...news...
Well, apart from this website being fairly 'new' (and it ain't finished yet - lots more sections and piccies to come!)...
...the news...
Oooh, this is a bit out of date now, isn't it...sorry guys... (March 2003)April
2002
We're
now taking names for who wants to attend Biggar - the Scottish VW Owners
festival show. Get in touch with Graham or Phil to ensure you get a copy
of the application form. If you can't get along for the whole weekend,
come along for a day and say a brief hello!
February 2002
Dub
Freeze was here! We'll had a small stall upstairs in the show - thanks
to everyone who came along to say hello.
December
2001
We all hope you had a great Chrimble and have a very Happy New Year!
November
2001
The Scottish
Volkswagen Owners Club Indoor Parts Mart and Car Show - Freeport Designer
Village in West Calder, Scotland.
Although this show wasn't the best advertised gig in the country, we did
attend.
Update: those that attended the show have decided it's not a good
idea to give a report of what they thought. Hmmmm.....anyway, roll on
Biggar and let's hope this one works out to be more of a success.
Scottish VW Owners Festival
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May 2002
Biggar Agricultural Showground
South Lanarkshire
Scotland
For details contact: J&J Walkinshaw on 01506 873638 or email svwof@fsmail.net
September
2001
It appears that VW in their wisdom are
trying to close down websites and businesses that use their name without
their express permission. If they want to kill off their grass roots following,
then they are going the right way about it!
Check out this:
http://www.jazzdesign.co.uk/cgi-bin/ubb_totalvw/Forum4/HTML/000848.html
...and VW
of America (where this all started) are mailing this letter out wholesale! volkswagencustomercare@volkswagen.co.uk
http://www.classicvws.com/VWOA.htm
...but this nonsense has now spread to
the UK.
Those of you who frequent the Total VW site will already be familiar with
all this. They have already forced VW Junkies to change their name to
Dub Junkies and are trying to get Brian Burrows to change the name of
"VW Action" to something else.
To complain to Volkswagen e-mail them (if you ain't done it already) at:
The
more people who bombard them, the better!
May
2001
A little tidbit from our local free paper 'Metro'
[Dated May 4, 2001]
There's a Beetle in my garden!
A man digging in his back garden got a shock when his spade hit metal
- and he unearthed a Volkswagen Beetle. The 31-year-old was even more
surprised to find the car in full working order after being buried for
ten years. Neighbours said the previous tenant had buried the VW in Frankfurt,
Germany, because he was annoyed when officials refused to send his registration
documents.
June
1999
Normally it's the little things that get into the
'Northumberland Herald and Post', published and distributed throughout
Northumberland and parts of North Tyneside, but not always....in this
case, it was a report on the Morpeth Fair. An annual event which is always
well supported (as long as it doesn't rain too hard!!) and the Geordie
Bug'ers like to be involved too.
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| Photography courtesy of the Northumberland Herald and Post (1999) |
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