A for our older members...question

[22A]

This view is from the 40's after WW2. When did such scenes get stopped please; the 50's or early 60's?

Similarly as cricket matches, when were accompanied children banned from sitting on the grass outside of the boundry rope?

[B1ackbird]

3 minutes ago, 22A said:

This view is from the 40's after WW2. When did such scenes get stopped please; the 50's or early 60's?

Similarly as cricket matches, when were accompanied children banned from sitting on the grass outside of the boundry rope?

Went to the B&H final at Lords 81/82? There were young Notts fans in Robin Hood costumes sat behind the boundery rope.. 

[DT The Optimist]

I'm old !  But not that old too remember scenes like that   I am guessing you would need a forum user to be in his 80's now to recall scenes like that !

 

(I note 22A you are in Peterborough. My fav away game with hordes of relatives who live in that area & generations of posh fans. I am always welcome looked after when I go to London Road !)

[cidered abroad]

 Can't answer your questions but would guess in the 1960's or even 1970's.

I sat on the grass at Nevil Road to see 1953 Aussies v Glos. Headmaster at BGS gave us a day off to go. Glos won toss which meant I was able to see Lindwall and Miller open the bowling - a big thrill for me as I wanted to be a fast bowler. Skinny arms let me down.

[BigTone]

2 minutes ago, DT The Optimist said:

I'm old !  But not that old too remember scenes like that   I am guessing you would need a forum user to be in his 80's now to recall scenes like that !

 

@Robbored we need your advice

[chinapig]

2 minutes ago, cidered abroad said:

 Can't answer your questions but would guess in the 1960's or even 1970's.

I sat on the grass at Nevil Road to see 1953 Aussies v Glos. Headmaster at BGS gave us a day off to go. Glos won toss which meant I was able to see Lindwall and Miller open the bowling - a big thrill for me as I wanted to be a fast bowler. Skinny arms let me down.

If you started drinking in the Skinny Arms when you were still at school you only have yourself to blame for not making it as a fast bowler!

[oldstandrobin]

The half time scores A B C D etc were around Ashton Gate when I first started in 1958 as were the seats for the Bus Drivers and Conductors. We knew game was close to ending when they streamed out, little bit like the Dolman 

[SuperDziek]

@CyderInACanexpect you can remember the top photo - you’d have been in your 20’s....

[Rudolf Hucker]

29 minutes ago, oldstandrobin said:

The half time scores A B C D etc were around Ashton Gate when I first started in 1958 as were the seats for the Bus Drivers and Conductors. We knew game was close to ending when they streamed out, little bit like the Dolman 

... plus the light blue, single seat 'invalid vehicles' used by disabled drivers, parked around the ring-side.

[Rudolf Hucker]

36 minutes ago, oldstandrobin said:

The half time scores A B C D etc were around Ashton Gate when I first started in 1958 as were the seats for the Bus Drivers and Conductors. We knew game was close to ending when they streamed out, little bit like the Dolman 

I started watching in the early 60's and I'm sure that by then the A, B, C, D ht score board was on the pitch-side wall of the open end.

[oldstandrobin]

1 minute ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

I started watching in the early 60's and I'm sure that by then the A, B, C, D ht score board was on the pitch-side wall of the open end.

Yes I think it was, I was in the East End then and could see it from there, cant recall if there was one on the East End wall so the open enders could see.

[Lanterne Rouge]

4 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

I started watching in the early 60's and I'm sure that by then the A, B, C, D ht score board was on the pitch-side wall of the open end.

I think it was still there right up to when the Atyeo was built and I have a vague recollection of it being moved to the EE after that.

Edit: just seen @oldstandrobin`s post above so there were probably two of them.

[redysteadygo]

42 minutes ago, oldstandrobin said:

The half time scores A B C D etc were around Ashton Gate when I first started in 1958 as were the seats for the Bus Drivers and Conductors. We knew game was close to ending when they streamed out, little bit like the Dolman 

No, Dolman is out far earlier than the bus men used to be.

[Robbored]

2 hours ago, BigTone said:

@Robbored we need your advice

Cheeky git!

You’re the same age as me.

I remember the ABCE boards being low down and the guy would come out with the half time scores that corresponded the legend in the programme - well before the internet but some fans had transitors small enough to carry in their pocket. 

[Rudolf Hucker]

4 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

there were probably two of them.

There were.

[Rudolf Hucker]

5 minutes ago, Robbored said:

You’re than [same] age as me.

Ever since you stated, the other day, that you rarely make typo's, you've made loads of typo's!

[Rocking Red Cyril]

I started going to the gate early 70's as a young lad. Was there not an ABCD half time scoreboard at both open end and east end front barriers?

Used to go on the enclosure and sure you could see one at either end. But bloody long time ago :laugh:

[BigTone]

13 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Cheeky git!

You’re the same age as me.

I remember the ABCE boards being low down and the guy would come out with the half time scores that corresponded the legend in the programme - well before the internet but some fans had transitors small enough to carry in their pocket. 

At least your memory is still reasonably intact !!

[Kingswood Robin]

I remember going away to Wolves in 1985 and they still had a giant A,B,C,D board still in use in one corner. 

It was in the middle of Wolves slide from 1st division to 4th in consecutive seasons. Wolves were crap, needless to say we lost.

[slartibartfast]

Re, outfield, it was stopped in the late 80's at Nev Road, not for health and safty reasons as you may suppose, but.........................................people were obscuring the advertising hoardings  !

[REDOXO]

The worst crush I remember at home was Liverpool in 77. That was insane. Muller Road end when Hirst scored that goal was on a similar level!

[redsquirrel]

8 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

The worst crush I remember at home was Liverpool in 77. That was insane. Muller Road end when Hirst scored that goal was on a similar level!

is that the one where steve heighway tore us apart with a fantastic solo effort?

[REDOXO]

38 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

is that the one where steve heighway tore us apart with a fantastic solo effort?

We won 2:1 Garland, thus setting up Coventry Away. You know I can’t remember who got their goal strangely. They had just won the league!!

[Ziderarmy]

3 hours ago, BigTone said:

At least your memory is still reasonably intact !!

Unlike his alphabetical knowledge 

[reddoh]

40 minutes ago, ziderheadarmy said:

Unlike his alphabetical knowledge 

that doesn't add up.

[PHILINFRANCE]

6 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Ever since you stated, the other day, that you rarely make typo's, you've made loads of typo's!

I assume that was deliberate?

Interestingly, whilst one might assume the plural would be typoes, it is in fact typos.

[Floatn Over]

11 hours ago, REDOXO said:

The worst crush I remember at home was Liverpool in 77. That was insane. Muller Road end when Hirst scored that goal was on a similar level!

From my recollection the Muller Road / Martyn Hirst crush could have gone so very wrong, there was a local ITV (then HTV) consumer rights contributor (forgotten his name) looking down on us from a platform nearby with a look of real worry on his face.

[Port Said Red]

11 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Re, outfield, it was stopped in the late 80's at Nev Road, not for health and safty reasons as you may suppose, but.........................................people were obscuring the advertising hoardings  !

I was going to answer @22As original question by saying "television coverage"  which I guess is similar to your point. 

Regarding that picture, I suppose these things were stopped after several accidents, the Ibrox disaster being the most infamous, but I have recollections of seeing images of people falling through the roof's of various stands in the 60s and 70s.

[Galway Red]

11 hours ago, redsquirrel said:

is that the one where steve heighway tore us apart with a fantastic solo effort?

Don't think Highway was there then, it might of been quarter final of cup in '74 you' re thinking about? 

[adamski]

I remember watching us at Swindle  in the late 60's sitting on "ringside seating infront of the Shrivenham Rd side, bench seats inside the perimeter wall, my Dad got a ball full in the face from a John Trollop clearance. I also remember another spectator having a player sliding into them....all good fun