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Please note that this collection contains some content that is potentially uncomfortable or distressing. It includes material discussing novelty entertainment acts performed by people with disabilities, working-class people, children, and minstrel groups who wore blackface. Newcastle University Library Special Collections & Archives statement about addressing potentially uncomfortable or distressing content in collections is available here.
This collection contains material which gives some insight into entertainment and social events enjoyed by working class people in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland during the 19th Century. Find out more about our work to illuminate hidden or obscured histories and voices in our collections here.