In 1922 a horse called Pogrom won the Coronation Stakes at Ascot<\/p>\n
How did you know that<\/p>\n
It was noted in The Times today<\/p>\n
I used to live in Ascot and my husband played football on a pitch in the middle of the racecourse<\/p>\n
What position did he play<\/p>\n
He was a goalkeeper<\/p>\n
How did you know that<\/p>\n
Because he told me when he returned home after the game<\/p>\n
On the longest day in 1898 HMS Albion was launched on the Thames<\/p>\n
Thirty-Four people died that day when a wave created by the ship caused a stage to collapse into a side creek<\/p>\n
How\u00a0 did you know that<\/p>\n
It was noted in The Times today<\/p>\n
She was broken up in 1920<\/p>\n
What a waste<\/p>\n
The poor people who died in the accident would have been dead for nearly twenty-two years<\/p>\n
Two years later Pogrom won the Coronation Stakes at Ascot<\/p>\n
Do you think that anybody who served on HMS Albion ever watched\u00a0 horse racing at Ascot<\/p>\n
I would imagine so but I cannot be sure<\/p>\n
Your husband might have played against the descendants of those who served on HMS Albion<\/p>\n
That is unlikely<\/p>\n
How many times did he play on the Ascot pitch<\/p>\n
I do not know but at a guess I would imagine about five times<\/p>\n
That does cut the odds though<\/p>\n
He once cracked his finger whilst playing in Ascot but did not realise it at the time and played the full game<\/p>\n
That must have been painful<\/p>\n
It was and because of it he could not play in goal for a number of weeks<\/p>\n
What did he do whilst he was injured<\/p>\n
Read Kierkegaard<\/p>\n
Do you read Kierkegaard<\/p>\n
Not very often but I do know a piece about the end of the world<\/p>\n
Would you like to hear it<\/p>\n
Please<\/p>\n
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre<\/p>\n
The clown came out to warn the public<\/p>\n
They thought it was a joke and applauded<\/p>\n
He repeated it<\/p>\n
The acclaim was even greater<\/p>\n
I think that’s just how the world<\/p>\n
Will come to an end<\/p>\n
To general applause from wits<\/p>\n
Who believe it’s a joke<\/p>\n
If the world came to end in a minutes time<\/p>\n
Where would you like to be<\/p>\n
I would like to be here next to you<\/p>\n
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