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Jimmy Seed Stand

purdis
purdis Posts: 1,046
edited April 2012 in General Charlton
Anyone know approx what year the JS stand was built?
I was at the last game at the Valley vs Stoke in 1985 and I'm sure it had been up a good number of years by then.

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  • kingston
    kingston Posts: 288
    summer of 79
  • purdis
    purdis Posts: 1,046
    Cheers
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    summer of 79
    Built by Mr Bryan Adams ?
    ;-)

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,782
    MOG, as always ten years late :-0
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Note the ;-)

    ;-)
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,850
    Think it did open in time for the 79-80 relegation season, but it seemed to take forever to build the thing.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Amazing to think that our oldest stand is younger than me!
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,569
    How was it built? Was the terrace that had been there knocked down completely, or was it just adapted?
  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,559
    As I recall, it was mostly just the original terracing with a few holes dug for foundations. It was later to receive more concrete to alter the terracing to fit the seats.
  • purdis
    purdis Posts: 1,046
    Great pic, Telly Tubby. Thank you

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  • jamescafc
    jamescafc Posts: 1,832
    The good old days of terracing
  • jamescafc
    jamescafc Posts: 1,832
    They should make the north lower all standing
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,405
    The south terrace was also originally much bigger. The top part was sold off to build the housing that now stands behind the south end of the ground.

  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,559
    Thanks Purdis. Just checked this image out and it appears to show the new 'South Stand' nearing completion. There is no hooligan fencing, there is work going on at the back and the walkway to the rear and side of the stand.
    I remember the club putting on a firework display at this end on 5th November v Plymouth Argyle for the 1976/77 season (well, I checked the date) clearly before the stand was built. Hard to imagine that type of thing being allowed these days. Anyone else remember this?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,080
    Thanks Purdis. Just checked this image out and it appears to show the new 'South Stand' nearing completion. There is no hooligan fencing, there is work going on at the back and the walkway to the rear and side of the stand.
    I remember the club putting on a firework display at this end on 5th November v Plymouth Argyle for the 1976/77 season (well, I checked the date) clearly before the stand was built. Hard to imagine that type of thing being allowed these days. Anyone else remember this?
    Yes. I was probably standing behind you :-)
  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,559
    :-)
  • purdis
    purdis Posts: 1,046
    Thanks Purdis. Just checked this image out and it appears to show the new 'South Stand' nearing completion. There is no hooligan fencing, there is work going on at the back and the walkway to the rear and side of the stand.
    I remember the club putting on a firework display at this end on 5th November v Plymouth Argyle for the 1976/77 season (well, I checked the date) clearly before the stand was built. Hard to imagine that type of thing being allowed these days.

    Anyone else remember this?

    Great pic, thanks TellyTubby - difficult to imagine!

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