Old photos

Fascinating …it’s amazing to see how the population pretty much stops north of Bevious Vally … Portswood looks like it’s just fields with the odd house dotted here and there.

No (Cobden)bridge to Bitterne either.

… and the Bargate was in Bitterne Park back then :lou_lol:

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Yep that’s detail from the 1871 OS map.

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Southampton castle:

https://historicsouthampton.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/southampton-castle/

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Not Southampton but I like this one from late 70’s

Some of the old timers have created a great Good Old Days FB page and post gems like this - our World Trade Centre

![Image may contain: outdoor](https://fb-s-d-a.akamaihd.net/h-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10614253_10202394098797408_779444273951556406_n.jpg?oh=a9ced17818ef5ba9295145e75473a8c3&oe=59786730& gda =1505480525_1520e6b2675a74c9bbce41f2a8c4659f)

This is from Google Images of the view today from the same angle

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Even Slowlane was a nipper when this was published:

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I can remember that tent in the first pic @dubai_phil behind the trade centre

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https://twitter.com/HistoryInPix/status/864470036613869568

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An ariel view of The Dell from the 80’s

and a more recent one of St Marys

PROGRESS !

As a side note, the St Marys shot really highlights the size of the old gasworks plot. It’s hardly surprising that developing the area around the ground is a long term goal for the club or anyone considering taking over.

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Worth having a look at this nutter’s wiki page. Dress like Bletch act like wretch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paget,_5th_Marquess_of_Anglesey

https://twitter.com/HistoryInPix/status/889060272287232001

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Fans queueing for a match at the Dell in 1947.

Interesting to see @lifeintheslowlane right at the front of the queue with Mrs Slowlane and Junior

I like the advertising board for cigarettes made from ‘honest to goodness’ tobacco … Rip the good old days when everyone was blissfully unaware of the health risks and smoking was considered cool :lou_facepalm_2:

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They certainly used to cram them in, back in 1913

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If it were mid-'50s I could have been there but we would have been under the West Stand, next to the players entrance onto the pitch, savouring the whaft of Sloane’s Athletic Linament as our heroes swept onto the hallowed Dell turf/mud patch.

Contrary to popular belief in 1947 I was just a lustful look in my dad’s eyes. :lou_lol:

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Corrected that year for you @lifeintheslowlane

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Good to see Fatso at the head of the queue there :laughing:

Not “Old Photos”

But some cracking images here from Cassini of Saturn brfore she burns up and crashes next month

Just one of the selection

19 July 2013 In this rare image, Cassini has captured Saturn’s rings and Earth in the same frame. Earth is 898 million miles (1.44 billion kilometers) away in this image and appears as a blue dot; the moon can be seen as a fainter protrusion off its right side. This was only the third time ever that Earth has been imaged from the outer solar system. It was the first time that people on Earth knew in advance that their planet was being imaged, allowing people around the world to join together in social events to celebrate the occasion

https://twitter.com/HistoryInPix/status/947523502927642624

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I went for that audition no way was I playing with them.

Great post, Phil.

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