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Flaming Pie
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Pete’s Picture Palace Forum Moderator
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:08 pm
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Looks like an athletics club to me.
What's the stuff in front of the 4 boys? |
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Flaming Pie
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:28 pm
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Looks like straw. I did think it might be athletics. The seller thought it was a football team from the Birmingham area. Those committee people on it with the beards looked very similar to the committee on an 1892 -93 Small Heath FC ( later re-named Birmingham City ) photo on Wikipedia.When l received the photo and saw the 1907 date , l had my doubts. Thanks Pete. |
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atletico
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:38 pm
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31st January was a Thursday.
Did they have works matches midweek.
Just a thought.
Birmingham played a friendly at Reading the day before.
There was also Wednesday League matches played in the afternoon. _________________ ASTON VILLA & A FEW NON-LEAGUE
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Flaming Pie
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:05 pm
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Thanks athletico.The date is just what the poster wrote on the back to accompany his get well message to someone in Wandsworth , 31 Jan 1907. The actual photo was probably taken at an earlier date. I tried to display the back of the postcard but didn’t succeed. |
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Pete’s Picture Palace Forum Moderator
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:33 pm
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This is Liverpool in 1905. Note their boots & strapping go above their ankles.
To me the Birmingham men aren't wearing football boots, more like plimsolls.
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Flaming Pie
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:54 pm
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True Pete, that’s why l thought it might have been a pre-season training session in lightweight footware? When you look at the older men in the photo and compare it to your Liverpool photo, the Birmingham squad still look a bit too fresh faced . They don’t look hard/ mature enough to be pro- footballers from that era, which was pretty rough. It has got an athletics club feel to it. Would have been nice if it was an early Birmingham City. Only cost a couple of quid! |
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