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  • felthamaddict
    felthamaddict Posts: 200
    At the back of the east terrace (1963) there was a three sided shooting box.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,008
    felthamaddict said:
    At the back of the east terrace (1963) there was a three sided shooting box.
    Is this the only way we can win, shooting the opposition 😂
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,506

  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,348
    ross1 said:
    felthamaddict said:
    At the back of the east terrace (1963) there was a three sided shooting box.
    Is this the only way we can win, shooting the opposition 😂
    The shooting box was there when I first watched the reserves in 1949.Jimmy Seed or one of his coaches would take prospective new players there to see if they could kick with both feet. 
  • Tavern
    Tavern Posts: 7,679
    paulsturgess said:
    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 !
    I would as well.
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,920
    Think it's an optical illusion. Shadow is to the side, not beneath the floor. It also sits on the same plane as the flat terracing. 

    Was flat on the ground the day I recall seeing some naughty boys climb the wall behind the snack bar and raided it for its goodies.  I only watched. 
  • BerkshireBob
    BerkshireBob Posts: 92
    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?


    This was a hut that used to sell teas, coffees, pies etc. Admittedly, it does look a bit  strange in this picture and I don't remember the surface being anything other than flat. A hot cup of tea on a cold day was always welcome and what a view there was from the top of the East Terrace. They did a fair amount of business as many fans, including me, used to enter and leave through the turnstiles you can see on the right.     
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited June 2024
    BerkshireBob said:
    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?


    This was a hut that used to sell teas, coffees, pies etc. Admittedly, it does look a bit  strange in this picture and I don't remember the surface being anything other than flat. A hot cup of tea on a cold day was always welcome and what a view there was from the top of the East Terrace. They did a fair amount of business as many fans, including me, used to enter and leave through the turnstiles you can see on the right.     
    You weren't half posh, all I remember getting was a small bag of peanuts from the man wandering the terraces yelling "peanuts!", if was lucky (and we were winning!).
  • BerkshireBob
    BerkshireBob Posts: 92
    Hal1x said:
    BerkshireBob said:
    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?


    This was a hut that used to sell teas, coffees, pies etc. Admittedly, it does look a bit  strange in this picture and I don't remember the surface being anything other than flat. A hot cup of tea on a cold day was always welcome and what a view there was from the top of the East Terrace. They did a fair amount of business as many fans, including me, used to enter and leave through the turnstiles you can see on the right.     
    You was posh, all I remember getting was a small bag of peanuts from the man wandering the terraces yelling "peanuts!".
    One of those peanut sellers was Dave Roberts who I knew from school. If Charlton scored, he would stop what he was doing to raise his scarf above his head and then carry on where he left off. 
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,348
    Larkins peanuts? 

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  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Tanner a bag.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,495
    Hal1x said:
    BerkshireBob said:
    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?


    This was a hut that used to sell teas, coffees, pies etc. Admittedly, it does look a bit  strange in this picture and I don't remember the surface being anything other than flat. A hot cup of tea on a cold day was always welcome and what a view there was from the top of the East Terrace. They did a fair amount of business as many fans, including me, used to enter and leave through the turnstiles you can see on the right.     
    You weren't half posh, all I remember getting was a small bag of peanuts from the man wandering the terraces yelling "peanuts!".
    Adam….”PEANUTS……tanner a bag.”
  • aitchyaddick
    aitchyaddick Posts: 200
    Starinnaddick said:
    Larkins peanuts? 
     Their seller went around shouting "Larkins Roasted". I was only young at the time and always felt sorry for Larkins
  • Greenhithe
    Greenhithe Posts: 786
    PEANUTS.......ROASTED PEANUTS  was the call in my day    
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,681
    Assorted pastries was the shout in the West.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Starinnaddick said:
    Larkins peanuts? 

    Interest little article here about Joe Larkin.


  • cashncarry
    cashncarry Posts: 980
    Anyone recognise themselves?
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,531
    cashncarry said:
    Anyone recognise themselves?
    Cilla black in the green and Tony Soprano with his hand over his mouth 
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,722

    aitchyaddick said:
    Starinnaddick said:
    Larkins peanuts? 
     Their seller went around shouting "Larkins Roasted". I was only young at the time and always felt sorry for Larkins
    Dont remember Larkins Peanuts but do remember Percy Dalton's.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,495
    cherryorchard said:

    aitchyaddick said:
    Starinnaddick said:
    Larkins peanuts? 
     Their seller went around shouting "Larkins Roasted". I was only young at the time and always felt sorry for Larkins
    Dont remember Larkins Peanuts but do remember Percy Dalton's.
    Never heard of Larkins peanuts……let alone them being sold at The Valley?

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,495
    aitchyaddick said:
    Starinnaddick said:
    Larkins peanuts? 
     Their seller went around shouting "Larkins Roasted". I was only young at the time and always felt sorry for Larkins
    Think you may be mistaken about Larkins, when was this?
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,693
    ... Greenhithe said:
    PEANUTS.......ROASTED PEANUTS  was the call in my day    
    I also remember there always being some joker in the crowd standing behind his mates and shouting. 'ere are mate'.  The seller tramping up the terrace looking around and getting completely pissed off.  As for the make, I'd have called them monkey nuts you had to shell 'em yourself - none of this modern day convenience rubbish.  
  • aitchyaddick
    aitchyaddick Posts: 200
    SoundAsa£ said:
    aitchyaddick said:
    Starinnaddick said:
    Larkins peanuts? 
     Their seller went around shouting "Larkins Roasted". I was only young at the time and always felt sorry for Larkins
    Think you may be mistaken about Larkins, when was this?
      I started watching in 1953 and have been going ever since. 😢
  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,428
    I remember the guy standing at the top of Floyd Road shouting out ‘roasted peanuts, tanner a bag.’ The following week I saw him at the Den, doing the same for Millwall fans. 
    By the way, I was not a closet Millwall fan. My brother and I would watch the occasional Millwall home game hoping to see them lose. Sadly, it was around the time they went 50 odd home matches without losing.
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,722

  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,722
    cherryorchard said:

    good find cherryorchard! Now that's history right there.
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,393
    cherryorchard said:

    I Remember back in the 70`s there was a fella selling percy dalton`s monkey nuts by the Donkey rides at Blackheath .   
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,743
    Isawsummersplay said:
    I remember the guy standing at the top of Floyd Road shouting out ‘roasted peanuts, tanner a bag.’ The following week I saw him at the Den, doing the same for Millwall fans. 
    By the way, I was not a closet Millwall fan. My brother and I would watch the occasional Millwall home game hoping to see them lose. Sadly, it was around the time they went 50 odd home matches without losing.
    I used to go to the Den sometimes with my Millwall supporting mates around that time too.

    The peanut selling guy used to say 3rd division peanuts when they were in the 4th. The next season he was selling 2nd division peanuts when they were in the 3rd.

    Don't remember him offering 1st division peanuts when they were in the 2nd he must have had some sense.  
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,495
    Isawsummersplay said:
    I remember the guy standing at the top of Floyd Road shouting out ‘roasted peanuts, tanner a bag.’ The following week I saw him at the Den, doing the same for Millwall fans. 
    By the way, I was not a closet Millwall fan. My brother and I would watch the occasional Millwall home game hoping to see them lose. Sadly, it was around the time they went 50 odd home matches without losing.
    His name was Adam…..he was a Greek Cypriot.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,832
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Isawsummersplay said:
    I remember the guy standing at the top of Floyd Road shouting out ‘roasted peanuts, tanner a bag.’ The following week I saw him at the Den, doing the same for Millwall fans. 
    By the way, I was not a closet Millwall fan. My brother and I would watch the occasional Millwall home game hoping to see them lose. Sadly, it was around the time they went 50 odd home matches without losing.
    His name was Adam…..he was a Greek Cypriot.

    Sounds like the opening line of a letter to Mellow Magic.

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