Hongkong Branch: 14 Queen's Road Central Sanctuary for Gypsies At one time it looked as if the dark-skinned gypsies would be missing from the Derby for the first time for 157 years, The Board of Convervators of Epsom Downs issued an edict forbidding their presence and mained' adamant despite numerous protests from racegoers.
However, Lady Sybil Grant came to the rescue and placed an 18-acre feld, within 100 yards of their traditional camping ground, at the disposal of the gypsies. It meant the loss of a promising crop of hay, valued by Lady Grant's bailiff at £84, but her Ladyship considered herself amply repaid by the volubly expressed gratitude five generations of of
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