
Rescuing the ball after Shrove Tuesday football in Alnwick
- Made:
- 1953-02-17 in United Kingdom
- photographer:
- Kenneth Lauder and
- Kenneth Lauder and

A photograph entitled 'Rescuing the ball after Shrove Tuesday football in Alnwick', taken in February 1953 by Kenneth Lauder for the Daily Herald. The photograph shows 22 year old miner John McKinley rescuing the ball from the River Aln after the football match in Alnwick, Northumberland. McKinley earned £1 and the football.
A photograph entitled 'Rescuing the ball after Shrove Tuesday football in Alnwick', taken in February 1953 by Kenneth Lauder for the Daily Herald.
The photograph shows 22 year old miner John McKinley rescuing the ball from the River Aln after the football match in Alnwick, Northumberland. McKinley earned £1 and the football.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/11005
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
-
- object genre
- image
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum