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"Jim Selby's Record Drive from London to Brighton and Back in 7 hours 50 minutes. A Coaching Recitation (by Walter Godden - The Guard)."
A poem about the coachman Jim Selby who won £1000 in a wager by driving from London to Brighton and back in 7 hours and 50 minutes (sometimes reported as 7 hours 34 minutes).
See also 2007.5800, portrait of Jim Selby.
Part of the Melbourne Cooper archive.
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"Jim Selby's Record Drive from London to Brighton and Back in 7 hours 50 minutes..."
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Width: 16cm
Length: 26.2cm
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paper
Accession No
2006.7107

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