To Vera, From Papa: The Tolhurst Envelopes

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23/08/2019 11:00 - 17:00
Repeat every week on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until 31/08/2019
Havering Museum
Phone:01708 766571
Address: 19-21 High St, Romford RM1 1JU, UK

To Vera, From Papa: the Tolhurst Envelopes takes a look at the artwork of Frederick Charles Tolhurst and the envelopes he illustrated for his daughter and other relations  in Hornchurch in the early 1900s. This is the first time the majority of the envelopes have come together for a public display in their home borough.

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