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stable to the right and riding school to the left

Richard Noble was the holder of the world land speed record (WLSR) in 1983 with the car Thrust 2

Dave Hickson

Equestrian portrait of Charles I

A Very Greasy Pole Product:Postcard 'Ancient tablet'A Very Greasy Pole', 1859. John Bright climbs the greasy pole of the Reform Bill, topped by the ham of popularity. Bright was an outspoken advocate reform and peppered his numerous speeches with attacks on British aristocracy and the need for parliamentary reform. Initially popular, he became so impassioned that many of those leaning towards reform became alarmed and tried to distance themselves from Bright's radical views. From Punch, or the London