norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 30, 2020 i had some great photos of the nest being built ,Super rare so i offered them for sale to the club for the museum they were going to build inside the ground about 10 years ago The club wanted them donated , so i sold them to a collector of football stadiums In Italy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,531 Posted July 30, 2020 26 minutes ago, norfolkngood said: i had some great photos of the nest being built ,Super rare so i offered them for sale to the club for the museum they were going to build inside the ground about 10 years ago The club wanted them donated , so i sold them to a collector of football stadiums In Italy So do you want a medal? You could have put them on here or numerous places where fans could see them, rather than cash them in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaunieboy77 73 Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, ricardo said: You can also see the narrow channel that used to come up to the boathouse behind the South Stand. I think thats how The Clarence Harbour and Harbour Road got their names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornish sam 953 Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, ricardo said: Those photos look like around 1970.(G car reg 1968 I think. Can't be that early, Volvo 240 didn't launch until 73 and looking closer, the g is at the start of the reg, the G you're thinking of was at the end, so that would put this early 90s I think... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted July 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, norfolkngood said: i had some great photos of the nest being built ,Super rare so i offered them for sale to the club for the museum they were going to build inside the ground about 10 years ago The club wanted them donated , so i sold them to a collector of football stadiums In Italy Shame on you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted July 30, 2020 2 hours ago, ricardo said: Yes I can remember seeing them turning a train when I used to bike to school that way in the late 50's. were you a teacher ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,891 Posted July 31, 2020 Even older photos. Where be the ground boy? I remember walking past the Bolton and Paul factory as a lad (although not this far back, obviously...). OTBC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted July 31, 2020 12 hours ago, cornish sam said: Can't be that early, Volvo 240 didn't launch until 73 and looking closer, the g is at the start of the reg, the G you're thinking of was at the end, so that would put this early 90s I think... Yes, I think you must be right there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted July 31, 2020 11 hours ago, Bill said: were you a teacher ? No Billy, I think you had to be older than 13 for that.😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,891 Posted July 31, 2020 12 hours ago, cornish sam said: Can't be that early, Volvo 240 didn't launch until 73 and looking closer, the g is at the start of the reg, the G you're thinking of was at the end, so that would put this early 90s I think... I always remember E reg was 87 (we had a Cavalier Commander that was E reg) so G must have been 89. OTBC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Disco Dales Jockstrap said: Even older photos. Where be the ground boy? I remember walking past the Bolton and Paul factory as a lad (although not this far back, obviously...). OTBC I recall my father telling me that it was originally Bolton and Pauls sports ground and it had two pitches at 90 degrees to the present layout. If you look carefully you can see the worn goalmouths which seem to support this idea. There may also have been a cricket square by the look of the top photo. Edited July 31, 2020 by ricardo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 14 hours ago, lake district canary said: So do you want a medal? You could have put them on here or numerous places where fans could see them, rather than cash them in. i did show them on here and that is my business / what i do for a living selling old vintage photos! , so the club can spend millions on wages etc but will not buy history ? they cost me a lot to buy i was not given them Directors of the club are millionaires i am not so i can not afford to give a millionaire something for their club Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,531 Posted July 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, norfolkngood said: i did show them on here and that is my business / what i do for a living selling old vintage photos! , so the club can spend millions on wages etc but will not buy history ? they cost me a lot to buy i was not given them Directors of the club are millionaires i am not so i can not afford to give a millionaire something for their club Fair enough if you shared them on here, it was just that you came across as a bit of a money grabber in your post, but it is entirely different if it is your living at stake. No one has to buy anything though and if the club didn't want them, then that is up to them. I assume this was in McNally's time where every penny was going towards the team - absolutely nothing was being spent on anything else and it was a totally rigid policy. Also, if you were offering them to the club, then the fact that directors have money is irrelevant to that - you would needed to have approached them personally to see if they wanted them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, lake district canary said: Fair enough if you shared them on here, it was just that you came across as a bit of a money grabber in your post, but it is entirely different if it is your living at stake. No one has to buy anything though and if the club didn't want them, then that is up to them. I assume this was in McNally's time where every penny was going towards the team - absolutely nothing was being spent on anything else and it was a totally rigid policy. Also, if you were offering them to the club, then the fact that directors have money is irrelevant to that - you would needed to have approached them personally to see if they wanted them. Hi Lakey no problem i did not explain myself well i did go direct and they had never seen them before but wanted the donated like many museums do Great Yarmouth time and Tide are terrible for that want your items to show with no financial gain for the owner Norwich castle and Library pay well also London Museums will go through the roof for right items my point is you have to pay museums to go in so why do they expect something for nothing i do not know what happened to the museum idea in was going to be in City stand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,746 Posted July 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, norfolkngood said: i do not know what happened to the museum idea in was going to be in City stand There is a Historical Trust and a couple of fans are members of it. If i remember correctly space was going to be allocated for a museum in The South Stand when it was rebuilt but for whatever reason it did not materialise. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,746 Posted July 31, 2020 17 minutes ago, norfolkngood said: i do not know what happened to the museum idea in was going to be in City stand https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04713765/officers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04713765/officers They Should Of Bought Roy Blowers Collection a lot of that went to auction Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings of a Sparrow 1,415 Posted July 31, 2020 17 hours ago, ricardo said: Yes, thats the refreshment bar. If you look carefully in the corner between the Barclay and the main stand you can just make out the brick built open topped toilets. Those toilets put the fear of God into a young impressionable 14 year old making his first foray into solo trips to Carrow Road. Beef burgers kept warm in liquid. Blue invalid cars making there way round the touch line. Ice and snow on the terraces. Queuing up waiting for the turnstiles to open. Ah, those were the days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,746 Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, norfolkngood said: They Should Of Bought Roy Blowers Collection a lot of that went to auction Not all of it by a long chalk as Kathy Blake and myself have spent some considerable time with Beryl Blower helping her sort out Roy's memorabilia and an unbelievable amount of paperwork he had accumulated over the years. Months after his death the family were discovering items that they had no idea existed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C.I.D 302 Posted July 31, 2020 20 hours ago, TIL 1010 said: Never seen this particular shot of Carrow Road before. It is 1955 apparently. From my very earliest memory of attending Carrow Road (c 1957) wasn't this photo,or a similar close-up of the ground,used on the cover of the matchday programme for some time in the late 50s or early 60s? Maybe some of you oldies with better memories than me might remember 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, norfolkngood said: They Should Of Bought Roy Blowers Collection a lot of that went to auction I always thought the Historical Trust was a charity. Not sure they have the funds to buy collections. I think the fans that run it are volunteers. They're good people. Who did you speak to? Edited July 31, 2020 by nutty nigel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 20 minutes ago, nutty nigel said: I always thought the Historical Trust was a charity. Not sure they have the funds to buy collections. I think the fans that run it are volunteers. They're good people. Who did you speak to? it was at least 5 / 6 years ago maybe longer nutty i have long forgotten it was Mcnally who called to asked what was going on with them and i told him i had sold them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, TIL 1010 said: Not all of it by a long chalk as Kathy Blake and myself have spent some considerable time with Beryl Blower helping her sort out Roy's memorabilia and an unbelievable amount of paperwork he had accumulated over the years. Months after his death the family were discovering items that they had no idea existed. Maybe what the family and others did not want , i am glad you saved it if you or Kathy need any help with items for the trust please let me know , i think i spoke to someone who lived or worked in cambridge ?? i might have that wrong though Edited July 31, 2020 by norfolkngood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted July 31, 2020 36 minutes ago, C.I.D said: From my very earliest memory of attending Carrow Road (c 1957) wasn't this photo,or a similar close-up of the ground,used on the cover of the matchday programme for some time in the late 50s or early 60s? Maybe some of you oldies with better memories than me might remember 🙂 Yes, it's the same photo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted July 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, norfolkngood said: it was at least 5 / 6 years ago maybe longer nutty i have long forgotten it was Mcnally who called to asked what was going on with them and i told him i had sold them What on earth was McNally getting involved in that for?!?!?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 1 minute ago, nutty nigel said: What on earth was McNally getting involved in that for?!?!?! well i sent a copy to him and directors as i did not know who to send them to i emailed his secretary and i sent a letter and copy of photos to him FAO Mcnally aim for the top nutty ha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, norfolkngood said: well i sent a copy to him and directors as i did not know who to send them to i emailed his secretary and i sent a letter and copy of photos to him FAO Mcnally aim for the top nutty ha Lol You only needed to post on here as one of the historical trust guys is an occasional poster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,087 Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, nutty nigel said: Lol You only needed to post on here as one of the historical trust guys is an occasional poster. I did post the photos on here I do not know how to find them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, norfolkngood said: I did post the photos on here I do not know how to find them I meant to go to the top🙃 I doubt the pics will still show from an old post. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,746 Posted July 31, 2020 26 minutes ago, ricardo said: Yes, it's the same photo. Not quite as the one used in the 60's had a roof on the South Stand, very similar though ricardo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites