May 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
time to revisit susannah crockfords book 🥴
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
time to revisit susannah crockfords book 🥴
Crockfords moved a lot of money in the Regency.
Crockford’s Club: How a Fishmonger Built a Gambling Hall and Bankrupted the British Aristocracy
A working-class Londoner operated the most exclusive gambling club the world has ever seen
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Crockfords moved a lot of money in the Regency.
For non-lawyers, the main case defining dishonesty in law (a component of various criminal offences) was a case about cheating in gambling.
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
Ivey (Appellant) v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords (Respondent) - UK Supreme Court
See judgment
www.supremecourt.uk
June 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM
For non-lawyers, the main case defining dishonesty in law (a component of various criminal offences) was a case about cheating in gambling.
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
According to Crockfords his wife's address is the vicarage in Bassingbourn (Royston, basically), which is even further out (it's over an hour on a bike), but they may of course have more than one home.
September 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
According to Crockfords his wife's address is the vicarage in Bassingbourn (Royston, basically), which is even further out (it's over an hour on a bike), but they may of course have more than one home.
Crockford’s directory? www.crockford.org.uk #GenHour
Crockfords - Clerical Directory
The directory of the clergy of the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland.
www.crockford.org.uk
December 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Crockford’s directory? www.crockford.org.uk #GenHour
...Lengths clergy will go to in order to mess up the people at Crockfords...
May 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
...Lengths clergy will go to in order to mess up the people at Crockfords...
You can opt out of being in Crockfords. You can’t opt out of the National Register (though the latter seems to be less reliable).
February 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You can opt out of being in Crockfords. You can’t opt out of the National Register (though the latter seems to be less reliable).
Pondering the irony that I'm excited to be receiving 7 boxes of old Crockfords volumes on this very day.
January 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Pondering the irony that I'm excited to be receiving 7 boxes of old Crockfords volumes on this very day.
There's also Crockfords Bridge Club on Riccarton rd on the left just past Clyde rd, down the driveway. Looking on CINCH, there are about 8-10 in Ōtautahi alone, and that's not counting the Chinese bridge group that meets at my local library, separate from the *other* bridge club that meets there 😅
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
There's also Crockfords Bridge Club on Riccarton rd on the left just past Clyde rd, down the driveway. Looking on CINCH, there are about 8-10 in Ōtautahi alone, and that's not counting the Chinese bridge group that meets at my local library, separate from the *other* bridge club that meets there 😅
Actually, maybe I could use that as a pressure point, as the team responsible for publishing Crockfords and the Yearbook were called Mr and Mrs Christmas when I worked for the NCIs.
September 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Actually, maybe I could use that as a pressure point, as the team responsible for publishing Crockfords and the Yearbook were called Mr and Mrs Christmas when I worked for the NCIs.
I think it sounds like he started training on a part time/ summer course at Westcott and then effectively transferred to St John's, which would mean that only St John's shows up in his Crockfords entry.
November 13, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I think it sounds like he started training on a part time/ summer course at Westcott and then effectively transferred to St John's, which would mean that only St John's shows up in his Crockfords entry.
Or, in this case, decide the name you know them buy is insufficiently formal for that context and guess, incorrectly, at the wallet name...
It's particularly annoying as I know they could have looked me up in Crockfords.
It's particularly annoying as I know they could have looked me up in Crockfords.
July 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Or, in this case, decide the name you know them buy is insufficiently formal for that context and guess, incorrectly, at the wallet name...
It's particularly annoying as I know they could have looked me up in Crockfords.
It's particularly annoying as I know they could have looked me up in Crockfords.
You mean it wasn’t? The ad’s in the old editions of Crockfords always appeal, but I imagine that Mystics Quarterly might have something more exotic than heating systems and candles.
We did once get a supplier of the latter asking for our rates to advertise in @vchlondon.bsky.social. if only…
We did once get a supplier of the latter asking for our rates to advertise in @vchlondon.bsky.social. if only…
February 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
You mean it wasn’t? The ad’s in the old editions of Crockfords always appeal, but I imagine that Mystics Quarterly might have something more exotic than heating systems and candles.
We did once get a supplier of the latter asking for our rates to advertise in @vchlondon.bsky.social. if only…
We did once get a supplier of the latter asking for our rates to advertise in @vchlondon.bsky.social. if only…
Yes. Well printed Crockfords does but you can't search that. But the entries will be the same online and searchable
October 28, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Yes. Well printed Crockfords does but you can't search that. But the entries will be the same online and searchable
You should write at the bottom “taking a bit of milk from the fridge isn’t dishonest: Ivey v Genting Casinos UK Ltd t/a Crockfords Clubs) [2017] UKSC 67”
February 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
You should write at the bottom “taking a bit of milk from the fridge isn’t dishonest: Ivey v Genting Casinos UK Ltd t/a Crockfords Clubs) [2017] UKSC 67”
A question for #CofEPeeps / #CofE folk about Crockfords - do you include your personal or your work contact details?
Being fairly new to the whole thing, I’ve not yet got my head around who has access to and uses it.
Being fairly new to the whole thing, I’ve not yet got my head around who has access to and uses it.
August 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A question for #CofEPeeps / #CofE folk about Crockfords - do you include your personal or your work contact details?
Being fairly new to the whole thing, I’ve not yet got my head around who has access to and uses it.
Being fairly new to the whole thing, I’ve not yet got my head around who has access to and uses it.
Hi Pip. The suggestions already made are good ones. The key is finding the name of the Padre. If you can find that, either Crockfords or the online national clergy database can help - or I can. 🙏 for your discernment.
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hi Pip. The suggestions already made are good ones. The key is finding the name of the Padre. If you can find that, either Crockfords or the online national clergy database can help - or I can. 🙏 for your discernment.
It is also making me feel a lot better about
a) Occasionally greeting my cat by saying "Hello my fluffy son", and
b) Once forcing a group of cathedral friends to be "entertained" with adverts from c19th Crockfords.
a) Occasionally greeting my cat by saying "Hello my fluffy son", and
b) Once forcing a group of cathedral friends to be "entertained" with adverts from c19th Crockfords.
October 18, 2024 at 12:35 PM
It is also making me feel a lot better about
a) Occasionally greeting my cat by saying "Hello my fluffy son", and
b) Once forcing a group of cathedral friends to be "entertained" with adverts from c19th Crockfords.
a) Occasionally greeting my cat by saying "Hello my fluffy son", and
b) Once forcing a group of cathedral friends to be "entertained" with adverts from c19th Crockfords.
Spiegelworld’s $40 Million Failure, Inside Crockfords West & the Town Buried Under Lake Mead!
Spiegelworld’s $40 Million Failure, Inside Crockfords West & the Town Buried Under Lake Mead!
Reviewing a suite at Crockford's West using FHR in Vegas, the big Spiegelworld $40M failure completes, Lake Mead's buried town & Boring grows again.
The post Spiegelworld’s $40 Million Failure, Inside Crockfords West & the Town Buried Under Lake Mead! appeared first on Miles to Memories.
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September 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Spiegelworld’s $40 Million Failure, Inside Crockfords West & the Town Buried Under Lake Mead!
Alter Ego founders seek £20m amid rush to open premium Mayfair members' clubs
A group of businessmen are seeking tens of millions of pounds to finance another addition to the ranks of Mayfair private members' clubs catering to London's wealthiest people.
A group of businessmen are seeking tens of millions of pounds to finance another addition to the ranks of Mayfair private members' clubs catering to London's wealthiest people.
Alter Ego founders seek £20m amid rush to open premium Mayfair members' clubs
The site of what for nearly 200 years was Crockfords, London's oldest casino, is to be converted into another West End club for the capital's wealthiest people, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Alter Ego founders seek £20m amid rush to open premium Mayfair members' clubs
A group of businessmen are seeking tens of millions of pounds to finance another addition to the ranks of Mayfair private members' clubs catering to London's wealthiest people.
A group of businessmen are seeking tens of millions of pounds to finance another addition to the ranks of Mayfair private members' clubs catering to London's wealthiest people.
Resorts World New York City, a unit of billionaire Lim kok Thay's Genting Malaysia, is adding a 400-room hotel tower to the existing Hyatt Regency, and constructing a 1,200-room Crockfords Hotel and a 7,000-seat entertainment venue.
Billionaire Lim Kok Thay’s Genting Building New Hotel, Arena In $5.5 Billion New York Casino Push
Resorts World New York City, a unit of billionaire Lim kok Thay's Genting Malaysia, is adding a 400-room hotel tower to the existing Hyatt Regency, and constructing a 1,200-room Crockfords Hotel and a 7,000-seat entertainment venue.
www.forbes.com
July 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Resorts World New York City, a unit of billionaire Lim kok Thay's Genting Malaysia, is adding a 400-room hotel tower to the existing Hyatt Regency, and constructing a 1,200-room Crockfords Hotel and a 7,000-seat entertainment venue.
And then Crockfords should help find them
January 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
And then Crockfords should help find them