Chirnside sign with Racing Car acknowledging Jim Clark OBE

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The photograph on this page of Chirnside sign with Racing Car acknowledging Jim Clark OBE by Jennifer Petrie as part of the Geograph project.

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Chirnside sign with Racing Car acknowledging Jim Clark OBE

Image: © Jennifer Petrie Taken: 1 May 2021

World Champion Racing Driver Jim Clark 1936- 1968 was brought up on the family farm nearby and went to school here in Chirnside Berwickshire. Tragically he was killed in a race at Hockenheim Germany in 1968. Jim was buried in Chirnside Churchyard. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/122202

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