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A visual history of horse racing - the sport of kings - in Britain. Contains around 300 photographs from PA Photos huge archives, spanning the whole of the 20th Century. Fans of horse racing will find this book to be an essential and compelling addition to their shelves - a chance to see the people and horses and to witness the great moments, of the last hundred years of their sport in Britain. The general reader will be equally fascinated by the unique insight into our recent history that these pictures provide: to modern eyes, the crowds and backgrounds are as interesting as the subjects themselves.
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PA Photos is the photographic agency of the PA Group, the UKs national press agency best known as The Press Association. Established in the 19th Century, the PA has been capturing and archiving news photography for 140 years. Many of these pictures have not been seen since the time that they were first taken: to modern eyes the archives of PA Photos yield a unique insight into Britains recent past.
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unfortunately in the end I really genuinely believed 3 was a fairer grade. My reasons? Well, I normally start off with ALL items be they DVDs, Books or CDs with 5 stars and deduct accordingly - if necessary of course - until I'm happy with the result as in this case.What 'helped' make my decision much easier in this case were 2 errors I think made by the Editor Richard Wiles and then compounded by the Publishers, Ammonite Press! The first can be found between pages 276-278 where the years jump from 2000 - 2004 with no race coverage in between and that creates the second where it appears the Editor has realised he is running out of space and pages and has rushed through the last decade in as few pages as possible spoiling the whole feel of the book.
This is a great pity because there are undoubtedly some very good phographs of some great horses,jockeys,trainers and characters therein. This would NOT necessarily deter me from purchasing some of the other books Ammonite have on offer from the series.
This is a great pity because there are undoubtedly some very good phographs of some great horses,jockeys,trainers and characters therein. This would NOT necessarily deter me from purchasing some of the other books Ammonite have on offer from the series.
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