Autotest car at the Spa Pavilion turn round, about 1965
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Autotest car at the Spa Pavilion turn round, about 1965 by Frank Goldsmith as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Autotest car at the Spa Pavilion turn round, about 1965
Image: © Frank Goldsmith Taken: Unknown
This mini roundabout is still there, where the sea front comes to a dead end at the Spa Pavilion theatre. Today the beach is narrow and stony. Memory says the beach at that time was wide and sandy, but the photo says otherwise. The specially built autotest car seems to be suffering severe understeer. I believe the driver is the wife of the owner, the person who ran the garage in Kelsale, Suffolk.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.960777
Longitude
1.35477