#epsom racecourse

[newsfromtherooftop]

Hats 'Fit for a Queen' created by leading milliners to celebrate Platinum Jubilee

Leading milliners create one-off collection of hats inspired by the seven decades of The Queen’s reign | Auction will raise money for #BrainTumourResearch #EpsomDownsRacecourse

Some of the UK’s leading milliners have created a one-off collection of hats inspired by the seven decades of The Queen’s reign to be auctioned in aid of Brain Tumour Research. The collection of 15, which is entitled “Hats Fit For A Queen” and includes pieces by Royal milliners Stephen Jones OBE and Rachel Trevor-Morgan, is being auctioned online until midnight on Sunday 12th June. The hats…

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#Brain Tumour Research #Epsom Downs Racecourse #Fundraising #Platinum Jubilee

[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in December 2023

05/12 With Sir Tim As President of the Mission to Seafarers Limited, attended a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at All Hallows by the Tower, followed by a Reception at Trinity House in London. 🎶🎄

06/12 As Patron of the Cranfield Trust, attended a Seminar and Reception at Freemasons’ Hall. 🏛️

07/12 As Patron of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, attended the Annual Diploma and Awards Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster. 🎓💊

13/12 As Patron of Catch22, visited Include London. ⚖️

As President of Racing Welfare, attended a Beneficiaries’ Christmas Luncheon at Epsom Racecourse. 🐎

As Chancellor of the University of London, attended a Dinner at Mansion House, to mark the 200th Anniversary of Birkbeck. 🎓🍽️

14/12 As Court Member of the Fishmongers’ Company, attended the Annual General Meeting and Luncheon at Fishmongers’ Hall. 🎣

20/12 unofficial With Sir Tim Attended the annual Christmas Lunch at Windsor Castle with other members of the royal family 🍽️🎄

24/12 unofficial Attended the Christmas Eve service at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham with her husband Sir Tim, King Charles and Queen Camilla. ⛪️🎄

25/12 unofficial Attended the 9am Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham with her husband Sir Tim and other members of the BRF. ⛪️🎄

unofficial Attended the 9am Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham with her husband Sir Tim and other members of the BRF. ⛪️🎄

Total official engagements for Anne in August: 11

2023 total so far: 467

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in August: 2

2023 total: 92

#princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #forgot to post this lol #she didn’t do as many engagements in december bc she celebrated her anniversary over a few days and had a week off before christmas

[grandmaster-anne]

1 June 1988 The Royal Family at The Epsom Derby at Epsom Racecourse

#queen elizabeth ii #prince philip #duke of edinburgh #princess anne #princess royal #queen mother #prince michael of kent #derby #my gifs #queue

[stephensmithuk]

Shoscombe Old Place

The final Holmes story published by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1927, this forms part of Case-Book. Doyle would write a number of other works, including two Professor Challenger stories, before his death in July 1930.

This was originally trailed as "The Adventure of the Black Spaniel".

Newmarket Heath is the sight of Newmarket Racecourse, one of the most prominent horse racing venues in the UK. Therefore, this was a rather public horsewhipping. I am pretty sure that the Jockey Club, which regulated the sport until 2006, would have a thing or two to say about actual bodily harm.

The Grand National takes place at Aintree every year and is the most famous steeplechase race in Europe; even those don't normally bet will take part, either directly or via a sweepstake.

The race has become controversial due to many horses being fatally injured when falling, frequently at the steep drop of Becher's Brook, and then euthanised over the years; various changes have been made to try to make things safer. There have been five horse deaths since the 2012 changes from 595 runners; you are fully entitled to think five is five too many. 2023 saw Animal Rising protestors attempt to stop the race and cause a delay; Hill Sixteen ended up dying, with his trainer blaming the protestors for spooking the horses.

"The Derby" refers to the Epsom Derby, held every year on the first Saturday of June. It is the flat race with the highest prize in British horse racing, with a first prize of £885,781.84 in 2023, when Ryan Moore won it riding Auguste Rodin.

"The Jews" refers to moneylenders, the stereotypical profession that Jewish people practiced. Most Jews by 1902 did not of course.

"Halt-on-demand" stations are those where passengers have to request the train stops there either via informing the guard in advance if getting off, or by other methods if getting on, like holding your arm out for a bus, although electronic methods are in increasing use. Great Britain has around 135 of them.

Historically fishing was a major source of food for poorer rural families. From 1865, you needed a licence for salmon and trout fishing, although not for other fish. The rod licence's provisions were expanded over time to prevent overfishing and you now need a licence, as well as permission of the property owner, for most fishing in England and Wales. Not in most of Scotland and Northern Ireland though. There will also be restrictions on what you can keep (which has caused issues with foreign anglers who generally don't operate on the 'put it back' principle) and the whole angling business is now pretty heavily regulated. Fish without a licence and you can be on the hook for a fine of up to £2,500.

It is a legal requirement to register a death within five days in England and Wales. There is also a separate offence of preventing a lawful and decent burial, which has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, but it is fairly rare for someone to be charged with it unless as part of a homicide case.

#letters from watson #sherlock holmes #acd canon #shoscombe old place #angling puns #fishing

[charlotte-of-wales]

Mike and Zara Tindall attend the Betfred Derby Day at Epsom Racecourse | June 3rd, 2022

#mike tindall #zara tindall #tindalls #june 2023

[thiziri]

Princess Anne, Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II attend the Epsom Derby at Epsom Racecourse, Surrey, on 1st June 1994.

#little ray of sunshine #princess anne #princess royal #prince philip #duke of edinburgh #queen elizabeth ii #brf #british royal family

[ifreakingloveroyals]

4 June 2011 | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend Derby Day during the Investec Derby Festival at Epsom racecourse in Epsom, England.

#Catherine #Duchess of Cambridge #Princess of Wales #Prince William #Duke of Cambridge #Prince of Wales #Britain #2011 #unknown photographer

[theroyalsandi]

The Princess Royal and Sir Timothy Laurence at Epsom Downs Racecourse for The Derby. The Princess is representing her mother, The Queen, at this Platinum Jubilee event | June 4, 2022

#royaltyedit #princess royal #timothy laurence #princess anne #tim laurence #british royal family #Amy Poehler

[the-paintrist]

William Powell Frith - The Derby Day - 1856-58

oil on canvas, height: 140.5 cm (55.3 in); width: 264 cm (103.9 in)

Tate Britain 

The Derby Day is a large oil painting showing a panoramic view of The Derby, painted by William Powell Frith over 15 months from 1856 to 1858. It has been described by Christie's as Frith's "undisputed masterpiece" and also "arguably the definitive example of Victorian modern-life genre."

The original version is in Tate Britain in London. As with many of Frith's works, he painted a second version many years later, which is now in the Manchester Art Gallery. A much smaller but well-finished oil study was sold in 2011.

The painting measures 40 inches (100 cm) by 88 inches (220 cm) and gives a satirical view of Victorian society. It includes three main scenes, during the annual spectacle of the Derby, when large numbers of Londoners left town for the day to visit the races on Epsom Downs Racecourse, presenting a cross-section of society in a contemporary saturnalian revel. Earlier pictures of the Derby crowds were drawn by illustrators such as John Leech or Dickie Doyle.

On the left, near the private tent of the Reform Club, rich city gentlemen in top hats surround the table of a thimble-rigger who is busy cheating them out of their money. To the right, one stands with his hands in his empty pockets, and shirt gaping, having gambled away his pocketwatch, its curb chain and his shirt-studs.

William Powell Frith RA (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work. He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth".

#William Powell Frith #uk #derby day

[royally-obsessed]

on this day in 1950

The Derby

27th May 1950: Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at the Epsom Racecourse during the Derby.

#on this day #queen elizabeth ii #princess margaret

[divinekangaroo]

in a cage with lions, i learned to speak lion - pettiot - Peaky Blinders (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Part 1 | Part 2: sharpen my teeth til meaningless

Post S2-E6 Epsom aftermath. A 3.5 hour drive back to Birmingham from the racecourse, and no one was there to take little Lizzie Stark home.

None of this eight bloody pound Lizzie nonsense. She was so very tired of people thinking she was cheap.

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Gen | Lizzie Stark & Polly Gray, Lizzie Stark & Tommy Shelby | post-rape aftermath, post-murder aftermath, Drunkenness, Found Family, Dysfunctional Family, Manic Tommy, Class Issues, Wealth Issues, glossing over the Shelby Co Ltd company structure, post-near-death-experience, mild ethnic slur (stereotyping)

#My writing #peaky blinders fanfic #lizzie stark #polly gray #tommy shelby #Ada shelby #this is the aftermath fic #after for everyone #Polly lizzie tommy all had a horrific time of it #and they all showed up for work on Monday #Lizzie and Polly getting drunk and writing up a financial plan the way you do with your besties #So the motivator for this one was lizzie and Polly being so close at Tommy’s wedding #but also how lizzie seems to sharply increase in value to the family post S2 #by s4 she has a vote at the family table and no explicable reason why #except that somehow they all mutually decided to adopt her #probably to embarrass tommy but you know also because lizzie is unspeakably cute #The only issue is that it does appear tommy manages to keep her out of the dirty business until s5 based on how shocked lizzie gets #Peaky blinders

[aimeedaisies]

Court Circular | 13th December 2023

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Catch22, this morning visited Include London at 191 Freston Road, London W10, and was received by the Earl Cadogan (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Her Royal Highness, President, Racing Welfare, today attended a Beneficiaries’ Christmas Luncheon at Epsom Racecourse and was received by Mr Peter Lee (Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey).

The Princess Royal this afternoon received Captain Marcus Hember RN upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer, HMS ALBION.

Her Royal Highness, Chancellor, University of London, this evening attended a Dinner at Mansion House, London EC4, to mark the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Birkbeck.

#princess anne #princess royal #court circular

[starrose17]

So this where I used to live, this is Epsom Downs racecourse in Surrey, my house was a 10 minute walk from where I'm filming, we'd come up here to walk the dog all the time. The white building on the left is where I had what Americans would call my high school prom, and it also was in one of the Pierce Brosnon James Bond films as a Russian airport.

Moved from here nearly a decade ago, I miss it so much.

#Surrey #Epsom downs

[between-crowns-and-tiaras]

100 Photos of Queen Elizabeth II: {03/100}

 Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother at the Derby, Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey; 1958. 

#100 photos of the queen #princess margaret #queen mother #queen elizabeth ii #elizabeth bowes lyon

[thiziri]

Princess Anne and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence are pictured during Cazoo Derby meeting at Epsom Racecourse on June 04, 2022 in Epsom, England.

#aaaaah #OMG FEEEEEEELS #THEMMMMMMMM #LOOK AT THEMMMMM #LOOK AT HIM #soft boi #so dashing #AND LOOK AT HER #she looks fab #😍😍😍 #princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #brf #british royal family

[ifreakingloveroyals]

6 June 2015 | Princess Alexandra and Princess Michael of Kent watch the racing from the Royal Box at the Investec Derby festival at Epsom Racecourse in Epsom, England. (c) Chris Jackson/Getty Images

#Princess Alexandra of Kent #Princess Michael of Kent #Britain #2015 #Chris Jackson #Getty Images