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The Epsom Derby is upon us. A shot from 1931 with the grandstands and a section of the crowd at Epsom Racecourse
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circa 1910 A pipe-smoking mother tends to her children in a rather windswept Romany encampment on the Epsom Downs
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Epsom 1914. Part of the market in the foreground and West Street towards the railway bridge
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Epsom Derby Miss Emily Wilding Davison died of fracture of the base of the skull, caused by being accidentally knocked down by a horse through wilfully rushing on to the racecourse on Epsom Downs
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Epsom High Street (now market) ca 1890, showing the Assembly Rooms with railings on the left, now the Epsom Wetherspoon pub
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Epsom market and clocktower ca 1925. The Assembly Rooms on the right is now a Wetherspoons pub
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Epsom Upper High Street in 1968. Behind these shops are the remains of the 'other Epsom Railway Station'.
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In 1937, when Epsom High Street was widened, the George was rebuilt on a grand scale. One of the first roundabouts
