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Don't know what this event was.

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:39 pm
by Jock Strapp
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Re: Don't know what this event was.

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:30 pm
by rebbonk
A reverse image search pulls up...

Sunbeam in Coventry (British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive) by British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive (flickr) Tags: bmiht britishmotormuseum vintage archive history socialhistory warwickshire midlands westmidlands sunbeam talbot coventry coventrycathedral


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Re: Don't know what this event was.

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:47 pm
by dutchman
It was to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Henry Seagrave breaking the world landspeed record in the so-called 1000HP Sunbeam in 1927.

I assume the record breaking car was behind the lorry in the picture of Broadgate.

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