Portrait of two Calton men on holiday, Blackpool, Lancashire

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Date:1930 - 1938 (c.)

Description:Billy Howson of Pales Corner Farm, Calton, and Bob Allcock. A studio photograph taken in a Blackpool pleasure beach studio. In the 1930s Ben Gerrard used to organise annual outings for the men of Calton village to Blackpool.

Copy of original image produced by Tony Blore for 'Calton is my Dwelling Place' by David Swinscoe (Churnet Valley Books, 2006).

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Image courtesy of: Mr Tony Bloor & David Swinscoe

Donor ref:70f Pales Corner Farm - William Higton Howson and (161/20944)

Source: Mr Tony Bloor & David Swinscoe

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