London to Brighton Emancipation Run mart The spectators were only divided

The spectators were only divided from the crash by a hedge

'A Recorder on his pilgrimage'

Brew house belonging to Clowes

The viaduct was completed and opened by Queen Victoria in 1869

William Cooke and others

London to Brighton Emancipation Run mart The spectators were only dividedLondon to Brighton Emancipation Run, 1896. A huge crowd gathered on the street. In Britain in the 1890s, the law still required motor vehicles to be preceded by a pedestrian carrying a red flag to warn other road users, which effectively restricted the vehicles' speed to 4 mph. A number of pioneer motor car enthusiasts campaigned actively to have the law altered. In 1896 the Locomotives on Highways Act came into force and the preceding pedestrian was