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They were conveyed either in small numbers attached to ordinary passenger trains, or special trains consisting of several horse boxes coupled together. A typical British Railways horse box of the late 1950s had a body length of 27 feet 6 inches (8.38 m) and a width of 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m).
The U.S. and Canada have had a free trade agreement on automobiles that goes back to the 1970s and predates NAFTA, Reinsch says. ... The energy tariffs could also bump up energy prices in New ...
Advertisement for Vincents of Reading, 1920s. William Vincent Ltd., often known as Vincent of Reading, was a British coachbuilder founded in 1805 making carriages but in 1899 they made their first car body and later made bodies for commercial vehicles.
The riders mounted fresh horses at each post on their route and then rode on. Post came to be applied to the riders then to the mail they carried and eventually to the whole system. In England regular posts were set up in the 16th century. [2] The riders of the posts carried government messages and letters.
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1841 map of the Environs of London, showing the Hippodrome. The Kensington Hippodrome was a racecourse built in Notting Hill, London, in 1837, by entrepreneur John Whyte.. Whyte leased 140 acres (0.57 km 2) of land from James Weller Ladbroke, owner of the Ladbroke Estate, [1] and proceeded to enclose "the slopes of Notting Hill and the meadows west of Westbourne Grove" with a 7-foot (2.1 m ...
This List of British racecourses gives details of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain.As of 1 February 2025, there are 59 racecourses operating in Great Britain (excluding Point-to-Point courses).