The bit in the middle – Back to work for some while the holiday continues for others. This internet sourced image was taken in early January 1935.

The archive team at Motor Sport Images Ltd have ajudged that the winner of the 2018 PWMN Photograph of the Year Competition is Tineke Roest’s entry, ‘Alpine Winter Sports’. In 2017 the winning image was entered by Ari Roest, Tineke’s husband, so very much a case of keeping it in the family. Congratulations Tineke! The winning image was one of 12 from the 61 photographs entered that were selected by the adjudicators to appear in the 2019 Pre-war Minor Network calendar. The calendars will be available for delivery in early January and are priced at £11.50 U.K. and £12.50 European Union (p&p included). Order via chris@prewarminor.com

There is little likelihood of snow in the U.K. over the holiday period. However, this great January 2018 shot capturing the Roest’s 1930 Jarvis Hornet Special in a continental blizzard provides a fitting seasonal backdrop.

Jacob Blok from Bavel, Netherlands owns this beautifully well kept Minor Special Coupe (AE-66-95). His SV engined car was first registered in late 1932 although a 1933 season model.

An internet sourced image of a couple ‘resting’, having braved the elements in their open 1929 Minor Tourer B277, ‘somewhere in Denmark.’

The River Tar flows through County Tipperary in the Irish Republic and at Ballybacon, in the Barony of Iffa & Offa, the river passes under a humpback bridge. Seeing a photo-opportunity, Joe Rayner did no more than park his 1932 Minor Two-seater (ZV 83851) on the crest of the ‘hump’. The resulting photograph can be seen above while the traffic jam Joe caused took almost 20 seconds to clear.

The brightly painted (and very expensive) beach huts that line the sea wall at Southwold, Suffolk provide a colourful contrast to the blue seas and skies to be seen here in high summer. In the winter it’s a different matter, although  an overcast sky and rough seas can be a dramatic, as opposed to a picturesque, backdrop for a photograph of a Morris Minor!

Taken at Thoresby, Notts in August 2012, this photo of David Brown‘s Minors displays their twin carburettor configuration to good effect.  The OHC Minor  in the foreground is known as the ‘Baby Bentley’, while the SV variant behind, famously completed a tour around the UK mainland coastline in the early years of this millenium. (Photo: Philip Butland)

Much of the bodywork for Geof Wilson’s Minor special, ‘Wilson’s Wasp‘ has now been completed. Here it can be seen with the finished body panels held in-situ with masking tape, providing an eye-watering taster of the likely appearence of the finished article.

The Home Counties group met recently at the illustrious Royal Automobile Club at Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey for what has become their annual pre-Christmas ‘bash’. The meet was organised and hosted by RAC member Alister Reid who was joined by a disparate band of enthusiasts from across the south of England. Apparently, a good time was had by all!