The gauntlets feature in this caricature.
to select a team for the World Championships at Montlhéry and is an example of the regular cycle races that took place throughout the 1930s.
Photograph of Jack Haswell with a motorcycle
Jack Haswell was an amateur motorcycle racer before the First World War. He raced in the TT in 1911, 1912 and 1913, as well as competing at Brooklands and elsewhere in a variety of events. He took Class C world records at Brooklands in November 1911, with some of the attempts achieving the world record for any size engine. We are grateful to Ann Barton for the donation of a photograph of Haswell with his Triumph
ESTATES AND HERITAGE
Site improvements Further refinements to the Paddock Scoreboard continue, including sign-writing trials on the wooden boards for Museum events, adjusting the removable counterbalance weights and improving the interior of the storage shed at the base. Shortly before Christmas we accepted an unexpected offer from a road marking contractor working locally who had some yellow lining material available to renew some of the markings in the staff car park and along The Heights’ boundary fence. Pest control work by specialist contractors is periodically required and two very active moles tunnelling under the Campbell Lawn have been removed recently, as have a number of pigeons who continue to gain entry to the Stratosphere Chamber to the inevitable detriment of both the
54 Jack Haswell with his Triumph motorcycle.
motorcycle that he rode at Brooklands. An unusual kind of flotsam We were recently contacted by Laura Irwin from Massachusetts with a very intriguing story. While walking along Singing Beach in Manchester-by- the-Sea, Massachusetts looking for sea glass, she came upon a photographic slide. With her interest piqued, she carried out research to identify where the photo was taken and came to believe that it was of Brooklands, at which point she contacted us. We are indebted to Laura Irwin for her diligent research and for sending the negative to us for the Museum’s collection. Abigail Wilson
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interior of the building and the exhibitions it contains. More routine but important tasks have included clearing vast quantities of autumn leaves and other accumulated debris from the Race Track, roads and footpaths, as well as dealing with any fallen trees or branches after recent gales. Meanwhile Helen Heron continues to do sterling work looking after the Memorial Garden and Graham Kempton, Phil Coleman and others are constantly taking care of the presentation and tidiness of more general outdoor areas of the Museum, for which we are all extremely grateful. In 2017 we welcomed several new regular volunteers to our Wednesday afternoon work parties but are always keen to recruit others to help with the many, varied and sometimes unusual maintenance tasks which will always
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