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1931 BUSINESS / QUIRKY - Brick laying in top hats
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0:59Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1931
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: 'Topping' (An Old Building Custom) - Bricklayers at Acton celebrate completion of contract with exaggerated ceremony - and a touch of humour!
Car along carrying passengers in top hats / Passengers tilt top hats to camera/ Passengers, carrying hod and wearing workers overalls with jackets and top hats descend from car / Bricklayers tipping top hats to each other on construction site / Bricklayers in top hats working on site, carrying bricks in hods, laying bricks, pointing / Bricklayers in top hats waving to camera
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