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| Bette Hill with BRM Chief Mechanic Cyril Atkins |
The tension is to be seen in their faces. Bette Hill, with
her lap chart and stopwatch, stands with Cyril Atkins, the BRM Chief Mechanic.
They watch anxiously for Graham Hill and his BRM to come into view and complete
the lap. The race is the Dutch Grand Prix of 1962. Betty has left the pit
counter where she has throughout been timing and keeping a lap chart for the
BRM Team. Graham is about to win his first Grand Prix. And win he did and later
won the 1962 World Championship too.
The Bourne Civic Society is fortunate to receive donations
of photographs featuring the town’s racing cars. In most cases the
photographer’s identity is unknown but this time the photographer has been
identified as Jesse Alexander, a motor racing photographer of considerable
note. He came to Europe from America
in the mid ‘fifties to travel around the continent reporting on and taking
photographs of motor races. Several books of his photographs have been
published and are well worth seeking out by enthusiasts of the ‘fifties and
‘sixties motor racing period. He and Denis Jenkinson of Motor Sport became
great friends. The first met through the Porsche 356 car. They both had one to
travel around the continent for their reporting duties.
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The BRM Celebration Day Committee would like to thank the Bourne Civic Society for allowing us to publish this series of articles.
Baldocks Mill, which is run by the Bourne Civic Society, will be open on the day, where visitors can look at their BRM trophy cabinet, along with other items of BRM memorabilia. For more information, visit the Bourne Civic Society website.
This article brings to an end the series of articles we have published over the last few weeks, giving information about BRM. These articles can still be found on our website.
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