"Summer Is Y......Comen In" 1930

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Item title reads - "Summer is Y....comen in" and Padstow still welcomes the day with the "Hobby Horse Revels" which some say dates back to pagan days! Cornwall.

M/S of an elderly man wearing a white dress and hat with a veil. Next to him is someone in big round dark costume with hobby horse's...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19032
Sort Number:
G 1708
Time in/Out:
01:39:07:00 / 01:39:47:00
Canister:
G 1708
Film ID:
828.24
Issue Date:
05/05/1930

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