The 19th September, 2018 was a day to remember thanks to the annual Turner Wolverhampton Reunion at Bantock Park. A line-up of seven Turner sports cars could be seen along the front of Bantock House. The event celebrates Wolverhampton’s last car manufacturer, Turner Sports Cars (Wolverhampton) Limited which was founded by Jack Turner.

Jack started working on sports cars and racing cars at the Old Smithy in Seisdon and later moved to a factory in Merridale Street, where production of the sports cars began. The business soon expanded and moved to a larger factory on the site of Wolverhampton's Municipal Airport at Pendeford. The venture was a great success, between 650 and 700 Turner sports cars were built. Sadly, Jack suffered from ill health in the latter part of 1965 and so decided to retire. The business closed in 1966 when production ended.

Many of the cars survive and are well looked-after by their proud owners who keep in contact thanks to the Turner Register. They help to keep the Turner name alive. The Turner Wolverhampton Reunion is organised by Brian Shaw who brought his own car along and also had an indoor display showing all aspects of the cars from their manufacture to their sporting achievements. Brian was ably assisted by ex-Turner employee, Ken Robbins who also had his own car on display.

The event was held at an ideal venue. Bantock Park and the house are always worth a visit, and refreshments were on hand at the café. As usual it was an excellent event and the cars were of great interest to many of the visitors.

The cars were as follows:

Owner	Model	Year	Registration No.
Ray Jones	MKII BMC	1961	PBF 570
Graham Oxley	Turner GT9	1964	ETB 333B
Ken Robbins	950S BMC	1959	9 NPC
Derek Bentley	Mk 1 BMC	1960	2 RTD
Stephen Sage	MKII BMC	1962	6415 YG
Nigel Taylor	MKI BMC	1960	700 AOV
Brian Shaw	MKIII Ford, 1500cc.	1966	GOK 444D