Driving under the influence of a good story
Just when you thought it was safe to get into a car with Maxine Ashford –
Out of history and into happier days
With the short days, long nights and low temperatures a feature of our daily routine, my mind meandered back to the warmer days of September at the Baltic Sea, writes Glen Smale –
Long gone, but never to be forgotten…by some
The next time you turn on your car radio or plug into the AUX port to link mobile phone, spare a thought for an early radio entrepreneur from thewesterngroup area, says Dave Moss –
Adapt or die
The changing face of motoring journalism is a threat to writers, the industry – oh and the buyers, says Iain Dooley –
From wartime secrets to sounds of the sixties
Strange to realise that today’s global in-car entertainment and information industry owes so much to Malmesbury, says Dave Moss –
‘Historics’ changes & MOT Testing
Times they are a changing with possible new concerns for owners of classic vehicles, says Dave Moss –
An electrifying Greek tragedy
Not many automotive tales of international mystery, intrigue and endeavour have strong links to the Western Group area, but here’s one, says Dave Moss –
All things in time
As plans are outlined three months today to discuss a new £1 Billion bypass around Newport in South Wales, archivist Dave Moss looks back 40 years to construction of the current M4 link carved through the town which was planned an incredible 30 years earlier –
The Welsh M1 and what was Britain’s most expensive road
The Port Talbot bypass is 50 years old this month and is the first example in Britain of major new road construction slicing through the heart of an established, intensively built up, heavily populated area, says Dave Moss …. and it was unofficially opened by our chairman –
Concrete thinking from a Welsh grocer’s son
The Welsh contribution to Britain’s motorway age is probably unknown but deserves recognition among the great road builders of the nation, says Dave Moss –
Chas and Dave motoring memories
It was a case of Total recall for one of thewesterngroup founder members, Dave Miles, this month –
Building parts at the speed of light
3D printing is often seen as a modern manufacturing system, but it has been successfully used for over two decades by JLR, explains Maxine Ashford –
Seasonal musings from a Western Group fireside
As its traditional to reflect on past events at Christmas and New Year, an invitation now to return to long-past schooldays, and the carol Good King Wenceslas, sung with gusto in the school hall and lead by our own Dave Moss –
The end of roads unlimited
A string of serious accidents in fog brought about one of the most signficant pieces of legislation 50 years ago today, although it was supposed to last for just four months, recalls Dave Moss –
Severn crossing really is a bridge of sighs
Western Group historian Dave Moss pulled on his waders and packed a wod of money to pay tolls as he set out to uncover the history spanning the River Severn –
Roaming behind the romans
The Antonine inheritance was not followed up for over 1,600 years when our motorway network followed the footsteps of the Roman legions, says Davidus Mossimus –
