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Description: | A glass mug issued in about 1890 to the members of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle's Dicky Bird Society. In 1876 Edwin Adams, the editor of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, started a column for children. Under the character name of 'Uncle Toby', Edwin Adams invited children to join the Dicky Bird Society, which promoted kindness to animals. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East children North East personalities | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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