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and suffered from oversteer.
Steve recalls an MG worker
offering the plumber ‘cheap
car cigarette lighters’ on a
number of occasions.”
Yes, “cheap cigarette light-
ers”; the start of chapter 7,
“Suspicious Behaviour at
MG”, begins with a heading
“The Dark Side – Pilfering
‘Rife’ at MG”. Several stories
are told such as a propeller
shaft being taken out of the
factory disguised as a Christ-
mas tree, a battery wrapped
in Christmas paper, Bluecol
anti-freeze taken out in a
Thermos Flask and a dy-
namo being chucked over
the fence and picked up by a
girl, who wrapped it in a rag
and when caught, told the
judge that she “thought the
rag would be useful for her
grate.”
After a slow start I enjoyed
the stories about “Boy meets
Girl”, “Dick’s Wig”, “Music
and Dance” and “I Remember You”. Do
you remember Frank Ifield? Coxy Dixon
gave up working at MG for £80 per week
to get £120 to tour with Frank as his
drummer and there’s a photo of both of
them.
Automnal Run
Now MGCers et al, it's about time to go
on another MGC run, put Saturday 4 th
May in your diary and we'll meet at
1.30pm at Beaumont Road, Adelaide,
just off Greenhill Road.
TROPHIES AWAITING
COLLECTION AT THE CAR CLUB
(LIBRARY)
LINDSAY HICK 3
D BEAMES
G BOLT
P MATHWIN 2
Remember ladies and gentlemen keep
‘em tuned,
Rich
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