'Heads of divers Natives of the Islands of Otaheite, Huaheine, & Oheiteroah' knot Cobb set the Brooklands Outer

Cobb set the Brooklands Outer Circuit lap record of 143

Clowns at the Bertram Mills circus whilst visiting Manchester 23rd September 1952

in Highland costume

The run was from London to Brighton

'Heads of divers Natives of the Islands of Otaheite, Huaheine, & Oheiteroah' knot Cobb set the Brooklands Outer'Heads of divers Natives of the Islands of Otaheite, Huaheine, & Oheiteroah'. The islands now known as Tahiti and Huahine form part of the Society Islands, as named by James Cook. Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously. Original: engraving. 1773