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AR177
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- 1949 - 1950 (Creation)
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1 vol
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Barbara M. Cooper lived in Purley and recorded in this diary a weekly record of bird movements in and around a local small wood. She recorded her diary between Dec 1949 - Jul 1950.
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Archival history
Donated by Pam Wait of Purley in Oct 1999.
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Accession Number: A536
A Years Bird Watching, by Barbara M. Cooper
Scrapbook of typescript diary entries, maps, watercolours and pencil drawings, postcards and magazine clippings. Includes a weekly record of bird movements in and around a small wood in Purley; visits to Cuckmere, Rye, Camber and Dungeness; and notes on Ringing and Bird Migration Stations. There is a photograph of the author (who lived at 9 John Kirk House, 20 Little Roke Avenue) on the first page.
Item date: 1949-1950
Depositor's Name: Wait, Pam
Accession date: 22/10/1999
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Scrapbook of typescript diary entries, maps, watercolours and pencil drawings, postcards and magazine clippings. Includes a weekly record of bird movements in and around a small wood in Purley; visits to Cuckmere, Rye, Camber and Dungeness; and notes on Ringing and Bird Migration Stations. There is a photograph of the author (who lived at 9 John Kirk House, 20 Little Roke Avenue) on the first page.
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GB-352-ar177
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Dates of creation revision deletion
24/06/2015