nevthelodgemoorowl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Nice to see we were the first to have a Gas score board on the back of the Kop. Great stuff Dunsby ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 52 minutes ago, brian joicey said: didn't think we were called 'sheffeld' wednesday in 1906 ??? or am i being dense too ??? awesome pic btw Sheffield was often used as a suffix pre name change to describe both The Wednesday cricket and football clubs by newspaper reporters to let all and sundry know we were men of steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastleigh Owl Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Fantastic Dunsby, great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, onslow said: Dunsby - Any known pictures available of the Olive Grove stand installed at Hillsborough, or was it to early? I recall the picture of the south stand being built with everyone stood terraces under construction. There's a zoom in on the stand AT Olive Grove - I think this is that defo is ! Edited December 16, 2016 by dunsbyowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroswfc Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Great drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls-swfc Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The picture in the OP How good is the (Sheffield Wednesday) FONT at very top tho? Excellent FONT.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 10 hours ago, dunsbyowl said: Just came across this drawing - Owlerton from the Leppings Lane - not seen this view before ! A grand view - December 1906. Just consulted that archive site I mention from time to time The stats are incomplete, but the highest home attendance given for 1905-06 was 36,363 - FA Cup 3rd round v Nottm Forest I can stare at this drawing and imagine the atmosphere on there with a crowd like that ps Wednesday won 4-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Would love to see a 3D animation of Hillsborough through the years with all the stands changing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 We have such an interesting history, its ridiculous that things like this aren't on show in a museum. There's loads we could put in there and incorporate into a glorious stadium tour with pictures and information about our fantastic club through the years. I know it gets mentioned in these threads from time to time, but maybe its time to bring the steering group to use and propose it to the club. Surely any investment would be returned in a few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onge Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 11 hours ago, dunsbyowl said: Those early 20th century Instagram filters were rubbish weren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickjj Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 4 hours ago, dunsbyowl said: There's a zoom in on the stand AT Olive Grove - I think this is that defo is ! Great stuff DunSby. I think The Star used the bottom one for spot the ball, it ran for weeks and nobody won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfan Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 13 hours ago, dunsbyowl said: Just came across this drawing - Owlerton from the Leppings Lane - not seen this view before ! A grand view - December 1906. Thanks Dunsbyowl would you mind if I use it on my page ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Well done, Dunsby. This appears to be an artist's impression of the ground taken from the position of the current scoreboard. The South Stand was obviously replaced later by the stand form Olive Grove, and the covering on the Leppings Lane didn't, in my memory, extend to cover the full extent of the enclosure. It was obviously taken back at a later date when the then new scoreboard was built on top of the coverage. I can assure you of this. I got drenched on it many times. The North side of the ground, however, is very familiar. There was a shed covering the North West corner, with what I would estimate as a 15 foot gap to the start of the later named 'Old Stand', which consisted of a terrace and seated area. This was entranced from either Kop or Leppings lane entrance for the payment of an extra six pence transfer fee. The ground was later extended by the building of the South or 'New ' Stand with a terrace in front of this, and the addition of the Kop 'hump'. It is well pictured in the painting 'The Hillsborough Roar', mentioned in a piece on here a few weeks ago, which was an exact likeness of the ground in 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 i had always assumed the Kop mound was there from the start. Whats the story behind the kop getting the hump (and I dont mean watching jeffers)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 This photo dates from 1910 - a slight raised portion but no significant hump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaminowl Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 14 hours ago, Mickjj said: Great stuff DunSby. I think The Star used the bottom one for spot the ball, it ran for weeks and nobody won. It's clearly there on the left hand side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I never realised it took so long to develop the hump on the kop Where did we get all the earth from to build it up? When the hump was made did it then become the 'Spion Kop' at that point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 On 16/12/2016 at 04:17, dunsbyowl said: There's a zoom in on the stand AT Olive Grove - I think this is that defo is ! That last picture, is the ref to the far right dressed in a shirt and tie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Martin Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) The banking for the kop was made using spoil from the Mdland Railway extension - Said extension being why Olive Grove was closed in the first place. Edited December 17, 2016 by Mickey Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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