Summer Ski-Craze 1965

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Skegness, Lincolnshire and Minehead, Somerset.

Great little fibreglass toboggans are manufactured in a factory in Skegness. Some are tea tray shaped and others are circular. They are painted red. Two handles are applied Great shots of the kids trying them out on a dry ski slope.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3890
Sort Number:
CP 567
Time in/Out:
01:37:40:00 / 01:40:33:00
Canister:
CP 567
Film ID:
343.05
Issue Date:
04/11/1965

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