Saw this on the ‘I belong to Bolton’ Facebook site

Says 1972

i don’t remember that building (indoor football or whatever it was back in the day) outside the Burnden side that early? Although the wooden fencing on St Peter’s Way maybe says it was? Thought that was only built 75/76 or later?

 

1 minute ago, Whitestar said:

All the rage in 74🤷‍♀️

Dug up again for the prem.

Yuck.

Just saw this one on FB 

 

 

Any details of date and opposition?

Crowd looks sparse.

4 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Any details of date and opposition?

Crowd looks sparse.

Looks like Wolves

reserve game and it is wolves

Remember playing on Burnden Park around 1971/72 for Smithills U15 schools cup v Heywood which we of course won 3-1. I was playing on the wing that night (under the floodlights) and couldn't believe how wide the pitch was and how much more room I had. Don't think I interacted with any of the players on the opposite side of the field that night. Took we three attempts before I got used to crossing the ball from the corner flag. Remember getting a medal presented by one of the Bolton players, coming out the dressing room and my dad saying I should have played better and scored twice!

Does anyone remember the "chuggers" who served beer on the embankment?   I remember being told about them doing this in the 1950's and 60's

An interesting article about Walkers Tanneries visible in the pic above.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19289137.walkers-tannery-brought-prosperity-smell-bolton/

17 hours ago, Wullie said:

Does anyone remember the "chuggers" who served beer on the embankment?   I remember being told about them doing this in the 1950's and 60's

Casino might know; only one on here owd enough to be drinking by then

32 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Casino might know; only one on here owd enough to be drinking by then

He was serving it.

33 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Casino might know; only one on here owd enough to be drinking by then

you really need to geta mirror

1 minute ago, freds dad said:

He was serving it.

and you

9 minutes ago, Casino said:

you really need to geta mirror

😀. Are you doing Luton 

21 minutes ago, Casino said:

and you

I was your apprentice

4 hours ago, fishbulb said:

An interesting article about Walkers Tanneries visible in the pic above.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19289137.walkers-tannery-brought-prosperity-smell-bolton/

I lived near Walkers Institute for a while as a kid.
 

Harold Hassell, 53 cup final full back lived up the road. Dad supped in Walkers Instiiture, football team across the road and cricket ground around the corner. 

Good article.

It was obviously still going for a few years during my childhood, but I can't say I remember the smell- probably had no reason to be visiting the area.

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Good article.

It was obviously still going for a few years during my childhood, but I can't say I remember the smell- probably had no reason to be visiting the area.

Wingates bone-works. Now that was a smell! Specially the time they tried to render down a dead elephant from Chester zoo 🤢

I'm not sure how it was killed though. There's probably various options...

1 minute ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Wingates bone-works. Now that was a smell! Specially the time they tried to render down a dead elephant from Chester zoo 🤢

I'm not sure how it was killed though. There's probably various options...

Where I was born- there used to be a bone works a few hundred yards away.

When I used to go back visiting relatives as a kid, you would occasionally get a whiff.

1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Where I was born- there used to be a bone works a few hundred yards away.

When I used to go back visiting relatives as a kid, you would occasionally get a whiff.

The elephant debacle gets a mention here, though they claim it was from Belle Vue

Spotlight on Wingates | The Bolton News

On 30/12/2023 at 12:13, athywhite1958 said:

Wasn't there a clip in an old Arthur Askey film where the train stopped at the Embankment and he was leaning out of the window he said "I like trains"

I think there was an old (1968?) B&W film with a very very brief glimpse of a match at Burnden and Eddie Hopkinson in goal . Alan Bates , A Kind Of Loving . Could be wrong , memory is going. 

13 minutes ago, Krimzon said:

I think there was an old (1968?) B&W film with a very very brief glimpse of a match at Burnden and Eddie Hopkinson in goal . Alan Bates , A Kind Of Loving . Could be wrong , memory is going. 

Probably the same film

The Arthur Askey film  was "The Love Match", the one with Alan Bates & James Bolan at Burnden was "A Kind  of Loving....

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, bolton va va said:

The Arthur Askey film  was "The Love Match", the one with Alan Bates & James Bolan at Burnden was "A Kind  of Loving....

 

 

 

Nice one 👍

2 minutes ago, bolton va va said:

The Arthur Askey film  was "The Love Match", the one with Alan Bates & James Bolan at Burnden was "A Kind  of Loving....

Lovely shots.

Y'know what, despite years of being instructed to, I never did "DINE AT THE PACK HORSE".

Dont know if there were any footage in Spring and Port Wine, they went to the match in the book.  

Also Burnden and BWFC were on Game For A Laugh , playing football on quadbikes or something.