Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by don58van »

All users of this messageboard should see the thread tucked away in the 'Do you know' area.

Sadly, we have lost our most prolific (by far) contributor.

I, for one, will miss his contributions greatly.

Don

Moderators: I know that in a sense this is a duplication, but I think it is only reasonable that we give Roy the prominence on this messageboard that he has earned.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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Very sad.

Never miss a chance to get fun out of your car and from life.

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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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sorry to here roy has gone, i never met him but i used to always read his messages on here, he had a wealth of knowedge and will be missed by many, Graham
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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Moderators: I know that in a sense this is a duplication, but I think it is only reasonable that we give Roy the prominence on this messageboard that he has earned.
No argument from me. I exchanged many a message with him on all sorts of things, and am pleased to have counted him as a friend, even if we never met.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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A real shame. Will miss reading his advice with peoples problems. God bless him.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by leafie »

Very sad news.

The club will be contacting Roy's family to both pass on condolences and to recognise Roy's incredible and prolific contribution to the messageboard over many years.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by jagnut66 »

Absolutely gutted to hear this. I always found him a great help. :cry:
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by LouiseM »

Sad news, although I knew he was not well. We had a lot of lively discussions and chats via pm over the years about some interesting topics, including "ghastly" headlight peaks and cooking his Quorn sausages on a shovel. His wealth of Minor knowledge and expertise will be missed here. My condolences to his family. [frame]Image[/frame]


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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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Will be a mention at the 2017 rally I would hope.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by plastic_orange »

A trophy named after him would be nice gesture.

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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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plastic_orange wrote:A trophy named after him would be nice gesture.

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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

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plastic_orange wrote:A trophy named after him would be nice gesture.

Pete

not in the shape of a headlight peak i hope! :)
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by plastic_orange »

No, I'd thought perhaps a coil mounted on a Wolseley drum.

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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by les »

Yes, and a steering wheel nut, complete with chisel marks ! :D

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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by samuria »

the idea of the trophy named after roy is great...
lets hope someone with the powers to be will take this onboard.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by Tea »

Absolutely a coil trophy for the best everyday car as he wasn't a fan of the concours. Maybe an MMOC t-shirt with 'It's never the coil' slogan and his name :lol:
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by SGTBILKO »

Sad news indeed! I for one will miss his contributions to this forum.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by vergal »

I'd like to extend my condolences please.
I purchased a few items from him and found
him to be friendly and informative.
I enjoyed reading his contributions to the site and community.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by biomed32uk »

Really sad news, again I never knew him personally, but in the nearly 3 years I have been a member he has made a fair few contributions to my Minor. One of the great real engineers.

Sincere condolences to his family, RIP Roy.
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Re: Vale: Roy Allingham (BMCecosse)

Post by AliceDurose »

This is very sad news.

I always enjoyed his posts and good humour. A sad loss from this community.
I always think of him when I see a Minor with Peaks, I shall even more so from now on.

My thoughts are with Roy's family at this difficult time.

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