"To The Royal Hop Pole Hotel For Dinner!" 1928

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Full titles read: '"To the Royal Hop Pole Hotel for Dinner!" - Mr. Pickwick's famous visit re-enacted by Dicken's [sic] Fellowship at Centenary celebrations.'

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Various shots of a horse-drawn stagecoach loaded with people in Victorian costume moving past...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34958
Sort Number:
G 1524
Time in/Out:
01:55:06:00 / 01:56:26:00
Canister:
G 1524
Film ID:
734.40
Issue Date:
30/07/1928

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