OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

Levi501 said:
View attachment 3670Managed to dig this out re-the 1957 game at the Camp Nou, it’s a bit blurred but it’s a letter sent to the ‘President‘ of Blackpool Football Club confirming the price of the forthcoming match on 22nd of May. Basically it says the total price of a match ticket, picking up at the airport in a car, which will take you to the Hotel Majestic then to the match, then back to the hotel at 10.00, then back to the airport on the day after. At a cost of 136.25pesetas roughly £40 in todays dosh. It also says please send us photos and details of players for our propaganda (Publicity purposes). Out of dictatorial necessity the letter is typed in Castilian and not Catalan, which was banned under the fascist Dictator General Franco. Mes que un Club!
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Can you get @BFC59 to translate please 😂
 
forgot to add text another view of bloomfield road 1952 loads of charabans parked up hard to imagine now how large the bridge was over the multitude of railway lines
 
wouldn't it be great if someone at the club had the front to reach out to our historic friends in catalunya for another friendly...si us plau.

Levi501 said:
View attachment 3670Managed to dig this out re-the 1957 game at the Camp Nou, it’s a bit blurred but it’s a letter sent to the ‘President‘ of Blackpool Football Club confirming the price of the forthcoming match on 22nd of May. Basically it says the total price of a match ticket, picking up at the airport in a car, which will take you to the Hotel Majestic then to the match, then back to the hotel at 10.00, then back to the airport on the day after. At a cost of 136.25pesetas roughly £40 in todays dosh. It also says please send us photos and details of players for our propaganda (Publicity purposes). Out of dictatorial necessity the letter is typed in Castilian and not Catalan, which was banned under the fascist Dictator General Franco. Mes que un Club!
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Great picture. I've had a closer look at it. A few things to note.

No No1 Cub. No Tangerine Club but I knew that was only opened in the mid 70s but wasn't sure if there was anything there before that.

South Paddock looks like it might be partially closed. There's not many in the West either, and the Scratching Shed is unroofed at the Kop End.

Left hand side of the Kop you can see its built on stilts. You can also see what looks like a row of two story houses in the corner of the Kop/East on Henry Street

The game is in progress, and kind of blows the myth that all games in those days were lock outs, they weren't. . I saw a similar photo recently where you could clearly see the Kop was by no means full. With all the coach loads of day trippers you'd expect more than a few of them would have helped to swell the crowd with people wanting to see Matthews/Morty etc. I presume the picture is from that era ? Its certainly pre 1960 as that's when the Kop Roof went on.

Top photo though 👍
 
Potts Must Go said:
Great picture. I've had a closer look at it. A few things to note.

No No1 Cub. No Tangerine Club but I knew that was only opened in the mid 70s but wasn't sure if there was anything there before that.

South Paddock looks like it might be partially closed. There's not many in the West either, and the Scratching Shed is unroofed at the Kop End.

Left hand side of the Kop you can see its built on stilts. You can also see what looks like a row of two story houses in the corner of the Kop/East on Henry Street

The game is in progress, and kind of blows the myth that all games in those days were lock outs, they weren't. . I saw a similar photo recently where you could clearly see the Kop was by no means full. With all the coach loads of day trippers you'd expect more than a few of them would have helped to swell the crowd with people wanting to see Matthews/Morty etc. I presume the picture is from that era ? Its certainly pre 1960 as that's when the Kop Roof went on.

Top photo though 👍
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I wonder if perhaps it is a reserve game? They used to get crowds of around 10,000 I believe which looks to be about right.

One of the things I find interesting in this pic and others of a similar era, is that as well as the East roof only covering half the stand, the entrances to the East along Back Henry Street (like the one in your pic!) haven't been built yet. Presumably at this stage you got into the East via the turnstiles behind the Kop or those in the SE corner of hte ground that used to be one of the ways in to the South Paddock.

I believe (but may be wrong) that the East as we knew it was essentially rebuilt in the close season of 53/54 (possibly financed by us winning the cup) when the three entrances along BHS were built, as well as the "facilities" underneath and the roof put on.
 
seaside7 said:
I wonder if perhaps it is a reserve game? They used to get crowds of around 10,000 I believe which looks to be about right.

One of the things I find interesting in this pic and others of a similar era, is that as well as the East roof only covering half the stand, the entrances to the East along Back Henry Street (like the one in your pic!) haven't been built yet. Presumably at this stage you got into the East via the turnstiles behind the Kop or those in the SE corner of hte ground that used to be one of the ways in to the South Paddock.

I believe (but may be wrong) that the East as we knew it was essentially rebuilt in the close season of 53/54 (possibly financed by us winning the cup) when the three entrances along BHS were built, as well as the "facilities" underneath and the roof put on.
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Could be a pre season game, its certainly in the holiday season judging by the number of coaches.

Once heard a rumour there was a running track under the Scratching Sheds, but that's probably all it was, a rumour.
 
Potts Must Go said:
Could be a pre season game, its certainly in the holiday season judging by the number of coaches.

Once heard a rumour there was a running track under the Scratching Sheds, but that's probably all it was, a rumour.
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There was a walkway under the Scratching Sheds, it was still there about 1974 when I went in the east for the first time. I think it was so fans could switch ends at half time. Not sure when it was installed or the last time it was used though.
 
Don't forget, in those pre-segregation days you would go to the end of the ground that Pool were attacking and walk down to the other end for the second half. Away fans would do the same in the opposite direction. If it was a low gate, this might explain why the Kop is full and the South Paddock is nearly empty, Pool would have been attacking the Kop. This game was in the 50's, but I remember doing the same thing myself in the 60's - one half of the game on the Kop, the other in the South. There were gates from the Kop into the East and West and like wise from the East into the South. And, of course, it wasn't a problem to use the cinder track to get from the West to the South in those days. What a wonderful photo!
 
seaside7 said:
I wonder if perhaps it is a reserve game? They used to get crowds of around 10,000 I believe which looks to be about right.

One of the things I find interesting in this pic and others of a similar era, is that as well as the East roof only covering half the stand, the entrances to the East along Back Henry Street (like the one in your pic!) haven't been built yet. Presumably at this stage you got into the East via the turnstiles behind the Kop or those in the SE corner of hte ground that used to be one of the ways in to the South Paddock.

I believe (but may be wrong) that the East as we knew it was essentially rebuilt in the close season of 53/54 (possibly financed by us winning the cup) when the three entrances along BHS were built, as well as the "facilities" underneath and the roof put on.
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There was a transfer gate into the East from the Kop right into the 70s. Pay an extra 6d.
 
onlyonepool said:
There was a walkway under the Scratching Sheds, it was still there about 1974 when I went in the east for the first time. I think it was so fans could switch ends at half time. Not sure when it was installed or the last time it was used though.
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I've heard that too that you could get all the way underneath. The East was divided into three sections - South, Central and North - each with it's own entrances and toilets etc underneath. I wonder if there were doorways/passageways between the three which could be opened if needed?

There was also a rumour that there was an old gymnasium under the Scratching Sheds. I've got a photograph which is annoyingly on a computer which I don't have at the moment (I might be able to rescue it at Christmas and will post on here if I can) which shows some early 50s players working out in a gym, but it looks as though it's underneath the South Stand rather than the East. Of course, it's entirely feasible that at various points there was both - it could be that when the East was redeveloped they built a gym there and then used the old gym under the South for something different (offices, club shop etc.)

Always been fascinated by the history of the ground - having started watching pool in the 90s the stadium was often more interesting than what was happening on the pitch...
 
Potts Must Go said:
Could be a pre season game, its certainly in the holiday season judging by the number of coaches.

Once heard a rumour there was a running track under the Scratching Sheds, but that's probably all it was, a rumour.
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Pic here of George Farm and Tommy Garret training in the old Gym ,pretty sure this was under the sscratching sheds ,maybe @jockdodds can confirm .
 

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Greeno said:
Pic here of George Farm and Tommy Garret training in the old Gym ,pretty sure this was under the sscratching sheds ,maybe @jockdodds can confirm .
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Thanks for posting that Greeno - that's the picture I was thinking of so you've saved me a job! I think in that pic it's the under the South Stand, if you look above George Farm's shoe you can see there's a little row of window blocks which from the outside were at the top of the terracing for South Paddock.
I'd always heard it was in the Scratching Sheds as well though, so perhaps they moved it at some point later on.
 
seaside7 said:
Thanks for posting that Greeno - that's the picture I was thinking of so you've saved me a job! I think in that pic it's the under the South Stand, if you look above George Farm's shoe you can see there's a little row of window blocks which from the outside were at the top of the terracing for South Paddock.
I'd always heard it was in the Scratching Sheds as well though, so perhaps they moved it at some point later on.
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Nice one! I'd say your right. Under the South Stand, Probably adjacent to the changing rooms. On the subject of those, what exactly was under the bit that stuck out into the South Paddock near the tunnel. There was little box like windows on the roof. Was that the baths or showers, probably was ?
 
Potts Must Go said:
Nice one! I'd say your right. Under the South Stand, Probably adjacent to the changing rooms. On the subject of those, what exactly was under the bit that stuck out into the South Paddock near the tunnel. There was little box like windows on the roof. Was that the baths or showers, probably was ?
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Yes, deep bath and later, showers
 
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