Herne Hill velodrome – in pictures

The Good Friday international meeting in 2001
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

This photo was taken from album of images collected by Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910), showing the Cambridge University triplet of Kenny, Stewart and Rolls pacing Bennet in a 24-hour cycle race. Rolls founded the Rolls-Royce company with Frederick Henry Royce in 1906
Photograph: SSPL

J Wingrove on his penny-farthing cycle at the NCU meeting in 1909
Photograph: Hulton Archive

A sprint race at the Herne Hill track on 14 September 1929. Left to right: R Meller, ST Cozens and the eventual winner CJ Hallerback Photograph: Girling/Hulton Archive

Sheltering from the rain
Photograph: Keystone

Lyons' tea shops waitresses at a cycling meet in June 1930 Photograph: Imagno/Hulton Archive

The 4,000m team pursuit at the 1948 Olympic Games. Pictured here is the French team of Charles Coste, Serge Blusson, Ferdinand De-canali and Pierre Adam, who went on to win gold
Photograph: Popperfoto

The 2,000m heat in the tandem race shows the eventual gold medal winners from Argentina, Ferdinando Teruzzi and Renato Perona
Photograph: Haynes Archive/Popperfoto

The 1,000m (scratch) sprint at the 1948 Games: Italy's Mario Ghella leads Great Britain's Reh Harris in the first heat of the final. Ghella won, and went on to claim the gold medal, with Harris winning silver
Photograph: Popperfoto

A motor cycle pacer and cyclist at the Herne Hill track circa 1940 Photograph: Popperfoto/PPP

French women from 1930
Photograph: Keystone-france

The 40-lap motor-paced race from 2001, with winner Marko Ulbrecht from Germany (left) and pacer Ronald Adelmeyer edging out compatriot Thomas Schmidt and pacer Manfred Adelmeyer
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian