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On the seventh day of Archives, #hfxarchives doesn't have seven swans a-swimming, but we do have one giant swan a-floating in the 1950 Natal Day parade. Dartmouth Coal & Supply Co. was celebrating the Dartmouth Bicentenary. #12DaysofArchives
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The 2nd day of #12DaysOfArchives comes from our collection of The Middlesex Regiment, an infantry regiment of the British Army. The sender of this Christmas postcard is a Prisoner of War, who sent the postcard, from a German Prisoner of War Camp, home to Ipswich, 1940.
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On the fifth day of Archives, #hfxarchives gave to me... Olympic Taxi on a wintry day in 1961. We know it's not exactly five gold rings but the name does call to mind something else that is associated with five well known rings. #12DaysofArchives
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@ARAScot #12DaysOfArchives #Snow celebrated with two archived images. By mid-January we will not be impressed by piles of snow clogging our sidewalks aka pavements in UK.
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On the ninth day of Archives, #hfxarchives is sending you these nine ladies and their dancing partners at a hoedown on the Dartmouth waterfront in the 1970s. This event was part of a Summer Cultural Series hosted by the Dartmouth Parks and Rec Department. #12DaysofArchives
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#hfxarchives couldn't find any maids milking cows for this eighth day of Archives, however we did find one notice from the Board of Health for Halifax about the care of cows and milk, posted in local dairies between 1922 and 1941. #12DaysofArchives
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They might not be lords but they’re definitely a-leaping! For the 10th day of Archives, #hfxarchives has Halifax Capitals catcher Bob Fitzgerald (left, bottom right) and Halifax Cardinals pitcher Dick Wilkins (top right) in mid-air. #12DaysofArchives
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On the twelfth day of Archives, #hfxarchives gave to me - slightly fewer than 12 police band drummers in a parade, captured as they were on Barrington St. at George St. Taken by Allen Fraser, this photo likely can be dated to sometime between 1923 and 1929. #12DaysofArchives
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On the eleventh day of Archives, #hfxarchives gave to me: 11 marching members of a pipe and drum band. This event was captured by the County Recreation Department sometime in the 1980s or 1990s. #12DaysofArchives
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On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me the "three choirs festival" Ref: D10638/1/1974/34 #12DaysofArchives #12daysofchristmas
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a "Miniature garden in a biscuit tin" Ref: D10638/1/1966/28/12 #12DaysofArchives #12daysofChristmas
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On the 6th day of #12DaysOfArchives we give you... ‘A Christmas Wish’; a poem printed on the inside of a Christmas Card from 1916. This card is one of a collection of cards produced by the Buffs Regiment during World War One. Find out more: https://t.co/O4uDFSCq6v
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On the eight day of Christmas my true love gave to me "eight hand bell ringers" Ref: D13331/15 #12DaysofArchives #12daysofchristmas
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On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me "two old umbrellas purchased from Oliver baker" Ref: D10423/Box 6/26 #12DaysofArchives #12daysofchristmas
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On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me "four posters advertising Gloucestershire Morris men events" Ref: D13066/3/5/2 #12DaysofArchives #12daysofchristmas
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On the 10th day of #12DaysOfArchives we give you... This humorous 1914 Christmas card from the 4th Division of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, alluding to the problems soldiers encountered during WWI with flea infestations. Learn more: https://t.co/O4uDFSCq6v
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On the 3rd day of #12DaysOfArchives we give you... A rather eye-catching Christmas card for the 7th Armoured Division known as “The Desert Rats". Find out more about our collections here: https://t.co/O4uDFSCq6v
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On the 11th day of #12DaysOfArchives we give you... A Photograph from the Women's Royal Army Corps collection showing Christmas celebrations with Santa in 1951. #NationalArmyMuseum To learn more about our archives and our collection, click here: https://t.co/6QXeNbmllW
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On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me "six Quinquennial inspection reports" Ref: P154/17/CW/3/25 #12DaysofArchives #12daysofchristmas
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On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me "five miscellaneous documents" from Ticehurst Wyatt and Co of Cheltenham, solicitors Ref: D2025/Box 70/bundle 5(part) #12DaysofArchives #12daysofchristmas
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