{"id":340,"date":"2013-04-09T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colinchapmanmuseum.org.uk\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2022-06-24T08:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:19:17","slug":"february","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=340","title":{"rendered":"February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colin Chapman Museum and Education Centre Newsletter February 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Newsletter – Number 40<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \n
    Lotus photo\u2019s you may not have seen.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Museums around the world you may not have heard of: National Automobile Museum Andorra<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    Questions from our readers,<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Lotus: Design Decades: 1970 -1979<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    The art of Peter Hutton<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    Lotus books one for the library
    \n6.1 Lotus Books (2)
    \n6.2 Film Review<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    Lotus collectables<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  8. \n
    Lotus interest on YouTube<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All previous articles relating to these are held on the website.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Lotus photo\u2019s you may not have seen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Boxing day at the Romsey classics show.<\/p>\n

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    2. Museums around the world you may not have heard of:<\/strong>National Automobile Museum in Andorra<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Address :<\/strong> Avinguda Copr\u00edncep Episcopal, 64
    \nZip code :<\/strong> AD200
    \nCity :<\/strong> Encamp – Andorra
    \nOpening hours :<\/strong> Tuesday to Saturday 9:30am to 1:30pm and 3 to 6:30pm. Sunday, 10am to 2pm. Closed Monday. Holidays: closed on January 1st and 6th, March 14th, September 8th and December 25th, 26th and 31st.
    \nPrices :<\/strong> Entrance: 3\u20ac \/ Children free \/ Reduced prices
    \nPhone :<\/strong> +376 832 266<\/p>\n

    National<\/strong> Automobile Museum<\/strong> in Encamp<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    National Automobile Museum<\/p>\n

    The National Automobile Museum <\/strong>is a museum that show us the evolution of this product along the years; from the Pinette’s steam engine in 1885 to the 70’s. With 80 different automobiles, sixty motorbikes and more than 100 bicycle, this is one of the most important automobile museums in the south of the continent.<\/p>\n

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    3. Questions from our readers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

    Hi<\/em><\/p>\n

    I’m not sure if you can assist but hope if not you can direct me.<\/p>\n

    My grandfather, I have been told worked for Vanwall and I am trying to find out if he worked directly on the F1 team.<\/p>\n

    As a F1 fan I am extremely interested to find out any association I may have with the unsung hero of British Motorsport.<\/p>\n

    His name was Harold Anton<\/p>\n

    Any assistance would be appreciated<\/p>\n

    Regards<\/p>\n

    Gary Anton<\/p>\n

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    Hello Neil,<\/em><\/p>\n

    I found a link to your website in the Swiss Lotus Seven Owner Club. <\/em><\/p>\n

    I am running the Italian Lotus Seven Club www.lotus7club.it<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

    We are doing the hard job of gathering all the Lotus\/Caterham Seven owners in Italy. <\/em><\/p>\n

    It\u2019s a hard job because we never had a stable dealer. Each dealer lasted a couple years then stopped the business with sevens, and all the contacts with their customers went lost… <\/em><\/p>\n

    Now we know about 100 seven owners in Italy. We calculate that there should be about 100 more around Italy. <\/em><\/p>\n

    Best regards <\/em><\/p>\n

    Roberto<\/em><\/p>\n

    4.<\/strong> Lotus: Design Decades: 1970 -1979<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

    This series has been created specifically by the A&R to explore how wider social and cultural events and design interacted. In particular it seeks to demonstrate the extent that Lotus designs influenced taste, fashion, identity and impacted on the world stage.
    \nThe additional purposes and opportunities are:<\/p>\n

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    1. \n
      Looking at realistic time frame show how the jigsaw and production\/ income and competition success of Lotus varied<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    2. \n
      Exploring the complex dynamics between design, society and manufacturing. Along the way we can analyse Colin Chapman as an entrepreneur manufacturer versus the engineer and motor sport strategist. [Team Owner]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    3. \n
      Not least the topic lends itself to exhibition where the many facets of the decade can be presented in context and interactively interpreted. This ought have considerable commercial opportunity for sponsorship<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In future editions we will explore in turn the remaining decades of Colin Chapman and Lotus cars.<\/p>\n

      In this article we hope to capture some of the complex dynamics of the era .For some it is viewed as the start of a modern Britain. For others it divided the nation and created scars that have never been healed. The decade of the 70\u2019s appears polarized. At its start there was still some Hippy Chick and Maharishi transcendental idealism and Hare Krishna processions through London, at the end the Punks. The film \u201cA Clockwork Orange\u201d is helpful introduction to the times and aspects of the mild anarchy \/ irreverence.
      \nIn the process it is hoped that the material presented can be assembled for a future interactive exhibition. This ought to graphically and memorably illustrate the power and impact that gave Lotus such a lasting, enduring design code, methodology and mantra.
      \nThis article includes a timeline in order that the respect historical and technological influences and forces can be seen in their interactive context.<\/p>\n

      Broad Interpretation of the Decade-The <\/strong>Abrupt Transition<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The 20th Century quotes:
      \n\u201d For many people it was the decade of disillusionment. The years in which the heady idealism of the 1960\u2019s the belief of millions of young people that they could really change the world, collapsed into cynicism and bitterness. From the ashes of revolutionary fervour arose the ugly phoenix of terrorism\u2026[and continued] \u2026\u2026 It was a decade of economic decline and industrial unrest in Western Democracies .The swingeing OPEC oil price rise that followed in the wake of the Yom Kippur War sent shock waves through the industrial world. In Britain the governments of right and left seemed equally unable to arrest the decent into economic chaos, of which the three day week working week and the \u201cwinter of discontent\u201d became potent symbols\u201d.<\/p>\n

      In the late 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s there were riots and rebellion. Britain experienced anxiety, instability, shock and alienation part brought on by the Oil Crisis. A portion of maturing youth reacted against consumerism, corporatism and multi nationals. We witnessed the early launch of the environmental movement ecological considerations and humanitarianism. There were other profound societal changes and divisions taking place.<\/p>\n

      In the late 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s the British pendulum swung away from the welfare emphasis to that of monetarism of the Thatcher era. Possible consistent with this economic view was the belief that manufacturing could not be saved nether could it compete with low wage Asian labour. The information technology era suggested that a nations economy might prosper from \u201cinvisible earnings\u201d and the conduct\/ administration of finance, banking, insurance, and the geometric spiral expansion of mortgage finance and credit. Risebero graphically illustrates the form and function \/ motivation that saw the era becomes one dominated by corporatism and the associated high-rise buildings e.g. the Nat-West Tower and the eventual emergence of Canary Wharf. Some of the other technological innovations of the era were fibre optics, microwave ovens, VCRS and at a later stage e commerce.<\/p>\n

      <\/strong>In the decade of the 70\u2019 idealism and hedonism quickly died to be replaced by disillusionment most probably prompted by rapid economic decline. Inflation rose inexorably. Culturally and socially the previous newly established liberalism would extend and gay rights and a self-expression of the androgynous and Glam Rock through the feminist movement that achieved legal status. [Part of package that would eventually include Sex, Race and Equal Pay] .The 1970s possessed its own contradictions as pornography expanded and there were two significant obscenity trials- \u201cThe Little Red School Book\u2019 and Oz 28 \u2013School kids Issue.
      \nThe government attempted to modernize and the catch phrase was <\/strong>Modern Man and modern times. New materialism with ambition was hoped and expected but external world events particularly oil militated against much of this. Despite considerable economic difficulty Britain benefited from North Sea oil. However some might contend this was used to conceal or mitigate against the severe structural changes and unemployment. Its role palliative and hence many of the underlying problems still remain today.<\/p>\n

      During the 70\u2019s Britain built some of its second generation New Towns like Milton Keynes and Peterborough. Along with these the movement of out of town shopping malls started [again a reference to the seeds of decline in town centers]. Gentrification continued in many cities and home ownership expanded in the new sub-urban areas aided by the growth of Building Societies and powerful property developers. Looking back it might seem that the inflationary property price spiral started in the 70\u2019s property race.<\/p>\n

      Package holidays really started in the 70\u2019s for those with the income to afford travel.
      \nThere were other significant societal changes. Some became concerned for the environment and a new craft tradition in design and manufacture occurred. Alongside this developed an anti war movement, feminism and Civil Rights<\/p>\n

      In 1979 Mrs. Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister<\/p>\n

      Chronology and Time Line: – Major Social, Technical Cultural Events and Design Icons of the Decade. [Design\/ science\/ technical in Italic]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

      1970<\/p>\n