Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
Unless the perspective is rather off, I'd have said no. If that's the East on the right, then we should be looking from the South, but you don't get that impression of the change in height going up to The Heights. Also I'm struggling to work out where the railway line is, and what's the church to the right of the big warehouse/factory building?
I used to live in The Heights and we had a fence at the bottom of the garden with just a sheer drop down the cliff. The fence in the painting could be accurate, allowing for the artist's perspective.
An ancient scanned black and white photo from the 1960's seems to show the footprint of the urinals and other hut/building.
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
Unless the perspective is rather off, I'd have said no. If that's the East on the right, then we should be looking from the South, but you don't get that impression of the change in height going up to The Heights. Also I'm struggling to work out where the railway line is, and what's the church to the right of the big warehouse/factory building?
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
Same here (saw it on FB) someone said maybe but the scenery is more like 1600.....not to sure myself.
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
Same here (saw it on FB) someone said maybe but the scenery is more like 1600.....not to sure myself.
I've seen this multiple times and IIRC it's a recent interpretation of what the ground may have looked like at the outset. Perhaps a combination of decent accuracy based on research and a necessary degree of artistic licence.
I'm not providing input. Having once lived in East Greenwich and supported Charlton for decades, it wasn't until I read The Year of the Robin that I knew that Gilberts Pit even existed.
Complete mock-up. My house in Charlton Lane was built in 1885 along with a large number of others and the 'terraced cottages' across the road had already been there for 25 years. All of these and more would have been present well before a pitch was marked out.
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
I have seen this picture before . On CL or The official Charlton website. The large building in the background is the same building that was seen in a photo from 1968 taken by one of our members which appeared on this site .
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
I have seen this picture before . On CL or The official Charlton website. The large building in the background is the same building that was seen in a photo from 1968 taken by one of our members which appeared on this site .
Saw this on a Facebook page, claiming “The Valley, Charlton Athletic, before any stands or terraces were built, and the giant East Stand was just a mud bank”
Thoughts?
Let me guess, the 'lost football grounds and terraces of the United Kingdom' group on FB?
I have this picture - says on bottom ‘The Valley 1921 - Pre Wembley- prospective venue for FA Cup finals (The Athletic News 14th March 1921) - bought it for my Dad must have been late 1980’s for Christmas
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Not sure AFKA
Not sure how accurate it is but on the 1921 architects plan the urinal in the foreground is shown
There should be some army huts where the main/west stand now is
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/view/5d7b3ac5b3290/100-years-of-our-home
An ancient scanned black and white photo from the 1960's seems to show the footprint of the urinals and other hut/building.
The large building in the background is the same building that was seen in a photo from 1968 taken by one of our members which appeared on this site .
That’s The Valley.
https://images.app.goo.gl/YkUUoqzQJ1ZUg8QaA