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Lined up in their mini soccer dresses at what should have been the time for kick-off are

Lined up in their mini soccer dresses at what should have been the time for kick-off are 6 of the Blinkers Utd football team. The Blinkers Utd v All Stars XI charity football match had been cancelled after it was decided that the weather was not fit to play. As the men watched the girls ran around the ground at Manchester's Belle Vue carrying umbrellas to protect their hair.
November 1969
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Miss World contestants now in London for the final on the 27th November came face to face

Miss World contestants now in London for the final on the 27th November came face to face with some of Britain's leading sportsmen at a party this evening at the Sportsmans Club, Tottenham Court Road, Three of the girls tug at Jimmy Hill's beard to see if it is real, 1 - r Miss Germany, Christ Margraf (22); Miss France Susanne Angly (18); Miss Gt. Britain, Sheena Drummond (18) from Clackmannanshire, Scotland. November 1969 Z11228-001

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Sport: Football: Manchester United v. Stoke City. Alex Stepney is beaten by a shot

Sport: Football: Manchester United v. Stoke City. Alex Stepney is beaten by a shot from Skeels and the ball goes into the net much to the delight of Herd but the smile soon left his face when he was ruled offside, as Denis Law points out to the Ref.. November 1969 Z10621-008

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1960s, Football, Sport