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Pictures From The Past – March 29

Welcome to this week's collection of nostalgia photos from the pages of the Shropshire Star.

Published Mar 29, 2019

Today seems a good day to feature this picture from just under 50 years ago when a Shrewsbury team took on the best of Europe and it all got a bit silly. These are competitors taking part in the final of the It's a Knockout competition "Jeux Sans Frontieres" between Shrewsbury and Wolfsburg, Germany, on September 3, 1969, at Blackpool. For those who don't remember, this was a series of televised madcap games which typically involved competitors tackling obstacle courses wearing outlandish costumes. The result was a draw, with Shrewsbury and Wolfsburg joint winners.

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