Captain George Eyston's 'Thunderbolt' car mb-code Phil Lynott 1 Street Party in Pinnington Road

Street Party in Pinnington Road Gorton North in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Working people enjoying a tankard of beer outside the Barley Mow public house

Cottage in Hyde Park

Interior view of the Guildhall Council Chamber

c1918-1937

Captain George Eyston's 'Thunderbolt' car mb-code Phil Lynott 1 Street Party in Pinnington RoadCaptain George Eyston's 'Thunderbolt' car, 1937. Eyston set three Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, the fastest being 357. 49 mph on 16th September, 1938. The record changed hands several times between Eyston and fellow Briton John Cobb in the late 1930s.