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 Tug of War - a sponsored lorry pull by the combined teams from Peldon Plough and Foundry Arms from Colchester. The aim was to raise £1500 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital by manually hauling the artic unit from the Queens Head to the Peldon Plough public house. Encouragement came from two members of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and their bagpipes. 
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Tug of War - a sponsored lorry pull by the combined teams from Peldon Plough and Foundry Arms from Colchester. The aim was to raise £1500 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital by manually hauling the artic unit from the Queens Head to the Peldon Plough public house. Encouragement came from two members of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and their bagpipes.
Date: 1985      


Photo: Mersea Museum Collection - John Hawes
Image ID PH01_PTW_039
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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.