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Two boys attacking their radio with a hatchet

Geoff Charles (1909-2002)12-Dec-52

The National Library of Wales

The National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

The National Library of Wales holds a valuable collection of 120,000 negatives of the photographer Geoff Charles. His photographs are priceless as they chronicle various aspects of life in Wales and the Borders. His work records far more than events and personalities; everyday life of ordinary people is also recorded and a vanished way of life is revealed in many of his photographs.

This photograph was taken to illustrate a story relating to a strike by people in Clwyd and Montgomeryshire. Many refused to pay their radio licences because of poor reception in their area caused by interference to the Welsh Home Service signal by American Forces Radio.

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