Old Charlton related photos

cherryorchard

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

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.

Reminded me of opening line of Barry Manilow's Copacabana

Swindon_Addick

cherryorchard said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

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.

Reminded me of opening line of Barry Manilow's Copacabana

Her name was Lola
She sold us peanuts...

Off_it

cherryorchard said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

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.

Reminded me of opening line of Barry Manilow's Copacabana

I thought that too, but didn't have the nuts to post it! Well played you!

TellyTubby

Just found this, 20 & 21. @Henry Irving Of interest?

Henry Irving

Yes, definitely @TellyTubby

Gribbo

Gribbo

DaveMehmet

Gribbo said:

I met him when he was the Fulham manager and we played them at The Valley in ‘83. Got him to sign my programme along with John Motson & David Hamilton 

Lewis Coaches

The photographer that took those photos of Malcolm McDonald at The Valley lived in Bexleyheath down by Crook Log.

Malcolm had a soft spot for Charlton as did Alex Stock who signed him from Fulham.

Starinnaddick

Lewis Coaches said:

The photographer that took those photos of Malcolm McDonald at The Valley lived in Bexleyheath down by Crook Log.

Malcolm had a soft spot for Charlton as did Alex Stock who signed him from Fulham.

Alec Stock was a player at Charlton just before the 2nd world war. 

Hal1x

Jonathan Ross in the middle

Lewis Coaches

Taken just before the cup tie against Arsenal 

players left to right. Tracey,Tees,Moore,Mullen ,Went,Reeves,Gregory,Campbell,Kinsey,
Curtis and Wright.
front row Theo Foley , Charlie Hall sitting and players Keirs and Stenson standing.

January 1969.

stockportaddick

So a team photo does exist without Keith Peacock in it!

Lewis Coaches

Peacock took the photo 😂😂😂. 

Good spot by the way.

TellyTubby

Floodlight betting fix scandal comes to The Valley.

Off_it

Have just  been reading up on the bomb damage to the Greenwich and Charlton area during WW2.

Does anyone have a picture of Charlton station before it got hit by a German V1 and totally destroyed? Have found some pictures online of the post-blast damage, but not what it looked like before that.

(I'd always wondered as a kid why the Charlton station building seemed more "modern" than other stations)

Hal1x

Off_it said:

Have just  been reading up on the bomb damage to the Greenwich and Charlton area during WW2.

Does anyone have a picture of Charlton station before it got hit by a German V1 and totally destroyed? Have found some pictures online of the post-blast damage, but not what it looked like before that.

There ya go

SuedeAdidas

Hal1x said:

Jonathan Ross in the middle

And Ralph Fiennes. 

Hal1x

SuedeAdidas said:

Hal1x said:

Jonathan Ross in the middle

And Ralph Fiennes. 

Is that Haaland next to Ross doing that staring look that he does on the plane?

Ashers

Trying to identify the smiling player at the back of this shot with my Dad who started going to The Valley in early 1946, the supposed year of this picture. Is anyone able to confirm? 

charltonnick

That's Arthur Turner. Played in the 1946 cup final
Charlton Athletic striker who escaped Nazi U-boat dies at home in Sevenoaks aged 98 - Kent Live

Ashers

Thanks Nick, what an amazing story too - quite incredible! He’s actually easily recognisable having now looked at the photograph of the 1946 cup final team. Will share the article with my Dad. He’s still going to home games, this is his 79th season - I thought I was doing well starting my 51st last weekend! Picture from our seats very close to where we had always stood on the old east terrace.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Ashers said:

Thanks Nick, what an amazing story too - quite incredible! He’s actually easily recognisable having now looked at the photograph of the 1946 cup final team. Will share the article with my Dad. He’s still going to home games, this is his 79th season - I thought I was doing well starting my 51st last weekend! Picture from our seats very close to where we had always stood on the old east terrace.

That's brilliant mate, bless him.
Bet he has a few tales to tell

TellyTubby

A bit jaded now, but all all are after 50yrs. 

Signed by the great man himself. An interesting story (well, i think so) comes with this, but you will have to visit the museum to hear about it if they choose to display it.

Swindon_Addick

Off_it said:

Have just  been reading up on the bomb damage to the Greenwich and Charlton area during WW2.

Does anyone have a picture of Charlton station before it got hit by a German V1 and totally destroyed? Have found some pictures online of the post-blast damage, but not what it looked like before that.

(I'd always wondered as a kid why the Charlton station building seemed more "modern" than other stations)

I've been playing with the Britain From Above website and they have at least one aerial image of Charlton, showing the Valley and the station in 1933. There are lots of images in the area but the map doesn't make it easy to work out which areas are covered by which images. This one's easy because there's a massive, easily-identifiable football ground in it. You'll need to register to zoom into the image and actually see anything.
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW040932

guinnessaddick

Swindon_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Have just  been reading up on the bomb damage to the Greenwich and Charlton area during WW2.

Does anyone have a picture of Charlton station before it got hit by a German V1 and totally destroyed? Have found some pictures online of the post-blast damage, but not what it looked like before that.

(I'd always wondered as a kid why the Charlton station building seemed more "modern" than other stations)

I've been playing with the Britain From Above website and they have at least one aerial image of Charlton, showing the Valley and the station in 1933. There are lots of images in the area but the map doesn't make it easy to work out which areas are covered by which images. This one's easy because there's a massive, easily-identifiable football ground in it. You'll need to register to zoom into the image and actually see anything.
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW040932

That photo in the link, only shows one side of Victory way for the J&P site,  the main factory was on the right side going down the hill.

Dave Rudd

guinnessaddick said:

Swindon_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Have just  been reading up on the bomb damage to the Greenwich and Charlton area during WW2.

Does anyone have a picture of Charlton station before it got hit by a German V1 and totally destroyed? Have found some pictures online of the post-blast damage, but not what it looked like before that.

(I'd always wondered as a kid why the Charlton station building seemed more "modern" than other stations)

I've been playing with the Britain From Above website and they have at least one aerial image of Charlton, showing the Valley and the station in 1933. There are lots of images in the area but the map doesn't make it easy to work out which areas are covered by which images. This one's easy because there's a massive, easily-identifiable football ground in it. You'll need to register to zoom into the image and actually see anything.
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW040932

That photo in the link, only shows one side of Victory way for the J&P site,  the main factory was on the right side going down the hill.

I haven't posted on here for a long time ... but when something factually not quite correct appears ... well, what would you do?

The original J&P site in Victoria Way (not 'Victory Way' @guinnessaddick) was very definitely on the right hand side going UP the hill.  I assume that the buildings nearer to Fossdene School came later.  Check out Claude Johnson's 1877 painting for a snapshot at the time.

Henry Irving

Article on the V1 attack on Charlton station from MOD magazine

guinnessaddick

Dave Rudd said:

guinnessaddick said:

Swindon_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Have just  been reading up on the bomb damage to the Greenwich and Charlton area during WW2.

Does anyone have a picture of Charlton station before it got hit by a German V1 and totally destroyed? Have found some pictures online of the post-blast damage, but not what it looked like before that.

(I'd always wondered as a kid why the Charlton station building seemed more "modern" than other stations)

I've been playing with the Britain From Above website and they have at least one aerial image of Charlton, showing the Valley and the station in 1933. There are lots of images in the area but the map doesn't make it easy to work out which areas are covered by which images. This one's easy because there's a massive, easily-identifiable football ground in it. You'll need to register to zoom into the image and actually see anything.
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW040932

That photo in the link, only shows one side of Victory way for the J&P site,  the main factory was on the right side going down the hill.

I haven't posted on here for a long time  .. but when something factually incorrect appears ... well, what would you do?

The main J&P site in Victoria Way (not 'Victory Way' @guinnessaddick) was very definitely on the right hand side going UP the hill.

I meant Victoria Way, there was a lot of land on the right going up, the buildings on that side were mainly srotage, the main factory was on the left going up when I worked there for 7 years in the 80’s.

Off_it

Henry Irving said:

Article on the V1 attack on Charlton station from MOD magazine

Nice one.

That's the picture I'd seen before, but couldn't find anything about what it was like before.

Interestingly (to me, at least) I was in Mile End over the weekend and walked past the site where the first V1 hit London. There's a blue plaque on the wall to mark the spot.