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Carnival on camera in 1930

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October 29, 2025

THIS photograph takes us back 95 years, to an era when times were tough, but a good time was still there to be had.

- By GAVIN JONES

It shows an Old Hill corner shop belonging to Collins and Sidaway the family grocers, and in front are a group dressed up for the Old Hill Carnival, in 1930.

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