If you have any queries or questions that DATS may be able to help you with please email
Links to other websites and organisations
The Social History Curator Group
Resources
Workshop Booklets
During 2007 DATS organised a series of workshops looking at identifying various textiles and techniques. The information booklets produced to go with these workshops are now available below for download.
Identify Lace Booklet - Workshop - Identifying hand-made and machine lace 1750-1950 given on Thursday 21 February 2008 by Jeremy Farrell
Identifying Printed Textiles Booklet - Workshop - Identifying printed textiles 1750-1890 given on Thursday 1 November 2007 by Dr Philip Sykas
Identifying Woven Textiles Booklet - Workshop - Identifying European woven textiles for dress and furnishings 1750-1950 given on Thursday 29 November 2007 by Sue Kerry
Book lists
Samplers - list of useful book
(Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, East & West Sussex, Isle of Wight)
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Curator, Dress and Decorative Arts Museum of London London Wall LONDON EC2Y 5HN 0207 814 5753 |
Curator Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection Kensington Palace LONDON W8 4PX 0207 937 9561
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Keeper, Uniforms National Army Museum Royal Hospital Road Chelsea LONDON SW3 4HT 0207 730 0717 www.national-army-museum.ac.uk
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Curator Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Church Road Wimbledon LONDON SW19 5AE 0208 946 6131
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Curator London Sewing Machine Museum 292-312 Balham High Road Tooting Bec LONDON SW17 7AA 0208 682 7916
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Curator The Fan Museum 12 Crooms Hill Greenwich LONDON SE10 8ER 0208 858 7879 |
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Curator Gunnersbury Park Museum Gunnersbury Park LONDON W3 8LQ 0208 992 1612
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Curator Fashion and Textile Museum 83 Bermondsey Street LONDON SE1 3XF 0207 403 0222
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Museum Manager Elmbridge Museum Church Street Weybridge SURREY KT13 8DE 01932 843573 www.elmbridge.history.museum
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Assistant Curator and Keeper of Costume Chertsey Museum The Cedars, 33 Windsor Street Chertsey SURREY KT16 8AT 01932 565764 |
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Curator Abingdon Museum County Hall Abingdon OXON OX14 3HA 01235 523703 enquiries@abingdonmuseum.free-online.co.uk
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Head of Collections Pitt Rivers Museum South Parks Road OXFORD OX1 3PP 01865 270927 |
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Curator of Art & Ethnography Museum of Reading The Town Hall Blagrave Street Reading BERKS RG1 1QH 0118 939 9800
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Keeper The Rural History Centre The University Whiteknights PO Box 229 Reading BERKS RG6 6AG 0118 378 8660 |
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Keeper of Art Hampshire County Museums Service Chilcomb House Chilcomb Lane Winchester HANTS SO23 8RD 01962 846304
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Curator Museum of Farnham Willmer House, 38 West Street Farnham SURREY GU9 7DX 01252 715094 |
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Asst. Curator, Costume and Textiles Worthing Museum & Art Gallery Chapel Road Worthing WEST SUSSEX BN11 1HP 01903 239999
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Head of Research The Mary Rose Museum c/o The Mary Rose Trust College Road HM Naval Base PORTSMOUTH PO1 3LX 023 9275 0521 |
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Curator Saffron Walden Museum Museum Street Saffron Walden ESSEX CB10 1JL 01799 510333
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Curator of Costume Buckinghamshire County Museum Church Street Aylesbury BUCKS HP20 2QP 01296 331441
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Curator of Costume Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Royal Pavilion Gardens Brighton EAST SUSSEX BN1 1UE 01273 290900 www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info
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Keeper of Social History Chelmsford Museum Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street Chelmsford ESSEX CM2 9AQ 01245 605700 www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museum
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Keeper, Fine & Applied Art Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery C/o Hazlitt Theatre Earl Street Maidstone KENT ME14 1LP 01622 674565
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Curator Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery Paynes Park Hitchin HERTS SG5 1EQ 01462 434476 |
SOUTH WEST REGION
(Gloucestershire, Avon, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall)
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Curator Museum of Costume Assembly Rooms Bennett Street Bath AVON BA1 2QH 01225 477752
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Curator, Human History Royal Cornwall Museum River Street Truro CORNWALL TR1 2SJ 01872 272205 |
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Curator Red House Museum & Gardens Quay Road Christchurch DORSET BH23 1BU 01202 482860
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Curator, Social History Blaise Castle House Museum Henbury BRISTOL BS10 7QS 0117 903 9818 |
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Curator of Costume Killerton House Broadclyst near Exeter DEVON EX5 3LE 01392 881345
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Assistant Curator, Costume and Textiles Royal Albert Memorial Museum Queen Street Exeter Devon 01392 665858
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Curator Totnes Costume Museum Bogan House 43 High Street Totnes DEVON TQ9 5NP
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Curator, Decorative Arts Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum Clarence Street Cheltenham GLOS. GL50 3JT 01242 237431 www.cheltenham.artgallery.museum |
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Assistant Curator Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum The King's House 65 The Close SALISBURY SP1 2EN 01722 332151 |
Curator, Social History Gloucester Folk Museum 99-103 Westgate Street GLOUCESTER GL1 2PG 01452 396467 email: folk.museum@gloucester.gov.uk
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Manager The Shoe Museum C&J Clark Ltd. Street SOMERSET BA16 0YA 01458 842169 |
Keeper of Social History Somerset County Museum The Castle Castle Green Taunton SOMERSET TA1 4AA 01823 320200 |
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Museum Officer North Somerset Museum Service Burlington Street Weston-super-Mare SOMERSET BS23 1PR 01934 621028
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EAST CENTRAL ENGLAND
(Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk)
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Curator Museum of Costume & Textiles 51 Castle Gate NOTTINGHAM NG1 6AF 0115 915 3541
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Curator Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Museum Castle Close BEDFORD MK40 3RP 01234 211222 www.cecilhiggonsartgallery.org
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Sue Constable Curator, Boot & Shoe Collection Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Guildhall Road NORTHAMPTON NN1 1DP 01604 838111 www.northampton.gov.uk/museums
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Curator of Costume Abington Museum c/o Central Museum & Art Gallery Guildhall Road NORTHAMPTON NN1 5LW 01604 238548 |
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Keeper of Cultural Life Leicestershire County Council Heritage Services Suit 4 Bridge Park Plaza Bridge Park Road THURMASTON LE4 8BL 0116 2645817
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Keeper of Costume & Textiles Luton Museum & Art Gallery Wardown Park Old Bedford Road Luton BEDFORDSHIRE LU2 7HA 01582 546723 |
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Keeper of Human History Ipswich Museum High Street IPSWICH IP1 3QH 01473 433550
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Visual Arts Officer Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery Priestgate Peterborough CAMBS. PE1 1LF 01733 343329 www.peterboroughheritage.org.uk
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Keeper of Applied Arts Fitzwilliam Museum Trumpington Street CAMBRIDGE CB2 1RB 01223 332900
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Keeper Carrow House Costume & Textile Study Centre Carrow House 301 King Street Norwich NORFOLK NR1 2TS 01603 228870 www.norfolk.gov.uk/tourism/museums/carrow
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Assistant Curator, Town House Museum of Lynn Life C/o Lynn Museum Market Street King's Lynn NORFOLK PE30 1NL 01553 775001
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Curator of Costume and Textiles Manor House Museum Honey Hill Bury St. Edmunds SUFFOLK I33 1HF 01284 757076
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EAST CENTRAL ENGLAND, cont.
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Keeper of Social History Normanby Hall Normanby Hall County Park Normanby SCUNTHORPE North Lincolnshire DN15 9HU 01724 720588
www.northlincs.gov.uk/normanby
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Principal Keeper Museum of Lincolnshire Life The Old Barracks Burton Road LINCOLN LN1 3LY 01522 528449 www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/museumoflincolnshirelife
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WEST CENTRAL ENGLAND
(Cheshire, Shropshire, Hereford & Worcester, Warwickshire, West Midland, Staffordshire, Derbyshire)
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Keeper of Local and Social History Grosvenor Museum 27 Grosvenor Street Chester CHESHIRE CH1 2DD 01244 402008 www.chestercc.gov.uk/heritage/museum
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Keeper of Decorative Art Pickford's House Museum 41 Friar Gate DERBY DE1 1DA 01332 255363 |
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Keeper, History Collections The Herbert Museum and Art Gallery Jordan Well COVENTRY CV1 5QP 02476 832565
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Honorary Curator Leominster Folk Museum Etnam Street Leominster HEREFORD & WORCS. HR6 8AL 01568 615186
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Collections Officer Hereford and Worcester County Museum Hartlebury Castle Hartlebury, nr Kidderminster HEREFORD & WORC DY11 7XZ 01299 250416 www.worcestershire.gov.uk/museum
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Collections Officer Costume & Textiles Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery Broad Street Hereford HEREFORD HR4 9AU 01432 383033 www.museums.herefordshire.gov.uk
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Curator of Costume Shrewsbury Museums Service Rowley's House Museum Barker Street SHREWSBURY SY1 1QH 01743 361196
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Senior Assistant Keeper City Museum & Art Gallery Bethesda Street City Centre STOKE-ON-TRENT ST1 3DW 01782 232323 |
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Keeper, Social History St John's House St John's WARWICK CV34 4NF 01926 412132 www.warwickshire.gov.uk/museum
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Curator Button Museum 13 Kyrle Street Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire HR9 7DB 01989 566089
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Curator Walsall Museum Lichfield Street WALSALL West Midlands WS1 1TR 01922 654315
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Keeper of Social History Museum of Local Life Friar Street WORCESTER WR1 2NA 01905 722349 |
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Curator, Applied Art Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Chamberlain Square Birmingham B3 3DH 0121 303 4570
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NORTHEAST REGION
(Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham, Cleveland, North, West & South Yorkshire, Humberside)
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Curator of Decorative Art Lotherton Hall Aberford LEEDS LS25 3EB 0113 281 3259 www.leeds.gov.uk
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Curator of Costume and Textiles York Castle Museum Castle Area, Eye of York YORK YO1 9RY 01904 687687 |
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Curator of Social History Abbey House Museum Abbey Road Kirkstall LEEDS LS5 3EH 0113 230 5492
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Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Lister Park Bradford W. YORKS BD9 4NS 01274 431212
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Museum Manager Bankfield Museum Boothtown Road HALIFAX HX3 6HG 01422 354823
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Keeper of Textiles The Bowes Museum Barnard Castle DURHAM DL12 8NP 01833 690606
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Curator Chesterholm Museum Bardon Mill Hexham NORTHUMBERLAND NE47 7JN 01434 344277
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Keeper of Social History Wilberforce House & Georgian Houses c/o Hull City Museums, Art Galleries & Archives Ferens Art Gallery Queen Victoria Square HULL HU1 3RA 01482 613902
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Keeper, Costume and Textiles Discovery Museum Blandford Square Newcastle upon Tyne TYNE AND WEAR NE1 4JA 0191 277 2199
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NORTHWEST REGION
(Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Isle of Man)
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Curator Gallery of Costume Platt Hall Rusholme MANCHESTER M14 5LL 0161 224 5217
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Curator of Costume & Textiles Dept. of Decorative Arts Liverpool Museum William Brown Street LIVERPOOL L3 8EN 0151 478 4399 www.liverpoolmuseum.org.uk |
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Keeper of Fine & Decorative Arts Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Castle Street Carlisle CUMBRIA CA3 8TP 01228 534781
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Keeper of Social History Bolton Museum & Art Gallery Le Mans Crescent Bolton LANCS BL1 1SE 01204 332211 |
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County Museums Officer Gawthorpe Hall Padiham nr Burnley LANCS BB12 8UA 01282 771004 www.lancsmuseums.gov.uk
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Keeper, Decorative Art Harris Museum and Art Gallery Market Square Preston LANCS PR1 2PP 01772 258248 |
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Curator Hat Works – The Museum of Hatting Wellington Mill Wellington Road South STOCKPORT SK3 0EU 0161 355 7770
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SCOTLAND
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Keeper, Applied Art Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Schoolhill ABERDEEN AB9 1FQ 01224 523700
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Museums Officer Dumfries Museum The Observatory Dumfries DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY DG2 7SW 01387 253374
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Assistant Curator Dunfermline Museum Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline FIFE KY12 7HY 01383 313838
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Keeper of Childhood Museum of Childhood 42 High Street EDINBURGH EH1 1TG 0131 529 4142
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Senior Curator of Dress and Textiles National Museums of Scotland Chambers Street EDINBURGH EH1 1JF 0131 225 7534
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Curator, Textiles & Costume Glasgow City Council Cultural and Leisure Services (Museums) Scotland Street School Museum 225 Scotland Street GLASGOW G5 8QB 0141 287 0500 www.glasgowmuseums.com
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Curator Glenesk Folk Museum The Retreat Glenesk ANGUS DD9 7YT 01356 670254
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Keeper of Textiles Paisley Museum & Art Galleries High Street Paisley RENFREWSHIRE PA1 2BA 0141 889 3151
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Curator Highland Folk Museum Duke Street Kingussie INVERNESSHIRE PH21 1JG 01540 661307
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WALES
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Curator Abergavenny Museum Castle Street Abergavenny MONMOUTHSHIRE NP7 5EE 01873 854282 abergavennymuseum@monmouthsire.gov.uk
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Curator of Domestic Life & Rural Collections Museum of Welsh Life St. Fagans CARDIFF CF5 6XB 029 2057 3500
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Museum Curator Carmarthen Museum Abergwili Carmarthen CARMARTHENSHIRE SA31 2JG 01267 228696
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Keeper of Social History Newport Museum and Art Gallery John Frost Square Newport GWENT NP20 1PA 01633 840064
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NORTHERN IRELAND
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Keeper of Applied Art Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens BELFAST BT9 5AB 028 9038 3000
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Curator Armagh County Museum The Mall East COUNTY ARMAGH BT61 9BE 028 3752 3070
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Keeper of Collections Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum Market Square Lisburn COUNTY ANTRIM BT28 1AG 028 9266 3377
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Curator of Textiles Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Cultra Holywood COUNTY DOWN BT18 0EU 028 9042 8428 www.uftm.org.uk
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