Image ID: 00623

Villagers smoking pipes at Astley, Warwickshire

Taken by Library of Birmingham

Astley
Astley
Warwickshire
England

Two villagers smoking a pipe. Photographed in 1896. A pencil note on the back of the photograph written long after the photograph was taken states that the figure on the right was the village postmaster. wk-a6-28

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