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Wowsa! Great post... like 3 posts in 1.
I find the Concorde to be somehow so ironic and weird - here it is in the museum, after all the commotion of being the heralded great new iconic jet of the future. I guess it was born for the museum - they had one in the museum here in Seattle too. Luv those classy buses - somehow all the buses I ride are devoid of any class and they don't even make for a nice ride. |
Brooklands fact: The museum has its own I-Spy book, sold in the main shop. Spotting a Sinclair C5 scores 20 points.
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No mention of the Barbara Cartland room, very pink. She was a 'go getter' in her youth, being involved in racing at Brooklands and gliding
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We were lucky enough to visit Painshill just before Xmas last year. Truly, a bizarre place.
But they do up the Grotto when Father Christmas comes to visit and it looks (even more) amazing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/6000/15884772059/in/photostream/lightbox/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/6000/16070161732/in/photostream/lightbox/ |
Great blog, as always.
Don't think Stirling Moss drove post WWI with Malcolm Campbell! Stirling was only born in 1929 and started racing in 1948. dg writes: You're right. Tweaked, thanks. |
Opportunity to relate my favourite Stirling Moss story. It's probably true, but just as good if made-up. He was, allegedly, stopped by a policeman after a bit of overzealous driving - on the road, and asked the standard question in those days: "Who do you think your are, Stirling Moss?"
Well, I thought it was amusing. |
Great post DG.
I got into the Painshill Park site in the late 1970s. It was leased by an angling club at the time. The grounds were very overgrown, and part was a confir plantation. Hamilton's various building follies were in a sad state of decay. |
Darn, as soon as I switched back to the main page after adding my comment last night, I saw the bit that said (Part 1) and realised I might've pre-empted part of today's instalment.
One possible surprise about Brooklands - the track - is that there are more remnants of it *outside* the current day site: go to GoogleMaps and find the local Tesco's, and there's another section of banking near enough facing the entrance. A useful source of information on the area as a whole, including its development, and some of the lesser known 'old money' properties and estates, is the museum above the library in Weybridge. |
The borough museum above the library in Weybridge closed in 2014, apparently.
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There's a great sequence in one of the Poirot TV episodes where Captain Hastings goes to Brooklands to look at a car. It very realistically done and you get a good sense of what racing at Brooklands was like between the wars.
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I visited Brooklands for the first time this weekend - but on Saturday. A really enjoyable day out. We were there five hours (until closing) and could have easily spent much longer!
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It appears the Elmbridge museum has gone from Weybridge but is now located at the Civic Centre at Esher, though I haven't been able to check further as they're not open on Tuesdays. (Tel 01932 843573)
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And on days when Peter Hendy isn't driving an old bus, Brooklands Museum can still be reached on standard bus service 436 (Weybridge - Woking).
dg writes: Or you can walk, it's only about a mile from the station (if you can find the way in). |
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