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The shoe shop in Dublin, managed by Mr.Fontaine, Mrs. Bamforth's father. Mr. Fontaine...

Catalogue reference: 1098/98

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1098/98
Title
The shoe shop in Dublin, managed by Mr.Fontaine, Mrs. Bamforth's father. Mr. Fontaine is standing in the doorway, his errand boy is on the left. Mr. Fontaine, born in London, was the son of a French father and Irish mother. He managed a number of shoe shops in different parts of the country. In Dublin he had the order for the officers' shoes. They bet him he couldn't put Union Jacks in the shop window without getting bricks thrown at them.
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Negative Sheet Number W23/36

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Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
Language
English
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d8078a0f-95e8-4515-9b10-b72cbb1036b8/

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The shoe shop in Dublin, managed by Mr.Fontaine, Mrs. Bamforth's father. Mr. Fontaine is standing in the doorway, his errand boy is on the left. Mr. Fontaine, born in London, was the son of a French father and Irish mother. He managed a number of shoe shops in different parts of the country. In Dublin he had the order for the officers' shoes. They bet him he couldn't put Union Jacks in the shop window without getting bricks thrown at them.