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Article: A: BOLDMERE ST MICHAELS; Q: Which was the Erst English club to win the European Cup?(Sport)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2008
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Byline: By LORNE JACKSON
IT'S contentious to claim that it's even a proper photograph - just a rain cloud of weathered ink.
All the faces in the ancient image have faded into mist and shadow. More dust than detail.
But if you look closely, a picture slowly forms - the past reveals itself.
The photographer has attempted to capture a football team in their pomp, proudly grouped round a leather ball.
The snap was taken nearly seven decades ago, in 1939; none of the men are remembered today.
Like the photo in which they huddle, ...