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Published 2 December 2012 at 567 × 425 in Disability History Month 2012 Programme
Colour photograph of the open poetry workshop at the Garden Cafe on 1 December 2012.

The open poetry workshop at the Garden Cafe on 1 December 2012.

© Together! 2012 CIC, a Community Interest Company no 8443767.





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