As Befits A Romany Queen 1933

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Full title reads: "Farnborough, Kent. As Befits a Romany Queen. 82 year old Gypsy Lee, who died as she foretold, has a royal funeral."

Farnborough, Kent.

Funeral parade for 'Queen of the Kent Gypsies' is led by horse drawn carriage piled with floral tributes. (Mrs Levi Boswell was...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6136
Sort Number:
33/035
Time in/Out:
01:10:28:00 / 01:12:20:00
Canister:
33/35
Film ID:
705.07
Issue Date:
01/05/1933

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