What The Factual? Episode 7 - The Spirit of Ecstasy

In this week's episode of What The Factual? Pete addresses the myth that everyone believes there is an angel on the hood of every Rolls Royce car. Gill & Pete delve into motoring history, and find out how fast you had to go in 1896 to set off a speed camera. Pete also has a ridiculous Shakespeare related gift for Gill and there is also a story not for the faint-hearted about where the phrase "laugh your head off" comes from!

References:

https://torreloizaga.com/en/the-spirit-of-ecstasy/

https://harkaroundthegreats.wordpress.com/2022/09/26/the-spirit-of-ecstasy-and-her-strange-ghost-eleanor-thornton/

https://dundeecityarchives.wordpress.com/2021/09/22/ss-persia/

https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/news/women-in-motorsport-social-history-eleanor-thornton/

https://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/rolls-royce/history/ecstasy/#:~:text=The%20Whisper&text=Originally%20called%20the%20%E2%80%9CSpirit%20of,1909%20Rolls%2DRoyce%20Silver%20Ghost.

https://bucklershard.co.uk/

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/blog/car-facts

https://cullodenbattlefield.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/laughing-your-head-off/

https://www.oceansplasticleanup.com/Politics_Plastics_Oceans_Cleanup/Red_Flag_Act_Locomotive_1865_Cars_Speed_Limits_Man_Running_Carrying_A.htm

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