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Brands Hatch EAW061931

Brands Hatch racing circuit, Swanley, Kent. Photographed here in November 1955, five years after the introduction of the first tarmac surface. In the foreground are Druids with Paddock Hill to the right, and the newly installed Grandstand on the pit straight. This original circuit remains as the Indy circuit. The Grand Prix extension was built in 1960. Aerofilms Collection

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Nottingham EAW025936

Nottingham, 15 August 1949. Aerofilms Ltd cellulose nitrate negative. Aerofilms'?? view of Nottingham records the construction of the new, H-shaped County Hall. It also incorporates the city'??s three major sporting venues; Trent Bridge cricket ground (centre right), and the homes of its two professional football clubs, Nottingham Forest'??s City Ground and on the other side of the river Notts County'??s Meadow Lane

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Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury AFL03_Aerofilms_679522

GAY MEADOW, Shrewsbury. Former home of Shrewsbury Town Football Club, vacated in 2007. The Shrews were famous for employing a coracle to retrieve lost balls from the River Severn. Photographed in March 1999. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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