DURNOVARIA 1008 NEWSLETTER November 2017

The Essential Newsletter for the MG Owners Club Dorchester Area 1008

INSIDE THIS MONTH’S NEWSLETTER * The Tale of the Old Speckled Hen and a 50th Anniversary * Högertrafikomläggningen - ‘Dagen H’ 50 Years on * One for the Road - 50 years on (also) * Editor’s Notes * Treasurer’s Report 2017 * Christmas Dinner - 5th December -a final call

1927 MG 14/40 ‘Featherweight’ Sports Saloon MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017

The Curious Tale of the Old Speckled Hen gold speckled bodywork. MG legend has it that the car spent Front cover story - a personal investigation by Mike Benton much of its time around the paint spraying area and eventually A Chance Conversation became even more speckled in the process. However as with all legends it’s very difficult to extract the real truth behind The MG pictured on the front cover is a 1927 fabric-bodied four this story. From what I have read, the paint spattering may door 14/40 Mark IV Featherweight saloon, registered WL 3450. be a bit of embellishment, but this version prevails to this day. It was a demonstrator, in one of Cecil Kimber’s experimental Whatever the real story, the old car must have become a bit of liveries of ‘a grained tan colour, sprinkled with gold dust’. It has a celebrity in the MG works. Later in 1935, after some years become somewhat of a legend due to it’s association with the of use around the factory it was reportedly broken up. Yet ‘Old Speckled Hen’ brand of . Why I decided to feature remarkably it was still remembered 44 years later by an MG the car in this month’s newsletter was prompted by a ‘chance’ employee, when its nickname ‘the owld speckly ‘un’ was used conversation with fellow Durnovaria club member Peter for MG’s 50th anniversary celebration beer. Much has been Chance. Some months ago Peter told me that his neighbour, said and written on the subject of ‘Old Speckled Hen’ and its had been clearing out his garage and had found an original association with MG. However my initial enquiries seeded my 1979 bottle of ‘Old Speckled Hen’ MG Jubilee Celebration beer. interest and led me to try and find out more. The Mystery A Celebration This started me on a quest to find out more about how and The 1979 MG Golden Jubilee, marked the 50th anniversary why the beer was named after a prewar MG that had been of MG’s move to new premises at broken up 44 years before the 1979 50th anniversary. But the Abingdon. In celebration of this more I read about it, the more versions of the story I found. event, MG planned to hold Golden Then during my Internet searches, I came across a modern Jubilee celebrations. Local brewer photograph of that very ‘Old Speckled Hen’ MG, looking as Morland, was asked to brew a special good as new and sporting its original registration number, WL commemorative ale for the occasion. 3450, when supposedly it had been broken up in 1935 and had MG would suggest the name and put subsequently disappeared. - This needed more investigation. forward a design for the label. The company held a competition amongst its employees for the design of a suitable label, and the winning entry bore the MG marque linked by a length of chain to the Borough of Abingdon Coat of Arms. It was printed in the MG colours of cream and brown plus green for Abingdon. Fifty years on, the nickname ‘the owld speckly un’ must have still been part of MG legend and from this, the name ‘Old Speckled Hen’ was put forward for the celebration brew. I needed to know a bit more about this and in particularly to find out who it was that came up with a brand name that is still used on a such a high profile beer, thirty eight years on from the MG Jubilee. Whoever it was, must have been an employee with an A contemporary photograph of the orginal MG works intimate knowledge of the old MG 14/40 factory demonstrator 14/40 Featherweight Sports Saloon runabout all those years previously. This needed yet more investigation. Explosive Material Festivities and Tragic News I read that the car in question originally had fabric body panels. Fabric bodies had a brief period of popularity in the A special batch of 25 barrels and 1,200 dozen half-pint late 1920s and early 1930s, as they made for a lightweight and bottles of Old Speckled Hen were produced, mostly for the quiet construction. This works promotional activities at MG, but also for limited distribution demonstrator car’s experimental to Morland houses in the Abingdon area. The bottle dressing speckled body panels were apparently made from a ‘doped’ fabric, stretched over a wooden frame. A construction method used in early aircraft construction due to its light weight. The doping agent that tightened and waterproofed the fabric was nitrocellulose and is extremely flammable. It was used in the production of the ammunition propellant Cordite, up until the end of WW2. The construction method and covering design of this particular MG 14/40 never went into production. The car was subsequently used as a demonstrator and for many years it became the MG factory’s general runabout at the Abingdon works. According to MG ‘legend’, as the old car chugged around the factory, workers would say in Berkshire tones - “There gus the owld speckly un”, referring to Kimber’s experimental The MG works just after the Jubilee celebrations MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017 was finished off with a green foil capsule to match the , through the Speckled Hen brand, embarked background colour of the Borough Arms. The beer, an amber on a marketing campaign involving sponsorship of the coloured , was brewed at a gravity of 1050 to denote Northamptonshire and Derbyshire County Cricket Clubs. the 50th anniversary. What had been produced as a one-off The TV channel Dave carried advertisements featuring a celebration brew, proved so popular that a second batch had to “crafty fox” seeking out an “elusive hen” with the catchphrase be brewed in time for the main celebrations, which were to be “It’s different, but it’s not a hen.” Greene King’s marketing held in Abingdon over the weekend of the actual anniversary. director said, “The fit between Dave and Old Speckled Hen is Following a most spectacular and greatly enjoyed weekend of absolutely spot on. Both offer something a little different, witty, festivities, it was on the Monday that the news was broken to and quintessentially British”. the staff of MG that the factory was to be closed. The plant ceased production early in 1980 and nothing now remains of the MG works. Continued Support However Old Speckled Hen continued to enjoy local support and was sold throughout the Morland estate in the same bottled form for the next ten years. In 1990 draught Old Speckled Hen was launched and became an immediate success. The bottled variety was also repackaged and a canned version introduced. The demand for the beer became so great that additional brew house capacity was required, with the result that the decision was taken to withdraw from production in order to make more capacity available for brewing Old Speckled Hen. By 1994, the brew house was operating at maximum capacity and a new brew house was built adjoining the old 1911 tower brew house. Morland and all its brands were subsequently In MG circles the story lingered on and Greene King were also bought out by Greene King and the brewery was closed very much aware of the Heritage of the name and an MGB in down early in 1999 and converted to residential housing. Old Old Speckled Hen livery was produced for the 50th anniversary Speckled Hen continued to be brewed, but now at Greene of the MGB. Also Corgi were commissioned to produce a 1:43 King’s Bury St Edmunds brewery. model to commemorate the event which was to be given away as a marketing promotion. Where to Guv’nor The Old Speckled Hen livery also appeared on fifteen black cabs in the Central London area. Stable mates, Old Crafty Hen, Old Golden Hen and Old Hoppy Hen, joined the original brand, all winning awards for quality and taste. The story has been told many times over each with its own variation and is well known in the MG fraternity. However it is doubtful that today’s drinkers of the famous brew really appreciate the significance of the shape of the octagon Morland’s old Brewery Abingdon, now attractive apartments label. Even less, would they appreciate that the name Old Speckled Hen is in homage to an old runabout at the MG works Where’s the Hen, Henry? manufactured 90 years ago. Ironically, a hen was never featured in any advertising for the brand. However in 2009 Old Speckled Hen was re-branded to appeal to a younger audience. Perhaps the advertising agency had been sampling the product on a Friday afternoon and had consumed one too many and were in a ‘tired and emotional state’. Someone’s mind may have wandered around hens and chickens and then on to foxes - who knows? The resultant ‘Old Speckled Henry’ character dreamed up is quite appealing, looking somewhat like Basil Brush’s posh landed gentry uncle.

Peter Chance’s neighbour’s clear out of his garage, revealed buried in the detritus that usually collects in garages, an original unopened bottle of Old Speckled Hen celebration brew. No doubt at thirty eight years old it’s undrinkable, but it was an interesting find and now Peter is the proud owner of this original piece of MG history. MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017

Old Speckled Hen - Back from the Dead? quick look on eBay I found a used copy, but at £175 my interest To return to the mystery; how could an old MG demonstrator waned somewhat. More Internet searching (what a wonderful and factory runabout broken up in 1935, now appear to be as tool) took me all the way over to the USA. My Google search good as new and in good health. I found that in 2014 the MG referred to a newsletter of the Twin Tiers Sports Car Club, Car Club announced; - of New York State and Pennsylvania. Reprinted in a club “We are very excited to announce an MG legend, the original newsletter, an Ian Parsons recounted that the car referred to “Owd Speck’ld ‘Un” will be joining us at Silverstone and taking as ‘Old Speckled Hen’ had been in his family since the 1940s pride of place in the 90 year timeline!”. and his account had been appeared in their newsletter of April 2003. So at last from the other side of the Atlantic, it seemed I I wasn’t able to attend the MG 90th celebrations at Silverstone was getting close to finding out the real story. and finding a photograph of the original Old Speckled Hen MG, with Brian Johnson, (the lead singer of ACDC and well know The First M.G. Ian Parsons car nut), standing next to that very car holding a bottle of Old Space precludes reprinting the full story, so below is an Speckled Hen beer, was somewhat of a surprise. abridged and shortened version of Ian Parsons’ article “Some of you may have seen an article in MG World magazine claiming to have found the first ever production MG circa 1927 with the added kudos of it being the car that the beer “Old Speckled Hen” was named after. Until recently I had no idea that this now famous car was the same one that had been in my family for years. I well remember as a child playing around an old dusty car tucked away in the upper storey of my family’s garage business in Cardiff. It was always referred to as the “Old MG” and I knew it had been in the family for many years and that was about the sum total of my knowledge of the car. My grandfather had bought the car in the 1940s and later at the end of the war he sold it to my uncle for £20. Throughout the 1950s it was used by my uncle and father as a general workhorse and also abused in trials and other club events. A fire had damaged much of the original body prior to my uncle’s purchase and as was quite normal at the time, a new body was Brian Johnson of ACDC with car and beer built onto it. Brian Johnson had fronted a TV series called ‘Cars That Rock’ As time went by the car was relegated to shopping duty with and in series one episode two, he visited the MG Car Club’s my grandmother at the helm and when a newer more modern HQ and took a look at the MG company and it’s cars. During the episode Brian gets the chance to drive the mysterious Old car took its place, the MG was put away in a corner of the Speckled Hen car and later to consume some beer of the same family’s garage where it remained for many years. Being name. He talks about the episode in a series of interviews thought of as part of the family, with a very low resale value at about the making of the programme. This is the YouTube link if that time, ensured its long-term retention, with its new role as you are interested: - a playground for small boys. In 1982 my Uncle died and the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRPPZb1Gdxw family business was disbanded and my cousin continued to It was later that I store the car right up until last year [2003]. It had been thought learned that there is by many that the ‘Old Speckled Hen’ had been destroyed, a history of the car and the story of Old but eventually through research my cousin was traced as the Speckled Hen beer owner. and it’s associated It was at this time MG Enthusiast Fred Body, contacted my marketing material, cousin, having heard of the car’s significance and possibly on display at Kimber being the ‘Old Speckled Hen’. Fred Body subsequently bought House, the MG Car Club’s headquarters the car and started its restoration to the original specification. in Abingdon. My Fred Body is an authority on pre-war MG’s, his attention to membership to the detail is exceptional and everything was to be restored to when MG Car Club expired it was used as a Factory prototype. quite a while ago so perhaps I have been out of touch. The MGCC Abingdon Works Centre also organises an annual Old My father had not seen the car for many years, but on hearing Speckled Hen tour. about its new lease of life, he was naturally keen to see it Oxford to Abingdon and Twin Tiers again. He discovered that he still had the original steering wheel, and arrangements were made to meet up at the My interest still not satiated, I did some more trawling of the Internet and found a Bristol Classic Car show where Fred had two cars that he reference to the early history of the car had restored on show. From there, we went to his home in in a book by Robin Barraclough and Phil Somerset to view the car and saw that the progress on the Jenning’s of the Early MG Society. The restoration was remarkable. The interior had been totally book is titled “Oxford to Abingdon”, so I stripped out and a new timber body frame and floor was thought, all I need to do is to buy a copy of complete. The British Motor Industry at Gaydon possessed the book and get the full story. It turns out that the book is long out of print, and with a an example of a timber bulkhead unit for that model and Fred Body was able to replicate a new part” MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017

Epilogue Much of information I have found on the naming of the beer assumes in a complete and working condition with original seems to be contradictory and stories vary from source to bodywork (“this was a small ‘old fashioned’ saloon”). Ian gave source, however I think have I found what must have been no account of the original bodywork colour of his MG, but I the origins of the name Old Speckled Hen and the man who would imagine that information is long since gone with Ian’s created it. grandfather. Tony Day was born and educated Ian Parson also recalled that whilst in his grandfather’s in Abingdon and lived in West ownership, the original bodywork was destroyed in a fire and Hanney, just a short distance a new body constructed. Presumably there was no evidence from Abingdon. On leaving left of the original experimental body colouring and it would school at 18, Tony gained an seem that the family made no record of it either. I have failed apprenticeship at Morris Motors, to find any references to chassis and engine numbers etc. and then took a job at the MG as this information would be indisputable proof of the car’s car company in Abingdon, originality. It would also appear that as was the practice back where he stayed for much of his then, registration number plates were swapped around on working life. He had been part demonstration vehicles and I have read one account of the WL of the 1957 team who prepared 3450 plate being borrowed from another car. MG EX181 in achieving a world From my own experience it’s easy with prewar cars during speed record of 254 mph driven restoration, to confuse works chassis and engine numbers and by Stirling Moss on the Utah perhaps the restored car may be another 14/40 Featherweight Flats. In 1979 Tony Day was mistaken for the original Old Speckled Hen. Those who would the secretary of the committee really know the answer to that are now long since gone, but I responsible for the organisation of the MG 50th anniversary would love to find out for sure. celebrations. It is reported that he was tasked with finding a After much investigation I still haven’t managed to get to the suitable name for the celebration beer, based on an historically definitive story about the old MG. Perhaps I need to talk to significant MG. Remembering the ‘the owld speckly un’ from Fred Body the well known restorer of early MGs, the restorer of many years previously and with a bit of brain storming he this particular car. He is probably the only person who could reportedly came up with the now celebrated name. Tony Day confirm whether or not this is the genuine Old Speckled Hen died in 2013 at the age of 81. Should he now be acknowledged and if it wasn’t, would he say so? Perhaps though, the real as the creator of this great brand name? It seems very likely to story will now always remain a bit of a mystery and in the grand me and I shall raise a glass of Old Speckled Hen in his name. scheme of things, does it really matter? Probably not, but it The Real thing or Pastiche? does make for a fascinating insight into early MG cars and how There were just thirty two 14/40 Featherweight sports saloons legends are made. It’s also a remarkable tale of the survival produced, but just one with Cecil Kimber’s experimental and return to the road of a significantly historic early MG. speckled bodywork which gave rise to the car’s nickname. In the frontispiece of his book ‘MG’ by the MG historian Wilson Accounts of the original car being broken up very specifically McComb, he quoted a line from Tolstoy - state that this was done in 1935. It is well reported that the ‘History would be an excellent thing car spent most of its life chugging around the MG works, if only it were true’ - I’ll keep you posted! so perhaps it’s safe to assume that this is indeed where it ended its life. Ian Parsons in his recollections states that his PS - See this month’s ‘Enjoying MG’ for the story grandfather bought the car some years later in the 1940s, one of another early MG restored by Fred Body. cheers!

Somewhat incredibly there was major resistance to the very One For the Road! idea of the breathalyser test, and the possible 12-month driving Fifty years ago the age of motoring innocence, albeit an ban for those caught over the limit. Even after the introduction increasingly dangerous age, came to an end with the Barbara Castle faced protests. At one public event a group introduction by then transport minister Barbara Castle of the of publicans berated her for the damage it was doing to their breathalyser in October 1967. Ad hoc tests of sobriety such business. But in the first 12 months in which the device was as making drivers stand on one leg, or walk a straight line, used, and with the additional push of an advertising campaign, were thrust aside for a more scientific measure, though the road deaths reduced by more than 1100, and serious injuries breathalyser was initially only used for indicative purposes, a sustained in car accidents by more than 11,000. After such subsequent blood or urine test the actual evidential proof. an impact few could argue that the action had not been both It then became an offence to drive, attempt to drive or be in successful and necessary. charge of a motor vehicle if you had more than 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. From the 9th October, anyone suspected of committing a motoring offence could be tested by the Police at the side of the road. If the roadside breathalyser test showed positive, a subsequent blood or urine test was taken Police demonstration MGB driver gets stopped at the police station. End of Season Lunch Dorset Golf & Country Club 15 October

Lunch Photos by Mike Benton MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017

ifty years ago on the 3rd Headlamp sold in Sweden September 1967, Sweden not long before Dagen H. changed from driving on the Opaque decal blocks the left, to driving on the right side lens portion that would ofF the road in line with its continental provide low beam upkick to neighbours. It was officially called the right, and bears warning - ‘Dagen H’ (H Day), “Not to be removed before 3 On the day, all non-essential traffic was September 1967”. banned from one in the morning until six in the morning, anything on the road at ten The relatively smooth changeover saw a reduction in the number of minutes to five had to stop and carefully accidents. Experts suggested that changing to driving on the right cross to the other side of the road. All vehicles reduced accidents while overtaking, as left-hand drive vehicles, had to have the head lights changed to dip to had a better view of the road ahead. the other side and thousands of buses were either replaced or underwent conversion to move the passenger doors to the opposite side. At the time all Sweden’s immediate neighbours, including Norway and Finland, with which Sweden has land borders, drove Dagen H logo on the right, with 5 million vehicles crossing those borders annually. Approximately 90 percent of Swedes drove left-hand drive vehicles. However city buses were among the very few vehicles that conformed to the normal opposite-steering wheel rule, being right-hand drive. I had been in Stockholm in 1959 and experienced the novel idea of this, as my hosts owned a LHD Volvo and of course drove on the left. It seemed most strange to me The change was and as if I was driving the car unaided! followed by very The change was widely unpopular; in a cautious behaviour 1955 referendum, 83 percent voted to that caused a major keep driving on the left. Nevertheless decrease in road the Swedish Parliament approved fatalities. Indeed, the introduction of right hand traffic fatal car-to-car and and began implementing a four-year car-to-pedestrian education program, with the advice of accidents dropped psychologists. The campaign included sharply as a result, displaying the Dagen H logo on various and the number of commemorative items which, included motor insurance milk cartons and underwear! Dagen H underwear claims went down by 40%. These initial improvements did not Swedish television held a last, however. The number of motor insurance claims returned contest to compose a song to ‘normal’ over the next six weeks and, by 1969, the accident about the change and the rates were back to the levels seen before the change. Trams winning entry was “Håll dig in central Stockholm, in Helsingborg and most lines in Malmö till höger Svennson” (keep were withdrawn and replaced by buses, and over one thousand to the right Svennson), new buses were purchased with doors on the right-hand side. performed by The Telstars. 8,000 older buses were modified with doors on both sides, while As Dagen H neared, every Gothenburg and Malmö exported their right-hand drive buses to intersection was equipped Pakistan and Kenya. The modification of buses, paid by the state, with an extra set of poles was the largest cost of the change. Fellow Nordic country Iceland and traffic signals wrapped changed to driving on the right in May 1968. MB in black plastic. Workers roamed the streets early in the morning on Dagen H to remove the plastic. Similarly, a parallel set of lines were painted on the roads with white paint, then covered with black tape. Before Dagen H, Swedish roads had used yellow lines. At the time my brother Chris was working in Sweden at Jönköping and he told me of how he and all his friends stayed up until the early hours of the morning to experience the changeover as it Red and green happened. One-way streets presented unique problems. Bus driving gloves stops had to be constructed on the other side of the street and produced for those intersections had to be reshaped to allow traffic to merge. In order not knowing their left to avoid blinding the oncoming drivers, all vehicles had to have from their right. their original left-hand-traffic headlamps replaced with right-hand Note to self; must get drive units. Scrapped road signs in Malmö. some for Sarah! MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017 Editor’s Notes In no time at all it seems, we have reached the end of our Testing Times motoring activities for 2017 and we look forward to planning for At the October Club meeting, Tim had us all scratching our next year. We have enjoyed some really good days out during heads with his quiz. Sharon supplied some food ingredients for the past twelve months and along the way found some new us all to sample and smell and we had to guess what it was - days out for 2018. Tim Creed ably assisted by Sharon, have that proved quite tricky. We also sampled what questions new organised some memorable days out for us during 2017. drivers have to answer in the current driving test theory exam. Now is the time that we really need members to have a say and It’s surprising how the multiple choice answers can trip you up. come up with some more suggestions for club runs and days Experienced drivers automatically would take certain actions out. What better opportunity could there be than the Annual during a manoeuvre, but taking the obvious for granted could General Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 7th November result in an incorrect answer. If you want to have a go: https:// at the Colliton Club. Please come along with some ideas for www.gov.uk/take-practice-theory-test future club events. Paul has provided a Treasurer’s report on Exciting Early MGB Restoration Project Club finances for 2017, which can be read on the next page. Club member Darren of Timeless Classic Cars, and his son Hopefully you will have noticed Cas, have been asked to restore a very early 1962 ‘pull handle’ that in October’s newsletter I MGB for its owner. The reserved a small area for MG car is believed to be one Mart. If you have any items for of the show cars used sale or that you would like to swap or give away, this is the for the UK launch of the place to inform club members. MGB at the 1962 Earls court Motor Show. No Items may be anything from a car to a spark plug, or any doubt Darren & Cas will unwanted household items or tools etc. Please drop me an keep us posted about email with your items for inclusion - [email protected] this exciting MG project.

Shelter From the Elements The need to protect ourselves from rain or less often the strong sun, has arisen at various events over the past year. As a result it was decided that the club needed to buy a shelter that could easily be carried to events in the back of any classic MG. Rob and Catherine kindly bought along their own shelter to the Forde Abbey event this year and those attending found it most useful. Accordingly the Club committee decided that a similar shelter should be bought for the benefit of club members for future events and Club meetings. Rob and Catherine volunteered to do the purchasing and subsequently delivered the new shelter to Paul and Hilary in the back of a very appropriate delivery vehicle - their Frogeye. The shelter cost under £130 and will be made available for members’ private use should the need arise - contact Paul or Hilary.

Haynes Breakfast Club Durnovaria Club member Rob Oakley recentley attended a and enjoy a full English! Started in January 2015, the aim of Sunday Breakfast Club meeting at the Haynes Motor Museum Haynes Breakfast Club is to bring together an eclectic mix with fellow members of the Dorset Midget and Sprite Club. of veteran, vintage, classic and modern marques all parked Parked alongside a diminutive MG Midget was the vast side by side. Café 750 opens at 9am and serving fresh coffee American winged leviathan pictured in Rob’s photograph on and breakfast. For information on club meets please contact the right. Haynes Breakfast Club has now become the place Haynes www.haynesmotormuseum.com - telephone 01963 to meet like minded enthusiasts in a relaxed environment 440804 - email [email protected]

Little and Large! Photographed by Rob Oakley MGOC Durnovaria 1008 - November 2017

MGOCMGOC A AREAREA 100 10088 DU DURNOVARIARNOVARIA AGM AGM ACCOUNTS FROM 1ST NOVEMBER 2016 TO 31ST OCTOBER 2017

LAST YEAR'S BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD £902.68

INCOME RAFFLES (8) £336.00 BRING & BUY EVENING £125.90 CLUB NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS (38 @ £5.00 ) £190.00 CLUB AUCTION of MG clock gi ed by MGOC £10.00 DONATIONS IN D&SAA COLLECTING BOX £17.00 "mg " 2016 WINNER MGOC NATIONAL NEWSLETTER £50.00 PETER & PAM'S LUNCHEON DONATED TO D&SAA £115.00 £843.90 EXPENDITURE DONATION to D&SAA - 2016 £500.00 FLOWERS/CARDS, CHARITY DONATION TO MEMBERS £60.00 NEWSLETTER PRINTING CARTRIDGE + 2ND CLASS STAMPS £18.60 ENGRAVING CLUB SHIELD £9.95 RAFFLES (8) £5.00 REFUNDS DUE TO NON ATTENDANCE MYSTERY/SKITTLES EVENTS £10.00 TRESPASS CAMPING EVENT SHELTER £129.99 £733.54

DURNOVARIA BANK BALANCE AT 1ST NOVEMBER 2017 £1,013.04

Secretary's proposal: DURNOVARIA D&SAA CHARITY DONATION 2017: £600.00 NB: AGM 7th NOVEMBER 2017 TO DISCUSS PROPOSAL

SIGNED AS A TRUE RECORD OF ACCOUNTS:

Durnovaria MG Owners Club Annual Dinner

To be held at the Brewers Arms, Martinstown, 5th December 2017 at 7pm for 7.30pm

Total cost for 3 courses is £26.95 and £21.50 for 2 courses. This includes £1 per person as a “thank you” to the waiting staff

To include Tea/Coffee and Mints

Name………………………………......

Number of places required………………………………......

Dietary restrictions………………………………......

Please submit the total sum along with your menu choices to Ray Moore on or before the November club meeting, if this is inconvenient, please contact Ray to make other arrangements

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Received from …………………………the sum of £…………………….

In total payment for the Durnovaria Christmas Dinner

Ray Moore T: 01305 268105 E: [email protected]

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