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Canoe
Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London
Overview
Messing about on the river: a local press photographer captures a boys’ group canoe trip on the Thames to Greenwich
Messing about on the river: a local press photographer captures a boys’ group canoe trip on the Thames to Greenwich
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