museum updates
Volunteers from GSK did a great job of clearing leaves on the Finishing Straight and Members’ Banking.
Estate The past three months have seen continued
progress improving many areas of the Museum’s Estate, especially supporting major events as well as assisting all other departments when required, such as installing (then later felling and recycling) the largest Christmas tree seen in the Paddock for many years! Latest improvements performed by our Estate team include replacing a significant number of missing blanking caps on the Pedestrian Entrance’s 1990s Bailey Bridge using volunteer David Seager’s 3D printing facilities, redecorating the Volunteers’ crew room in the Dunlop Mac’s workshop and repainting the large white wall used for presentations in the Vickers Building. Other noteworthy tasks include a trial excavation of the Clubhouse’s original stepped brick and concrete footings, exposing these probably for the first time since 1907. We’ve repaired more potholes on paths and roadways, replaced the Clubhouse’s first floor kitchen’s main extractor fan and, in anticipation of recent very high river levels, cleared access to two main storm drain outlets on the river bank. Additionally, contractors were recently
brought in to replace several defective drain pipes on the Clubhouse and Strat Chamber which had leaked rainwater into adjacent parts of these buildings. Other specialists carried out asbestos surveys in the Clubhouse and Fire Test Chamber workshop, and restored Sky TV to the Members’ Bar and Napier Room by replacing the roof-mounted dish. Event preparations chiefly involved clearing autumn leaves from the Track
The 1954 AEC Militant of Andy Lambert (second left) after servicing the mobile crane in the Fire Test Chamber workshop.
and silt from adjacent drains, as well as making available as much of the Banking and other areas of hardstanding as possible. Again, the significant contributions that our regular Estate
Volunteers and visiting corporate work teams make to this unglamorous but essential work cannot be underestimated and are hugely appreciated.
Mark Dover and Julian Temple
A Vickers wing stand being moved from the Members’ Banking to create more parking space for the New Year’s Day event. MARCH - APRIL 2020 | BROOKLANDS BULLETIN 13
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