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Title: Help tracing his past
Post by: razzo on 18 November 2019, 19:31:09
Any advice on tracing someone’s past. A friend recently went to an open day at a local cemetery, (he is part of the god squad) and came across a grave in the name of Ivor Bueb, turns out he was twice Le Mans winner in 1955 & 1957. Have read about his motor racing history, but would like to know a bit more about how he lived his early life, where he lived & so on, local authorities in east & south London are as much use as a cat flap on a submarine so any ideas where to go next?

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Title: Re: Help tracing his past
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 November 2019, 19:35:20
Probably online now. but there used to be a public records office in deepest Lundun... :-\
Title: Re: Help tracing his past
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 18 November 2019, 19:39:48
Googling his name brings up quite a bit of info about him, but I assume you've already done that.
Title: Re: Help tracing his past
Post by: razzo on 18 November 2019, 19:49:11
Googled the poor sod to death, some records say he was born in saf London others say east London but at some time he lived east of the crapital, had a garage in Gloucester and was Wales greatest racing driver known as Ivor the driver
Title: Re: Help tracing his past
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 November 2019, 20:24:12
How about the FIA? :-\
Title: Re: Help tracing his past
Post by: Raeturbo on 19 November 2019, 00:14:09
Hmm that will be the D type Jaguars then with the disc brakes, and  the 1955 Was the worse racing accident ever with over 80 killed when a car plummeted into the crowd :-[