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Broomhouse Youth Club 1960s

1965
Broomhouse Youth Club 1960s
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Robert Turner being presented with the Table Tennis Champions Winners Cup by Archie Simpson the Secretary of the Edinburgh Boys Youth Clubs with Stevie Mundell in between them.
At the very back is Mr Cochran with the glasses who ran the Club & Football team and was a wonderful caring man.
Others are Tam Stevens in the striped jersey and cravat with Graeme Mitchell behind him, Phil Nicol, John Watt, Kenny Brown, Dougie Aitkin, Mattie Fry ,Brian and Thomas Croal and Davie Lairds.
The presentation took place in St Josephs Primary School.

Thanks to Graeme Mitchell for the photo and information.

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Broomhouse
Categories:
Childhood Sport & Leisure
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
Scrapbooks:
Stuart Laidlaw's History of Social and other Events in Sighthill during the early to mid 20th Century. Stuart Laidlaw's History of Broomhouse 1939 to the early 1970s.

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