The dates relate to Brooklands motor racing circuit. It was the World War II that was the demise of the famous banked circuit

Plan model showing the layout of the original circuit and airfield prior to 1939

This image was take from the Control Tower. A nice piece of social history

The superb pre-war civil Control Tower

Today the Control Tower stands next to an out of town retail park

Surviving World War II era Bellman

Original light fitting on the corner of the Bellman Hangar

Hawker P.1127 Kestrel prototype, what was later to become the Harrier V/STOL aircraft

The famous Brooklands motor racing circuit clubhouse

VC10 fuselage