news Egged on at Brooklands Shere Hill Climb
The Shere Hill Climb very generously donates to the Museum and our Outreach team hosts a Brooklands Paddock at the event. The organisers are continuing to make plans for the hillclimb held on the North Downs near Guildford, Surrey. As a result, they will close entries in the normal timescale, at the end of April and then announce the entry list in the usual way Shere Hill Climb Chairman Martin Warner
All the fun of an Easter Egg Trail was provided by Brooklands even though the Museum was closed thanks to a virtual egg hunt on the website. Kids of all ages joined in to track down clues using an interactive map that pointed them towards discovering more about different parts of the Museum and finding a hidden egg. By combining the hidden eggs, the intrepid hunters could uncover all of the letters of a special item on the website’s map. Those who correctly worked out the clue could then enter a competition to win a Family Ticket to Brooklands Museum to use when we reopen. The Virtual Easter Egg Trail was a big success and generated a lot of entries. We’ll let you know the winner when they have been selected and informed. A number of entrants said how much they enjoyed the hunt and discovering more about parts of the Museum that they had not previously visited.
Virtual Mini Day a big success
The Mini may be small but it made a big hit with the Virtual Mini Day that took place on 31 March. Despite the Museum being closed to visitors, hundreds of
Mini owners and enthusiasts came together on social media at the invitation of Brooklands Museum.
Fans of the Mini old and new chatted online about their favourite models, which car they would bring to the event and even what they would have for breakfast. The response to the Virtual Mini Day was overwhelming and many owners posted images of their cars from previous Mini Days at Brooklands to remind us all of what enormous fun these small cars are.
It was amazing to see the variety of Minis being enjoyed by everyone, including some superb scale models, that helped to create the same great atmosphere at Mini Days in past years. The Museum is planning to run similar virtual events and other interactive content throughout the next few weeks and months until current restrictions are lifted and the Museum can open again. Keep an eye on the website for further details.
8 BROOKLANDS BULLETIN | MAY - JUNE 2020 BTM Dinner
We may be dealing with challenging times, but we are still working towards a highlight of our year, the Annual Dinner which has been set for 9 November, 2020. This date is provisional depending on how the Coronavirus situation unfolds. We have been lucky enough to engage Peter Grimsdale as our
after-dinner speaker this year. Peter is the author of High Performance – When Britain Ruled the Roads and is a man of many talents. High Performance is his first foray into non-fiction but Peter already had a number of other books under his belt. Most of Peter’s working life has been spent in television. His first
novel Perfect Night was based on a factual BBC film about the Tamil community of Sri Lanka. Peter’s TV credits go far beyond this, having taken charge of programmes as wide ranging as Big Brother and Panorama.
Peter has also been a contributor to Classic Cars and Classic and Sports Car, so you can expect a fascinating talk from him which will touch on a wide range of life experiences and anecdotes. We anticipate that tickets for the Annual Dinner will be available from around September, so watch out for them and we look forward to a great evening.
Angela Hume
said: ‘We will defer payment of entry fees until the end of June and, while this will be tough, it should give us just about enough time to put the event together. Hopefully we will also have a clearer picture by then and a firm decision whether we can safely run the event can be made.’ Many Brooklands Members enjoy attending the Shere Hill Climb and Martin added: ‘I do hope that we can all meet up in September with all the usual happy smiling faces that make the Shere Hill Climb such a great day out.’ For more information, check our website:
www.sherehillclimb.co.uk
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