Morris Mini-Minor Size:Large: 7 x 5in City dignitaries stand at the

City dignitaries stand at the front in ceremonial costume

'Falcon Glass Works near Bankside

The scene is surveyed by an anxious prospective customer standing in the doorway

West Germany

Morris Mini-Minor Size:Large: 7 x 5in City dignitaries stand at theMorris Mini Minor, Guildford, Surrey, 1961. BR Greaves demonstrates a handbrake turn at the Guidford Motor Club's Spring Driving Tests. In 1957 BMC commissioned Alec Issigonis to design a new small car, following his success with the Morris Minor. Popularly known as the Mini, this innovative model popularised many design features still common today. Driving the front wheels, its transverse mounted engine, with the gearbox beneath, removed the space