EXHIBITION – A new exhibition created by the Bromyard & District Local History Society to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Morgan car opens in Bromyard on Saturday at 2pm. The Morgan family lived in this village, where the father of Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, founder of the Morgan Car Company, was the rector for 50 years.

The history society has a collection of early Morgan family photographs. The exhibition also features early photographs of a bygone era when reliability trials, hill climbs on public roads and motor touring were popular.

Memorabilia recalling the days when every car carried a petrol can as petrol stations were few and far between and breakdowns were frequent is also on display. The exhibition will run until May 2010. Opening hours are Thursday and Friday 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4.30pm, and Saturday from 10am to 12.30pm.