OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

I believe the floodlights were reduced in size as they dazzled motorists on the then newly built Yeadon Way. The bulbs in the floodlight frame were some of the brightest available and to counter any 'dazzling' issues they effectively chopped the pylons in half.....I hated the cut down versions!!!
 
KhonKaenSeasider said:
I believe the floodlights were reduced in size as they dazzled motorists on the then newly built Yeadon Way. The bulbs in the floodlight frame were some of the brightest available and to counter any 'dazzling' issues they effectively chopped the pylons in half.....I hated the cut down versions!!!
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Thanks for the insight 👍
 
It was because they had become unsafe. The upper part of the flood lights had begun to corrode and there was the threat of not being able to open the ground in high winds. Rather than repair the pylon the decision was made to 'chop' them as then they were much more stable and easy to maintain. An early example of cutting corners and I remember being gutted.
 
ElBurroSinNombre said:
I was at that game I think - we were 2-0 down and came back to 2-2 at the South Paddock end. Hales and Flanagan up front for Charlton - I was selling programmes that season, used to get free admission to the match.
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Yep, I remember that game as well Hales & Flanagan vs. Walsh & Hatton on a bone hard, dusty pitch. Years later talking to a Charlton fan said that Hales and Flanagan hated each other so much that they rarely spoke.
 
Levi, agree about Allan Brown. great footballer and a very nice guy.
I remember that some years, during the Summer (1951/2) he had a rock stall at the corner of Coronation St and Hornby Rd. used to go past often on the GPO M/bike and always got a wave.
 
Davepick said:
Levi, agree about Allan Brown. great footballer and a very nice guy.
I remember that some years, during the Summer (1951/2) he had a rock stall at the corner of Coronation St and Hornby Rd. used to go past often on the GPO M/bike and always got a wave.
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Happy days Dave. We would have gone up that season but for his sacking!! Instead we spent 30 years in the wilderness!!☹️
 
Budgies-Budgie said:
Old floodlights coming down - 1990
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My first ever game was against Rochdale in August 1990. I don't remember much of the actual game (it was by all accounts a rather dull 0-0 draw) but I do remember that they hadn't got round to re-attaching the tops of the floodlights, and the gantries were stood up by the Kop waiting to be put up. Strange what you remember...
 
KhonKaenSeasider said:
Was that the snow clearing prior to the ultimately postponed Tranmere home game on Boxing Day, early 1980's?? I recall the club asking for people to help shift snow from the pitch and I went down to help...it was brass monkey's!!!
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Sounds about right pal, not sure when it was.
 
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