Dunlop Collection (page 4)

Fleet Street in London, looking West to East, towards Ludgate Circus and St Pauls Cathedral. Picture taken 8th February 1934

Christine Truman (LEFT) and Angela Mortimer (RIGHT), both British Tennis players, competing against each other in the Wimbledon Ladies Tennis Final of 1961

Girls covering the black case of the tennis balls with felt at the Dunlop Works in Birmingham, Midlands, England. Picture taken 20th April 1936

Doug McClelland, Dutch Open Champion, with wife Suzie, at London Heathrow Airport, destination Japan, 4th March 1974

Street scenes in Douglas, Isle of Man. 13th May 1954

Fort Dunlop in Birmingham. 13th May 1983

Aston Villa v Chelsea 1966 / 67 Season. Bobby Tambling scores Chelsea
Aston Villa v Chelsea 1966/67 Season. Bobby Tambling scores Chelseas third goal and his second of a total of five goals during the match against Villa

Cyclist Cyril Bardsley (Left) seen here competing at Herne Hill, London, 27th July 1953

Will Cave & Timo Makinen, Rally Drivers competing in the Daily Mirrors World Cup Rally April to May 1970

Dunlop tyres - at an air show in Italy Date: 1928

Dunlop Esq. of Craigton, 1843-47. Creators: David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Dunlop Esq. of Craigton, 1843-47

Sweet Anne Page by G. D. Leslie
Sweet Anne Page from The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare painted by George Dunlop Leslie RA (1835-1921), part of a series of Shakespearean heroines by well-known Victorian artists

DUNLOP TYRE AD / PEACOCK
Dunlop tyre advertisement, featuring a peacock. Date: 1935

SOCIAL / PICNIC AT SHOOT
A group of well-heeled people enjoy a picnic at a shoot in the country Date: 1938

SOCIAL / COUNTRY CLUB 20C
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres showing a number of cars drawing up to a very modern house (or possibly club house) where an outdoor party is taking place

ADVERT / DUNLOP TYRES 1931
Dunlop tyres - in a class by itself Date: 1931

East Ayrshire KA3 4 Map
Postcode Sector Map of East Ayrshire KA3 4

Fancy racing on that rubber?
Definitely not high-hysterisis, or whateever the term was. The Islands Lieutenant Governor (right) chats with the race-shop tyre fitters

Dunlop Wire Wheels
TYRES DUNLOP advertisement for wire wheels. Date: 1912

Henry Segrave and Golden Arrow at Daytona 1929 promoting Opex Lacquer. Creator: Unknown
Henry Segrave and Golden Arrow at Daytona 1929 promoting Opex Lacquer

DUNLOP TYRE AD PLANE
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres: " On His Majestys Service". Date: 1934

Bentley TT of Frank Clement at the finish of the Southsea Speed Carnival, Hampshire
Bentley TT 2996 cc. Event Entry No: 22. Driver: Clement, F.C. Finished: 2nd. 3 litre racing. Streamlined racing body. Place: Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

GN Silver Gnat of GL Hawkins and a Wolseley at the Southsea Speed Carnival, Hampshire
GN Silver Gnat 8.7 hp Event Entry No: 4. Driver: Hawkins, G.L. Right: Wolseley 1 Event Entry No: 16. 2-seat streamlined racing body. Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

Leyland Eight of JG Parry-Thomas at the finish of the Southsea Speed Carnival, Hampshire
Leyland Eight Driver: Thomas, J.G.P. Stripped racing body. Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

Singer Le Mans of Arthur W Jones racing at Crystal Palace, London, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer Le Mans. 1935 972 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. AVC484. Event Entry No: 1. Driver: Jones, A.W. Finished: 3rd. Place: Crystal Palace Race Meeting. Date: 26.8.39

Alta of GE Abecassis winning the Imperial Trophy Formula Libre race at Crystal Palace, London, 1939
Alta 1960S cc. Reg. No. EOY8. Entry No: 18. Driver: Abecassis, G.E. Finished: 1st. Crystal Palace Race Meeting. Date: 26.8.39

ERAs of Raymond Mays and Arthur Dobson racing at Crystal Palace, London, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
ERA 1980S cc. Event Entry No: 16. Driver: Mays, R. Twin rear wheels. Background: ERA Driver: Dobson, A.C. Twin rear wheels. Place: Crystal Palace Race Meeting. Date: 26.8.39

Alfa Romeo of Hugh Hunter leading a Riley at Crystal Palace, London, 1939. Artist: Bill Brunell
Alfa Romeo 2905S cc. Reg. No. JML1. No: 15. Driver: Hunter, H.C. The driver, HC Hunter, is not in the programme possibly a late entry, or another date. Background: Riley 1496 cc. Vehicle Reg. No

Tim Birkins Alfa Romeo at the RAC TT Race, Conway Square, Newtonards, Northern Ireland, 1932
Alfa Romeo 2336S cc. Event Entry No: 3. Driver: Birkin, Sir H.R.S. Bt. Finished: 5th. overall, 2nd. in class. Place: Conway Square, Newtonards, County Down, Northern Ireland. R.A.C. T.T. Race

Count Louis Zborowski driving Chitty Bang Bang 1 to win the Southsea Speed Carnival, 1922
Chitty Bang Bang 1 23093 cc. Driver: Zborowski, Count L. Finished: 1st. Average speed was 73.10 mph. Place: Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

A Barlows Benz 84hp at the finishing line, Southsea Speed Carnival, Hampshire, 1922
Benz 84 hp Driver: Barlow, A. Finished: 3rd. in unlimited class. Average speed was 68.62 mph. Place: Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

Isotta-Fraschini of EA Eldridge at the finishing line, Southsea Speed Carnival, Hampshire, 1922
Isotta-Fraschini 8036 cc. Driver: Eldridge, E.A. Finished: 2nd. in unlimited class. Average speed was 69.47 mph. Car later became known as Isotta-Maybach. Place: Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

ERA and Maserati taking a corner in a race at Brooklands. Artist: Bill Brunell
Centre ERA Event Entry No: 5. Left Maserati Event Entry No: 4. Place: Brooklands

An Impact Test in the Dunlop Test House, 1937. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell. [Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1937]

The first pneumatic tyre, 1845 (1956). Robert William Thomson (1822-1873) a Scottish inventor, first patented the pneumatic tyre in 1845

Dunlop advertisment, 1923. A print from The Illustrated London News Wedding Number, 28th April 1923

Mrs Dunlop of Dunlop, Patron of Robbie Burns. Artist: H Robinson
Mrs Dunlop of Dunlop, Patron of Robbie Burns

Women making pneumatic tyres for bicycles, France, 1896. Scottish vet and inventor John Boyd Dunlops invention of the pneumatic tyre in 1888 greatly improved the comfort of cycling

Sunderland Association Football Club, 1894-95
Sunderland Association Football Club committee and players, league champions in the 1894-95 season: Wallace (Financial Secretary), Dodds (Trainer), McNeil, Doig, Wilson, Gow, McCreadie, Henderson

CM4 4052 Tim Moll, Mk1 Golf GTi Berg 2-0 8v
Tim Moll, Mk1 Golf GTi Berg 2.0 8v, Dunlop, VAG Trophy, Lotus Festival 2014, Brands Hatch, August 16th, 2014, 2014, Brands Hatch, circuit racing, Kent, Lotus Festival, Lotus Festival 2014

CM4 4020 Tony Harberman, Beetle Cup RSI 3-2
Tony Harberman, Beetle Cup RSI 3.2, Dunlop, VAG Trophy, Lotus Festival 2014, Brands Hatch, August 16th, 2014, 2014, Brands Hatch, circuit racing, Kent, Lotus Festival, Lotus Festival 2014

CM4 4016 Martyn Culley, Beetle RSI 3-2
Martyn Culley, Beetle RSI 3.2, Dunlop, VAG Trophy, Lotus Festival 2014, Brands Hatch, August 16th, 2014, 2014, Brands Hatch, circuit racing, Kent, Lotus Festival, Lotus Festival 2014, motor racing

Female student posing with an MG 1100
Student from London Universitys Carnival, with MG 1100 car at Goodwood Motor Circuit, 16 May 1963 Chichester Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 1778/2

The first pneumatic tyres ever made
Photograph of the fist pneumatic tryes ever made as displayed at the Imperial International Exhibition at White City. They were the work of Mr William Thomson of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co

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