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brooklands bulletin


Welcome One of the great pleasures of editing the


Brooklands Bulletin is seeing so many of the archive images that go into creating the magazine. An example of this is this edition’s cover image taken in 1929 that shows three young men enjoying the Test Hill in wintry conditions. With some expert help from professional photographer Mike Venables, we’ve restored the clarity of this superb photograph and think it perfectly sums up the excitement Brooklands offers at this time of year. We can’t guarantee you’ll be able to go sledging down Test Hill on your visit this winter, but we can tell you there’s a packed calendar of events coming up. 2020 gets off to a brilliant start on New Year’s Day with the Classic Gathering. It’s the biggest New Year’s Day classic car meeting in the UK and an opportunity to blow away the cobwebs and see hundreds of amazing vehicles. Shortly after that, there’s the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Driving Tests and plenty more besides.


I’d also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Vice President Allan Winn and the Brooklands Museum team for recent awards. Allan received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural RAC Historic Awards for his work at Brooklands and it’s deserved recognition. The Museum was also presented with Tourist Attraction of the Year at the Surrey Business Awards and it’s great to see the hard work of so many people being rewarded. Both awards give Brooklands an amazing start to 2020, which promises to be a vintage year..


Alisdair Suttie Editor Brooklands Bulletin


Front cover photo: Brooklands Museum Collection


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REGULARS News .................................. 4 Letters .............................. 11 Forthcoming Events .......... 12 Members’ Matters ............ 36 Members’ Updates ............ 42 Reviews ............................ 49 Around the Collection ....... 50


33 4 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020 | BROOKLANDS BULLETIN


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27 FEATURES


Saving the plane that saved the world .......................... 14


The making of the Wellington ........................ 20


Alvis at Brooklands ............ 27 Not just anyone for tennis ... 33


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