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Scotland may be better known for Golf, Rugby, Football and Curling but for we thought these sport were just as interesting. Egg and spoon race, Pillow fight, Three legged Race and the ever thrilling Potato Race

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2022-04-25

These wonderful caricatures of skaters by 'M' [Lord Archibald Campbell] can be found in 'The Skating Club Scrapbook' with contributions from the 1840s to the 1910s. The (now) Royal Skating Club, is England's oldest skating club https://t.co/jtzmybzQXa

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2022-04-25

There are few things in representing sport: Poster from 1980 Olympic Games exhibition, the BM 1919-20 football team & the Blackheath pedestrian, George Wilson, whose toenails were allegedly donated to the in 1815.

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2022-04-25

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One of our members has links with Arkleys who gave their collection to . It's digitised!
"offers fascinating glimpse at gender roles, as croquet one of the first games that men & women played together."
https://t.co/jdCLUyb0gJ

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2021-04-14

While we're a long way off from Monday night football, we thought it would be fun to show off this 1949 football costume design by Miles White for

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2021-04-13

includes of former staff sports clubs & football team, & the archive from the Ancient Olympic Games exhibition in 1980, but the enquiry suggesting we had the toenails of the Blackheath Pedestrian proved false!

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2021-04-12

This artwork by automotive illustrator Frederick Crosby captures the speed and glamour of early motor racing. It shows a 744 cc Austin in 1938.

Check out more of Crosby's automotive artwork in the gallery here:

🔗https://t.co/2GBlAMPupJ

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2021-04-12

The theme for day 12 of is

These plans for a new ground for Manchester United Football Club in Old Trafford were submitted in 1909. At the first match played at the stadium the following February, it held a crowd of 80,000 people.

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2021-04-12