Workmen use an umbrella to cover a manhole in Oxford. – Vintage Photograph

On Friday, workmen at the junction of Catte Street and Holywell Street in Oxford improvised with an umbrella to temporarily cover a manhole while they took a break.On Friday, workmen at the junction of Catte Street and Holywell Street in Oxford improvised with an umbrella to temporarily cover a manhole while they took a break.

Dimensions: 19.8 x 28.3 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04923682

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OCR computer generated text:

UMBRELLA COVER UP ..Pie 1. Not the aftermath scene of an unobservant pedestrian crossing the road but the improvisation with an umbrella to temporarily cover a manhole while workmen took a break at the junction of Catte Street and Holywell Street, Oxford on Friday. LOVE – 5 MAR 1977 18 FEB 1972