A photo i saw online id never seen before of HR (4 Viewers)

Calista

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Evo, have you got a link to the website? I'm curious about the date of the photos - would guess somewhere around 1978 to 1980?

Cameras weren't great in those days were they :ROFLMAO:
 

Robinshio

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Er weren’t the fences were there until after Hillsborough in ‘89? If they were taken down for the all-seater in the rain stadium, they came back as soon as we went back to terracing.
For us I think they went with the all seater
I can certainly remember in the 1st season running across the pitch for cover in torrential rain at half time with the whole east terrace with no fencing Same with Liverpool fans jumping in in the 4-0 game
 

Gynnsthetonic

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Er weren’t the fences were there until after Hillsborough in ‘89? If they were taken down for the all-seater in the rain stadium, they came back as soon as we went back to terracing.
Yes, I meant went all seater in 81, they may of come down and back as well like you said. I'm sure it was for the Forest semi final in 1990 they went permently
 
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bigfatronssba

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It’s the West Stand terrace.

The original West End terrace (seen to the left ) View attachment 31588was demolished/ dismantled to make way for the West stand.

There was some connection with Twickenham, we either bought the roof from or sold it to the RFU, I can’t remember.

Interestingly the original west terrace wasn’t fully demolished. They just removed the roof. The family stand was then built above it.
The terrace in this picture remained until the 80s when the seats were put in and the steps had to be re-profiled
 

Calista

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It’s the West Stand terrace.

The original West End terrace (seen to the left ) View attachment 31588was demolished/ dismantled to make way for the West stand.

There was some connection with Twickenham, we either bought the roof from or sold it to the RFU, I can’t remember.
Wow I don't remember the part-built Sky Blue Stand! I was only a young kid at the time though.

The terrace at the west end was always called the 'west end' regardless of its formal name.

Edit: even after the seats were put in.
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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There was a beautiful photo I seen ages ago taken from a block of flats in hillfields at night with highfield road in the background
 

NortonSkyBlue

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The west end was divided into three sections until 78 and that photo shows the sections removed with fences up but pre all seater so possibly 78/9/80
 

Kneeza

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Nice to see the first one in particular. Me, my dad, and my granddad stood at the kop end of that terrace in front of the just-completed Sky Blue Stand, for my first ever game at HR. I couldn't see much, but I was hooked.

It's interesting that people always refer to the Covered End (the old Twickenham/Sam Robbins cover) as the West End. It wasn't known as that until the concrete stand was built. (Yes, I know these pictures depict the West End btw).

Edit - FF's pic shows where we stood much better. Just behind the ranks of Invacars!
 

CV22SBA

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Evo, have you got a link to the website? I'm curious about the date of the photos - would guess somewhere around 1978 to 1980?

Cameras weren't great in those days were they :ROFLMAO:
I started going in 1982 and it wasn't like that so I would say lates 70s
 
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