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Offline arthurk

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Re: Please help with date, social status. Gray, England.
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 24 December 22 19:26 GMT (UK) »
I thought she looked sad too, and I wondered if she might be in half mourning - not the full works, all black, but a bit later on when I believe they often wore purple or violet. (Please someone correct this if I'm wrong, as I'm doing this from memory.)
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Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Please help with date, social status. Gray, England.
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 02 February 23 22:31 GMT (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your helpful comments!
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