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Description: | A leather pouch containing two brushes belonging to the donor's father James Drennan Potter, he used it during World War II. The case is 143mm wide, 57mm deep and 140mm high. The two brushes are oval shaped with wooden handles and animal bristles, one is soft and one is hard. The brushes are stamped 'British Manufacture', , Donor's parents were James Drennan Potter, died 1963, Corporal in the Royal Air Force and Hazel A.B.Potter nee Blake, died 2007. They both worked in the RAF during World War II which is where they met and got married in 1939, stationed at Meple, Cambridge. Hazel worked for the 75th New Zealand Lancaster Squadron. They had two sons, Keneth born 1947 and the donor, David born 1952. After the war they lived at Newburn, Newcastle as Jame's family were from that area. They moved to 31 The Burnside, West Denton in 1954 which is where these items are from, along with all the other items catalogued under 2008-5. | License: | http://www.beamish.org.uk/terms-of-use | Subjects: | SHIC - Personal life - Costume - Accessories not elsewhere specified | Source: | Beamish | Identifier: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/search... | Go to resource |
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