Abbey Gardener 1961

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Westminster, London.

L/Ss of exterior of Westminster Abbey. M/Ss of a woman in the gardens of the Abbey, putting some plants into a flower bed. Commentator tells us she is Marian Care "who is thought to be the only professional woman gardener of this status in the country". Nice L/S of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2928
Sort Number:
CP 332
Time in/Out:
01:09:53:00 / 01:11:43:00
Canister:
CP 332
Film ID:
141.03
Issue Date:
08/05/1961

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