ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE RACE
After Thomas Doggett (1670–1721), British actor who initiated it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE RACE»
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The Social History of English Rowing
Doggett's Coat and Badge Race Book, 1715 to the present (Fishmongers Hall).
Drinkwaters and Sanders, The Boat Race (Cassell & Co., 1929). Heavisides, J.,
Notes on Durham Regatta (Durham RC, 1971). Macmichael, W.F., The Oxford
and ...
Doggett's Coat and Badge Race Oldest and oddest The Guild of Watermen was
once one of the most powerful guilds in London. From medieval times, watermen
were vital for transporting goods and people up and down the river, particularly ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang
and ...
Rhyming slang, formed on Doggett's Coat and Badge Race, the oldest annual
sporting event in Britain,a boatracefrom London Bridge to Chelsea, first contested
byThames watermen in 1715 and continuing still UK, 1936 coathanger noun1in ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Senior Living Communities: Operations Management
and ...
... frequently bolstered by an implicit complaint that the event was displacing a
much more “honest” English competition on the river: Doggett's Coat and Badge
Race, which was held on the first of August every summer. Raced from “The
Swan” ...
5
Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium, 1770–1790
... frequently bolstered by an implicit complaint that the event was displacing a
much more “honest” English competition on the river: Doggett's Coat and Badge
Race, which was held on the first of August every summer. Raced from “The
Swan” ...
6
Discovering London Statues
and Monuments
The Doggett's Coat and Badge Race is an important event in the London
calendar. Watermen and ferrymen were the taxi-drivers of the Thames, alert for a
shout of 'oars' from customers waiting on the piers and water-stairs of the river.
Dibdin ...
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Discovering London for Families
The Doggett's Coat and Badge Race is rowed every July on the Thames between
London Bridge and Chelsea by apprentice watermen dressed in their bright red
livery. The race is named after Thomas Doggett and was first rowed in l7l5.
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Yacht
and Rowing Club Buttons
A notable example might be the curiously named Doggett's Coat and Badge
Race, established as a rowing competition by the actor Thomas Doggett for
apprentice watermen in 1715, and still contested each year on the Thames for a
prize of ...
9
The
Coat: The Origin
and Times of Doggett's Famous Wager
The story of the origin and times of Doggett's Coat and Badge race, the oldest annual sporting event. It has been rowed on London's River Thames by young watermen since 1715.
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Eccentric Britain: Britain's Follies
and Foibles
A river race of precisely datable origins is the Doggett's Coat and Badge Race,
held every July (the date depends on tides) between London Bridge and
Chelsea on the Thames. Comedian Thomas Doggett launched the race in 1716
to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE RACE»
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Doggett's Coat and Badge race is used in the context of the following news items.
London's Greatest Races
And Doggett's Coat and Badge Race — a four-mile-and-seven-furlong dash between London Bridge and Chelsea — is another annual boat ... «Londonist, Mar 15»
Bone marrow recipient rows Thames length
... coach Ross Hunter, who was wearing the traditional red coat and silver badge awarded to winners of the Doggett's Coat and Badge Race. «Henley Standard, Sep 14»
Claret Coat for Doggett's Watermen's winner
An extra Doggett's Coat and Badge Race has been rowed to mark the 500th anniversary of the first Act of Parliament for regulating watermen. «London SE1, Sep 14»
Prince Philip at Doggett's Coat & Badge Race
Doggett's Coat and Badge Race is a contest with single sculls rowed annually since 1715 on the Thames from London Bridge to Chelsea ... «London SE1, Jul 14»
Watch Doggett's Coat And Badge Race 2014
Taking place on the Thames, the boat race is organised by the Fishmongers' Company, with support from the Company of Watermen and ... «Londonist, Jul 14»
Norwich: Iconic Carrow Cup rowing race set for landmark anniversary
In fact, it's thought to the second oldest rowing prize in England, second only to the annual Doggett's Coat and Badge Race on the Thames. «ITV News, Dec 13»
Princess Anne crowns Beckton students London rowing champions
... the school in Kingsford Way, Beckton, beat 16 other schools from across four London boroughs in the 299th Doggett's Coat and Badge Race. «Newham Recorder, Aug 13»
World's oldest rowing race takes place on Thames
Nathaniel Brice wins the Doggett's Coat and Badge race, the world's oldest rowing race, which has taken place every year since 1715. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
Princess takes to the Thames to watch Doggett's Coat & Badge Race
Doggett's Coat and Badge Race is a contest with single sculls rowed annually since 1715 on the Thames from London Bridge to Chelsea ... «London SE1, Jul 13»
On the Thames, a Race Almost 300 Years Old for a Coat and Badge
Such are the spoils of the Doggett's Coat and Badge race, a single scull rowing contest that has been run on the River Thames for nearly 300 ... «New York Times, Jul 12»
