The First Oysters 1925

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No title - paperwork reads - The first oysters. Opening of season celebrated with ancient customs including, of course, "the gin and the gingerbread". Colchester, Essex.

M/S of the mayor and a man in tricorner hat drinking gin out of small glasses and eating gingerbread. M/S as they stand...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19804
Sort Number:
G 1226
Time in/Out:
01:50:46:00 / 01:51:54:00
Canister:
G 1226
Film ID:
420.26
Issue Date:
21/09/1925

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