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    Posted 15 years ago

    sue
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    This is a newly found aluminium advertising thimble for Australia - it is for "The Grosvenor Adelaide" - an hotel which opened in 1930. Hotels don't feature often as adverts on thimbles anywhere in the world. The hotel still exists now known as the Mercure Grosvenor

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    1. potrero, 15 years ago
      Love it... Thanks for posting this, Sue!
    2. Lee Sayer, 14 years ago
      Brings back a lot memories,back in the day my Mother spend her evenings daring socks,knitting and crocheting while listening to the radio.

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