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Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (est 1859)
‘Artful Remembrance’
Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
13 Sept - 29 Oct
http://www.mafa.org.uk/

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@w_john_hewitt Drawn yesterday, 12 September, 12.4

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@gerryhalpinart On the wall. My original painting

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