Resources - Reports - February 2026

Branch Report - February 2026

Our major event of the month was a talk by the very well known ex - Triumph employee Norman Hyde.  He worked just down the road - about a mile - from our HQ in Meriden village. He brought with him 4 of his workmates to regale a packed room (about 40 people) of his time in the Experimental Department. A couple of other mates were not well enough to attend.  We hope you are feeling better.  We are lucky to be in the general area where they all live.

In the past we have used the big function room for this type of event but we felt that our smaller lounge was more intimate and is adorned with Triumph artefacts, posters etc so we rearranged the furniture and added more chairs.  The evening was a great success with everyone being able to hear him and see clearly his slides.      

By the time you read this in Nacelle we will be into our riding season so you may be in time for a joint VMCC Mike Hailwood Run on Sunday 22 March.  Details by email and on our website.

As always we meet every Monday evening at the Heart of England Social Club, Meriden CV7 7LB.

We welcome our 2 newest members Ian Sanderson and Brian Callis. Please come on a Monday evening and make yourself known to us. We also go to Touchdown Cafe, wellesbourne on Tuesday morning and Hoar Park on Wednesday mornings.

The front row guests are l-r - Norman Hyde, Bob Haynes, Bob Rowley, Arthur Jakeman,
Daryl Pendlebury