A 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Interior view of Billingsgate fish

Interior view of Billingsgate fish market

Examination of a bankrupt before his creditors in the Court of King's Bench

At the outbreak of the war all Londoners were given gas masks in case of attack

The choir of the Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great during repairs

A 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Interior view of Billingsgate fishA 1927 Sunbeam 1000hp. Major Henry Segrave, winner of the 1923 French Grand Prix, became a serious challenger to Malcolm Campbell's established land speed records. Segrave took the giant Sunbeam to Daytona Beach, Florida because it offered hard sand and a nine mile course. The power unit was two V 12, 435bhp, 48 valve Matabele aero engines with chain drive to the wheels. On 29th March 1927 a first run of 200mph was reached but the car had to be driven