Miles Collection

Shackleton / Wild / Adams
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. Shackleton, Wild and Adams 178 kilometres from the South Pole

England / Ulverston
The town centre at Ulverston, Cumbria, a market town a few miles south of the English Lake District

Policeman on BSA motorcycle, London
A Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour

Map / Afghanistan C1860S
Map of Afghanistan and Beluchistan (note camel routes are measured in days, not miles)

Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), British explorer, dressed for Antarctic conditions. Shackleton made four expeditions to the South Pole during his career

Hitchin, Herts 1940S
The corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. The Half Moon pub, sells Noted Luton Ales, too

Box Tunnel, Wilts
Isambard Kingdom Brunels famous Box Tunnel, Corsham, Wiltshire, took 5 years (1836- 41) to build. Two miles long, it was the longest railway tunnel in Europe when it opened

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom in the chow line at the ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus

Suffragette Womens March 1912
In October 1912, six women left Edinburgh to walk 400 miles to London, gathering signatures en route in support of Womens Suffrage. The march was organised by Mrs

The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892
Photograph showing the Cyclists participating in the 24 hour Bicycle race at Herne Hill velodrome, on the 22nd July 1892, shortly before the start. The race was won by F.W

Miles Sparrowhawk
A clean-lined single-seater aircraft designed for racing and other sporting uses : it can reach 290 km/h

Golders Green FC football team 1936. Back row: Walker, Shorland, Boston, Miles, Bloxham, Bradis. Front row: Breagan, Browne, Bucci (Captain), Evans, Boston. Date: 1936

Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
An emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire

Shackleton / Sledging / 1908
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. Relaying sledges over the rough terrain. Date: 1908

General Dempsey, General Hodges, Field-Marshal Montgomery, G
Photograph showing (left to right) Lieut-General Sir Miles Dempsey, British Second Army; Lieut-General Hodges, US First Army; Field-Marshal Montgomery; Lieut-General Simpson

Lockheed P-38 Lightning in action; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing an US Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning shooting down a German aeroplane during the Second World War

Hitchin, Herts 1940S
The corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. A horse and cart keeps strictly to this limit

The great international university boat race On the river Thames (England) from Putney to Mortlake 4 miles 2 furlongs August 27th 1869

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jack and Jill. Within four miles of London, the friends see the sun rising over St Pauls Cathedral. Date: 1914

Lovell Telescope
The brainchild of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Lovell Radio Telescope was for many years the largest in the world and dominates the Cheshire countryside for miles around. Date: 1960s

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, boasting of 28 new Empire Flying Boats which travel at 200 miles per hour. Flights serving Europe, Africa, India, the Far East and Australia

Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893
Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893

National petrol advert for the National benzole mixture which gives more miles per gallon

Fraser Canyon / Canada
The Fraser Canyon, eight miles west of North Bend, British Columbia, showing the Canadian Pacific Railway line

Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, giving the distance to John o Groats, New York and other distant places. circa 1980s

Queens Park Rangers FC football team, in green and white stripes: Miles (Trainer), Foster (Director), Murphy, Cross, Collins (Captain), Downing, White, Singleton, McLean (Assistant Trainer)

Woman police officer in Hartnell uniform, London
Woman police officer (Margaret Miles) in a London street, wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Sir Malcolm Campbells Racing Car Bluebird, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. Hit the speed of 301 miles per hour. Date: 1935

Miles Monitor -another, even more expensive dedicted target tug from the Miles stable

Litesome Body Belt
Advert for the Litesome Body Belt, underpants devised to offer support and relief while hiking miles " without exhaustion". " Every man should wear one constantly"

Nelson / Birthplace
HORATIO LORD NELSON English naval officers birthplace at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, six miles from North Walsham

Lady Castellani and her daughter Lady Lampson
Josephine, nÚÑáStead (1875-1974), Lady Castellani, Wife of Sir Aldo Castellani; daughter of George Ambler Stead with her daughter Lady Jacqueline Lampson (1910-2015), wife of Sir Miles Lampson

Hubert Broad, left, and his mechanic, Sid Weedon, along?
Hubert Broad, left, and his mechanic, Sid Weedon, alongside the de Havilland Super Coup Moth, G-aHR, in which they covered the 1929 La Coupe Zenith Challenge Trophy circuit of 1

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

Southwold Lighthouse, Suffolk, England, was erected by Trinity House in 1889. It is 30.8 metres high and its 1500 watt light can be seen for 18 nautical miles. Date: 1889

Miles M. 2L Hawk Six - G-ADGP
Miles M.2L Hawk Six - G-ADGP at Old Warden. Date: 1989

Miles M38 Messenger 2B G-AGPX
Miles M38 Messenger 2B, G-AGPX

French Grand Prix of 1921
The first road race to be won by an engine powered by a straight-eiggt engine was the French Grand Prix of 1921 in which J Murphy averaged 78.1 mph for 322 miles at Le Mans

Poster advertising Benzole
Poster advertising National Benzole Mixture, giving more miles per gallon

The Nimrod Antarctic Expedition at the furthest point South
Photograph showing Lt. Adams, Frank Wild and Lt. Ernest Shackleton (left to right) standing beside a British flag at the furthest point South that they reached, 9th January 1909

Walsingham Pilgrims
In the Middle Ages, pilgrims thronged to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, leaving their sandals in the " Slipper Chapel" and walking barefoot 2 miles to the shrine

Phillips-Powis Miles Magister Elementary Trainer Aircraft
RAF Phillips and Powis Miles Magister Elementary Trainer Aircraft, WW2 Date: 1942

Miles Cycle Shop, Sharpness, Gloucestershire. 1914

The Cross Country Runner. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1968. Date: 1968

The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; th
Illustration of an aerial mono rail (note date, 1st April 1905) as a vision of the future for railways

Bewicks Birthplace
Thomas Bewicks birthplace in the village of Cherryburn, near Ovingham, about 12 miles west of Newcastle. Date: 1753

Miss A. A. Windle who flew Miles Magister, G-AKUA, and Wh?
Miss A.A. Windle who flew Miles Magister, G-AKUA, and Whitney Straight, G-AFGK, at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July

The Slipper Chapel
In the Middle Ages, pilgrims thronged to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk

Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich

Drivers view at Brooklands
An impression of rounding a banked curve at Brooklands at a speed of 110 miles per hour, from the mechanics seat of a 59.6h.p. Benz, driven by Mr. L. G. Hornsted

San Fansisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
Illustration of San Francisco - Oakland Bay bridge, at the time the largest bridge system in the world at 8.25 miles long

Brighton in 1789 (Beach)
Embarking from Brighthelmstone for Dieppe, part of a route from London to Paris advertised as ninety miles nearer than by way of Dover and Calais

King George VI's visit to the bomb-shattered East End of London in September 1940: shaking hands with the little daughter, Joan Miles, of the caretaker of a school which was bombed

Altitude Record Captured - The Bristol 138 Aircraft 1936
Squadron Leader Swain departing from Farnborough, Hampshire, wearing a high pressure suit

Page from The Tatler, 28th October 1936: Ball-dancing at Gleneagles Hotel. Date: 1936

Belgium Professor Picard's balloon exploring ten and a half miles high Date: circa 1931

Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACRT (msn 31), owned by Mervyn Horatio Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, (styled Viscount Clive) Date: 1938

Miles Messenger 2A G-AKKO
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKKO (msn 6716) Date: circa 1961

Miles Messenger 2A G-AKEZ
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKEZ (msn 6707) Date: circa 1961

Miles Gemini G-AMDE
Miles M.65 Gemini G-AMDE (msn 1002), at Newcastle - Woolsington airport Date: circa 1962

Miles Hawk Major G-ADCF
Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADCF (msn 153) Date: 1938

Miles Whitney-Straight G-AFGK
Miles M.11a Whitney-Straight G-AFGK (msn 509), at RAF Lakenheath Date: circa 1965

Floating Bridge, Sandbanks, Poole. The foot ferry was superceded by this steam-powered chain ferry in 1926 (saving 15 miles miles off the road journey round the harbour)

Phillips & Powis Miles Master - Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd. Date: 1942

Miles Master - Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd. Date: 1940

Phillips & Powis MIles Magister - Master - Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading Ltd). Date: 1940

Phillips & Powis - Miles Monarch - Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading Ltd). Date: 1938

Phillips & Powis - Miles Hawk Major - Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading Ltd). Date: 1935

Phillips & Powis - Miles Hawk - Miles Falcon - Miles Merlin - Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading Ltd). Date: 1935

SARO Aircraft Plywood : Miles Kestrel - Saunders-Roe Ltd.. Date: 1938

SARO Aircraft Plywood: DH Albatross : Miles Monarch - Saunders-Roe Ltd.. Date: 1938

Spanish-American War (1898)
United States of America. Spanish-American War (1898). War preparations. Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925) inspecting the New York harbour defence works. Photoengraving by Laporta

Bede BD-2 N837BD
Bede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967

Phillips-Powis Miles Master III Advanced Trainer Aircraft
RAF Phillips and Powis Miles Master III Advanced Trainer Aircraft, WW2 Date: 1942

Poster advertising Nicholas Nickleby film, Ealing Studios, produced by Michael Balcon, directed by Cavalcanti, screenplay by John Dighton, starring Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AIEK / RG333 (msn 6339), at RAF Gaydon circa 1970

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-2P Skywarrior 144847 (msn 12093, unit code PP, call-sign 933 ), of VCP-63 144847, while flying with VAP-61, was hit by aA over Quang Binh Province

Miles M. 77 Sparrowjet G-ADNL
Miles M.77 Sparrowjet G-ADNL at Shoreham Airport

Miles M-39B Libellula Prototype Shortly after Completion Date: 1945

Miles M-57 Aerovan
East Anglian Flying Servicemiles Aerovan Date: 1940s

Miles M-57 Aerovan 4
East Anglian Flying Servicemiles Aerovan 4 Date: 1940s

USAF astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom wearing a US Navy o?
USAF astronaut Virgil ?Gus

A US Marines helicopter lifts astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Gr?
A US Marines helicopter lifts astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom out of the Atlantic at the end of his sub-orbital flight, which had reached an altitude of 118 miles, 21 July 1961. Date: 1961

Miles Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP
Miles M.2L Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP. (msn 160) (M.2L G-ADGP and M.2U G-ADOD were built for brother and sister, Luis and Ruth Fontes, for racing.) Date: 1935

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