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Shop Window Display 2nd prize award

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Bletchley Chamber of Trade Window Display 2nd prize award October 1953
Group of people at the Chalet

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Tennis party at the Chalet, Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford
Ballerina with girl sitting on swan

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Ballerina together with young girl sitting on costume swan, inside a theatre
Lady seated on carnival swan

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Lady seated on carnival swan in the street – Bletchley Traders celebrations for the new King
Philip Cowlishaw Collection

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A collection of photos and letters relating to the Cowlishaw family of Fenny Stratford. They were famous for their shops offering drapery, dressmaking and fashion. They were key members of the Bletchley Chamber of Trade, and also helped to organise events such as the annual dance at Wilton Hall in the years following World War Two. The collection ...
Cowlishaw shop front decorated for new King and Queen

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Cowlishaw shop front decorated for the new King and Queen. Banners read “GOD BLESS OUR EMPIRE, LONG LIVE OUR KING AND QUEEN”
Carnival swan outside Cowlishaw's shop

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Carnival swan outside Cowlishaw’s shop 35 Aylesbury St Fenny Stratford
Carnival vehicle outside Cowlishaw's shop

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Carnival vehicle with young couple dressed as wedding couple outside Cowlishaws at Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford
Cowlishaw`s shop display at night c1939

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Cowlishaw`s shop display at night
Cowlishaw`s window display

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Front view of Cowlishaw`s window display at 35 Aylesbury Street
Group in the garden at the Chalet

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STANDING at the back: Natalie Cowlishaw (Philip’s grandmother), MIDDLE ROW: Mollie Wise (Douglas’ fiancée at the time), Douglas Cowlishaw (Philip’s father), Mr and Mrs Wise (they owned the land upon which Bletchley Timber was built), Gran Fisher (Philip’s great grand mother, mother of Natalie Cowlishaw), SITTING: Douglas’ sister Audrey Cowlishaw (who later became Audrey Tew, ...
Cowlishaw shop window

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Cowlishaw’s shop window at 35 Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford. Douglas and child looking out of door