Tea Drinker 1951

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Man lives on tea alone, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire.

M/S Oswald Beard going through doorway into kitchen and standing over tray of teacups. C/U Shelves full of assorted tea. C/U Takes lid off bread bin also full of tea, and takes out spoonful. Puts spoonful of tea into teapot, replaces lid...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34566
Sort Number:
NP 339
Time in/Out:
01:23:50:00 / 01:24:46:00
Canister:
NP 339
Film ID:
1285.10
Issue Date:
12/03/1951

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  • Oswald Beard's unusual diet seems to have resulted from a stomach wound suffered in WWI.

    He died on 23 February 1955. Attached is a short newspaper article reporting his death....

    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19550224&id=n3gvAA
    AAIBAJ&sjid=l9wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=42
    15,1866170

    jamied 15th Jul 2012

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