A photo i saw online id never seen before of HR (3 Viewers)

[oakey]

I stood down the front of the Sky blue terrace in those days. Only a few times in the West End, which was not an hospitable place for a 5ft teenage girl.

 

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[bigfatronssba]

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That’s the photo I was thinking of.

Showing the family stand being built on top of the pre-existing terracing.

I suppose that how they were able to build it so quickly

 

[bigfatronssba]

Look at that slope!

 

[Joy Division]

 

[robbiethemole]

I used to stand on the Kop as a 'youth' in the 70's, then when they made it the East Stand and put seats in, I had the seat n the same place.
I had that right up until they closed the ground, and I bought two seats E19 and E20.
I think Callista on here has one of them now.

 

[oakey]

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Safe standing eh?

 

[Calista]

I used to stand on the Kop as a 'youth' in the 70's, then when they made it the East Stand and put seats in, I had the seat n the same place.
I had that right up until they closed the ground, and I bought two seats E19 and E20.
I think Callista on here has one of them now.

So you stuck to one place in ground, even when they put the seats in! I was the opposite - I had long spells (years) on the Kop, the crow's nest, in the Main Stand, and the West End (before and after seating), but I literally don't think there was any part of Highfield Road I didn't watch games from at one time or another.

By the way, I really wish I had one of the seats, but it wasn't me I'm afraid

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

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Do you know when this was taken?

 

[Saddlebrains]

Lovely, it was a nice ground in its day.

Id argue it still was even when we left

None of it was falling down, none of it was unsafe, it had all been re-seated and spruced up when the East Stand was rebuilt, 11 years before they flattened the place

Id argue that if we were still there, 18 years after we left, only now would it start to become a bit of a dive.

 

[bigfatronssba]

Do you know when this was taken?

Judging by the mess of it, it’s after the seating fiasco where they’ve made a half arsed attempt to convert it back to standing

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Id argue it still was even when we left

None of it was falling down, none of it was unsafe, it had all been re-seated and spruced up when the East Stand was rebuilt, 11 years before they flattened the place

Id argue that if we were still there, 18 years after we left, only now would it start to become a bit of a dive.

The facilities were fairly poor and the view from some of the seats poor and huge parts of the ground stunk of piss

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Judging by the mess of it, it’s after the seating fiasco where they’ve made a half arsed attempt to convert it back to standing

So few shirts on show so I found it difficult to work it out

 

[Joy Division]

Do you know when this was taken?

It was during the 1987/88 season

 

[Saddlebrains]

The facilities were fairly poor and the view from some of the seats poor and huge parts of the ground stunk of piss

When the likes of Luton are playing in the premier league at their utter ramshackle community centre, I feel HR would have been fine for us for another decade at least

 

[Joy Division]

 

[Robinshio]

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mullet central

 

[Calista]

I stood down the front of the Sky blue terrace in those days. Only a few times in the West End, which was not an hospitable place for a 5ft teenage girl.

Yes it was 'boisterous' in the West End, and looking back with 21st Century eyes the atmosphere at football matches was prehistoric really. To most people, it seemed prehistoric even at the time to be honest.

 

[bigfatronssba]

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When did those boxes go in at the front of the Main Stand?
I remember seeing pictures of it in the early 70s and the Main Stand had a terrace at the front of it then

 

[bigfatronssba]

This must be one of the last times HR was full in its pre all seater days.

 

[David O'Day]

It was during the 1987/88 season

yeah there's a lad to the right with the original hummel shirt on

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

When the likes of Luton are playing in the premier league at their utter ramshackle community centre, I feel HR would have been fine for us for another decade at least

At the time is was ok for our needs and for many of the years following the one feature it has over the current arena is that it was the clubs.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

yeah there's a lad to the right with the original hummel shirt on

Well spotted, I was looking above there as I used to stand in the corner above him and still missed it.

 

[robbiethemole]

So you stuck to one place in ground, even when they put the seats in! I was the opposite - I had long spells (years) on the Kop, the crow's nest, in the Main Stand, and the West End (before and after seating), but I literally don't think there was any part of Highfield Road I didn't watch games from at one time or another.

By the way, I really wish I had one of the seats, but it wasn't me I'm afraid

apologies then, it was someone on here who had it, yep i just loved being on the Kop even when sat down

 

[the rumpo kid]

yeah there's a lad to the right with the original hummel shirt on

You know what, the one on the right of the two lads with the Hummel shirts on , I think might be me , looks like me back in the day.

 

[Robinshio]

When did those boxes go in at the front of the Main Stand?
I remember seeing pictures of it in the early 70s and the Main Stand had a terrace at the front of it then

they were there all the way - behind the terrace
I remember watching Stuart Pearce's debut in one of them

 

[Robinshio]

This must be one of the last times HR was full in its pre all seater days.

I was there

 

[Bad Boy]

Id argue it still was even when we left

None of it was falling down, none of it was unsafe, it had all been re-seated and spruced up when the East Stand was rebuilt, 11 years before they flattened the place

Id argue that if we were still there, 18 years after we left, only now would it start to become a bit of a dive.

The old girl was looking more than a little frayed around her edges but I thought it still looked cool even at the end Saddlebrains.

 

[rob9872]

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This is how i remember it tbh

 

[bigfatronssba]

Anyone old enough to remember this view?
Back of the original West Terrace from Catherine Street

 

[bigfatronssba]

they were there all the way - behind the terrace
I remember watching Stuart Pearce's debut in one of them

This is the picture I was thinking about. Definitely no boxes in the Main Stand at that point

 

[Bad Boy]

Anyone old enough to remember this view?
Back of the original West Terrace from Catherine Street

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Yep, my first glimpse of HR when I was 7.

Climbed both those poles closest to the ground when I was a telephone engineer

 

[rob9872]

This is the picture I was thinking about. Definitely no boxes in the Main Stand at that point

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That row at the bottom were boxes. The terrace in front of it had seats put in about 2 or 3 rows and where I saw my first game from.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Anyone old enough to remember this view?
Back of the original West Terrace from Catherine Street

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Fuck me what a pic that is? When was this? I was born in 90 so seeing stuff like this amazes me

 

[bigfatronssba]

Fuck me what a pic that is? When was this? I was born in 90 so seeing stuff like this amazes me

The floodlights were added in 1957 so it must be after that. Can't be long after it though judging by the van and lack of TV aerials on the houses

 

[Bad Boy]

Fuck me what a pic that is? When was this? I was born in 90 so seeing stuff like this amazes me

I was 7 in 1960 and I would say that picture predates that.

I can't make out what the model of the car is in the background parked up outside what became the apprentices living accomodation which may give a clearer indication of when the photo was taken.

Anyone got an idea?