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Like Father Like Sons #20
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,motor racing,go karts,formula 1,cadwell park,donington park,ff2000,isport international
LIKE FAtheR, LIKE SONS As mentioned before my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team in the 1960s, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van with his two mechanics and driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. there was quite a collection and I still have them; I used to put them on display in the Library when our...
Like Father, Like Sons #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th March 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Formula 1,donington park,Graham Hill,damon Hill,isport international,RAC Rally,Chasewater
LIKE FAtheR, LIKE SONS: As previously mentioned in earlier blogs my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team in the 1960s, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van with his two mechanics and driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. there was quite a collection and I still have them; I used to put them on d...
Like father, like sons #20
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th January 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | motor racing,shardlow motor racing,Europe,Lombard RAC rally,Chasewater
LIKE FAtheR, LIKE SONS: As previously mentioned in earlier blogs my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team, Shardlow Motor Racing, in the 1960s, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van (see picture above) with his two mechanics and racing driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. there was quite a collectio...Like Father, Like Sons #19
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th October 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,motor racing,Chasewater,donington park,Graham Hill,damon hill,Formula 2,Formula Ople,Williams Team
LIKE FAtheR, LIKE SONS: As previously mentioned in earlier blogs my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team in the 1960s, Shardlow Motor Racing, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van with his two mechanics and driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. there was quite a collection and I still have them; I used to put the...Like Father, Like Sons #20
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th September 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Chasewater,Silverstone,donington park,Lombard RAC rally,formula 2,Formula 1,Karting,Racing
As mentioned in earlier blogs my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team in the 1960s, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van with his two mechanics and driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. there was quite a collection and I still have them; I used to put them on display in the Library when our house was open to the publ...Like Father, Like Sons #19
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd September 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Chasewater,motor racing,karting,Donington park,RAC Rally,FF2000,Formula 1
As previously mentioned in earlier blogs my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team in the 1960s, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van with his two mechanics and driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. there was quite a collection and I still have them; I used to put them on display in the Library when our house was open...