Race Collection

Desert Orchid clears a jump during the Cheltenham Gold Cup race 15th March 1990

The Boat Race, Cambridge v Oxford. 1957. Pictured at the start of the race at Putney Bridge. The race was held from the starting point at Putney Bridge on The River Thames in London

HRH The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, enjoys go-kart racing as she leads Team One at the Playscape circuit in Clapham, South London

Oxford v Cambridge athletics. Wendell Mottley (Cambridge) No 2 on his way to winning the 220 yards in 21.6 seconds. Graham Plows (Cambridge) No 4 finished 2nd in 21.8 seconds

Redcar Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Redcar, North Yorkshire. Royal Prerogative ridden by Lester Piggott, wins the William Hill Gold Cup at Redcar

Mr Norman Harvey, the Cardiff driver, at the start of the 1000 miles International Welsh Car Rally. January 1965

Spaceman in London streets. Jonathan Bosley, dressed in a space man suit as used by the astronauts on Apollo 11 on the moon landing

London 1908 Olympic Games One of the earliest Olympic dramas to be captured on film. Pietri Dorando collapses after crossing the finishing line in the 1908 Olympic Marathon

Sailing April 1969 the finish of the 1968-1969 Golden Globe round the world race showing the Suhaili boat belonging to Robin Knox Johnston being escorted over the line by an armada of boats at

The boat that sailor Donald Crowhurst hoped would win him the Sunday Times Golden Globe Round the World yacht race; the trimaran " Teignmouth Electron"

Zola Budd barefoot at Crystal Palace. 25th April 1984

French entrant in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Round The World Yacht Race Bernard Moitessier, photographed in his ketch Joshua. August 1968

The star of the first heat of the Ladies 220 yds. championship race at New Brighton Baths. Left to right:- H.M Yate (Port of Portsmouth S.C), D. Hutton (Border City S.C.), E.M.H Deane (Gt)

The Boat Race, Cambridge v Oxford. 1956. The race was held from the starting point at Putney Bridge on The River Thames in London

Sport cycle speedway. August 1953 D5418

D. M. Scooter Realists: Southern competitors in the Daily Mirror Scooter Rally at Sywell
D.M. Scooter Realists: Southern competitors in the Daily Mirror Scooter Rally at Sywell leave from the Dome Garage on the Great West Road near the Chiswick roundabout, London. June 1960. M4344-003

The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent Prince Michael and Captain Eric Westropp, both officers of the 11th Hussars, stationed at Tidworth

The Royal Family attend the 1950 British Grand Prix (fifth) at Silverstone, it is also the inaugural World Championship of Drivers Formula One race, standing on viewing platform are King George VI

The Tall Ships Race, Plymouth, England, 1970. Picture shows the Norwegian wind jammer, its huge sails billowing in the wind, as it leads the way out of Plymouth, Devon

Motor car racing at Goodwood. Jean Bloxham, the only woman driver in Event 3. Chichester, West Sussex. June 1960 M4348-002

Sir Ivor with Lester Piggott wins the Derby at Epsom 30th May 1968. Owner Raymond Guest Trainer Vincent O Brien Jockeys Lester Piggott (Liam Ward) Record (Flat)

Maiden returns to the UK. 28th May 1990. Maiden is centre with orange, grey and white sails with the name Jordan on the white sail

Sarah, Duchess of York watching Princess Beatrice during sports day at Upton House School, Windsor. 21st June 1994

Maria Teresa de Filippis pictured in her Red Maserati 250F before she puts her crash helmet on for the start of the BRDC International Trophy race at Silverstone

BMX Racing in The Midlands. June 1985. BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing

White Defence League Headquarters. Anti immigration poster. 21st September 1959

Lt. Col Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut at London Heathrow Airport, Thursday 19th October 1967. Valery Bykovsky set a space endurance record when he spent five days in orbit aboard Vostok 5 in

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth (12th April 1961), visits Britain, Tuesday 11th July 1961

Leading Russian Scientists outside COSPAR meeting, Committee on Space Research, London, on day it was announced that the Soviet Union has successfully sent a man to Space, Yuri Gagarin

Zola Budd running barefoot at Crystal Palace. 25th April 1984

The Oxford Cambridge boat race. Passing the winning post at Mortlake, with Cambridge (right) leading by three lengths. 2nd April 1927

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 at the Science Museum, London, October 1965. New press conference to announce that astronaut Colonel John Glenn will open a London exhibition next week of the Mercury

Frances "Poppy"Northcutt, mathematician aged 25 who works at the Mission
Frances " Poppy" Northcutt, mathematician aged 25 who works at the Mission Control Centre in Houston, Texas, pictured in London

Betting Odds on first man to land on the moon, UK, Friday 4th February 1966. On the day that Russian spacecraft Luna 9 sends back the first picture ever taken on the moon, bookmakers William Hill

Eddy Merckx (Belgium rider number 21 - centre of the picture) pictured competing in the World Cycling Championships at Mallory Park in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He finished 29th

Eddy Merckx (right) presents n Eddy Merckx cycle to Daily Mirror competition winner, 17 years old Malcolm White of Romford, Essex

Eddy Merckx is asked to sign his autograph for a fan, as he attends Britains biggest ever profession track cycling event, the 1977 Glenryck Cup at Eastway Cycling Track, Lee Valley near Stratford

Rumbelows Sprint Challenge Final, Wembley Stadium, Sunday 12th April 992. The aim of the challenge was to find the fastest player in the League

Rumbelows Sprint Challenge 1st Semi Final, Wembley Stadium, Sunday 12th April 992. The aim of the challenge was to find the fastest player in the League

Electric Car Trials in England. The Lucas Electrathon race at Donington Park. These races started in 1979, when the first winner was William Yates. Picture taken 13th September 1980

Seretse Khama and his wife Ruth Williams Khama at the National Spastics Society Christmas Charity Ball. Grosvenor House, London. 28th November 1955

The first ever "Notting Hill carnival", created in response to the previous
The first ever " Notting Hill carnival", created in response to the previous years racial riots in the area and the state of race relations at the time

School Sports Day, 22nd August 1935

Competitors for the great Lawn Mower Grand Prix line-up on the Sands Hatch starting grid, waiting for Holmfirth Round Table chairman Mr Trevor Coldwell to drop the chequered flag

Chief executive of Jaguar Cars, Sir John Egan, with the car which won the Le Mans 24 hour race. 15th June 1988

Marshall Street, Smethwick, a town in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands of England. 7th December 1964

Police walking down a road in the Cannon Street area of Middlesbrough, where there had been riots. August 1961

Conservative MP for Smethwick, Peter Griffiths with his wife Mrs Jeannette Griffiths, at an Edwardian Old Time Music Hall evening at Thimblemill Baths, Smethwick. 4th November 1965

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