A Bentley Blower and Balkan Sobranie Cigarettes

12 March 2022 Sir Tim Birkin was the descendant of a notable Nottingham lace-making dynasty. Motor racing was not in his blood, but the second world war had given him an inexhaustible passion for speed and danger. He married and reluctantly joined the family business; neither lasted. By 1928, he had left his wife and […]

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