this Fundraising Trip can be viewed at...
Having previously decided to only hold All Morgans' Day's every two years, David was inspired to hold a second event at Waddesdon Manor specifically to welcome Frank back from his journey. We exceeded the number of cars previously attending and raised a further £7079 for Help 4 Heroes.
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The History of All Morgans' Day 2014.
The next Waddesdon Manor All Morgans' Day event was held two years later in 2014 where we found that the popularity was in danger of exceeding the space available to us and we were forced to restrict bookings to 220 cars for the first time ever. Register Member Chris Atwood joined the team this year helping David Harris with the Meet & Greet.
We were still well supported by The Morgan Motor Company and The Morgan Sports Car Club but were still chasing the Three Wheeler Club to join in. Out trades area could only grow just a tiny bit as Waddesdon insisted we don't go on the lawns.
With the help of Help 4 Heroes they arranged for a small troop of Air Cadets to come along as well as their Merchandise sales stall. With lots of encouragement of attendees and visitors we raised donations to £4011.00
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The History of All Morgans' Day 2016
David Harris & Frank Lomax then began planning our 2016 event but were politely told by The National Trust that Waddesdon Manor would no longer be holding Car Events there in future. Where would we find such a stunning venue at no cost?
We approached Blenheim Palace as one of the few locations that could both allow us to increase our numbers and still maintain a Stunning Palace Back Drop for owners Morgan Photos.
The Blenheim Palace Team welcomed us with open arms and allowed us a High Season Sunday at no cost to us.
Bookings for this stunning venue climbed quickly to just short of 400 Morgans. This was interesting because, being a private estate, everyone also had to pay a discounted entry fee as well as our donation request.
With the massive success of Help 4 Heroes we had also decided that year to switch our fundraising to support the much smaller and needy Combat Stress, The Veterans Mental Health Charity.
Terry Seymour joined the team to help and Terry ran a very successful Raffle with numerous superb prizes producing £4000 of the total of £10,000 we raised.
On the day, the parking team grew to 27 of us with many Register Members helping direct the massive increase in Morgan traffic attending.
At the end of that year David Harris, who had already sold his Roadster100 way back in 2011, decided to retire from his Register Leadership role and passed the baton to Terry Seymour.
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The History of All Morgans' Day 2018
John Barry Photos
The 2018 event was our most successful attracting 600 Morgans and the event produced Total Donations of £16,000 achieving the charity's 2018 'Extra Mile Award'.
The Team of Roadster 100 Register Member helpers grew to 30 and together with a large team from Combat Stress, and Bikers 4 Heroes managed the extra visitors Parking, Goody Bag Supply and Raffle Ticket Sales in a very slick and well honed manner.
The Blenheim Palace Team provided superb support throughout the event and helped us produce a most enjoyable and, what has proved to be, popular day in the Morgan Social Calendar.
This year, more than ever before, Morgan Owners shared their photos on Facebook, Twitter and Talk Morgan, to name a few.
MOG Magazine have reported on each of the 2012, 2016 & 2018 events and have become one of our major supporters throughout. As a central feature of our Virtual All Morgans' Day Event they have really set a high bar by providing our fantastic new All Morgans' Day Website who's Link is under the title.
If you have not already done so you can go there and join in by adding photos of your own Morgan to our Photo Gallery found there.
The Morgan Motor Company, Insurers Gott & Wynne, Morgan Car Badges, The Morgan Sports Car Club, The Morgan Three Wheeler Club and a host of other Superb Suppliers to the Morgan Ownership have been fantastic in supporting us throughout this difficult time for which we offer them our sincere thanks..
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Combat Stress
Darren Jackson is our Registers link into Combat Stress and while Chris & Rosemary Atwood visited Tyrwhitt House in Leatherhead, the Combat Stress Headquarters in the South, Darren borrowed the Morgan to say a few words about the work they do and how our fundraising helps them provide their essential Mental Health Services to our Veterans.
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Virtual All Morgans' Day 2018
The Morgan Roadster 100 Register have been overwhelmed by the way the Morgan community have taken the first Virtual All Morgans’ Day under their wing.
Around 600 photos of Morgans have been posted from around the world - each photo telling an interesting story.
Around 600 photos of Morgans have been posted from around the world - each photo telling an interesting story.
This is the third All Morgans’ Day where we’ve been supporting Combat Stress - looking after the mental health of UK veterans. COVID-19 has put untold additional pressure on veterans, at a time when their normal ways of supporting veterans have been disrupted.
As such, it is with great pride that we make an initial donation of £12,000 to Combat Stress from Virtual All Morgans’ Day 2020 - with further donations to come over the next few weeks.
We look forward to seeing everyone in person at the next All Morgans’ Day. In the meantime, please continue to post photos, and stay safe.
With thanks,
With thanks,
Virtual All Morgans Day, - Hosted by the Morgan Centenary Roadster 100 Register
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Then There was 2020, Coronavirus and the need to Postpone......
It is now 5.30pm and the Gates to our Virtual Blenheim Palace lock at 6pm.
As this busy day draws to a close we hope that you have enjoyed the nostalgia through these many photos and a little music in accompaniment.
This years All Morgans’ Day was due to be our Sixth Bi-Annual Morgan Social Day out in 2020.
It, like all other All Morgans' Days, was to be for all Morgan enthusiasts including Morgan owners of all models and ages, private owners and club members.
During our previous events, from 2011 to 2018, popularity grew to over 600 Morgan Cars being displayed around the Blenheim Palace building and grounds in the glorious weather.
2020 would have hopefully increased in popularity but sadly, it was not to be. Covid 19 decended upon us mystically and spoilt everything.
The All Morgans' Day Events are supported by displays from The Morgan Motor Company, The Morgan Sports Car Club, The Morgan Three Wheeler Club and a variety of Morgan Dealerships and Related Trades who have also grown in number with us, joining in to provide such a wonderful day out.
Of course, we must never forget that non of this would be at all possible without the Extreme Generocity of the Duke of Marlborough's Blenheim Palace Team now and National Trust's Team at Waddesdon Manor before.
Equally, our Support for Combat Stress would not be possible without the hundreds of generous Morgan and Other Donors who also Support Combat Stress through our fundraising activities.
Thank You All and we look forward to the New Normal when we can revive or All Morgans' Day once more.
Nola & Terry, Rosemary & Chris, Carol & Robert and Ann & Frank
The Morgan Centenary Roadster 100 Register,
In Support of Combat Stress, The Veterans Mental Health Charity.
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Virtual All Morgans' Day Update
Yesterday was a superb event which was so well supported by the International Morgan Community, evidenced by visiting our New Website provided by MOG Magazine..http://www.mogmag.co.uk/ which you can always access here..
Take a wander through the pages of photos posted by visitors there over the last few days. Please visit and post yours when you have time.
The star event of the day was the eBay Auction for the unique and wonderful Gilt Car Badge kindly donated to us by Hermen Pol of Morgan Car Badges.https://www.morgancarbadges.com/. which raised a stunning £550.00 in support of Combat Stress.
The Badge, which is staying in the United Kingdom will presumably be the star in someone's exclusive collection. A Big Thank You to who ever you are.
More information will be forthcoming later when we have the update on total donations made throughout the day.
Thank you to everyone who participated and like all things 'Internet' the presentations and website will remain in the ether together for future enjoyment.
The Morgan Centenary Roadster 100 All Morgans' Day Team.
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