RAF to Formula 1 – Silverstone

Roade Local History Society

Wednesday, 21st February 2024 at 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church Hall, Butlins Lane, Roade NN7 2PU

Gerald Lovell will be talking to us about the story of a village dominated over the centuries by the wood trade with 22 woodyards; yet having a parallel history of Middle Age priests, a royal hunting lodge, a WW2 Wellington Bomber Training station and post-war becoming “The Birthplace of Formula 1” and “Home of British Racing” – Silverstone.

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