Throughout the Twenties and Thirties seaside resorts along the south coast of the UK held annual ‘beauty contests’ for cars under the concours d’elegance banner. They attracted huge crowds to coastal towns such as Eastbourne, Ramsgate, Bexhill and in this case Weymouth. On the 12th September 1934 a 1932 Wolseley Hornet Eustace Watkins Special (UF 8870) sits in a long line of vehicles on the Weymouth Esplanade or ‘prom’, which is where the cars were viewed by the judges and public alike, while the proud owners stood alongside in their finery. (LATplate C4776 courtesy of Motorsport Images)