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Milton Arms

Message on a bottle

Mon 18th Jan, 2021Sun 31st Jan, 2021 / The Friends of Hemingfield Colliery (FoHC) / 2 Comments

In a bottle, surely?

– Not quite.

Image of whisky flask type glass bottle embossed with G Steeples, Milton Arms, Hemingfield
Flask bottle embossed with G. Steeples, Milton Arms, Hemingfield

The original contents of this particular whisky flask type glass bottle are unknown, although spirits seem more likely than the round bottles usually seen for beer.

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