"Buy British!" 1931

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Full title reads: "Paddington. 'Buy British!' Mr J H Thomas goes back to his job, for a while, to help 'Buy British' campaign."

Paddington Station, London.

Front of a decorated steam train with a Buy British Logo.

Politician J H (James Henry) Thomas with Lord Mayor of London...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12795
Sort Number:
31/095
Time in/Out:
01:11:47:00 / 01:12:32:00
Canister:
31/95
Film ID:
873.09
Issue Date:
26/11/1931

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • "Front of a decorated steam train" could read "Front of a decorated locomotive, pulling the Cornish Riviera Express.....".

    The date of the event was 23 November 1931, as this newspaper article will confirm....

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/articl
    e/16830478

    jamied 25th Sep 2012
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