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Dick Aikenhead, donor's great-uncle (by way of both her parents; they were first cousins). Dick Aikenhead was born in Edinburgh in 1885. When 14 he lied about his age and joined the Army. He was completely deaf after World War I and did not work. He and his sister Janet Blakely often went drinking together and spent at least one night in the cells. Early 1920s? Their brother David was found dead in the Rochdale Canal behind the Palace Theatre, aged c.30 in 1910-1920.

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Date of work:

1920s

Reference number:

GB124.DPA/1787/10

Level of description:

Item from Fonds: Documentary Photographic Archive (GB124.DPA)

Part of:

Sub-fonds: Photographs Related To Brenda Magee And Family (GB124.DPA/1787)

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