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Images in this album include: series entitled 'Local Government in a Country Town' (see also album 121) following events in Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, including views of the police station, in church, sweeping road, policeman directing traffic, children, and in the health centre and library, series entitled 'Reconstruction of Portsmouth' showing views of extensive bomb damage, series entitled 'Emergency Factory-Made Houses. Models Illustrating Layouts' showing models of housing planning ('The Portal House'), portraits of Major Burt and Captain Wilson, MC of the Royal Tank Regiment, a photograph of correspondence relating to Wotton-under-Edge, series entitled 'Scholars from Malta' showing children at a reception, series entitled 'Dredger for Nigeria' showing the ship being launched by Lady Bourdillion, series entitled 'Public House Concert' featuring the young Australian pianist Mr. Noel Mewton-Wood playing in the Wharncliffe Hotel in Sheffield, Commonwealth troops?, series entitled 'Public Library' following the work of the public library in Church Lane, Leytonstone, a portrait of an unidentified soldier, a view of people digging flowerbeds/allotment in a Square (London?), front cover of Jewish magazine 'Galgal', photograph entitled 'Your Water Supply' featuring a display panel relating to the water supply of a house and how to protect a house against problems over the winter or summer, series entitled 'Local Government in a Country Town' (see above) following life in Wotton-under-Edge, a portrait of Captain Game of the Hampshire Regiment, series entitled 'Jokes from Punch' featuring a selection of illustrations from Punch relating to Christmas, dating from 1844 to 1924, series entitled 'Hopping in Kent' relating to hop-picking in Yalding, Kent, 1944, a posed photograph of a hand holding a newsprint plate, series entitled 'Uruguayan Ambassador' - Senor Doctor Roberto Macheachan, series entitled 'Merchant Navy Hotel' following events at a hotel near Bedford Square in London, series entitled 'Cattle Market' featuring views of the markets at Sevenoaks and Maidstone in Kent (see also album 123).
