Historic England was able to use it as part of


the Brooklands Heritage Partnership presentation last year and some of the overgrown areas surprised and shocked a lot of people who had never taken the time to walk around it.” Andy’s knowledge of, and association with,


Brooklands goes back many years, “I first came to Brooklands in 1984 when my company, the Na- tional Rescue Group, opened a new branch there (basically to get ready for the M25 opening). As our head office was in the Control Tower I soon got to meet people from the Museum and it was not long before they had us picking up vehicles and other exhibits, ranging from the Clubhouse weighbridge scales to a couple of Barnes Wallis bombs.


Looking north (www.andysvideo.com).


Looking east over Mercedes-Benz World (www.andysvideo.com).


Then Julian Temple asked if we could move


aeroplanes and I foolishly said, ‘never done one buddy but I am sure we can manage’, and that is how the Vickers Varsity got here. Over the follow- ing years I transported most of the aviation col- lection in bits and helped out with planning and ground movement with the three that flew in. I retired in 2006 and now, as one of the longest serving volunteers, still get involved with craning, using the two National Rescue vehicles on site, I also spend a lot of time filming, which is how this video came to be.” NB Drone use is restricted as Brooklands is still


used as an operational airfield. Diana Willows


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