...the names of any celebrities who own Morris Minors?

[Chittychittychamcham]

Hi all Morris Minor Owners,

I'm a freelance journalist who's looking to write an article about celebrities (big names and small!) who own or have owned Morris Minors.

So far I've got Harrison Ford and Whoopie Goldberg - I was wondering if any of you had any other suggestions? It'd be a huge help !

And if you yourself think you qualify as something of a superstar, please let me know as well!

Thanks for your time - I look forward to seeing any responses...

Chitty

[brucek]

Here's a thread from a little while ago where we found a list of TV and film minors:
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... es#p412397

[chickenjohn]

I happen to know that Steve Coogan owns a Morris Traveller.

[simmitc]

I believe that Pam Ayres did or does, and also Chris Evans (although I can't stand the man, I understand that others rank him as a celebrity) did have one, but I'm not sure whether Top Gear destroyed it for him.

[LouiseM]

Keeley Hawes has a white convertible which was a present from her husband. She was recently asked in an article what her most treasured possession was and replied:

My Morris Minor which my husband bought for me. I arrived home and said, "Can you believe what somebody's parked outside the house? It's so lovely!" And he threw the keys out of the window.

Some photos here:

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/new ... /107953329

http://matthewmacfadyen.tumblr.com/post ... the-morris

The model Helena Christiansen also has one and has said that it is the only type of car she's ever had.

[Chittychittychamcham]

Thank you LouiseM, that's really helpful! Even more reason to be slightly jealous of Keeley Hawes...

[Chittychittychamcham]

I also found the Pam Ayres poem here:

http://www.minormania.com/html/funstuff_trivia.html

That was a great help. I've not included Chris Evans in the list as I can't find anything about him owning one (and because he was so weakly endorsed as a 'minor' celebrity!)

I also managed to find a write up of Steve Coogan's Desert Island Discs appearance - apparently he'd take it as his 'luxury', so that was a handy turn up for the books.

Thanks all for your time on this - I will post a link to the article when it is published

[DAVIDMCCULLOUGH]

Chris Evans on top gear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CLofAC3keQ

[irmscher]

Bmc Ecosse has one

[Alex'n'Ane]

laurence llewelyn bowen I believe has one, he did a bbc programme in which he drove it around.

[lambrettalad]

Tiff had one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ANYcjCG ... re=related

[Chittychittychamcham]

Hi everyone, thanks so much for your help - who knew the v. varied spectrum of celebs who pootle about in Morrises (Morrisii? Morris's?)

Anyway I said I would post a link to the article once it was finished and here it is:

http://www.classic-austin-morris.oldcla ... famous.htm


Chitty

[faversham999]

Steve Coogan has a white traveller that's been repaired at minor miracles

[brixtonmorris]

Ive got Sir Laurence Oliviers old 2 door. Sig on old log book, and address in Brighton.
Also Terry Jones (python and the killer cars) has had a few.

[EmmyP]

Sir George Martin has a Smoke Grey Convertible.

[Piston broke]

Kate winslett has a traveller. She lives in Oxford.