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Part 1:
Spectators

Spectators at a Hearts football match in Edinburgh, 1955

Enthusiastic spectators watch a Hearts match at Tynecastle in Edinburgh. Hearts' official name, Heart of Midlothian, comes from a dance hall on Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town where a group of young men formed a football team.

Picture Post - 7638 - A Great Scottish Football Series - 4 - Heart Of Midlothian - pub. 1955.

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