Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Sun Jul 28, 2002 7:50 pm**

I was unable to forward a copy of memories of Jerry , so the following is my memory of Jerry in the early days of Abingdon Spares. I used to visit Jerry's house in Needham,Mass to get parts for my TF. He then moved to a building in Downtown Needham, in a basement facility. Used to have a great red-headed kid named Chris who worked the counter and was really dedicated to the MG and Jerry.. Later he went to work for Mother Moss in Calif and I believe is still with them as a VP. One year we had a GOF at Stowe, Vermont. I flew up their with my son Brian and a Co-Pilot. The Co-Pilot was going to fly Jerry back to Boston to play in the Boston Pops. The weather went sour and we never made it to Stowe that day. At least I was able to telephone him about the situation. Arthur Fiedler was quite ticked off because Jerry could not get back to Boston in time. Later on in life I became friends with Peter Fiedler(SON) and we used to fly together. Many of our members perhaps don't know that Jerry was an accomplished symphony trumpetist and played second chair with the "Pops" under the great conductor: Arthur Fiedler Thom Collins [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 2:58 am**

----- Original Message ----- From: LuckyFloridaLin@aol.com> . Many of our members perhaps don't know that Jerry was an accomplished symphony trumpetist and played second chair with the "Pops" under the great conductor: Arthur Fiedler > Thom Collins Thom, just to set the record straight. Jerry was primarily second trumpet for the Boston Symphony Orchestra but was required to put in some time with the Boston Pops from time to time. Badger

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 3:59 am**

----- Original Message -----

> From: LuckyFloridaLin@aol.com> > . > Many of our members perhaps don't know that Jerry was an accomplished

symphony trumpetist and played second chair with the "Pops" under the great conductor: Arthur Fiedler

> Thom Collins

Thom, just to set the record straight. Jerry was primarily second trumpet for the Boston Symphony Orchestra but was required to put in some time with the Boston Pops from time to time. I spent many pleasant hours at Tanglewood, sitting with Doris while the B.S.O., with Jerry, played. I think the most memorable occasion was on one warm summer evening when they happened to be playing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture while real thunder and lightening crashed all around outside the 'music tent' - Truly spectacular. When Arthur Fiedler died, Jerry made the comment that the great musician was now 'de-composing'. One time when we were at Beaulieu together, we went to his shipping company at the Southampton docks with a load of stuff to ship, Jerry spotted an enormous pile of packing crates that went almost up to the ceiling of this large warehouse. Before anyone new what he was up to, he had climbed up to the top of this pile with a little bugle that he had purchased at Beaulieu. He assumed a statuesque pose on top of the crates and blew the Cavalry charge which was met with a hardy round of applause from the dock workers and truck drivers below. He was a great guy with a wonderful sense of humor and many will miss him. Badger

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 4:45 am**

More Jerry.......... Doris once told me that Jerry had her in tears on their wedding night because he wouldn't drive with her to their honeymoon hotel. He made her go by herself while he went someplace to look at a TD and he met up with her at the hotel later on - I don't know if he bought the TD. . Jerry traveled the world with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and he used to complain to Doris that he got bored just sitting in his hotel room in some strange city with nothing to do so on his next trip, Doris equipped him with some artist's materials like a sketch pad and so on and told him to look out of his hotel window and draw whatever he saw. So he was sitting in his hotel room on his next trip and he opened his suitcase and there was his pad and pencils so he opened up his curtains for something to draw only to find that his window was about two feet away from a solid brick wall. Of course when he returned home and Doris asked him if the art supplies were a good idea, he produced a perfectly drawn rendering of a brick wall that covered the entire paper. I will be at Beaulieu again this year as I have been every year for the past 28 - or is it 29 - but it will be a different and a lonelier place without Jerry scurrying about from stall to stall in search of rare MG widgets and telling his funny stories over a couple of pints at the end of each day. But life goes on. Badger

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 7:11 am**

Dear Badge; Thanks for the correction and the great memory of a good man. His death has triggered my thoughts of younger days and happy times. Thom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 8:19 am**

Still more Jerry............. One time, the orchestra gave an open air concert in Central Park in New York City. Of course Jerry was there with his trumpet and they played a particular piece that called for an "off stage" trumpet which "answered" certain parts of the piece that the main body of the orchestra played and the trumpeter was not meant to be seen by the audience. Since the concert was in the open park with no offstage place, Jerry was hiding behind a large clump of bushes holding his trumpet and waiting for his part when a NYC police officer came up who didn't realize that Jerry was part of the orchestra and tried to arrest him for attempting to disrupt the performance. Jerry was able to explain the situation to the officer and avoid arrest but in the process, he missed his que and basically ruined the piece. When Jerry rolled his MG J4 at Watkins Glen, and after a surgeon had skillfully reattached Jerry's severed fingers, Jerry asked the Doctor whether his hand would ever be well enough to play the piano. The Doctor, who knew Jerry was a famous musician, told him that with time and healing, he was certain that Jerry would play the piano beautifully. Jerry said, "that's terrific because I never could play it before, I play trumpet". Badge

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 12:09 pm**

<<>> great red-headed kid named Chris <<>> Chris Nolan Blake

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2002 9:33 pm**

M. le B, Jerry sounds as though he was a helluvafella. I'm surprised (and sorry) that I never bumped into the two of you at Beaulieu; I knew that he was an habitue, and I always asked the stall-holders if any of them had seen him, always to be met with " he was just here"! Regards, David Lodge

> More Jerry.......... > Doris once told me that Jerry had her in tears on their wedding night > because he wouldn't drive with her to their honeymoon hotel. He made her go > by herself while he went someplace to look at a TD and he met up with her at > the hotel later on - I don't know if he bought the TD. > . > Jerry traveled the world with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and he used to > complain to Doris that he got bored just sitting in his hotel room in some > strange city with nothing to do so on his next trip, Doris equipped him with > some artist's materials like a sketch pad and so on and told him to look out > of his hotel window and draw whatever he saw. So he was sitting in his > hotel room on his next trip and he opened his suitcase and there was his pad > and pencils so he opened up his curtains for something to draw only to find > that his window was about two feet away from a solid brick wall. Of course > when he returned home and Doris asked him if the art supplies were a good > idea, he produced a perfectly drawn rendering of a brick wall that covered > the entire paper. > > I will be at Beaulieu again this year as I have been every year for the past > 28 - or is it 29 - but it will be a different and a lonelier place without > Jerry scurrying about from stall to stall in search of rare MG widgets and > telling his funny stories over a couple of pints at the end of each day. > But life goes on. > Badger > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

Posted: **Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:15 am**

Yes, here was a true MG enthusiast. He knew the cars and the parts... His trips to England several times a year, sometimes was the envy of us all..... But he knew what was a real part and a repro..... Then when we needed something, he would inform us, "Hey! I've got what you need but it isn't an original part, but I thnik it will work for you. If no, I'll be back in England in a few weeks and will locate exactly what you need". One time I was passing thru the New England area, so thought I would detour to Walpole. I got there and talked with Jerry who came out of the back room to see me... I told him of my MG M Type restoration. He said, you should check your work with the two cars in the Museum... The Museum was closed as they were doing some kind of maintenance or repairs in the lighting. He called down there and asked them to set up temporary lights, then sent me down with a young fellow who did cleaning and upkeep on the cars. I measured and photoed and looked on the cars. I kept saying, I had better quit because of the time I was taking; but the fellow(I don't remember his name, sorry) said, "Jerry said, 'Let him take all the time he needs'." All I could do was take him to lunch....... Other calls on the M Type would always be referred to Jerry, and he would graciously drop whatever he was doing and talk to me. He supplied me with parts for several cars over many years. Fortunately, I was for some reason, able to have him waiting for my calls... WHAT A GUY! We will miss him. BOB David Lodge wrote:

> M. le B, > Jerry sounds as though he was a helluvafella. I'm surprised (and sorry) that > I never bumped into the two of you at Beaulieu; I knew that he was an > habitue, and I always asked the stall-holders if any of them had seen him, > always to be met with " he was just here"! > Regards, David Lodge > > > More Jerry.......... > > Doris once told me that Jerry had her in tears on their wedding night > > because he wouldn't drive with her to their honeymoon hotel. He made her go > > by herself while he went someplace to look at a TD and he met up with her at > > the hotel later on - I don't know if he bought the TD. > > . > > Jerry traveled the world with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and he used to > > complain to Doris that he got bored just sitting in his hotel room in some > > strange city with nothing to do so on his next trip, Doris equipped him with > > some artist's materials like a sketch pad and so on and told him to look out > > of his hotel window and draw whatever he saw. So he was sitting in his > > hotel room on his next trip and he opened his suitcase and there was his pad > > and pencils so he opened up his curtains for something to draw only to find > > that his window was about two feet away from a solid brick wall. Of course > > when he returned home and Doris asked him if the art supplies were a good > > idea, he produced a perfectly drawn rendering of a brick wall that covered > > the entire paper. > > > > I will be at Beaulieu again this year as I have been every year for the past > > 28 - or is it 29 - but it will be a different and a lonelier place without > > Jerry scurrying about from stall to stall in search of rare MG widgets and > > telling his funny stories over a couple of pints at the end of each day. > > But life goes on. > > Badger > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Posted: **Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:52 am**

Hail Jerry Back in the 60's, as a teenager, whilst doing a jack-rabbit start from a stop light, I stripped the spider gears in the rear-end of my dad's TD (which I now own & drive). With broken gears in hand we made a quick trip to Jerry's house in Needham, MA from RI. Jerry took me up to a loft where lay, to my amazement, at least a dozen complete (used) TD rear end units. He had no knowledge of the inner condition of any of them and said to just pick any one. That I did, paid a reasonable sum for it, and that very rear end is in the TD today..........the broken spider gears in their cage are still on a shelf in my workshop, and the empty housing is still in the corner (reused the shafts). I believe Chris Nolan (yellow TC) was helping Jerry at the time. I'll never forget seeing all the diff's lined up on the floor to pick from. The other image I can never forget is having to duck my head to avoid Brooklands steering wheels (undoubtedly NOS) and the like hanging off the ceiling joists as we rummaged for parts jam packed in Jerry's small basement warehouse. What a candy store! Absolutely mouthwatering! Made you want to race home and start a restoration instantly! We'll surely miss him! Dave Osborn TC 10217 TD 6551 -----Original Message----- From: R. Zwart [mailto:zwart@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:18 PM To: David Lodge Cc: BADGER; MG-TABC Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Re: Jerry Goguen Memories Yes, here was a true MG enthusiast. He knew the cars and the parts... His trips to England several times a year, sometimes was the envy of us all..... But he knew what was a real part and a repro..... Then when we needed something, he would inform us, "Hey! I've got what you need but it isn't an original part, but I thnik it will work for you. If no, I'll be back in England in a few weeks and will locate exactly what you need". One time I was passing thru the New England area, so thought I would detour to Walpole. I got there and talked with Jerry who came out of the back room to see me... I told him of my MG M Type restoration. He said, you should check your work with the two cars in the Museum... The Museum was closed as they were doing some kind of maintenance or repairs in the lighting. He called down there and asked them to set up temporary lights, then sent me down with a young fellow who did cleaning and upkeep on the cars. I measured and photoed and looked on the cars. I kept saying, I had better quit because of the time I was taking; but the fellow(I don't remember his name, sorry) said, "Jerry said, 'Let him take all the time he needs'." All I could do was take him to lunch....... Other calls on the M Type would always be referred to Jerry, and he would graciously drop whatever he was doing and talk to me. He supplied me with parts for several cars over many years. Fortunately, I was for some reason, able to have him waiting for my calls... WHAT A GUY! We will miss him. BOB David Lodge wrote:

> M. le B, > Jerry sounds as though he was a helluvafella. I'm surprised (and sorry)

that

> I never bumped into the two of you at Beaulieu; I knew that he was an > habitue, and I always asked the stall-holders if any of them had seen him, > always to be met with " he was just here"! > Regards, David Lodge > > > More Jerry.......... > > Doris once told me that Jerry had her in tears on their wedding night > > because he wouldn't drive with her to their honeymoon hotel. He made

her go

> > by herself while he went someplace to look at a TD and he met up with

her at

> > the hotel later on - I don't know if he bought the TD. > > . > > Jerry traveled the world with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and he used

to

> > complain to Doris that he got bored just sitting in his hotel room in

some

> > strange city with nothing to do so on his next trip, Doris equipped him

with

> > some artist's materials like a sketch pad and so on and told him to look

out

> > of his hotel window and draw whatever he saw. So he was sitting in his > > hotel room on his next trip and he opened his suitcase and there was his

pad

> > and pencils so he opened up his curtains for something to draw only to

find

> > that his window was about two feet away from a solid brick wall. Of

course

> > when he returned home and Doris asked him if the art supplies were a

good

> > idea, he produced a perfectly drawn rendering of a brick wall that

covered

> > the entire paper. > > > > I will be at Beaulieu again this year as I have been every year for the

past

> > 28 - or is it 29 - but it will be a different and a lonelier place

without

> > Jerry scurrying about from stall to stall in search of rare MG widgets

and

> > telling his funny stories over a couple of pints at the end of each day. > > But life goes on. > > Badger > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/