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Post by The Real Exile on Jan 3, 2024 17:24:50 GMT
IIRC though there was quite a drop in front of the fence on the ground side. Though in those days there were a few who used to sneak into the ground over that fence. There were a few more who tried to get out that way too as we were so often that bad 😀 I think you're right about the drop. Which leads me to... anyone going to talk about the toilet that was down in the valley between the RE and the Pop Side? People were talking the other day about open air bogs. Well never mind Chesterfield, or anywhere else - that was hands down the worst pissoir I've even seen. Worse than the single portaloo that time at Colchester even? |
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Post by jkb9b on Jan 3, 2024 18:07:43 GMT
IIRC though there was quite a drop in front of the fence on the ground side. Though in those days there were a few who used to sneak into the ground over that fence. There were a few more who tried to get out that way too as we were so often that bad 😀 I think you're right about the drop. Which leads me to... anyone going to talk about the toilet that was down in the valley between the RE and the Pop Side? People were talking the other day about open air bogs. Well never mind Chesterfield, or anywhere else - that was hands down the worst pissoir I've even seen. I propose to wax lyrical about it in the blog post I'm writing; it was quite something. |
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Post by jkb9b on Jan 3, 2024 18:12:30 GMT
Thanks very much Dave, that's a very useful picture for a number of reasons. I remember the tea hut but in my mind's eye there were a lot more barriers on the terrace. There's also this, which is a fairly famous pic that's done the rounds a fair bit, mainly highlighting the railway sleepers. Sadly, the scoreboard has already changed to an advert - I think this predates the William Hill advert that was there for a good few years, so I'd put this as early 70s? The tea hut's still there, and the surprisingly low wall at the back.  The low fence is very important, it allowed the nine year old me to watch the engines on Edgeley Shed before the match. |
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Post by desmond on Jan 3, 2024 18:14:11 GMT
IIRC though there was quite a drop in front of the fence on the ground side. Though in those days there were a few who used to sneak into the ground over that fence. There were a few more who tried to get out that way too as we were so often that bad 😀 I think you're right about the drop. Which leads me to... anyone going to talk about the toilet that was down in the valley between the RE and the Pop Side? People were talking the other day about open air bogs. Well never mind Chesterfield, or anywhere else - that was hands down the worst pissoir I've even seen. You mean the piece of piping fastened onto a corrugated sheet 😀 As you say, don’t think I’ve ever seen worse and if the weather was bad it was 50/50 as to whether or not you could climb back up the slope ! |
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Post by Henry Pratt on Jan 3, 2024 19:58:41 GMT
I think you're right about the drop. Which leads me to... anyone going to talk about the toilet that was down in the valley between the RE and the Pop Side? People were talking the other day about open air bogs. Well never mind Chesterfield, or anywhere else - that was hands down the worst pissoir I've even seen. Worse than the single portaloo that time at Colchester even? Worse than the worst thing you can imagine and then some. The Devil himself would head down there for a piss at half time and think to himself "Do you know what? I think I can probably hang on till full time." |
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Post by malvernhatter on Jan 3, 2024 22:43:55 GMT
Before the scoreboard advertised Fred Parkinson it was the Stockport Advertiser, but the same structure.
It provided a bit of half time theatre. Firstly, the chap who put the scores up wasn't in the first flush of youth and it always seemed touch and go whether he would get up the rickety ladder without mishap, clutching his piece of paper with the scores. When he got there and started to put the scores up, you could see the numbers on his board as he got them out of the box, before he put them up, but for some reason the 5 was on the reverse side of one of the 0s. When he got to City or United's score he would get the 5 out for their opponents's score and a gasp would go round the ground, only for him to turn it round just before he hooked it on and show the 0.
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Post by jkb9b on Jan 4, 2024 6:21:16 GMT
Before the scoreboard advertised Fred Parkinson it was the Stockport Advertiser, but the same structure. It provided a bit of half time theatre. Firstly, the chap who put the scores up wasn't in the first flush of youth and it always seemed touch and go whether he would get up the rickety ladder without mishap, clutching his piece of paper with the scores. When he got there and started to put the scores up, you could see the numbers on his board as he got them out of the box, before he put them up, but for some reason the 5 was on the reverse side of one of the 0s. When he got to City or United's score he would get the 5 out for their opponents's score and a gasp would go round the ground, only for him to turn it round just before he hooked it on and show the 0. I have it in mind that the scoreboard also advertised Johnstone's Paints at one time, does that strike a chord with anyone? |
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Post by timberwolf on Jan 4, 2024 9:39:24 GMT
The scoreboard at the time it was used as one was quite an impressive structure when many clubs had nothing like it and some using the perimeter fence to put the HT scores up. Something else that made EP look a cut above many grounds at our standard.
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Post by desmond on Jan 4, 2024 10:27:01 GMT
Before the scoreboard advertised Fred Parkinson it was the Stockport Advertiser, but the same structure. It provided a bit of half time theatre. Firstly, the chap who put the scores up wasn't in the first flush of youth and it always seemed touch and go whether he would get up the rickety ladder without mishap, clutching his piece of paper with the scores. When he got there and started to put the scores up, you could see the numbers on his board as he got them out of the box, before he put them up, but for some reason the 5 was on the reverse side of one of the 0s. When he got to City or United's score he would get the 5 out for their opponents's score and a gasp would go round the ground, only for him to turn it round just before he hooked it on and show the 0. I have it in mind that the scoreboard also advertised Johnstone's Paints at one time, does that strike a chord with anyone? Are you thinking of the big “Step up with Johnstones” sign that used to face out into Hardcastle Road from above the old railway end wooden turnstiles. |
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Post by canterbury on Jan 4, 2024 14:28:36 GMT
Before the scoreboard advertised Fred Parkinson it was the Stockport Advertiser, but the same structure. It provided a bit of half time theatre. Firstly, the chap who put the scores up wasn't in the first flush of youth and it always seemed touch and go whether he would get up the rickety ladder without mishap, clutching his piece of paper with the scores. When he got there and started to put the scores up, you could see the numbers on his board as he got them out of the box, before he put them up, but for some reason the 5 was on the reverse side of one of the 0s. When he got to City or United's score he would get the 5 out for their opponents's score and a gasp would go round the ground, only for him to turn it round just before he hooked it on and show the 0. I have it in mind that the scoreboard also advertised Johnstone's Paints at one time, does that strike a chord with anyone? The Cheadle End roof did, so they could well have had the scoreboard too although can't remember it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2024 16:14:31 GMT
There's also this, which is a fairly famous pic that's done the rounds a fair bit, mainly highlighting the railway sleepers. Sadly, the scoreboard has already changed to an advert - I think this predates the William Hill advert that was there for a good few years, so I'd put this as early 70s? The tea hut's still there, and the surprisingly low wall at the back. The low fence is very important, it allowed the nine year old me to watch the engines on Edgeley Shed before the match. Yeah i would say early 70' The Willam Hill sign replaced it in the late 70's early 80's It also shows the low wall at the back was further back that it was when replaced by the current fence. I've read elsewhere speculation about the Bungalow owning a strip of the back of the terrace (the flat bit/drop at the back) and County leased it off the Bungalow I assume the fence moving further forward was County giving up the lease and the Boundary of the land that was County's The corner which the picture is taken from had a souvenir shop ran by a Lady called Dot Stanway that sold old programmes pin badges etc |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2024 16:34:14 GMT
I think you're right about the drop. Which leads me to... anyone going to talk about the toilet that was down in the valley between the RE and the Pop Side? People were talking the other day about open air bogs. Well never mind Chesterfield, or anywhere else - that was hands down the worst pissoir I've even seen. You mean the piece of piping fastened onto a corrugated sheet 😀 As you say, don’t think I’ve ever seen worse and if the weather was bad it was 50/50 as to whether or not you could climb back up the slope ! The ones between the Pop. Side/Cheadle End wearn't much better IIRC pitch black on Friday nights and a paddle through a river of pi55 |
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