Images Dated 2004 April

Captain Woolf Barnato with his Bentley

Captain Woolf Barnato with his Speed Six Bentley fitted with a racing body. Woolf Barnato had just beaten the Blue Train from Monte Carlo to Calais in this (or similar) car. This body is only one if its kind, built by Gurney Nutting. The car still exists

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Cave art paintings, prehistoric discovery

A cave painting of small brown and red stags with horses, composed in Greek style, between two large black bull heads. Cave art discoveries in the Dordogne were by the Aurignacians who sought refuge in the latter part of the Glacial Age, 20000 years ago

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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. 2300 miles worth of cable were manufactured prior to the expedition of 1875 by the steam-ship Great Eastern'. The project was hampered by bad weather, but the cable was successfully laid the following year

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