MG Car Club of South Australia
PRE-WAR & T - REGISTER
From..John Bray, photos by David McNabb
7 November 2019
The Grand night in Grunthal at the
Stanley Bridge Tavern
First a bit of history, Grunthal was the
original name given by the Prussian Set-
tlers and changed to Verdun in 1917
after the battle of Verdun in WW1, 1916
fought over 303 days with casualties and
fatalities of 377231 French and 337000
German soldiers.
Sad really but I thought that you would
be interested to know, also Roland Von
Harris would probably know that the
French planes in that battle were Nie-
uport 16’s-camaflaged livery, 110 hp Le
Rhone, designed by Gustave Delage
much like the British Sopwith Camel.
That said, it was a spectacular night 54
seated for dinner, most arrived early,
some very early eg Aulds, Drivers,
O’Malleys & Chapmans, in true
MGCCSA tradition.
Apologies. Those who missed out on
the food, fun and wine included messers
Brice, Cundy, Fairbrother, Roach, Aitkin,
Tamke, McNaughton, Burke, Lyons, Pro-
feres, Richter, Wright, Wyatt, Schillers,
Bowering & Forth.
The Tavern delivers. This year were
really well prepared and they went to a
great deal of trouble to accommodate
the masses, no complaints were re-
ceived on the food or service by me
which is gratifying I can tell you, given a
few misguided dissenters from last
year.
Wine Legend
David Herbert, vi-
gneron , entrepreneur, pilot & TC owner
delighted the assembled populous with
a very generous distribution of his qual-
ity wine in double magnums for us to
enjoy. I must say that this certainly
brought the party to life, thankyou David
it was a superb gesture on your part.
The wine spec is as follows: 2015 Shi-
raz , Wrattonbully and the 2013 Car-
benet blend, 85% carbenet, 12% mer-
lot, 3% cab franc. Both exceptional
wines available from David on
0408849080.
Fake news, fake wine ! A prominent
member known for dealing in cash only
light bulbs was seen with a bottle of
Penfolds Grange Hermitage that i have
on good authority only contained a very
cheap variety of wine. I cannot say
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