Railton Special Land Speed Record car Size:Large: 7 x 5in The Supremes pictured here each

The Supremes pictured here each with a Polaroid Camera around their neck

A bird's-eye view of St Thomas's Hospital in Southwark

'A common council beast

Army encampment in St James's Park

House on Austin Friars Street

Railton Special Land Speed Record car Size:Large: 7 x 5in The Supremes pictured here eachRailton Special Land Speed Record car, Brooklands, Surrey, c1938. John Cobb set Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. In 1947, when he set the record at 394. 19 mph, on one of the required two runs he exceeded 400 mph, the first man to break this barrier. He was killed in 1952 when, attempting to break the water speed record, his boat disintegrated at high speed on Loch Ness.