Bentley Gallery

The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup

The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup: a huge collision at night. From front to back: Bentley car no.1 with Leslie Callingham (1888-1960) thrown clear, Bentley car no.2 with George Duller (1891-1962) jumping, Bentley no.3 of Sydney Charles Houghton "Sammy" Davis (1887-1981), the eventual race winner along with alternate driver Dr Joseph Dudley Benjafield (1887-1957) and a Schneider that had skidded (driven by Pierre Tabourin). Date: 1927

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Drivers & personalities in the Five Hundred Miles Race, 1929

Five of the leading lights in the great Five Hundred Miles Race which took place at Brooklands on 12 October 1929. At the top is Mr Kaye Don who drove a supercharged Sunbeam, Earl Howe (top right), at the wheel of a supercharged Lea-Francis, Captain Woolf Barnato in a Bentley, Mr R. F. Oats (bottom right) at the wheel of an O.M. and at the bottom left, Captain Malcolm Campbell of Blue Bird fame, who sponsored the race. Date: 1929

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Old Shops on Cripplegate, London

Old Shops on Cripplegate, London, including H B Bentley, Tie and Scarf Manufacturers - McBlain Newton Co - Bakers for the Aerated Bread Company and (in the distance) the Somerset Pub. Today these buildings have all vanished and form part of the Barbican Centre (now Wood Street). Date: circa 1905

1900s, Aerated, Bakers, Bentley, Bread, Cripplegate, Fore, Gateway, House, Inn, London, Manufacturers, Mcblain, Newton, Old, Pub, Public, Scarf, Shop, Shops, Somerset, Street, Tavern, Tie