Morris Mini-Minor Size:Large: 7 x 5in 'Falcon Glass Works near Bankside

'Falcon Glass Works near Bankside

Plate II of Cries of London

The scene is surveyed by an anxious prospective customer standing in the doorway

Scene of the presentation ceremony at the opening of Holborn Viaduct by Queen Victoria

sending people tumbling to the ground

Morris Mini-Minor Size:Large: 7 x 5in 'Falcon Glass Works near BanksideMorris Mini Minor, Guildford, Surrey, 1961. BR Greaves demonstrates a handbrake turn at the Guidford Motor Club's Spring Driving Tests. In 1957 BMC commissioned Alec Issigonis to design a new small car, following his success with the Morris Minor. Popularly known as the Mini, this innovative model popularised many design features still common today. Driving the front wheels, its transverse mounted engine, with the gearbox beneath, removed the space