Tim Carsons in the Carson Special and Clive Windsor-Richards 30/98 saloon

A Remarkable Tenure

One of the most significant figures in the administrative history of the Vintage Sports-Car Club was Tim Carson, who served as Club Secretary from 1938 to 1972.

His stewardship spanned more than three decades, guiding the Club through the immediate pre-war years, the interruption of the Second World War, and the rebuilding and expansion of historic motorsport in the post-war period.

Carson’s long tenure provided continuity and stability at a time when many of the traditions, events and organisational structures of the Vintage Sports-Car Club were first established.

Years	President	Bulletin Editor	Club Secretary
1936	Sammy Davis	Sam Clutton	Colin Nicholson
1937	Sammy Davis	Sam Clutton	Ned Lewis
1938–1939	Forrest Lycett	Sam Clutton	Tim Carson
1946–1947	Forrest Lycett	Sam Clutton (1946 with A Phelps)	Tim Carson
1948–1950	Laurence Pomeroy	Sam Clutton	Tim Carson
1951	Kent Karslake	“Steady” Barker	Tim Carson
1952	Kent Karslake	R Gibson Jarvie	Tim Carson
1953	Kent Karslake	Not recorded	Tim Carson
1954–1955	Sam Clutton	Nigel Arnold-Forster	Tim Carson
1956	Sam Clutton	J E Stanford	Tim Carson
1957–1959	Harry Bowler	J E Stanford	Tim Carson
1960–1962	Kenneth Neve	J E Stanford	Tim Carson
1963–1965	John Rowley	J E Stanford	Tim Carson
1966	“Steady” Barker	Not recorded	Tim Carson
1967–1968	“Steady” Barker	Nigel Arnold-Forster	Tim Carson
1969–1971	Philip Mann	Nigel Arnold-Forster / “Sandy” Skinner	Tim Carson
1972	Nigel Arnold-Forster	“Sandy” Skinner	Tim Carson
1973–1974	Nigel Arnold-Forster	Tom Threlfall	Peter Hull
1975–1977	Bernard Kain	Tom Threlfall	Peter Hull
1978–1980	James Crocker	Tom Threlfall / Mike Elsom	Peter Hull
1981–1984	Tom Threlfall	Mike Elsom	Peter Hull
1985–1986	Patrick Marsh	David Thirlby	Peter Hull
1987	Roger Collings	David Thirlby	Brian Harcourt-Smith
1988–1989	Roger Collings	David Thirlby	David Franklin
1990–1992	Bruce Spollon	David Thirlby	David Franklin
1993–1995	Barry Clarke	David Thirlby	David Franklin
1996–1998	David Marsh	David Thirlby	David Franklin
1999	Julian Ghosh	David Thirlby	Neil Murray
2000–2001	Julian Ghosh	David Thirlby / John Warburton	Stuart Pringle
2002–2004	Peter Glover	John Warburton	Stuart Pringle
2005	Martin Grant-Peterkin	John Warburton	Stuart Pringle
2006–2007	Martin Grant-Peterkin	John Warburton	Mike Stripe
2008–2010	Roger Ballard	John Staveley	Mike Stripe
2011–2013	Tony Stephens	John Staveley	Mike Stripe
2014–2015	Tim Kneller	John Staveley	Mike Stripe
2016	Tim Kneller	John Staveley	Dave Salmon
2017–2018	Geoff Smith	John Staveley	Dave Salmon
2019	Jenny Lees	Matthew Bell	Dave Salmon
2020–2022	Paul Tunnicliffe	Matthew Bell	Tania Brown
2023–2025	Simon Blakeney-Edwards	Matthew Bell	Tania Brown