Cigarette card showing an English phrase "on tenterhooks", meaning that somebody is worried or nervous about something that is going to happen, as is the parachutist about to land in the middle of a town

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Size: 2430px × 4724px
Location: England
Photo credit: © Lakeview Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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