Malcolm Campbell mb-code 1239772 View of Abingdon from Nuneham

View of Abingdon from Nuneham Park

Church of St Olave Jewry

The number '40' in the car's name refers to its height of 40 inches

Peter Collins in a HWM Alta at Silverstone

Seventeen year old singer Lynn Annette Ripley better known as Twinkle

Malcolm Campbell mb-code 1239772 View of Abingdon from NunehamMalcolm Campbell. In 1924, in a 'Bluebird', Campbell took his first official international land speed record of 146. 16 miles per hour at Pendine Sands, Wales. In 1925 back at Pendine he beat this record with a speed of 150. 766 mph becoming the first driver to exceed 150 mph. In 1932, he became the first man to exceed 250 mph with a 253. 97 mph. In 1935 he became the first man to better 300 mph at 301. 13 mph. He took the world water speed record in