Wrestling Parson 1963

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Moulton Chapel, Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Great wrestling story.

Two men wrestle in the open air. Narrator pretends to be shocked "whatever would the vicar say?" he asks. Just then the vicar turns up on his horse and shows the wrestlers where they are going wrong. Vicar Reginald Thompson...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3370
Sort Number:
CP 460
Time in/Out:
01:32:28:00 / 01:36:10:00
Canister:
CP 460
Film ID:
245.07
Issue Date:
20/10/1963

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  • fantastic, like something from Reeves and Mortimer

    fraserandy 9th Oct 2012

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