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HILLSBOROUGH - THE ULTIMATE SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY GROUND PHOTO THREAD


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On 16/01/2022 at 23:43, sherlyegg said:

Great pic that. The open fields to the side of Herries Rd..what year 1900 ish?.

No houses at the side of the North stand yet.

Looks like it was in the middle of nowhere...was the Parson Cross estate etc built then...must have been a bit of a trek to get to for a lot of people..

 

I know that it looks like theres buildng work going on where Vere r.d is.  the houses there were completed in 1901

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38 minutes ago, Portia said:

The calm before the storm

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Maybe just me but i like the fact that we dont have all the corners filled in...  something special about seeing that from both inside and outside, especially when its a night match....  perhaps i'm just sentimental...

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On 13/01/2022 at 22:12, Mac_77 said:

There’s no income steam from any other avenues because of the above (local boxing, music concerts ect ect) 

 

Yep missing out to title fights at the stain and oakwell...not to mention missing out on Bruce Springsteen concerts anall🤣

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On 16/01/2022 at 14:43, sherlyegg said:

Great pic that. The open fields to the side of Herries Rd..what year 1900 ish?.

No houses at the side of the North stand yet.

Looks like it was in the middle of nowhere...was the Parson Cross estate etc built then...must have been a bit of a trek to get to for a lot of people..

 

Much later.

The south stand in the picture was built 1913-15.

Leppings Lane end in the photo was built roughly 1930, replacing a smaller covered standing area.  

Im guessing the photo is roughly 1932.

I have a copy of a ,1935 Wednesday v Arsenal FAC painting, which shows the ground exactly as per this photo but with some factories on Herries Road South.  So it's before 1935.

That's exactly how Hillsborough was in 1958 when I started going.  It changed in 1960 when demolition began for the cantilever stand.

In 1900 Hillsborough was a separate town to Sheffield by the way. Owlerton was a Hillsborough suburb and oldies always called it Owlerton when I was a kid. 

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2 hours ago, Lincs Owl said:

Much later.

The south stand in the picture was built 1913-15.

Leppings Lane end in the photo was built roughly 1930, replacing a smaller covered standing area.  

Im guessing the photo is roughly 1932.

I have a copy of a ,1935 Wednesday v Arsenal FAC painting, which shows the ground exactly as per this photo but with some factories on Herries Road South.  So it's before 1935.

That's exactly how Hillsborough was in 1958 when I started going.  It changed in 1960 when demolition began for the cantilever stand.

In 1900 Hillsborough was a separate town to Sheffield by the way. Owlerton was a Hillsborough suburb and oldies always called it Owlerton when I was a kid. 

This painting is said to be 1899 Sheff Wed 1st game at new ground.....think it was done fairly recently and it looks to me like it's based on the photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 19/01/2022 at 09:33, sherlyegg said:

This painting is said to be 1899 Sheff Wed 1st game at new ground.....think it was done fairly recently and it looks to me like it's based on the photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The painting represents a 1935 Wednesday v Arsenal FAC game.  We won 1-0 I think and won the cup that year. 

Its nothing like how Hillsborough was in 1899.  The painting appeared as a centrefold in a Wednesday programme about 20 years ago.

The photo is slightly before 1935 as the factory on Penistone Road is missing.

 

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This one popped up on Facebook today, apologies if already posted. It's hard to put a date to it as there is not a lot of commercial building around though the cinema which is now the Asda is plain to see.

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On 19/01/2022 at 18:33, sherlyegg said:

This painting is said to be 1899 Sheff Wed 1st game at new ground.....think it was done fairly recently and it looks to me like it's based on the photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The painting was available as a limited edition print entitled "The Hillsborough Roar". I would imagine that the one that's hung in the board room is one of those prints.

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