by Andrew Gill | Jul 26, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, Places, Sport, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
We like the irony in this photograph. The location is Pontefract racecourse, one of the oldest horse racing venues in Europe. The chauffeurs have deposited their wealthy employers at the grandstand for a day of gambling, dining, drinking and networking. Meanwhile,... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 22, 2021 | Gallery, Places, Sport, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
An interesting photograph, taken in the early 1900s, of Epsom Racecourse. The men taking bets (in cash, of course) had hand-written sign-boards showing the odds for each horse. There were no mobile phones, calculators or computers with complex algorithms, so making... 