‘the voyage perilous’: driving in 1950s london

A vision of a time 11 years before the M3 opened – and when Ford Prefects, Austin Cambridges and telegraph poles were everyday sights

In the interwar years, air travel was a niche mode of transport for the wealthy. Enormous strides in aviation technology during the Second World War enabled larger aircraft, greater ranges and cheaper

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I was 17, a trainee surveyor earning £5 a week. Faced with a week’s leave without much cash to spend, I decided to try hitchhiking with my mate Gordon. We started at the gates of Liverpool’s Stanley A

Jackie Stewart’s victory in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring at the wheel of his Tyrrell-run Matra rightly drew the plaudits of Denis Jenkinson. “Caracciola may have been the Regenmeister, Ros

The parking for Presto, where suddenly your pound is worth more with McVitie’s Swiss Rolls available for only 17½p each. Bargain!