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Saturday 23 December 2017

Ancestors' Advent Calendar: Dec 23rd: Festoon Your Rooms



Via WikimediaCommons


On the decoration of Barton Regis workhouse:

‘The entrance hall was ornamented with pictures and floral devices, and from festoons stretched across the lobby depended baskets of flowers.’ 

Bristol Mercury, Gloucestershire 26th December 1885.

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