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Leith Schools Football Team 1947

1947
Leith Schools Football Team 1947
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The football team was made up of boys from different schools in the Leith area.

Alister Laing (middle row, first right).

Ian Crawford (front row, right) played for Hearts and Hibs.

Davy MacKay (front row, third left) captained Scotland and played for Hearts and Tottenham Hotspur.

Bobby Blackwood (middle row, second right).

Donor number: 0114-006

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Location:
Leith
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Daily Life
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1940s 1947 arms-crossed bench boots boy childhood children Edinburgh fashion football Game hands on knees Hearts Hibernian Leith outdoor pitch recreation school shirt shorts sitting smiling socks sport stand standing strip supporters team THELMA Tottenham
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