This week’s pictures from the past

Around a century ago Shropshire, and in particular the industrial east of the county, was a hotbed of quoits, a game which involved throwing those heavy rings in the foreground.

This is obviously a winning team posing proudly by the trophy - and some rather muddy quoits. But can anybody give us any more information about them?

The picture was loaned to us by Kevin Yapp, of Gravel Leasowes, Lightmoor, and the gentleman seated on the far right is his great-uncle, Jim Yapp, who was killed in World War One in 1917, so perhaps this photo dates from around 1913 or 1914.

The photo was one of a number in a cupboard in the Yapp family house in Lightmoor, which has been within the family for generations, and the team is likely to be from the Lightmoor or general Dawley area.

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