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ABOUT THE CHARNWOOD CHAT

The club's magazine gets its name from the area of Leicestershire (The Borough of Charnwood and Charnwood Forest) where the club is based.

An early version was a newsletter, consisting of one or more A4 sheets produced using standard word processing software. It was distributed at each meeting and contained information about upcoming club activities and the minutes of the previous meeting, amongst other things..

The "Chat", as it tends to be known, was re-launched in September 2013 as an A5 format folded and stapled booklet, usually 12 or 16 pages long. This incarnation was produced using standard publishing software, and also distributed (free) at each monthly meeting. 

Typical contents included articles about club activities, classic car runs and classic car meets which our members have taken part in.  There are also regular features about our members' MGs and their other hobbies.  Each issue contains the minutes of the previous month's meeting and a message from the club's chair.  The majority of the magazine content is written and contributed by club members.  

During the Covid pandemic, when club meetings were suspended, the Chat continued to be produced in the same format, but was ditributes via email in PDF format.  Printed copies of the sixteen "Covid" issues (March 2020 to June 2021) were made available to members when meetings resumed (see below). 

Having become used to receiving the Chat by email, many members expressed a desire for an online version.  This has resulted in the latest version which is in A4 multi-page format.  It can be downloaded by club members from the MEMBERS ONLY page of this website. 

Contents of this latest incarnation are similar to the previous A5-format printed magazine.  
The CHARNWOOD CHAT during the COVID-19 restrictions
MARCH 2020
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APRIL 2020
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MAY 2020
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JULY 2020
CHAT_2020_07_Cover_Web		 AUGUST 2020
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SEPTEMBER 2020
CHAT_2020_09_Cover_Web		 OCTOBER 2020
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NOVEMBER 2020
CHAT_2020_11_Cover_Web		 DECEMBER 2020
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JANUARY 2021
CHAT_2021_01_Cover_Web		 FEBRUARY 2021
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MARCH 2021
CHAT_2021_03_Cover_Web		 APRIL 2021
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MAY 2021
CHAT_2021_05_Cover_Web		 JUNE 2021
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All issues from March 2020 through to June 2021 of the  Charnwood Chat have been distributed to members via email 
as a PDF document.

Hard copies of all of these issues will be available at the first and
subsequent meetings held after the end of COVID-19 restrictions. 
If you have not received any of the above issues as a PDF document, notify the editor of the Charnwood Chat  by email at the address on the back page of any copy of the magazine, stating the issue date(s) required. 

If you would like to receive any hard copies of the magazine, email the editor with your request to start the process.
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Click on the links below to view selected pages
from the SEPTEMBER 2018 ISSUE
of the CHARNWOOD CHAT
MAGAZINE COVER

PAGES 2 & 3
Editor's Message, Contents, Charity Abseil

PAGES 6 & 7
Report of Cotswolds weekend

PAGES 12 & 13
Cheque presentation to STEPS charity
 
PAGES 14 & 15
Report of South Leicseter MG Club's "Ratae Run"
Click on the links below to view selected pages 
from the AUGUST 2018 ISSUE 
of the CHARNWOOD CHAT
MAGAZINE COVER      

PAGES 2 & 3   
Editor's Message, Contents, Chairman's Message,
Amongst My Souvenirs   

PAGES 8 & 9 
2018 Charnwood Caper report      

PAGES 10 & 11
Churnett Valley Railway day out report
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