Following the publication of his new book 'Hand, Horse and Motor: The Development of the Lawn Mower Industry in the United States', club member Jim Ricci has now revamped his own website with information about his long-term project to document the history and development of the American mower. As well as information about Jim and the book, you can find out more about his collection and view selected images of American machines.

The book has over 250 pages and more than 150 images of American mowers going back to the 19th century. Club members can order a copy of the book for collection at the forthcoming Annual Rally. Click here for more details (requires members to log onto site).

It's now less than a month until the club's Annual Rally at Milton Keynes Museum on 21/22 May. We'll be posting updates in the run up to the big event (our 27th since the first in 1990) with news about what will be going on over the weekend. This year we have a dual theme of Dennis and JP mowers and we hope there will be a good selection of static and working machines from each manufacturer on both days, the Sunday in particular. Club Members can log onto the site to access more detailed information about the event in our special section.