21/09/26 - On the Trail of...... Peter Collins

The End of the ProgrammeThe final instalment of Travels with Pevsner sees Jonathan Meades in a melancholy mood. He starts to reminisce about his fallen heroes - first Duncan Edwards (Dudley used to be in Worcestershire and then Peter Collins. Son of Kidderminster and previously unheard of.Peter Collins (1931–1958) was a British motor-racing driver born in Mustow Green, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire. One of the leading drivers of the 1950s, he raced for Ferrari in Formula One, winning three World Championship Grands Prix, including the 1958 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He also competed at Le Mans and was admired for his talent and sportsmanship. His career was cut short on 3 August 1958 when he suffered fatal head injuries in a crash during the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, aged just 26.Kidderminster's Sporting HeroHis burial location is no more than a couple of miles from where my son works. With nothing else to do, an in appalling weather, I head off to explore…