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Tow Law travellers at Appleby Fair

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Durham traveller family at the annual horse fair at Appleby, Cumbria in June 1950. Left to right: Joe Nicholson from Tow Law, his daughter Nora and son Billy, Joe's wife Lavinia, Billy Willis from Stanley (sitting on van), Billy Nicholson's wife (in van), Josh Young and, in front of Josh, his three grandchildren.

People:
Nicholson, Billy
Nicholson, Joe
Nicholson, Lavinia
Nicholson, Nora
Willis, Billy
Young, Josh
Date:
1950
Period:
1926 - 1950
Place:
Appleby
Tow Law
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Item Type:
photograph
Donor:
Johnson
Artist:
unknown
Collection:
Flashback
Reference:
DR04256

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