Magazine Articles

Please click on the picture below to download and article by journalist Beat Winterflood for Swiss Classics Revue. It is in German

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An article from "John Bull" magazine, click on cover for full transcript. Kindly made "web friendly" by Mike Rimmer.

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Mark Croasdale sent in this magazine article and and truck picture. Click on the magazine article to open it up to a readable size! Apparently the UK's first Cummins engine truck pulled Bluebird!

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Cigarette Cards and Bubblegum wrappers

Sweet Cigarette card

A sweet cigarette card, "Junior Service" issued by Sweetule, as part of their "Famous Sports Records" No 11 of 25 Sweet Cigarette card
A sweet cigarette card, issued by Top Flight Cigarettes, as part of their "Top Flight Stars" series No 17 of 25

Cadet Sweets Card

Sweet cigarette card issued by Cadet sweets in 1956. no 6 in a series of 50 Bubblegum Wrapper
A very rare wax wrapper featuring Donald Campbell & his Turbo-Jet boat "Bluebird". Issued in the early 1960's by Anglo American Chewing Gum Ltd from a series entitled "Sports Parade". This card is not from the standard set, but from the rarer set which has the advert on the left side of the wrapper

Letters

Chris Barnes has asked to share these letters he has on this site, and no he assures me they are not for sale! Click on each picture to read!

Personal thankyou letter

A letter of thanks hand written by Donald Letter to BP page 1
Page 1 of a letter to BP from Donald
Letter to BP page 2
Page 2 of a letter to BP from Donald BP's Reply Letter
Copy of the reply to Donalds Letter

Stamps

Grenadines of St Vincent stamp UK 63p stamp
Grenadines of St Vincent stamp UK 63p stamp 1998