MPX5108295: They're off - with a bang! It's the start of the 2,000 metres invitation race at the White City, Manchester, and the runners are (left to right) G. Ibbotson, Gordon Pirie, J. Disley, B. Bullen and R. Beecroft. Round the track they go, with Disley leading Pirie (left). But there's no holding Britain's ace runner - at the finish (right) Pirie has a clear lead, May 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images