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Rattle

This rattle type bird scarer was used for scaring birds on Sutton Seeds Ltd.'s trial grounds on London Road in Reading, Berkshire, in the 1920s. It is stamped 'J.T.E. 191[8]'.

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  • Repository:Museum of English Rural Life