Kent Life Gallery

Dangerous corner..... Brands Hatch, Kent, England ; Unidentified speed car driver

Dangerous corner.....
Brands Hatch, Kent, England ; Unidentified speed car driver negotiates what appears to be a " dangerous corner " at the Brands Hatch motor circuit here today. The girl on the track is 22 year old French idol, Francoise Hardy, the innovator of the current mini - jupe ( short skirt ) craze, who is currently on location here for the movie, " Grand Prix ".
Racing sequences for the film are being made at Brands Hatch under the direction of John Frankenheimer for MGM Cinerama presentation.
12 July 1966

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Man on horseback in front of grocers shop around Sevenoaks area, Kent. Advertisements and signs

Man on horseback in front of grocer's shop around Sevenoaks area, Kent. Advertisements and signs: "T. H. Knight, Draper, Grocer, Messer's Cronk Chartered Surveyors, 138 High Street, Sevenoaks. Brooke Bond Tea, Colman's Blue, Buy Leon's Coffee and Chicory Extract, Leon's Tea, Robin Starch for dainty linen, Spratt's Dog Cakes, Otford - Automobile Association, Plaza Super Cinema Poster: Simone Simon - Walter Winchell - Love and Hisses [1937]", smalltown, village, rural, atmospheric, street scene.
[box PLANET92157 - actual negative number 9215 (unknown archive)]
1937 - 1939, late 30s, early 40s ?

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Scotlands best racing driver. Innes Ireland, who is scheduled todrive a Lotus in

Scotland's best racing driver.
Innes Ireland, who is scheduled todrive a Lotus in the Silver City International Trophy race at Brands Hatch, Kent, on 3 June.
Innes, of Kirkcudbright, was Scotland's best racing driver of 1960. In world championship races, he took two second, one third and one sixth place. In other principal races he had five wins. 16 May 1961

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