These pics were snagged with permission from a post by John Goldsmith on the Slot Racing Oldschool Facebook page.
The venue is the first Presto Park Slot Car Club in Timber Hill, Norwich, which was later demolished to build a shopping mall.
The Chapman family, Colin, Hazel, and Clive, look over the chicane area.
Colin Chapman, at center with moustache, has a drive. Son Clive watches beside him, wife Hazel on the left.
Colin Chapman takes a close look at his car.
Colin and Clive on the left, watching a race. Hazel has a drive this time (second from right).
Clive gets a go, with his dad instructing. Looks like a long American stock car he's driving.
There is a reborn Presto Park Slot Club now in Hevingham, Norfolk. Here's the info from the club website's history section:
Presto Park was first founded in 1961 by two Norwich business men, Richard Aldridge and Tony Hayden. The first club was situated above a coffee bar called The Presto Bar in Eastbourne Place, Norwich. The track was 4 lanes approximately 60 ft long and used the original rubber Scalextric track of that era.
In 1964 the club moved to another premise again above a cafe and a new six-lane Scalextric classic track was constructed, the lap being 85 feet.
The club stayed there for a while and in 1966 moved to a large warehouse behind Valoris Fish Bar in Timberhill, Norwich, where a wooden six-lane, 180 foot track was constructed, the main straight being 36 feet long. The track was regularly visited by the late Colin Chapman of Lotus Racing.
From the warehouse the Club then moved to the Norman Community Centre in Norwich. It moved yet again several times firstly to a British Telecom building where parts of the old wooden track were used but the circuit was a shadow of its former self. From there it moved to above two public houses one in Beccles, the other in Larling, Norfolk.
Its final move was to Kings Lynn where it was reassembled and joined to parts of the old March Mustang track. Mussel Bay closed in 2005, the track being put into storage.
In 2006 Presto Park was reborn, a former 1960s member, Mike Harvey and his wife Averil resurrecting the club. A new four-lane Scalextric track was built, giving a lap length of 99 feet and a main straight of 22 feet. A new custom-built 70 foot four-lane track was constructed by Mike in the spring of 2009. In April 2012, the track was extended to 97 feet and relocated to Hevingham, Norfolk.
It is with great plesure that Presto Park welcomed Mr Clive Chapman CEO of Classic Team Lotus as their new Club President in June 2010.
