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  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Remember the South Terrace as a kid..  huge looking across to the East Terrace. 
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    Sam Lawrie and Trevor Edwards?
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,800
    charltonnick said:
    fadgadget said:
    The Valley 1954
    Great picture , shows how big the south terrace was at one time.
    Fine this really unerring as it’s almost an upside current Valley aerially 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    fadgadget said:
    The Valley 1954

  • aitchyaddick
    aitchyaddick Posts: 199
    kentred2 said:
    From a BBC News article today about Bill Gates, Middlesbrough no 5. 
    Who are the two Addicks? 
        Sam Lawrie and Dennis (Daisy) Edwards
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    edited May 2024
    Tunwellsaddick said:
    Sam Lawrie and Trevor Edwards?
    Nope……that’s definitely Dennis Edwards.
    Sam Lawrie, was a slightly built 5ft-7in outside right with a cannonball shot, scored 24 goals in a season around that time.
    From Scotland.
    He had a Lambretta and would pick up fans standing at bus stops on their way to The Valley on match days.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Tunwellsaddick said:
    Sam Lawrie and Trevor Edwards?
    Nope……that’s definitely Dennis Edwards.
    Sam Lawrie, was a slightly built 5ft-7in outside right with a cannonball shot, scored 24 goals in a season around that time.
    From Scotland…..had a Lambretta and would pick up fans standing at bus stops on their was to The Valley on match days.

    Exactly how many fans?  Sorry, I had to ask ;)
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    edited May 2024
    The Valley circa 1973
    Sunday market in the car park and a Bovril sign
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,800
    Henry Irving said:
    The Valley circa 1973
    Sunday market in the car park and a Bovril sign
    If I could time travel anywhere, I think I might just go to the old Valley and have a wander round !
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Henry Irving said:
    The Valley circa 1973
    Sunday market in the car park and a Bovril sign
    I always remember being so proud of us having what was said to be the biggest capacity ground when I was a kid in the 60's. 

    Also remember going to away grounds and thinking how small they seemed by comparison. 

    Also have the bad memories of some dismal crowds in such an immense ground. A few thousand on a Sunday morning vs Tranmere and Ron Yates was one of them during the power strikes around 1974. 
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  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,616
    Henry Irving said:
    The Valley circa 1973
    Sunday market in the car park and a Bovril sign
    That first game of the season at home to Shrewsbury (?) in the old third division with around 3,000 in the ground and we lost 2-1 (?) really hit home at how far we had fallen. As the story went after the game, the Shrewsbury players had been motivated by the big ground and coming to play Charlton - sums up the last couple of seasons. 
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,850
    Henry Irving said:
    The Valley circa 1973
    Sunday market in the car park and a Bovril sign
    Bought my first scarves from the club shop in the portacabin at the top of the East Terrace!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    The East Terrace v Chelsea 27 December 1937.

    "Only" 51,125 saw Charlton win 3 - 1.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    edited May 2024
    Henry Irving said:
    The East Terrace v Chelsea 27 December 1937.

    "Only" 51,125 saw Charlton win 3 - 1.
    The first thing I think now when I see old photos like this is, "what happens when you need a piss"? I wouldn't see hardly any of the game.
  • walshiesleftfoot
    walshiesleftfoot Posts: 1,208

  • walshiesleftfoot
    walshiesleftfoot Posts: 1,208
    Amos on the wing said:
     34 years ago today. 5th May 1990. Old Trafford. Division One.Last game of 89/90 season. After 4 consecutive seasons in the top flight we are relegated. Photos taken by my old man. Went with my brothers and dad. First visit to OT.
    Unless I am mistaken that’s the back of my head in the first picture. That’s when I had hair Carl Leaburn 
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    For many years stood at this barrier on the South End of the ground with my four elder brothers. Had some great chats with Charlie Wright.
  • DaveStorry
    DaveStorry Posts: 989
    Me, my brother and cousins used to stand  in front of you MAM. Always wondered who you lot were. 
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    man_at_milletts said:
    For many years stood at this barrier on the South End of the ground with my four elder brothers. Had some great chats with Charlie Wright.
    I used to stand this way to the left of the goal with my dad in the late 50's. Agree about Charlie 
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited May 2024
    DaveStorry said:
    Me, my brother and cousins used to stand  in front of you MAM. Always wondered who you lot were. 

    Yeh, I remember. You weren't allowed to lean on the barrier until you were old enough :D  Scruffy little gits, I felt sorry for your family.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Jimmy Seed arrives back at his Bromley home after being sacked in 1956.

    Note his overnight bag.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    Henry Irving said:
    The East Terrace v Chelsea 27 December 1937.

    "Only" 51,125 saw Charlton win 3 - 1.
    Did Adolf travel over from Munich that day to see the game?
    He’s definitely there……right in the front row in fact. 😏
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,800
    Henry Irving said:
    Jimmy Seed arrives back at his Bromley home after being sacked in 1956.

    Note his overnight bag.
    Class
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Henry Irving said:
    Jimmy Seed arrives back at his Bromley home after being sacked in 1956.

    Note his overnight bag.
    Another one for the badge history. Are there any other photos, showing that design being used anywhere?
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    edited June 2024
    Not that old, well 31 years (and 4 stone) ago I think, and not sure if I’ve posted this before but this is a pic of a match between two teams made up of cafc staff and friends.
    All I remember is there was a massive thunder and lightning storm and I was thinking that metal walkway across the east terrace was a prime target for a lightning strike.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,594
    paulbaconsarnie said:
    Not that old, well 31 years (and 4 stone) ago I think, and not sure if I’ve posted this before but this is a pic of a match between two teams made up of cafc staff and friends.
    All I remember is there was a massive thunder and lightning storm and I was thinking that metal walkway across the east terrace was a prime target for a lightning strike.

    A few old faces I recognise there. Used to play football with the guy (Mick) laying down at the front, he was a very good keeper. 
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Ive not seen Nick for ages but used to drink with him post match in the Herbert. 
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,676
    I find myself wondering about this section of the photograph.

    How did the hut get there?  Does it flip flop as you walk from one end to the other? What was inside it? Who owned it? And as for the mystery sign with its hieroglyphics - what's it saying, to who and why?


  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    edited June 2024
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    I find myself wondering about this section of the photograph.

    How did the hut get there?  Does it flip flop as you walk from one end to the other? What was inside it? Who owned it? And as for the mystery sign with its hieroglyphics - what's it saying, to who and why?


    Don’t know about the hut, but the sign clearly says “The Valley Club”, so imagine it’s an advert / directional sign for the club?
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,619
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    I find myself wondering about this section of the photograph.

    How did the hut get there?  Does it flip flop as you walk from one end to the other? What was inside it? Who owned it? And as for the mystery sign with its hieroglyphics - what's it saying, to who and why?


    The hut is on the flat - it’s built on the slope, you can see that to the right, so the base had to be higher at one end than the other 

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