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Crowds of Wealthy British Civilians at the Ascot Race Course Wearing the Latest Fashions, 1922. 'Ireland was across the sea and far away from Britain's social gatherings, and although the secession of Ireland was a crack - the tiniest crack - in the British Empire, you wouldn't have noticed it in London that season'. From "Time To Remember - Sitting Still And Going Slowly", 1922 (Reel 1); review of events in 1922 including Irish Troubles, war between Greece and Turkey and developments in aviation and radio.