Model Cathedrals 1965

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Measham, Leicestershire.

Bill Talbot, a retired miner, makes models of churches and cathedrals out of concrete. We see Bill at work on a model in the garden of his council house. Lincoln Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral and Coventry Cathedral are amongst his creations. A young boy admires the...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3810
Sort Number:
CP 532
Time in/Out:
01:25:17:00 / 01:26:22:00
Canister:
CP 532
Film ID:
321.05
Issue Date:
04/03/1965

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