Leyther_Matt Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 10 hours ago, Traf said: A railway through Leigh? Now, you're being silly. Westleigh & Bedford is on there when it was actually the main Leigh station (I think) so way off the actual location. Still, that means a further five stations in Leigh which is just something I can’t quite comprehend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 6 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: Westleigh & Bedford is on there when it was actually the main Leigh station (I think) so way off the actual location. Still, that means a further five stations in Leigh which is just something I can’t quite comprehend. That makes it a major railway town then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted January 1 Members Share Posted January 1 9 minutes ago, MickyD said: That makes it a major railway town then? He must mean Leith? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 11 minutes ago, bolty58 said: He must mean Leith? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 41 minutes ago, MickyD said: That makes it a major railway town then? That’s one for our MP to answer 🙃 31 minutes ago, bolty58 said: He must mean Leith? No railway there, either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted January 1 Members Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, MickyD said: A very young looking John McGinn there. Hasn't he come on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 Cracking thread, great contributions with the photos and maps, love stuff like this 👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embankment Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 This pic appeared this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SatanGreavsie Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, desperado said: Cracking thread, great contributions with the photos and maps, love stuff like this 👏 Yeh, takes me back many many years when as a kid in Howfen when in summer hols I'd walk the dog through Dobb Brow and by the golf course and then across fields towards Dicconson Lane. Always struck by how there was an old railway line path still visible albeit completely overgrown; and looking now it must have been an old line that served stations at Dicconson Lane and on to Hilton House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 One I've never seen before but it's apparently the 1901 FA Cup final replay between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United at Burndern Park I've no idea what that six-yard box is meant to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted January 1 Moderators Share Posted January 1 2 circles, centre each post, 6 yard radius Changed pretty soon after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, Casino said: 2 circles, centre each post, 6 yard radius Changed pretty soon after Had no idea pitches used to be marked out like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Cheese said: Had no idea pitches used to be marked out like that! @Casino remembers it clearly 6 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: One I've never seen before but it's apparently the 1901 FA Cup final replay between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United at Burndern Park I've no idea what that six-yard box is meant to be Guessing that’s the Burnden Stand judging by the bridge in the background. Presume it was rebuilt at some point as the Paddock in particular looks tiny compared to later years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 11 hours ago, bolty58 said: A very young looking John McGinn there. Hasn't he come on? Is this the one with Alan Stubbs on. A good rendition of a Proclaimers tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter fatolive Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 Reading this thread and this came up on Facebook. Haven’t seen it before so thought I’d share it here given the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 4 hours ago, Casino said: 2 circles, centre each post, 6 yard radius Changed pretty soon after Ididn't knowit was ever like that. I've never seen that on any photographs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted January 1 Site Supporter Share Posted January 1 2 minutes ago, fatolive said: Reading this thread and this came up on Facebook. Haven’t seen it before so thought I’d share it here given the subject. Is that Arthur Askey on boaed the engine playmates ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perth_white Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 3 hours ago, fatolive said: Reading this thread and this came up on Facebook. Haven’t seen it before so thought I’d share it here given the subject. Next stop Darcy Lever Station so my Grandad can hop aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 9 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: One I've never seen before but it's apparently the 1901 FA Cup final replay between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United at Burndern Park I've no idea what that six-yard box is meant to be The best way to owdum by the looks of it😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted January 2 Site Supporter Share Posted January 2 19 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: One I've never seen before but it's apparently the 1901 FA Cup final replay between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United at Burndern Park I've no idea what that six-yard box is meant to be Everything about the photo; the railway bridge and the stand shouts Burnden Park except what ought to be the Burnden Paddock. There doesn’t seem enough terracing between the seated area and the pitch. There are no sloping entrance/exit tunnels, the stanchions holding up the roof only come down to the fence between seating and standing. Was there a major rebuild later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 24 minutes ago, MickyD said: Everything about the photo; the railway bridge and the stand shouts Burnden Park except what ought to be the Burnden Paddock. There doesn’t seem enough terracing between the seated area and the pitch. There are no sloping entrance/exit tunnels, the stanchions holding up the roof only come down to the fence between seating and standing. Was there a major rebuild later? Same stand, different angle. There were 9,000 ticket holders for the Paddock on the day of the disaster so it absolutely must have been rebuilt at some point in that 45 years (which isn’t unlikely tbf) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 “Bolton were promoted back to Division One in the 1904/1905 season, around the same time that Burnden Park began to improve. The cycling track was removed in the Summer of 1905 to make more room for spectators.” You’d expect this may have been when the Paddock was expanded, and below you can just about make out the vomitories on the very right hand side so these were in place presumably some time before the disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted January 2 Members Share Posted January 2 Love this thread. Red JCL's from Lancashire can all fuck off. We are the people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 23 hours ago, embankment said: This pic appeared this year This shows completely concreted stepping on the Embankment which makes it sometime '76 onward (yet prior to the Normid moment of c. '86) . Prior to that the top half was black coal shale between railway sleepers. l doubt the elf 'n' safety lot would permit that these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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