Henry Birkin in an Alfa Romeo at Brooklands mb-code DCA_100789 white and blue costumes and

white and blue costumes and singing

the Jewel Tower is one of the only remaining parts of the medieval Palace of Westminster

on the south bank of the River Thames

To the right a waiter enters with a street singer

It was being used as a garage tow vehicle up to the end of the Second World War

Henry Birkin in an Alfa Romeo at Brooklands mb-code DCA_100789 white and blue costumes andHenry Birkin in an Alfa Romeo at Brooklands, Surrey, 1930s. He was one of the group of drivers known as the Bentley Boys who drove for Bentley Motors. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours twice in 1929 and 1931. In 1931 he bought a Maserati for Grand Prix events and an Alfa Romeo for sports car racing. He won the Irish Grand Prix in the Alfa.