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1 hour ago, Ciderhead433 said:

Remember the gasworks when playing on the tip or fishing in the malago. Tobacco down East st

 

Fishing ?

I remember Jim the watercress who would collect watercress from that stretch behind the Malsters and flog it to the local shops for his cider money in the Black Horse.

I think his name was Jim Redman ?

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As a comparison, although Ashton Gate has a great and long history, its not quite the oldest in current use (top 2 divisions only)!

Club Ground Capacity Date(1) Previous Ground
Preston North End Deepdale         23,408 1878  
Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park         31,367 1882  
Burnley Turf Moor         21,944 1883  
Ipswich Town Portman Road         30,300 1884  
Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium         32,050 1889  
Sheffield United Bramall Lane         32,702 1889  
Everton Goodison Park         39,221 1892  
Liverpool Anfield         53,394 1892  
Newcastle United St James Park         52,354 1892  
Fulham Craven Cottage         25,700 1896  
Aston Villa Villa Park         42,785 1897  
Nottingham Forest City Ground         30,576 1898  
Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough         39,732 1899  
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns         26,580 1900  
Brentford Griffin Park         12,763 1904  
Bristol City Ashton Gate         27,000 1904  
Chelsea Stamford Bridge         40,853 1905  
Birmingham City St Andrew's         30,106 1906  
AFC Bournemouth Dean Court (Vitality Stadium)         11,329 1910  
Manchester United Old Trafford         74,879 1910  
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road         18,360 1917  
Leeds United Elland Road         37,900 1919  
Watford Vicarage Road          20,400 1922  
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park         26,074 1924  
Norwich City Carrow Road         27,220 1935  
Millwall The Den         20,146 1993 The (Old) Den
Huddersfield Town The John Smith's Stadium         24,121 1994 Leeds Road
Middlesborough Riverside Stadium         34,742 1995 Ayresome Park
Bolton Wanderers University of Bolton Stadium         28,723 1997 Burnden Park
Derby County Pride Park Stadium         33,597 1997 Baseball Ground
Stoke City bet365 Stadium         30,089 1997 Victoria Ground
Reading Madejski Stadium         24,200 1998 Elm Park
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium         25,133 1999 Springfield Park
Southampton St Mary's Stadium         32,384 2001 The Dell
Leicester City King Power Stadium         32,273 2002 Filbert Street
Hull City KCOM Stadium         25,404 2002 Boothferry Park
Manchester City Etihad Stadium         55,107 2003 Maine Road
Swansea City Liberty Stadium         21,088 2005 Vetch Field
Arsenal Emirates Stadium         60,260 2006 Highbury Stadium
Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium         33,316 2009 Ninian Park
Brighton & Hove Albion Amex Stadium (Falmer Stadium)         30,666 2011 Goldstone Ground
Rotherham United New York Stadium         12,021 2012 Millmoor
West Ham United London Stadium         60,000 2016 Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Totenham Hostspur Totenham Hotspur Stadium         62,062 2019

White Hart Lane

 

(1) Date built or date of first recognised use as football ground of current football club if later
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3 hours ago, TomF said:

Also Paul Townsends Flickr collection of Bristol is probably the most complete you'll ever find online.  Can spend hours going through his albums:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/albums 

Something for you to all waste your entire Friday looking through! 

Thank you for posting this, never thought to look on Flickr for a collection of old Bristol photos. When I was a youngster a relative had a collection of books about old Bristol, I used to spend hours and hours going through them when I visited looking at the old photos. This site is perfect for another browse. 

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3 hours ago, Gazred said:

Thanks for that. Just sent it on to my Dad who has all the Reece Winston "Bristol as it was" books, he'll really enjoy looking through those.

That’s the books I just mentioned, couldn’t remember what they were. Thank you

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44 minutes ago, hantsred said:

As a comparison, although Ashton Gate has a great and long history, its not quite the oldest in current use (top 2 divisions only)!

Club Ground Capacity Date(1) Previous Ground
Preston North End Deepdale         23,408 1878  
Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park         31,367 1882  
Burnley Turf Moor         21,944 1883  
Ipswich Town Portman Road         30,300 1884  
Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium         32,050 1889  
Sheffield United Bramall Lane         32,702 1889  
Everton Goodison Park         39,221 1892  
Liverpool Anfield         53,394 1892  
Newcastle United St James Park         52,354 1892  
Fulham Craven Cottage         25,700 1896  
Aston Villa Villa Park         42,785 1897  
Nottingham Forest City Ground         30,576 1898  
Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough         39,732 1899  
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns         26,580 1900  
Brentford Griffin Park         12,763 1904  
Bristol City Ashton Gate         27,000 1904  
Chelsea Stamford Bridge         40,853 1905  
Birmingham City St Andrew's         30,106 1906  
AFC Bournemouth Dean Court (Vitality Stadium)         11,329 1910  
Manchester United Old Trafford         74,879 1910  
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road         18,360 1917  
Leeds United Elland Road         37,900 1919  
Watford Vicarage Road          20,400 1922  
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park         26,074 1924  
Norwich City Carrow Road         27,220 1935  
Millwall The Den         20,146 1993 The (Old) Den
Huddersfield Town The John Smith's Stadium         24,121 1994 Leeds Road
Middlesborough Riverside Stadium         34,742 1995 Ayresome Park
Bolton Wanderers University of Bolton Stadium         28,723 1997 Burnden Park
Derby County Pride Park Stadium         33,597 1997 Baseball Ground
Stoke City bet365 Stadium         30,089 1997 Victoria Ground
Reading Madejski Stadium         24,200 1998 Elm Park
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium         25,133 1999 Springfield Park
Southampton St Mary's Stadium         32,384 2001 The Dell
Leicester City King Power Stadium         32,273 2002 Filbert Street
Hull City KCOM Stadium         25,404 2002 Boothferry Park
Manchester City Etihad Stadium         55,107 2003 Maine Road
Swansea City Liberty Stadium         21,088 2005 Vetch Field
Arsenal Emirates Stadium         60,260 2006 Highbury Stadium
Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium         33,316 2009 Ninian Park
Brighton & Hove Albion Amex Stadium (Falmer Stadium)         30,666 2011 Goldstone Ground
Rotherham United New York Stadium         12,021 2012 Millmoor
West Ham United London Stadium         60,000 2016 Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Totenham Hostspur Totenham Hotspur Stadium         62,062 2019

White Hart Lane

 

(1) Date built or date of first recognised use as football ground of current football club if later

Although 14 "Home " games were played there in 1900/01 season

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52 minutes ago, hantsred said:

As a comparison, although Ashton Gate has a great and long history, its not quite the oldest in current use (top 2 divisions only)!

Club Ground Capacity Date(1) Previous Ground
Preston North End Deepdale         23,408 1878  
Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park         31,367 1882  
Burnley Turf Moor         21,944 1883  
Ipswich Town Portman Road         30,300 1884  
Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium         32,050 1889  
Sheffield United Bramall Lane         32,702 1889  
Everton Goodison Park         39,221 1892  
Liverpool Anfield         53,394 1892  
Newcastle United St James Park         52,354 1892  
Fulham Craven Cottage         25,700 1896  
Aston Villa Villa Park         42,785 1897  
Nottingham Forest City Ground         30,576 1898  
Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough         39,732 1899  
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns         26,580 1900  
Brentford Griffin Park         12,763 1904  
Bristol City Ashton Gate         27,000 1904  
Chelsea Stamford Bridge         40,853 1905  
Birmingham City St Andrew's         30,106 1906  
AFC Bournemouth Dean Court (Vitality Stadium)         11,329 1910  
Manchester United Old Trafford         74,879 1910  
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road         18,360 1917  
Leeds United Elland Road         37,900 1919  
Watford Vicarage Road          20,400 1922  
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park         26,074 1924  
Norwich City Carrow Road         27,220 1935  
Millwall The Den         20,146 1993 The (Old) Den
Huddersfield Town The John Smith's Stadium         24,121 1994 Leeds Road
Middlesborough Riverside Stadium         34,742 1995 Ayresome Park
Bolton Wanderers University of Bolton Stadium         28,723 1997 Burnden Park
Derby County Pride Park Stadium         33,597 1997 Baseball Ground
Stoke City bet365 Stadium         30,089 1997 Victoria Ground
Reading Madejski Stadium         24,200 1998 Elm Park
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium         25,133 1999 Springfield Park
Southampton St Mary's Stadium         32,384 2001 The Dell
Leicester City King Power Stadium         32,273 2002 Filbert Street
Hull City KCOM Stadium         25,404 2002 Boothferry Park
Manchester City Etihad Stadium         55,107 2003 Maine Road
Swansea City Liberty Stadium         21,088 2005 Vetch Field
Arsenal Emirates Stadium         60,260 2006 Highbury Stadium
Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium         33,316 2009 Ninian Park
Brighton & Hove Albion Amex Stadium (Falmer Stadium)         30,666 2011 Goldstone Ground
Rotherham United New York Stadium         12,021 2012 Millmoor
West Ham United London Stadium         60,000 2016 Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Totenham Hostspur Totenham Hotspur Stadium         62,062 2019

White Hart Lane

 

(1) Date built or date of first recognised use as football ground of current football club if later

What’s interesting about that list is the number of clubs who have moved in the last 25 years - from Millwall downwards. With Brentford also moving shortly that’ll be 20 of the teams having gone to new, custom facilities in the timeframe.

It’d be good to see the list for the bottom two divisions - I’d guess the “move” level is nowhere near as great. Proves the point that in modern football, you’ve got to have the off field facilities to progress as a club.

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44 minutes ago, RedM said:

That’s the books I just mentioned, couldn’t remember what they were. Thank you

Great books. This is my prized possession though - same concept of old Bristol but this was published in 1908 and is comparing then to around 1850! 

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4 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

But then they would have to knock down their own homes as well, I have a framed copy of this map from 1673 (I will find a place to hang it one day!)  You will see that even places like Temple Meads were outside the original walls and the "CITTY" (sic) is very much aligned to the river. 

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You can just about make out Alan Curbishley’s house . 

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Bristol has changed so much in 100 years. Relatively speaking, it is now a proper **** hole compared to back then. 

The war and successive culpable councils have made sure of that. 

Bristol's history of people, places and architecture is rich. I rarely ever speak to anyone that knows much about it, which is a shame. People aren't really interested. 

If you want to know more, just look at what Castle Park was prior to November 1940. You'll be amazed. 

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1 hour ago, hantsred said:

As a comparison, although Ashton Gate has a great and long history, its not quite the oldest in current use (top 2 divisions only)!

Club Ground Capacity Date(1) Previous Ground
Preston North End Deepdale         23,408 1878  
Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park         31,367 1882  
Burnley Turf Moor         21,944 1883  
Ipswich Town Portman Road         30,300 1884  
Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium         32,050 1889  
Sheffield United Bramall Lane         32,702 1889  
Everton Goodison Park         39,221 1892  
Liverpool Anfield         53,394 1892  
Newcastle United St James Park         52,354 1892  
Fulham Craven Cottage         25,700 1896  
Aston Villa Villa Park         42,785 1897  
Nottingham Forest City Ground         30,576 1898  
Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough         39,732 1899  
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns         26,580 1900  
Brentford Griffin Park         12,763 1904  
Bristol City Ashton Gate         27,000 1904  
Chelsea Stamford Bridge         40,853 1905  
Birmingham City St Andrew's         30,106 1906  
AFC Bournemouth Dean Court (Vitality Stadium)         11,329 1910  
Manchester United Old Trafford         74,879 1910  
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road         18,360 1917  
Leeds United Elland Road         37,900 1919  
Watford Vicarage Road          20,400 1922  
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park         26,074 1924  
Norwich City Carrow Road         27,220 1935  
Millwall The Den         20,146 1993 The (Old) Den
Huddersfield Town The John Smith's Stadium         24,121 1994 Leeds Road
Middlesborough Riverside Stadium         34,742 1995 Ayresome Park
Bolton Wanderers University of Bolton Stadium         28,723 1997 Burnden Park
Derby County Pride Park Stadium         33,597 1997 Baseball Ground
Stoke City bet365 Stadium         30,089 1997 Victoria Ground
Reading Madejski Stadium         24,200 1998 Elm Park
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium         25,133 1999 Springfield Park
Southampton St Mary's Stadium         32,384 2001 The Dell
Leicester City King Power Stadium         32,273 2002 Filbert Street
Hull City KCOM Stadium         25,404 2002 Boothferry Park
Manchester City Etihad Stadium         55,107 2003 Maine Road
Swansea City Liberty Stadium         21,088 2005 Vetch Field
Arsenal Emirates Stadium         60,260 2006 Highbury Stadium
Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium         33,316 2009 Ninian Park
Brighton & Hove Albion Amex Stadium (Falmer Stadium)         30,666 2011 Goldstone Ground
Rotherham United New York Stadium         12,021 2012 Millmoor
West Ham United London Stadium         60,000 2016 Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)
Totenham Hostspur Totenham Hotspur Stadium         62,062 2019

White Hart Lane

 

(1) Date built or date of first recognised use as football ground of current football club if later

 

25 minutes ago, Bob Taylor is GOD said:

Although 14 "Home " games were played there in 1900/01 season

 

 

I am guessing it means the current stadium being a continual upgrade and built upon and not the grounds being in continual use as this is from 1902 (curtesy of @Threshing Red in a previous post). If the cricket was being played there, then the ground is a lot older than 1904

 

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14 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said:

Bristol has changed so much in 100 years. Relatively speaking, it is now a proper **** hole compared to back then. 

The war and successive culpable councils have made sure of that. 

Bristol's history of people, places and architecture is rich. I rarely ever speak to anyone that knows much about it, which is a shame. People aren't really interested. 

If you want to know more, just look at what Castle Park was prior to November 1940. You'll be amazed. 

You are right , Bristol’s ‘  great and good ‘ have been holding back progress since the war .

 

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5 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

You are right , Bristol’s ‘  great and good ‘ have been holding back progress since the war .

 

I agree that the progress has been slow, it's taken my lifetime to bring the docks up to what we were promised when I was an eight year old looking at a diorama of the future in the council offices. But they are nearly there and there are some great areas here.  Not many outsiders are very negative about it. 

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28 minutes ago, CotswoldRed said:

Bristol has changed so much in 100 years. Relatively speaking, it is now a proper **** hole compared to back then. 

The war and successive culpable councils have made sure of that. 

Bristol's history of people, places and architecture is rich. I rarely ever speak to anyone that knows much about it, which is a shame. People aren't really interested. 

If you want to know more, just look at what Castle Park was prior to November 1940. You'll be amazed. 

In places yes - but even myself at 38 can remember the state of Bristol in the mid 80s - still had a lot of dereliction/spaces from the war.   it might not be perfect but a lot of the regeneration centrally has been good. 

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2 hours ago, Dodgy_Giefer said:

I did not know this. Very interesting. On a similar note why is Section 82 so named? Thanks.

Reclamation of 82 from the saggies, and I'm pretty sure a section 82 is something to do with noise complaints.

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3 hours ago, CotswoldRed said:

Bristol has changed so much in 100 years. Relatively speaking, it is now a proper **** hole compared to back then. 

The war and successive culpable councils have made sure of that. 

Bristol's history of people, places and architecture is rich. I rarely ever speak to anyone that knows much about it, which is a shame. People aren't really interested. 

If you want to know more, just look at what Castle Park was prior to November 1940. You'll be amazed. 

Harsh, in the past 30 the city has come on leaps and bounds. If we had a half decent local council one can only imagine how successful the place would be. As it is, aside from London and maybe Oxford/Edinburgh, there are few places more successful in the UK than Bristol. 

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11 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

I believe that’s Aizoon on the right smoking his pipe.

What I miss are the smells of the city , the tobacco, the Gas works , the diesel from the boats  ... not as healthy as today I suppose but it’s part of my childhood that’s gone.

I thought the same thing Major. ?

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10 hours ago, exAtyeoMax said:

I used to love the smell of the tannery in Bedminster. Smells of a working city. 

Bedminster? Don't recall that one though they did have Plucknett's that stunk gert lush. There was a tannery when I was a kid on Clift House Road. Sadly for AG Regent Remoulds in its prime stunk to high heaven.

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3 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

Bedminster? Don't recall that one though they did have Plucknett's that stunk gert lush. There was a tannery when I was a kid on Clift House Road. Sadly for AG Regent Remoulds in its prime stunk to high heaven.

It still does. It’s wonderfully original inside still - a bygone era of industry but they’re financially very sound. Apparently make a fortune selling to China. 

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13 minutes ago, TomF said:

It still does. It’s wonderfully original inside still - a bygone era of industry but they’re financially very sound. Apparently make a fortune selling to China. 

What, the Tannery? Where is it?

Plucknett's on the other hand used to love going in there for vinegar and cordials. Top place.

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43 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said:

Harsh, in the past 30 the city has come on leaps and bounds. If we had a half decent local council one can only imagine how successful the place would be. As it is, aside from London and maybe Oxford/Edinburgh, there are few places more successful in the UK than Bristol. 

If you are familiar with Bristol before the war (mine is from significant research) you'll know what I mean. I'm not slating the city today, I'm saying that while it's still a great city it ain't a patch on what it was. 

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12 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

What, the Tannery? Where is it?

Plucknett's on the other hand used to love going in there for vinegar and cordials. Top place.

Tannery is still where it always was on corner of Coronation Road up from the toll house we’re talking about here. 

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19 hours ago, Reigate Red said:

This be it ….

 


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What fascinates me with photos such as this is that there is no litter on the street and people go about their daily business without a mobile phone or drinking bottled water.

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