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First Annual Childrens Sports Day - Shotton (shot0045)

Backhands Team
Boys School Standard VI

Photograph of a man leaping into the air wearing only briefs and brandishing a pole in his right hand; he has blacked his skin and has rings in his nose and ears; behind the man is part of the roof and walls of a low building and six men, two women and a child; the event has ben identified as Shotton Colliery's First Annual Children's Sports Day, 1955

First Annual Childrens Sports Day - Shotton

Photograph of a man leaping into the air wearing only briefs and brandishing a pole in his right hand; he has blacked his skin and has rings in his nose and ears; behind the man is part of the roof and walls of a low building and six men, two women and a child; the event has ben identified as Shotton Colliery's First Annual Children's Sports Day, 1955

Date: 1955


the low building to the rear is the old football club changing rooms

Comment added by Anonymous on 05/01/2009 14:41:00

The man leaping into the air is George Copeland. His father performed the same entertainment.

Comment added by Mrs. Evans on 27/03/2009 12:00:00

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