Fozzie
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| posted on 1/1/07 at 07:54 PM |
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Superb Day! 
Great to see everyone
Glad you got home before the rain started, and Mrs Robocog (Fizz) enjoyed herself. 
Must do Brooklands again... soon!!!!!!
Fozzie 
 
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'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Fozzie
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| posted on 1/1/07 at 07:57 PM |
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Concorde
(and Robocog)
 
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'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Fozzie
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| posted on 1/1/07 at 07:58 PM |
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Concorde tail.
(more pics uploaded to archive soon) 
 
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'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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JamJah
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 posted on 3/1/07 at 10:01 PM |
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The bouncing bomb was actually developed at what was brooklands house. now the looke(?) building in brooklands college. if you look behind the
engineering building (if its still there!) then theres the trough they used for all the tests.
Sorry for being padantic. just thought id throw the trivia in. Doesnt help in quiz nights now my local pub is some 80 miles south west!
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Fozzie
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| posted on 3/1/07 at 10:40 PM |
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Thanks for that !
Yes we (I) do know that....thanks!
Barnes Wallace had his R&D dept at the site which is now Brooklands Bus museum.There is a bouncing bomb on display in one of the aircraft hangars
where R for Robert is (Wellington pulled out of Loch Ness a few years back).
Both DLT and I went to Brooklands Tech in the 1970's. It is the Locke-Kings that owned it all in the past.
I am from 2 miles up the road from Brooklands and aunts uncles grandmothers all worked there during the war.
My uncle also used to make... errr... unscheduled stops there with his mates when he was RAF training on the Typhoons (he was courting my aunt at the
time).......
ATB Fozzie
[Edited on 3/1/07 by Fozzie]
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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bob
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| posted on 3/1/07 at 11:47 PM |
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Wellington pulled out of loch ness
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Fozzie
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| posted on 3/1/07 at 11:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bob
Wellington pulled out of loch ness
Wooops a daisy! cheers Bob, thats talking to DLT about Robby in Inverness I shall edit now how remiss of me! tut-tut......
Fozzie
Edit to say......even worse....I shouldn't have got that wrong as DLT's cousin was part of the crew that pulled it out.......Ooooops
[Edited on 3/1/07 by Fozzie]
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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JamJah
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| posted on 4/1/07 at 08:41 AM |
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Wish I had seen the post earlier. Think I could have done with a day trip. And at least I can get to Weybridge easily.... Train to woking and then do
what used to be my daily commute to Weybridge ("calling at West Byfleet, Byfleet and New Hall, Weybridge..." , cut through the foot path
down the side of the railway, along the embackment and across the industrial estate.
That meet coupled with the benz experience (sounds like the average diving trip in the solent!) would have been good. Ah well.
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