Mum's Monday The Ghosts at Brooklands Museum by Mark Richardson

 

The Ghost at Brooklands Museum by Mark Richardson


If you like car racing, ghosts and time travel this is the book for you. This book cleverly includes all of it.


Brooklands is the first purpose built racing track, it opened in 1907 in Weybridge Surry. This book is based around the 500-mile race held at Brooklands back in the 1930s.


Jake Elmbridge has moved into a house that has been built on what was part of the Brooklands race circuit he can see some of the track from his bedroom window. This book is researched well and captures the area around what was the track and what is now the museum really well. When I visited recently I went to the supermarket that is mentioned in this book and it is so well written, it was like I was standing back there again.


There are ghost stories associated with Brooklands and this although a clever fictional one the cars in this book are part of the exhibit at the museum. Jake meets the ghost of Sir William Hugh-Laurel racing his car the Napier-Railton.


Jake has moved house and is also starting a new school and when given homework to tell an exciting event that happened, Jake tells the class about his meeting with the ghost. This book is great at capturing that people ridicule any mention of ghosts, spirits or anything relating to the paranormal, but as we see at the end of this book people’s minds can be changed if you know the right ghost.


Sir William needs Jake’s help, although he won the 500 mile race he snatched victory in a photo finish. His opponent Count Unterheim racing the Duesenberg is understandably angry gives up racing to trade in clocks. He then builds a time machine that will reset the race until he wins. What this book doesn’t explain is what would have happened if he had won. Would he still have started the clock business to then build the time machine to then go back to win. This is a clever paradox that Unterheim was ultimately never going to win.


The museum is worth a visit and there is much more there now than just the racing aspect now, as racing stopped during world war two and it was turned into an aerodrome but you will spot the track it is an immense iconic feature around the area. If you are lucky or unlucky depending on your way of thinking you may meet a spirit or two still reliving the fast lane.


Thank you for reading


Sandra

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