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The A.J. Blake Funeral Director Collection
Alfred James Blake was a Bristol Funeral Director. His collection includes funeral director's clothing, a feather plume, and Funeral Directors Association conference booklets. There's even some evening gloves worn by his wife Rhona to 1950s funeral director events. Apparently the social get-togethers for funeral directors were quite a raucous affair, not least because in their own communities they felt obliged to present a respectable front.