Great Mitton, The Village 1899
Photo ref: 43494
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Set up by the photographer, the group outside the Inn display a range of 19th-century garb: long skirts, long white aprons, and bowler, boater and trilby hats. Was that their Sunday best? The scene certainly enshrines the quiet, Sabbath calm of long ago.

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