"...The Village Smithy Stands" 1931

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Barrow Gurney on the Bristol Road is the site of a blacksmith shop run by two women.

"No spreading chestnut tree adorns this smithy, nor even a mighty blacksmith." M/S of two women working at a furnace. A red hot horseshoe is removed from the flames. "Eve's arms are not brawny, but they hit...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16681
Sort Number:
EP 207
Time in/Out:
01:20:09:00 / 01:21:49:00
Canister:
EP 207
Film ID:
936.10
Issue Date:
05/03/1931

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