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Or are you getting confused with the funfair that was at the end of the swimming pool. The annual funfair was next to b and q just below the old allotments opposite the garage. The football ground wasnt as low as asda. Google maps arent that accurate they can be upto 500 m out with regards reference points.
Quote from: Gixer181 on June 18, 2012, 01:43:03 pmOr are you getting confused with the funfair that was at the end of the swimming pool. The annual funfair was next to b and q just below the old allotments opposite the garage. The football ground wasnt as low as asda. Google maps arent that accurate they can be upto 500 m out with regards reference points.Hello Gixer181, No I am not confusing the location of Simons funfair. Bri had it exactly right - Simons Funfair (the one I was specifically referring to) was a temporary fixture during the school summer holidays, and was definitely located on the other side of the corrugated iron fence of the football ground as Bri said. Also if you see the position of the Grand Theatre and St Paul's Church in the background you can easily see the actual location of the 'stadium'. I think for a time in the seventies there was a fixed, very small funfair by the swimming pool but it had a terrible reputation - for what I can't exactly remember now....
When I click on your link the map opens with two pins on it, a green one which I assume is where you think the centre of the football pitch was & a red one which I assume is where you think the funfair was. The red one is in the wrong place on the one I opened as it's where the BT offices were situated and should instead be further up the road by B&Q.
That is the best 'very quick sketch' that I have ever seen! I remember the small funfair in the seventies, by the swimming pool, it had a very small 'big wheel' also somewhere in that area I had pony riding lessons! (all done whilst on holiday!)
Quote from: SDQ on June 18, 2012, 07:09:39 pm When I click on your link the map opens with two pins on it, a green one which I assume is where you think the centre of the football pitch was & a red one which I assume is where you think the funfair was. The red one is in the wrong place on the one I opened as it's where the BT offices were situated and should instead be further up the road by B&Q. Well - ok, it was somewhere near there - It's not really important to know the exact location of the centre spot to within the nearest foot is it?. Although if someone could establish it's precise location it would make a great 'spot the ball' type competition for the quizzes and puzzles thread!. I was trying to picture the football ground from memory given the lack of photographic reference, and I have made this very quick sketch of what I can remember of it. If anyone else can add any more detail, I might make a 3D drawing of it in Sketch Up - if I can find some time/be bothered.
I agree.It truly is excellent.The only small problem is the ground was not parallel with Conway Road as can be seen by the old map illustrated earlier by pkevin earlier.Here is another old photo from 1958 which provides a view behind one of the goals.