FAIRFORD Classic Car Club (FCCC) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month.
60 members of the club gathered for lunch at the Royal Agricultural University on Friday, April 9 to toast the landmark birthday.
The FCCC was formed in 1987 by Fairford residents Malcolm Cutler and Tony Scrivens as a club for local classic car and motorcycle enthusiasts, and their families.
Members come from all over Gloucestershire, as well as Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Devon.
Key to the club’s success has been the wide range of activities which not only cater for motoring enthusiasts but also for their wives, partners and families.
These include regular attendance at local village fairs and charity events, and it has been a regular supporter of the Fairford Festival.
The club also organises regular runs through the Cotswolds, visits to country houses and gardens and classic car shows as well as a yearly ‘week away’, both overseas and within the UK.
The first meeting of the club on April 12, 1987 was at the Hyperion House Hotel in Fairford, following some editorial in the Standard.
Malcolm said: “It was fitting that our 30th anniversary started with coffee at what is now the Hyperion House Nursing Home, where we were made very welcome and many of the home’s residents enjoyed seeing the cars.
“Followed in glorious sunshine, by a run to the Royal Agricultural University for a very enjoyable anniversary lunch.”
Visit fairfordclassiccarclub.org.uk for more photographs and information.
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