Joined: Feb 02 2009 Posts: 3533 Location: In the wild West(Leigh)
Phew - that had me sweating - I've got them back now, I had to go into tools and unblock them!!
It looks like all the rooms underneath the stand are more or less intact - I'm sorry this isn't a great photo but I couldn't get it all in the shot at close range.
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Joined: May 21 2002 Posts: 25757 Location: The center of the known universe,
Before HP was built Im sure I read somewhere that it was called 'Church Fields' which one would suppose mean just that, my Grandparents used to tell me that there were allotments 'plots' on the site.
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Joined: Jan 01 2009 Posts: 61 Location: Was a stones throw from HP. now a brisk walk to LSV
FredParky wrote:Before HP was built Im sure I read somewhere that it was called 'Church Fields' which one would suppose mean just that, my Grandparents used to tell me that there were allotments 'plots' on the site.
yes there were "allotments" on that site,my gran used to live in GLEBE st but i never knew it as church fields? i do remember when HP was built and being used she used to open her back yard for speccies to park thier BIKES in a penny a game as i recall.
you could have sold them seats to a cricket team.I dont no if this happend but did they not let the fans in and take what they wanted like when we left our HOME.
Joined: Feb 19 2005 Posts: 2107 Location: Leigh Sports Village
those were the days wrote:you could have sold them seats to a cricket team.I dont no if this happend but did they not let the fans in and take what they wanted like when we left our HOME.
Hilton Park was ownded by Grundy Hill Estates, so it wasn't the club's call.
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a penny a game as i recall.
other you might like.
