Starter Collection

Olney Pancake Race
SHROVE TUESDAY The starter line for the Olney pancake race which has been held in the village for over 500 years. Any Olney woman over 18 can compete

Londons First Greyhound Racing at White City by C. E. Turner
Illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the new sport of greyhound racing first staged at Belle Vue in Manchester in 1926 and then shortly afterwards in White City

Pancake Race / Olney
SHROVE TUESDAY The starter line for the Olney pancake race, 1951, which has been held in the village for over 500 years. Any Olney woman over 18 can compete. Date: 1951

The Goal in Sight - Two Scotsmen fired up in race for Scotch
The Goal in Sight - Two Scotsmen fired up in a race for the First Prize of a bottle of Scotch Whisky! Date: 1916

Brolt Advertisement
An advertisement for Brown Brothers Limited, promoting Brolt British made electric lights and starter sets for motor vehicles

Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines
Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8, 9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14

The Lucifer Golf Society at Walton Heath
James Braid, the professional at Walton Heath Golf Club acting as starter for the Lucifer Golf Society meeting 1932

The hour and the man - James Braid carries starting clock
The hour and the man - photo of golfer James Braid carrying the starting clock to the tee during the English Ladies golf championship at Walton Heath 1928

English ladies swimming team - Stockholm Olympics 1912
The English ladies swimming team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, winners of the 4 x 100m race, wearing surprisingly revealing swimming costumes

Horseracing - Waiting for the Starters Signal Date: circa 1910s

Automobile Row, Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Automobile Row on Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, full of car showrooms, car dealers and garages. Date: 1916

Jan Starter
JAN STARTER Dutch writer Date: 1593 - 1626

A Hucks starter at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society G?
A Hucks starter at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

Arthur Coventry - Jockey Club Starter
Arthur Coventry - Former jockey, who became the Official Starter for the Jockey Club (see: 10073346). Date: 1892

Racing Illustrated - A doubtful starter - a seaside donkey is les than keen on taking a corpulent holidaymaker for a stroll across the sand... Date: circa 1903

Col Fitzmaurice and Eric W Bonar, pilots
Col Fitzmaurice and Eric W. Bonar, pilots of the Bellanca 28-70, The Irish Swoop, a non-starter in the MacRobertson England to Australia race of October 1934

A self-starter

Starter caught at the Tote
The Starter who was Caught at the Tote by Patrick Bellew. The massed ranks of punters, jockeys, policeman and even a horse react with undiluted horror at the sight of the race starter placing a bet

Cranking up the engine
A very little girl beams as she has a photograph taken while turning the crank handle of a very large car

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