Women's Bowls On Sleeve As Womens Bowls… 1939

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Part of DOTS AND SPOTS issue.

Hastings, Sussex.

Various shots of ladies playing lawn bowls on a green overlooking the sea near Hastings. They ladies are all quite elderly, they wear smart white uniforms to play in.

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42686
Sort Number:
NSP 175
Time in/Out:
01:34:41:00 / 01:35:58:00
Canister:
NSP 175
Film ID:
1276.20
Issue Date:

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