Bramall Lane End Clock

[Blade3]

I do enjoy the character and charm of details at football grounds. An interesting thread popped up on my twitter about the clocks at the lane (my twitter feed is admittedly not that interesting). There are three clocks at the ground, the old pavilion clock (reinstate!), the one on the gable, and the white one on the Bramall Lane End. Anyone have any idea when the latter came about? Someone on the thread mentioned mid-80s, by which time the pavilion was long out of view. Anyone remember, and was there a reason behind its installation?

 

[Rusty view]

I do enjoy the character and charm of details at football grounds. An interesting thread popped up on my twitter about the clocks at the lane (my twitter feed is admittedly not that interesting). There are three clocks at the ground, the old pavilion clock (reinstate!), the one on the gable, and the white one on the Bramall Lane End. Anyone have any idea when the latter came about? Someone on the thread mentioned mid-80s, by which time the pavilion was long out of view. Anyone remember, and was there a reason behind its installation?

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What I find fascinating about top pic is the supports on bottom tier are now the back of the stand.

The clock is basically the back of lower tier now.

 

[Gimli]

I do enjoy the character and charm of details at football grounds. An interesting thread popped up on my twitter about the clocks at the lane (my twitter feed is admittedly not that interesting). There are three clocks at the ground, the old pavilion clock (reinstate!), the one on the gable, and the white one on the Bramall Lane End. Anyone have any idea when the latter came about? Someone on the thread mentioned mid-80s, by which time the pavilion was long out of view. Anyone remember, and was there a reason behind its installation?

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These days everyone’s twitter feeds are filled with a mix of shitty politics and vacuous influencers.

I’d kill for a Twitter feed that was full of football stadium clocks!

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

There are three clocks at the ground, the old pavilion clock (reinstate!), the one on the gable, and the white one on the Bramall Lane End.

Which one is the pavilion clock?

 

[Rusty view]

Which one is the pavilion clock?

Is that the one on back of SS looking at car park..above museum? That's a pure guess

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Is that the one on back of SS looking at car park..above museum? That's a pure guess

Yeah, it must be.

The green one.

 

[Blade3]

Which one is the pavilion clock?

The green one on the south stand facade. Apparently it went missing after the pavilion demolition, and was later about to be scrapped until it was saved by a fella who recognised it. Looks like it lost a few pinnacles along the way. Its a shame the pavilion went...

 

[Rusty view]

Yeah, it must be.

The green one.

Fk knows colour..I though it was just plain white.

But I rarely venture that way. I sit on John St and come in from town

Just seen pic. That's the one I was thinking of.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Fk knows colour..I though it was just plain white.

But I rarely venture that way. I sit on John St and come in from town

I was trying to think of another one visible from within the stadium.

 

[Rusty view]

I was trying to think of another one visible from within the stadium.

Same..then that came to mind. Just a pure guess

 

[diode_blade]

I know the person who restored the old pavilion clock some years ago.
Quite well known in Sheffield horology circles.
We made some electronic devices for him to detect edges on clock gear teeth.

 

[Rusty view]

I know the person who restored the old pavilion clock some years ago.
Quite well known in Sheffield horology circles.
We made some electronic devices for him to detect edges on clock gear teeth.

Horology? Don't believe in all that rubbish about the stars

 

[diode_blade]

Horology? Don't believe in all that rubbish about the stars

Haaa, I see what you did, very good sir, setting a trap like that.
Have a like or a laughing face emoji

 

[Rusty view]

Haaa, I see what you did, very good sir, setting a trap like that.
Have a like or a laughing face emoji

I couldn't resist.

Glad it got found ad someone recognised it

 

[Kenilworth]

I read the thread title wrong, initially, and thought of Silky Sabella

 

[diode_blade]

Well if the L had been missed out of the title of the last word, this thread would by tomorrow have had more posts than pigs thread.

Just saying like...

 

[blade too long]

Wonder if its a rare timepiece like Delboy and Rodney found . The infamous lesser pavilion clock

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Its a shame the pavilion went...

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What a travesty.
In the words of Joni Mitchell, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

 

[1889]

The green one on the south stand facade. Apparently it went missing after the pavilion demolition, and was later about to be scrapped until it was saved by a fella who recognised it. Looks like it lost a few pinnacles along the way. Its a shame the pavilion went...

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Are those the genuine white railings in front of the pavilion ?
I distinctly remember as a young lad in the early 70’s from my vantage point stood grasping the kop railings behind the goal. A Watford supporting pitch invader run across the cricket square only to be headed off by one of SYP’s finest. A foot chase ensued towards the Pavilion and upon approaching the perimeter fencing the young lad dived full length and was almost clear, until the copper grabbed his foot.
The lads escape abruptly stopped in mid air before gravity brought his nether regions into direct contact with the rounded tops of the vertical railings. Much to everyone else’s amusement of course

 

[djbaldken]

Has the Clock ever been hit by a wayward shot during a game?
I 've been going since the late 60's and can't ever recall this happening.

Maybe if it ever happens whoever hits it should win the game outright. Or at least get an extra point.

Ps in the interest of doubt, the last sentence is a joke!

 

[Harry's Game]

Horology? Don't believe in all that rubbish about the stars

 

[Harry's Game]

Has the Clock ever been hit by a wayward shot during a game?
I 've been going since the late 60's and can't ever recall this happening.

Maybe if it ever happens whoever hits it should win the game outright. Or at least get an extra point.

Ps in the interest of doubt, the last sentence is a joke!

Michael Tonge’s penalty in the shoot out vs West Ham probably the closest.. almost landed in the BLUT

 

[S64 Blade]

What I find fascinating about top pic is the supports on bottom tier are now the back of the stand.

The clock is basically the back of lower tier now.

What happened here? I’m too young to Denver the pillars been that close to the front.

Was the seating brought forwards? When was the work undertaken?

 

[Dkc]

What a travesty.
In the words of Joni Mitchell, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

When they built the South Stand the pavillion wasn't immediately demolished. For a few years afterwards it existed as a bar and clubhouse where the car park entrance is today.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

When they built the South Stand the pavillion wasn't immediately demolished. For a few years afterwards it existed as a bar and clubhouse where the car park entrance is today.

Yes, I remember that well. A friend of mine used to live on Cherry St and I used to go past the pavilion on the way to his house.

 

[tyke1889]

When they built the South Stand the pavillion wasn't immediately demolished. For a few years afterwards it existed as a bar and clubhouse where the car park entrance is today.

Just about see it here.

 

[tyke1889]

And here from the other side.

 

[Geordie Blade]

When sitting in the South Stand in the 1980s, I always remember watching the blue clock on St Mary’s church (over the John Street Terrace). Can’t see it now, with the new stand.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

When sitting in the South Stand in the 1980s, I always remember watching the blue clock on St Mary’s church (over the John Street Terrace). Can’t see it now, with the new stand.

The game was that good, huh?!

 

[blade too long]

And here from the other side.
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I met my wife in the beer keller in the pavilion, , shame it didnt have a preservation order, pretty bland as a car park