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Post by millgirl on Aug 19, 2013 14:08:23 GMT
My brother in his youth raced historic racing cars & still maintains an interest by chatting to other enthusiasts,one of these mentioned to him (knowing that he was a regular visitor to the Morecambe Bay area) a story that there was an Alta racing car that came to grief on the sands during the 1930's or 40's.Was it a speed trial or test? Was it the quicksand that got it?Anybody know anything about this event to stop them speculating?  |
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Post by mpprh on Aug 19, 2013 14:34:45 GMT
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 19, 2013 18:24:07 GMT
I certainly have never heard of anything like this on Morecambe sands. There has never been a long enough level stretch for car trials, as far as I know.
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Post by mpprh on Aug 19, 2013 18:45:17 GMT
I certainly have never heard of anything like this on Morecambe sands. There has never been a long enough level stretch for car trials, as far as I know. Trev.. But there was the biplane that took off from the sands ? It was quite hard at low tide, but rippled |
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Post by millgirl on Aug 19, 2013 20:22:57 GMT
Ah could be couldn't it, that was Babs at Pendine Sands in Wales wasn't it? But maybe one stretch of sand is much like another to some people  ! Take the point about the stretch of sand not being long enough but maybe that was the problem! Oooh I've heard about the plane as well,but was told it was Coco Chanel in the '30s & it seems she stayed at the Midland Hotel quite often,is that right? |
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 20, 2013 4:50:31 GMT
I certainly have never heard of anything like this on Morecambe sands. There has never been a long enough level stretch for car trials, as far as I know. Trev.. But there was the biplane that took off from the sands ? It was quite hard at low tide, but rippled I know that there were aeroplane trips around 1960, because I worked for them. But you need less length for a plane than for a car speed trial. Trev.. |
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Post by accykeef on Aug 22, 2013 19:24:47 GMT
The book, 'The Ebb and Flow of Morecambe' mentions that someone fell out of one of those planes.
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 23, 2013 8:32:16 GMT
They did indeed in 1925, Here is a picture from the book you mention.  At the inquest the pilot was found not to be to blame in any way. Trev.. |
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Post by accykeef on Aug 30, 2013 18:39:09 GMT
Was it wing walking gone a bit wrong?
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 31, 2013 4:32:40 GMT
Ha ha, I doubt it. But you would wonder how someone could 'accidentally ' fall out of a lane on a pleasure trip.
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! Take the point about the stretch of sand not being long enough but maybe that was the problem!
I had been telling my hubby about the time I was in Morecombe when the Moby Dick and Hotel was hit by lightening and burnt down. My parents, sister and myself had just come off the Moby Dick when lightening stuck