South stand was demolished in 79, I heard they were going to build a Tesco there or some rubbish but it never happened. Dunno who's special project that was, it sounds daft enough to actually be true...lol
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The concrete blockwork boundary wall at the rear of where the south stand used to be (now the flats) was allegedly erected by the legendary second-rower Bill Ashurst during his tenure at Trinity. It was affectionately referred to as "The Bill Ashurst Stand" by some fans.
Upanunder wrote:South stand was demolished in 79, I heard they were going to build a Tesco there or some rubbish but it never happened. Dunno who's special project that was, it sounds daft enough to actually be true...lol
It was taken down and sold to a farmer in Holland ! Who for many years used it to store bales of hay, dont know if its still standing.
cheshirecat57 wrote:It was taken down and sold to a farmer in Holland ! Who for many years used it to store bales of hay, dont know if its still standing.
vastman wrote:We don't need lectures on beer from people who's river has a head on it!
Never heard it described like that before but a very apt description in the old days. Doesn't happen now but had some good times as kids playing in 6 foot high foam drifts at the front of Allinsons mill.
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cheshirecat57 wrote:I'l have to dig the magazine out now! May take a few days. Oh and there used to be a cycle track that ran around the pitch but on the terraces.
Yeah remember an article mentioning the cycle track, wasn't the track laid on ash which was contaminated with arsenic or some such thing, that's what makes BV very difficult to re develop?
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