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How to contact us: BSCCOC Executive Name Phone Email Address Snail Mail President/Membership Roger Tipple (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Deputy Chair/Events Co-ord Tony Fox sr (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxx xxx xxx Secretary Bill Davies 519 265 1355 xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxx xxxxxxx xxx Publications Directors Elva & Dave Allen (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxxxxx, xx xxx xxx Treasurer Chuck McCormack (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Regalia Officer Anne Koopman (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxxx xxxxxx Website Dave Wood (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxx xxxxxxx xx. Area Reps xxxxxxxxxx, xx xxx xxx Ontario Bruce Grey Dave & Elva Allen (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx Eastenders Alan Weller (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxxx xxxxx xx Dave Lyon (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Xxxxx Niagara Eric Robinson (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxxx, xx Northern Bill & Nona Schorse (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx xxx xxx North Toronto Ron Hill (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx South Central Oily Rag Fax # Westenders Jim & Chris Allan (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx (XXX) XXX-XXXX Edmonton, Alberta Frank French (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Calgary, Alberta Clem Murray (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx British Columbia Ian Cox (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Quebec Greg Ross (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Prairies Graham Wyatt (XXX) XXX-XXXX Atlantic Declan McCann (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Parts Sourcing Officer Brendan O'Hara (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Raiders of the Lost Wreck Jeff Fenwick (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Technical Advisor Patrick Wilson (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx AdMINIstrator Dave S Allen (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx AdMINIstrator Dave G Allen (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx British Car Council Phil Miller (XXX) XXX-XXXX xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Membership list online If you wish access to our Onliners list, you first must be a member of our club and then you need to email Elva, Roger or Tony for the URL and password info. This list is for club members only and we request that you do not share it with any non-club members. Please check your info on the list for accuracy and advise us of any changes. Our club has it’s own email address – xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx Club Forums If you’d like to discuss British cars with other like-minded folks, we have our own forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BritCarTalk. Registration is free, quick and easy! There are 257 members at present. We also have a MiniGroup list at http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/BSCCOCMiniGroup and there are 47 members there. There’s a new group for GreyBruce Ontario at http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/bsccoc_greybruce. Just 6 members there, so please come join in and help us build up the membership! These groups are an excellent way to communicate with others!
A Place of Fame in the Movies – and Sharon Stone’s Bum Andrew Templer A few years ago I received a call from a Mr. Adam Luc in Montreal, mentioning that they were looking for a British car for a movie and that he had heard from a Mr. Tony Fox that I might have a suitable vehicle. What they needed was a right-hand drive car and, to add to the excitement, they might also be needing a driver to appear in the movie. Aha, I thought, my chance for fame and glory, and unlike the previous time, this time I would not miss my chance to appear in lights. The previous time my Wolseley had been filmed was for an HBO documentary on the life of the (in)famous Jimmy Hendricks. The car represented a police car in the final weeks of Jimmy’s life in London. The actual filming took place on a suitably English-looking piece of Front Street East in Toronto and I missed my chance of dressing the police part to drive my car. Adam mentioned that they were shooting part of a espionage thriller in Montreal called, “A Different Loyalty”??and needed a car of the type that senior police or government in Britain might have used in the ‘60s. I naturally felt quite touched at the prospect of my car playing the role of an exotic Q-car in the vein of James Bond’s DB3, but I suppose the more accurate image would be of the ‘60s equivalent of today’s blacked out CIA SUV. Anyway, when he mentioned that they would transport the car, cover all expenses, offer a modest shooting fee and have me as the shady government driver --- my heart fluttered with excitement. We arranged the pickup of the Wolseley from our cottage in Grand Bend where the car spends the winters. This was all very easy and I was most impressed at the professional driver in the exotic closed trailer – very definitely Aston- Martin service I thought. The entire operation was painless and within the hour I saw the last of my car disappear in the trailer towards Montreal. But then the schedule started getting deferred and I could see my place in the sparkling lights start slipping away. It appeared that “some of the actors from Europe” were not available when promised and I the piece I would be driving for would now be split over a couple of days. This would require my taking several days of vacation and staying over in Montreal. Sadly I had to Adam know that I would not be available and they would have to let one of their own seconds drive my beloved car. This need for “flexible scheduling” is the downside. On the positive, my car was returned a few weeks later in beautiful shape – perhaps even cleaner than it had been when it left. Mind you, I didn’t see those shots of heart stopping action driving that took place in the hidden areas of the movie set and the insured value of my car might halve if my broker recognizes the car in the movie! Overall, I feel it is worth it. This is part of what sharing the fun of British classics is all about. Also, it will give me another movie I can tell someone about when they see my car and say “what on earth is that –never seen one of those before”. To this point I have only been able to tell them that it is the car you see the British cops driving in Pink Panther movies. While A Different Loyalty was not shown in theatres in Canada, having viewed it myself I can affirm that: Sharon Stone’s bum was most certainly placed on my Wolseley’s back seat!! ***** A Different Loyalty is a 2004 film inspired by the story of British traitor Kim Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union. The story takes place in the 1960s and stars Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett. ?? ------------------------------------------------ A Different Loyalty is based on the life of Eleanor Philby, whose husband, Kim Philby, was a spy who infiltrated British intelligence for the Russians before defecting to Moscow in 1963. See the web for details of its release next year.
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