January / February 2019
David & Joy joined our club in 1979,
David served as president from 1985-
1988 and he and Joy continued with
many years of service . You all will re-
call the marvellous register nights in the
garage at Hawthorndene mostly in the
depths of winter.
David took on Historic Registration for
the club when it came in, Joy continued
in service for at least another 10 years.
Both attended National MGCC meet-
ings and are known nationally and world
wide in the family of MG. In 1996 they
drove their TF 1500 in the FIVA world
rally in the UK together with Barb &
Alan Griffin in their TD.
David was in the Royal Air Force in the
UK in 1942 and worked closely with
Bomber Command during the Battle of
Britain as a wireless technician. He
married Joy in 1948 and it is well known
that they have travelled extensively to
many locations in the world.
Anthony spoke to the meeting on behalf
of Joy and the family, a lovely tribute to
his father and best mate for 63 years.
In acknowledging his father, he refu-
elled the members with a case of Lin-
dermans Bin 50 Shiraz 2017 labelled as
“ colourful bright and smooth “ which
pretty well sums up his dad I would say.
David certainly loved his wine whenever
I could get a bottle across.. Wenona
provided some quality sandwiches to
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supplement Arthur’s cuisine and we
thank her for that lovely gesture. Nice to
meet daughter Cara and Matt.
General Business
A special mention for Ian Purdy who
made the meeting from KI that day to
pay his respects to family Pearson. Ian
joined the car club about the same time
as David & Joy, he worked with the A
Series Register with Anthony Pearson
and continued with other MG T Types
and has remained a member since.
Craig Fergusson (TC) down from PNG
on holidays was a much welcome atten-
dee given that he does not have the
opportunity to participate all that often.
The T Typers recently had a “coffee” run
with Craig and his son Alex to the Red
Spot Bakery at Glenelg to freshen him
up a little. The “MG Coffee Club” meets
often so you might see a gaggle of TC’s
& TD’s in the traffic on a Friday morning
sometime.
Michael Lyons returned to the fold in the
air conditioned MGF, a sensible choice
given the heat. Proudly Michael wore his
RSL membership badge in honour of
David Pearson which was a really nice
tribute to a fellow RSL member, ex RAF.
Alexander Hick, grandson of club legend
Tony Hick was a welcome surprise and
we hope that he might take an avid in-
terest in MG’s following on the Hick tra-
dition at our club.
Breaking news
For sale or not for
sale, that is the
question. ( depends
who you are talking
to )
Another TC has
been added to the
fold.
Purchased
from NSW with a lot
of spares by An-
thony Pearson just
recently with the aid
of his well paid “pit