Goodwood Revival: Places and Faces

We combine the unique photographic talents of Hugues Vanhoolandt (who took the photo above, left) and Jonathan Sharp (who captured a laughing Brian Redman, above right) to bring our readers a taste of the faces and places seen at this year’s Goodwood Revival. Below, their photos are alternated. Click on the images to see them twice as large. .

Vanhoolandt: Maserati girls

Sharp: Derek Bell

Vanhoolandt: Hispano HA1112 Buchon (See Note 1 for more info)

Sharp: Spitfire

Vanhoolandt: Sgt. Pepper's Regulars

Sharp: Settrington Grand Prix (See Note 2)

Vanhoolandt: British bowlers

Sharp: Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean and others.

Vanhoolandt: Hooper and co.

Sharp: KGB Racing

Vanhoolandt: Picnic

Sharp: Webber and Jackie

Vanhoolandt: No picnic

Sharp: Dickie Attwood

Vanhoolandt: Dad's Army Re enactment (See Note 3)

Sharp: Monza at Goodwoood

Vanhoolandt: Just a good shot

Sharp: Crumpet chasing Moss

Vanhoolandt: Why do they wave? (St Trininan's girls)

Sharp: Mark Blundell, Danny Sullivan

Vanhoolandt: De Haviland DH82a Tiger Moth

Sharp: Mass and ?

Vanhoolandt: Everyone must have a bobby

Sharp: Soper and J. Oliver

Vanhoolandt: Didn't forget the girls

Sharp: Avro Lancaster Bombers (See note 4)

Note 1 Have you ever seen the 1969 film The Battle of Britain ?. The aircraft featured flew in the film and wears the markings that she carried during the filming? The enemy aircraft used in the film came from the Spanish Air Force. The Spanish had initially changed their minds about letting the production company use the HE111 Bombers which had also been re-engined with Merlins. Hamish Mahaddie, who worked for the production company then, spoke to Rolls Royce, who the spoke to the Spanish ambassador in London informing him that if the Spanish refused the request for the aircraft then Rolls Royce would have to think long and hard about supplying spares for the Merlins. He111s at the time were their front line aircraft. The Spanish then agreed! (Jonathan Sharp)

Note 2 A two part race for Austin J40 pedal cars of a type that raced between 1949 and 1966. The racers started the race in the style of Le Mans. They then pedaled for 7 laps (just kidding). They then pedaled from just after the chicane to just in front of the old control building have passed through various chicanes made up of foam.
Austin pedal cars were made in the specially constructed Austin Junior Car Factory at Bargoed in South Wales, which opened on 5 July 1949. It was paid for by Government funds and was run on a not-for-profit basis and purely for the employment of disabled coal miners suffering from the lung disease, pneumoconiosis. They were re-trained and benefited from in-house medical care. (Jonathan Sharp)

Note 3 These are the Dads Army re-enactment group. Dads Army was a hugely successful BBC comedy series filmed in the 1970s. Dads Army was the nickname of the Home Guard, a force set up to defend England early in the war and was made up of those too old to join the regular army. The show is repeated to this day in fact I watched an episode on Saturday night on the BBC and it is still very funny and has not dated. (Jonathan Sharp)

Note 4 7377 Avro Lancaster Bombers were built between 1941 and early 1946, some 3500 were lost during operations. Only two remain in air worthy condition. These are the two. The RAFs Battle of Britain memorial flight’s (BBMF) example PA474 which was built a Broughton in Cheshire in 1945, and the Canadian War Plane Heritage’s Lancaster Mark X which was built at Victory Aircraft in Malton Canada. They are joined by three of the fighters of the BBMF. Hurricane MK11c PZ865. Known as the last of the many, of the 14533 built this was the last. The two Spitfire’s are TE311 a low back Mark LF XVIE and P7350. MKIIa which is the oldest airworthy Spitfire in the World