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
Yep that’s detail from the 1871 OS map.
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
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This is from Google Images of the view today from the same angle
Even Slowlane was a nipper when this was published:
I can remember that tent in the first pic @dubai_phil behind the trade centre
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.
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
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
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.
Good to see Fatso at the head of the queue there
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
I went for that audition no way was I playing with them.
Great post, Phil.