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Topical Budget 606-1: 'Uppies' and 'Downies' (1923)
 

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Title: "Football battle between Sailors and Miners through streets of Workington".

Men in cloth caps swarm over a fence in large numbers. Crowds gather above a waterlogged ditch to watch the footballers chasing each other along it. There is some kind of altercation between players and spectators, and part of the crowd runs into the water.