Fonds
Noel Pope Collection
Catalogue reference: Pope
What’s it about?
This record is about the Noel Pope Collection dating from 1935-1938.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at National Motor Museum.
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Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at National Motor Museum.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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Pope
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Title (The name of the record)
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Noel Pope Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
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1935-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection includes the correspondence, both business and personal of Noel Pope.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- National Motor Museum
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Pope, Noel B, d 1971, motor cycle racer</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 letters
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open to bona fide researchers. By appointment only.
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Received by the museum as a gift from Mr. Gordon Hadfield (May 2002). Mr. Hadfield acquired the letters from the late Arthur Wheeler, to whom he was mechanic and who raced with Noel Pope at Brooklands in the pre-war period.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Noel B. Pope had a successful career as a motor-cycle racer at Brooklands during the 1930's. He raced Broughs and is remembered for holding the ultimate track record for solo and sidecar laps on a supercharged Brough Superior, 106.6mph with a sidecar in 1937 and 124.51mph on a solo machine in 1939. He also raced in the Isle of Man T.T. Races with some success in the 1930s on Velocette and Norton motorcycles in both the Junior and the Senior races. The son of an artist, he was himself talented as a sculptor and painter, and his deeds are recorded in his autobiography 'Full Chat.' In 1949 he made an attempt on the two-wheeled land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Lake Flats, Utah, but failed when he suffered a major accident, crashing at 150mph. He owned a motorcycle manufacturing company in Kingston Hill called Commerfords. He died in 1971, aged 61.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/936a599a-23f9-4936-81bd-32a00f46ea31/
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