This photo was taken of the Frank Shorland scrapbook at the University of Warwick's Modern Records Center and is a part of the National Cycle Archive. The book was fragile and is being supported by foam blocks.
This is an article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup over 40 years after the event took place and specifically discusses the second cup and the challenges that led the demise of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge series.
This is a page from the scrapbook that contains part of article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup race and the hour by hour breakdown of the 1893 race.
This is a table of cycling records from 1892 as compiled by the National Cycling Union. Contains path and road records as well as a cartoon of a skeleton riding a bicycle.
This is a collection of various excepts from magazines and news papers from 1888 to 1891 mostly featuring Frank W. Shorland's career as a road cyclist and his early 24 hour races.
This page from the Frank Shorland Scrapbook contains an article in French with a quote from Shorland. It also contains an image of Shorland in Borrowed Plumes and an article about him as the Cuca Hero.
This is a page from a scrapbook with three pieces of a newspaper or magazine depicting the London County Banquet and an incident that occured with Frank Shorland.
These photos were taken on a casual spring weekend morning after an hour train from London and 15 minute walk through the town of Herne Hill. The activities here are mostly intermediates in training.
Towards Inclusion is a document outlining civil rights for Disabled People in Great Britain. This is a first draft of that document created around 2000. It specifically highlights the shortcomings of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995.
This photo is of a 1990s medical cot in and exhibit at the Science Museum, UK. Never Let Me Go was set in the 1990s. This is likely the style of cot that would have been used in Part 3 of the novel.
This is a photo of an organ exhibit titled "Disease Collectors." Many of the organs in the picture were from a person with a disease. The organs were from people who lived between 1900-1950. Never Let Me Go revolves around human clones donating their organs
A picture of an University of Oxford courtyard taken from the Tower at University of Oxford. University of Oxford holds Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Draft. The image was taken on 15 March 2024.
The cover of booklet entitled, "Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women ," by Kathleen Lonsdale. Cover art includes a woman looking out of a window in blue ink.
Photograph of the R3 rocket's first stage (taken at FAST), specifically focusing on the engines. Shows the crushed Gamma-304-8 engine along with the first-stage HTP tank.
A photograph of the Waxwing SRM (solid rocket motor) used as the 3rd stage on the Black Arrow rocket. Hung in the London Science Museum as it would appear moments after separating from the second stage.
A portion of the text of "Computing machinery and intelligence" by Alan Turing, which posed the question "can machines think" and proposed the Turing test.
A photograph of the Black Arrow R4 vehicle's second stage, as photographed in the London Science Museum. It shows clearly the vehicle's Gamma-304 Type 2 Engine, along with the bright red payload faring.
A Wardian case filled with plants by a horticulturist. The case is open on one side to allow for loading. The side of the case is labeled to indicate a return to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
This is an article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup and goes into the race, eventually describing how Shorland's bicycle made a difference to the end result of the race.
This is an article from cycling magazine covering F.W. Shorland's Track "Twenty-Fours." It is about the three Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Races Frank Shorland competed in and how they impacted the history of the sport of cycling.
One of the sources on this document is a letter from the National Cyclists' Union addressed to Frank Shorland to recognize him for his 24 hour safety bicycle record.
