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Interesting Brooklands - behind the scenes
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Haven’t been there for years but it was a really interestingg place.
my dad worked on the Wellington that was fished out of Loch Ness and being restored at Brooklands for a few years after he retired.
aircraft that is, not boot.
my dad worked on the Wellington that was fished out of Loch Ness and being restored at Brooklands for a few years after he retired.
aircraft that is, not boot.
Worth the visit just to see the Wellington.
Quite eerie the way it's lit up.
Having been raised in Weybridge, Brooklands was my playground in my youth. I lived a 5 minute cycle ride away.
When they were building the VC10's in the 60's, school classes used to get shut down for 20 minutes when they did engine testing as they were so loud you could not hear anything.
Used to have great fun on the Brooklands banking and watching the VC10's and BAC 111's taking off and landing and then watching Concorde mock ups arriving which my old man used to have to escort in.
Because of my old man, I also got to meet Barnes Wallis on a couple of occasions. Downside is that I was too young to really appreciate who he was or what he had achieved, but I do remember the Tallboy and bouncing bombs decorating the entrance to his office which I think are the same two that now form part of the museum.
Many happy memories of a bygone era...
When they were building the VC10's in the 60's, school classes used to get shut down for 20 minutes when they did engine testing as they were so loud you could not hear anything.
Used to have great fun on the Brooklands banking and watching the VC10's and BAC 111's taking off and landing and then watching Concorde mock ups arriving which my old man used to have to escort in.
Because of my old man, I also got to meet Barnes Wallis on a couple of occasions. Downside is that I was too young to really appreciate who he was or what he had achieved, but I do remember the Tallboy and bouncing bombs decorating the entrance to his office which I think are the same two that now form part of the museum.
Many happy memories of a bygone era...
It’s on Yesterday tonight at 8pm.*********NOT!!Hi all,
Came across a new TV series about Brooklands that will be on the channel called "Yesterday" sometime soon but not sure when,
so will need to keep an eye open.
can’t remember what its called but the title includes the words ‘secret’ and ‘museum’.
Although it’s a few years old now there was an excellent documentary about Donald Campbell repeated on bbc4 last night that is worth a watch.
**********Edit******* next Tuesday at 8pm DOH*******
Sick of dam cookies.Thanks for the heads up,.........................
Click on the word "Yesterday" above in blue for details.
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
I thought you were meant to be able to reject all.
Sorry, my bad - it’s next Tuesday.
just had a look to set the recorder, unable to find it !!
channel,155 on sky.
PS you don’t need to call me ‘Mr Beaker’; ‘Sir’ will do.