several record years. Confusion seems to be at the heart of it – the government’s decision to stop sales of ‘pure’ petrol and diesel-engined cars beyond 2040 may still be 22 years away (which means most of us will choose two or three family cars in the meantime) yet people are already destabilised by the thought. This, and the Chancellor’s recent extra measures against diesel ownership, are at the source of the confusion. Meanwhile, the wise heads of the motor trade reckon this could be a great time to do a keen deal, especially (if your principles allow) on a diesel car.’
Whatever your motoring plans for 2018, please
try to make sure they continue to involve Brooklands. Our success in recent years has been squarely based on the support of people like you.
BTM CHRISTMAS LUNCH A
More please! Finally, some home-grown news. During a Thursday lunchtime conversation before Christmas with our Vice Chairman, Julian Grimwade, he mentioned that in November he had attended the Benjafield’s Racing Club Dinner held at Brooklands for the first time. The event had been a huge success and he was pleased to be awarded the Benjafield’s Racing Trophy for 2017. A couple of weeks later he attended the Frazer Nash Dinner in Warwick and received the Melbury Hill Trophy for most points scored by a Frazer Nash. Julian is now looking forward to the VSCC annual dinner in April where he will receive the VSCC Historic Race Trophy and the Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy. So, congratulations, another successful year for our intrepid Vice Chairman.
Steve Clarke News
fter such a momentous year for the Museum, the Brooklands Trust Members’ Christmas Lunch offered members the chance to close this period of change in relaxed fashion. In addition to the usual turkey and balloons there was entertainment from Surrey professional storyteller Jim Monroe. His first story was set around the period of the English Civil War and concerned a dubious character called Peter Brocklesby II. He was the son of a pewter-maker at a time when the metal was in common usage, in much the same way that plastic is today. One of Brocklesby’s crimes was making fake silver plates from pewter to which a hallmark was attached and various charges were made against him. When a Swedish company invented new efficient wire-making machinery Brocklesby bought one, immediately bringing him into conflict with his competitors who accused him of using cheap foreign labour (nothing new about immigration concerns expressed today, then!) The Civil War brought expansion for the wire business and when, at the end of the war, the government wanted a statue of Charles I broken up, the Brocklesbys bought it, selling off pieces as souvenirs. In fact they had buried the statue in their garden and when the monarchy was re-established under Charles II the Brocklesbys were commissioned to make a replica, but simply dug up the statue in their garden! It now resides in Whitehall. Jim’s second yarn concerned an 18th century villain, William James. In 1775-6 King George was having trouble in America and James
The joy of noisy balloons (Gareth Tarr).
More mischief at the table (Gareth Tarr).
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