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The trains that pass Snetterton to/from Norwich are not only from Cambridge. You can jump on a train that stops at Attleborough and go all the way on the same train to Peterborough/Nottingham/Sheffield/Manchester and Liverpool...takes 5 hrs mind!
Someone mentioned Foulgers Transport. One of the Foulger brothers ( George )raced 500cc F3 himself in the early/mid 50s, with the Strang, one of the first F3 cars built in 1949. George is still about in Attleborough. The only remains visible of Snetterton's wartime past are some of the aircraft hard standing areas and the entrance runway, which the Home Straight used. Some of the wartime buildings from the old technical site in use on the industrial estate near the circuit entrance. When the circuit first opened a good viewing point was the earth mound, alongside the pit straight down towards Riches. This mound was used for the firing butts, B17s lined up and fired their guns at targets against the mound to line-up the sights and for firing practice. This mound was removed in 1965 and used for the Dunlop vehicle bridge ramps at the Esses. That bridge was removed in 1997 and the earth used again for the new bridge ramps we use today. Might still be some lead shot in their somewhere! Robin Darlington and Jim Moore were the two regular drivers of the Kincraft that I saw at Snett in the 60s.
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