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Speed and Suburbia - A talk with Jarek Zaba

Speed and Suburbia - A talk with Jarek Zaba

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Apr 17 2025 18:30 - 20:00
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It was Surbiton where the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally-winning Mini Cooper was designed;Chessington where the multiple F1 World Championship-winning Brabham F1 team were housed under the leadership of Bernie Ecclestone; and Kingston Hill was the family home of Donald Campbell, who became the only person to break the land and water speed records in the same calendar year.

Jarek Zaba, one of the authors of the book Speed and Suburbia , will tell three stories of this motorsports heritage that have their roots in the Borough of Kingston. The book was released by The Community Brain and published by Kingston University Press in 2024.

Jarek Zaba's talk will be on Thursday 17th April 2025 at 6pm at Kingston Museum's gallery upstairs, book your free place here.

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Kingston Heritage Service is part of Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Council. We operate across two sites: Kingston Museum and Kingston History Centre, as well as in borough wide partnership projects.

Our mission… ‘We aim to engage visitors and residents across the borough in activities focusing on local heritage, past and present. We work with communities to identify and celebrate what is uniquely special about our borough and its people, locales, traditions and institutions. We aim to build on this history while striving to discover, record and share the new stories occurring all around us.’

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Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, KT1 2PS Kingston upon Thames

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