Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[reedy63]

Is Geoffrey Boycott in the Photo?

 

[Silent Blade]

Is Geoffrey Boycott in the Photo?

No, it was taken a year before his first team debut in 1962

 

[reedy63]

Thanks, Silent Blade.

 

[Silent Blade]

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Back row: Phil Sharpe, Brian Stott, Mel Ryan, Don Wilson, Ken Taylor, John Hampshire.
Front row: Ray Illingworth, Brian Close, Vic Wilson (captain), Fred Trueman, Jimmy Binks.

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[St Albans Blade]

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I'm not sure which amazing feature to call out first?!?

Baron Street's broken window?
The Northern Soul look of the central character in the first photo? Who I swear was a Wednesday fan who lived in the flats at the the back of Herdings Park close to Norton Avenue.
The classic Leeds United scarve.
The flying/bomber jacket!
The advertising hoarding with no advert!

And then the second photo's sheer drabness!

 

[St Albans Blade]

Popped up on the Stir page .

Im too young to remember it , something rare these days .

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Anyone know the story behind this?
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John Harris and Don Revie pretending to understand a clean-shaven Einstein's interpertation of Total Football and the defensive half press.

 

[Silent Blade]

I'm not sure which amazing feature to call out first?!?

Baron Street's broken window?
The Northern Soul look of the central character in the first photo? Who I swear was a Wednesday fan who lived in the flats at the the back of Herdings Park close to Norton Avenue.
The classic Leeds United scarve.
The flying/bomber jacket!
The advertising hoarding with no advert!

And then the second photo's sheer drabness!

The club shop!

 

[Maurice Maurice]

Ford Cortina anyone? Here's a few from over the years. When I first started driving I was very much a Ford man. Cheap parts, easy to work on and in the main, reliable. First car was a Mk 2 Cortina 1600GT, it didn't like the damp or cold and needed bump starting down Oaks Fold Road (Shiregreen) most mornings in the winter.

Upgraded to a 1970 Mk3, like the yellow one below with 93'000 miles on the clock when 100k was pretty much a death knell. Engine (plus a few other bits) went at 103k so upgraded to the 2000E like the blue one in the pictures. My pride and joy! I loved that car, it let me down more than any other but I forgave it because it was so beautiful.

The Mk 4 and 5 were the salesmans car, they were everywhere, although the 2.3 Ghia was a very nice car.

Anyway, here's how it evolved, sadly missed in my eyes...

 

[DifferentClass]

Ford Cortina anyone? Here's a few from over the years. When I first started driving I was very much a Ford man. Cheap parts, easy to work on and in the main, reliable. First car was a Mk 2 Cortina 1600GT, it didn't like the damp or cold and needed bump starting down Oaks Fold Road (Shiregreen) most mornings in the winter.

Upgraded to a 1970 Mk3, like the yellow one below with 93'000 miles on the clock when 100k was pretty much a death knell. Engine (plus a few other bits) went at 103k so upgraded to the 2000E like the blue one in the pictures. My pride and joy! I loved that car, it let me down more than any other but I forgave it because it was so beautiful.

The Mk 4 and 5 were the salesmans car, they were everywhere, although the 2.3 Ghia was a very nice car.

Anyway, here's how it evolved, sadly missed in my eyes...

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A classic, introduced to me by a TV ad where some blokes spray an "afro in a can" onto their soft top Cortina to give it a proper afro

 

[Bert]

Ford Cortina anyone? Here's a few from over the years. When I first started driving I was very much a Ford man. Cheap parts, easy to work on and in the main, reliable. First car was a Mk 2 Cortina 1600GT, it didn't like the damp or cold and needed bump starting down Oaks Fold Road (Shiregreen) most mornings in the winter.

Upgraded to a 1970 Mk3, like the yellow one below with 93'000 miles on the clock when 100k was pretty much a death knell. Engine (plus a few other bits) went at 103k so upgraded to the 2000E like the blue one in the pictures. My pride and joy! I loved that car, it let me down more than any other but I forgave it because it was so beautiful.

The Mk 4 and 5 were the salesmans car, they were everywhere, although the 2.3 Ghia was a very nice car.

Anyway, here's how it evolved, sadly missed in my eyes...

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The gold one is actually a 1600E.

Three of Bert's friends had one, Bert always wanted one but he couldn't afford it.
Now he can he doesn't want one.
Such is life

 

[Bell4]

The gold one is actually a 1600E.

Three of Bert's friends had one, Bert always wanted one but he couldn't afford it.
Now he can he doesn't want one.
Such is life

I had one in light (I think ) blue . Lovely trips to Great Yarmouth wirh the lads , we were sophisticated 17 year olds

 

[Maurice Maurice]

The gold one is actually a 1600E.

Three of Bert's friends had one, Bert always wanted one but he couldn't afford it.
Now he can he doesn't want one.
Such is life

I loved the 1600E but I couldn't afford the car or the insurance back then. My brother in law used to let me take his for a drive Sunday afternoons when he wasn't using it. I felt like Lord of the Manor tootling around in it.

 

[I should coco]

Ford Cortina anyone? Here's a few from over the years. When I first started driving I was very much a Ford man. Cheap parts, easy to work on and in the main, reliable. First car was a Mk 2 Cortina 1600GT, it didn't like the damp or cold and needed bump starting down Oaks Fold Road (Shiregreen) most mornings in the winter.

Upgraded to a 1970 Mk3, like the yellow one below with 93'000 miles on the clock when 100k was pretty much a death knell. Engine (plus a few other bits) went at 103k so upgraded to the 2000E like the blue one in the pictures. My pride and joy! I loved that car, it let me down more than any other but I forgave it because it was so beautiful.

The Mk 4 and 5 were the salesmans car, they were everywhere, although the 2.3 Ghia was a very nice car.

Anyway, here's how it evolved, sadly missed in my eyes...

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You cheated with the picture of the Mark I - that's a Lotus Cortina, somewhat better than the standard saloon.

 

[Alan Birchenall's hair]

The gold one is actually a 1600E.

Three of Bert's friends had one, Bert always wanted one but he couldn't afford it.
Now he can he doesn't want one.
Such is life

I learned to drive in a gold/black 1600E from Kelly's driving school on Abbeydale Road in 1975.

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[N20 Blade]

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Is that a young Raymond and Sir Geoffrey? Presumably Close had been fielding at short leg and the ball had hit him full on in the face. The man was made of granite.

 

[N20 Blade]

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1963?

 

[Silent Blade]

1963?

There was a debate on Facebook wondering if it was when they clinched the Championship in 1967 or 1968.

 

[Silent Blade]

Is that a young Raymond and Sir Geoffrey? Presumably Close had been fielding at short leg and the ball had hit him full on in the face. The man was made of granite.

Yes. Also in the photo are Phil Sharpe, Richard Hutton, Don Wilson, Fred Trueman and Tony Nicholson.

 

[Silent Blade]

Presumably Close had been fielding at short leg and the ball had hit him full on in the face. The man was made of granite.

Someone asked Close what would have happened if the ball had hit him on the temple, he said "He'd have been caught at mid-wicket"!

 

[Silent Blade]

There was a debate on Facebook wondering if it was when they clinched the Championship in 1967 or 1968.

Just revisited the thread on Facebook. Many saying the dressing room was at Harrogate so it looks like the below match. Don Wilson must have got injured in the 2nd innings and 12th man Tony Nicholson came on the field

Yorkshire v Gloucestershire at Harrogate, 6-7 Sep 1967

 

[drblade]

From 1954.

 

[drblade]

I presume we had the same groundsman for the football pitch and the cricket wicket?!

 

[drblade]

 

[Revolution]

There was a debate on Facebook wondering if it was when they clinched the Championship in 1967 or 1968.

A picture taken at the same celebration appears on the cover of the book “Magnificent Seven” about the titles between 1959 and 1968, but frustratingly there is no reference to the year.

 

[drblade]

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Is this the shop that's still there (always been there?) on the corner of John Street and Charlotte Road?

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Is this the shop that's still there (always been there?) on the corner of John Street and Charlotte Road?

More likely to be the corner of John Street and Baron Street. I think it’s the shop that became the club shop as shown in Silent’s picture in #30,455.