Penny for the Guy, Stafford

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Date:October - November 1950 (c.)

Description:These boys found a novel way of persuading people to “spare a penny for the guy” before bonfire night on 5 November 1950. The boy on the right presses a switch on the battery he is holding and the guy’s eyes flash an S.O.S.

They are standing on Malt Mill Lane in Stafford, by the Co-op butchers shop which stood on the corner of Salter Street and Malt Mill Lane.

This photograph was published in the Staffordshire Newsletter on Saturday 4 November 1950. Reproduced by kind permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain copyright.

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Creators: Staffordshire Newsletter - Creator

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Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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