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Jun. 06, 1965 - Waiting for the Ascot guests.: Today is the opening day of the Royal Ascot race meeting, and some 2, 500 guests at privated parties will sit in grandstand boxes and tuck away half a ton of strawberries and 550 pints of double cream a day, 4, 000 lobsters, 5, 000 lbs Scotch salmon, three quarters of a ton of baked ham, half a ton of sirloin steaks, 1, 000 chickens, 12, 000 bottles of champagne. They will also enjoy Charantais melons, flown specially from Israel, foie gras from Strasbourg, stuffed quail, pounds of caviar (at £13 5s. a lb), and 3, 600 gulls eggs, just arrived from Denmark. The price will be a £150, 000 total bill for he hosts, who already pay £300 to £500 a season for each box. Photo shows a rest in the sun for some of Ascot's 40 chef's assistants - they had just cut up 130 turkeys for the first day alone

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