Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,367 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
George Bown from Stevenage, Hertfordshire broke the world record for the 1000cc standing start over 1km on his Vincent Special, 994cc. The record took place at the two-mile runway at the Royal Aircraft establishment, Bedford. His average speed was 108.74 mph which is 2mph faster than the previos record.
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