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"This man is a chronic alcoholic. He does not do very much - farm managed by his son."

Scope and Contents Documents relating to the General Election Campaign of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society during the General Election, 1950. Leaflets, "General Election, 1950" addressed to members and friends of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society to urge them to research the humanitarian stance of their candidates on topics of farming, slaughter, welfare, vivisection, wild animals in captivity (2 copies)Leaflets, "The General Election 1950, vivisection...

Scope and Contents The material is composed of several folders of accounts offering an insight into farming practice throughout the mid-decades of the twentieth century, an impression of the scale of self-sustaining small business in Portobello and district itself, and an idea of the cost of living from the 1930s to the 1970s especially for a small farmer. The firms include insurance companies, animal feed firms, and repair shops. There are accounts from an ironmonger and sheet metal worker in Portobello, the...