1936 Jaguar SS100 mb-code 00478940 27th March 1944

27th March 1944

built about 1520

View of a fire at the corner of Cheapside and Bread Street

showing the Queen and Prince Albert inside the building with people bowing and curtsying to them

with the Church of St Giles in the Fields visible in background

1936 Jaguar SS100 mb-code 00478940 27th March 19441936 Jaguar SS100. Under the leadership of founder William Lyons, Jaguar established its reputation of building sports cars in the mid 1930s. Its SS90 came out in 1935 with a 2. 6 litre engine which was capable of 90 mph. It was soon replaced by the 125 hp 3. 5 litre SS100, a true 100 mph sports car, which was designed by Lyons himself.