East Terrace - brilliant image of the war time valley.

Sussexrobin

TellyTubby

Is that dark patch the bomb hole in the Covered End roof? 

Isawlearyplay

Really great picture 

Thanks 

Brendan_O_Connell

TellyTubby said:

Is that dark patch the bomb hole in the Covered End roof? 

No, it's a penguin sunbathing. 

SporadicAddick

another pic in this interesting article.

https://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/centre-for-historical-research/football-and-war-network/football-and-war-blog/2019/a-virtual-second-world-war-walk-from-the-valley-to-the-white-swan/

ricky_otto

SporadicAddick said:

another pic in this interesting article.

https://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/centre-for-historical-research/football-and-war-network/football-and-war-blog/2019/a-virtual-second-world-war-walk-from-the-valley-to-the-white-swan/

Great picture that. The bloke is looking up to see if he can spot the ball from Baileys penalty. 

Airman Brown

That picture is in the 2014 edition of Battle for The Valley. 

RodneysMiddleName

Presumably this was was from the same roll of film as the one on the Wolverhampton link mentioned by Sporadic.

CheshireAddick

TellyTubby said:

Is that dark patch the bomb hole in the Covered End roof? 

Nah, it was to let the smell of the weed to get out before the old bill arrived 😉

kentaddick

which pixel is the valley?

(:

Dave Rudd

A fantastic picture.

Aside from The Valley itself, it's interesting to see the areas in the background.  It looks like a bit of Floyd Road (seen above the apex of the West Stand) where the mural is now.

Then a largish detached building roughly where Charlton Station is now?

Also, that wide, low building looks like it might be GA Harvey on the Woolwich Road.  Or am I way out?  

Any more ideas?

Dave Rudd

No ... start again.  My orientation is all out.

What I thought might be Floyd Road looks more like Ransom Walk now.  If you look hard enough, you can convince yourself that the railway arches are there.  And, of course Nos 1&2, Harvey Gardens (built in 1936) are the giveaway.