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Two Boys Sitting On Tree Trunk At Bell’s Mill By Belford Bridge c.1890

1890
Two Boys Sitting On Tree Trunk At Bell's Mill By Belford Bridge c.1890
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Thomas-Allan and Allan Walker.

Allan eventually took over as miller at Bell’s Mill. Thomas Allan took over a mill, with which the family had long been associated, at Blantyre in Lanarkshire.

Allan Walker was the father of Lawrence Walker.

Bell was a 14th Century miller whose name has survived through the Edinburgh mill.

Donor number: 0107-020

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Location:
Edinburgh
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1890 1890s Blantyre boots boy brick building cap childhood children collar Edinburgh family fashion hands clasped jacket log mill miller outdoor profession sitting smiling stockings THELMA tie tree trousers Victorian work
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Living Memory Association
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Bells Mills The Walker Family - A Family Of Millers On The Water Of Leith

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