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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 2h

Nice still of Highbury from The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (v Brentford, May 1939). You can see the laundry and the original North Bank roof - both were damaged by German bombs two years later.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 3h

Some more Derby. Dunno what's happening but it looks a bit lively.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, my timing was deliberate!

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 23h

Hudds before the 1922 Cup Final v PNE. No excuse for not playing good football on that surface.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

Had a brilliant day here today. Lovely club, lovely people.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

Days in the sun and the tempered wind and the air like wine
And you drink and you drink till you're drunk on the joy of living

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

Outing players' middle names is something we need to see more of.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, totally. In Yorkshire too.

Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

There is a circus in the town.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

And as Nature intended

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

People, we are talking all time top place contender here. Deconstructed from its original pea-coated state - MB&O, with MP & beef G - that's left over butty beef, lovingly crafted into gravy in the actual tea bar.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

People, we are talking all time top place contender here. Deconstructed from its original pea-coated state - MB&O, with MP & beef G - that's left over butty beef, lovingly crafted into gravy in the actual tea bar.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

Dodgy stream from Hilversum.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

Aha

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

I also associate Ruddles County with BR.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 1d

This picture is famous for showing the first game to feature numbered shirts, Arsenal v Sheff W in 1928. But I like it because it shows Herbert Chapman's clock when it was located at the Laundry (North Bank) end of Highbury.

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 2d

My tooth fell out on Tuesday😬
The dentist stuck it back in today 😀

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Jimmy Sirrel's Lovechild @jslovechild.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, le mort rouge

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Some more of Tony Levison’s previously unseen Albert Johanneson photos- his dad invested in a high tech colour camera so the photos now become better quality. Willie Bell was another regular visitor to their house.AJ was living in Moortown at the time.
#LUFC #60sLeeds #LS65 #MOT #Leeds