Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[HighfieldBlade]

I'm disappointed to have missed that open day.

Last year's open day was on 31 August and I'm guessing it's an annual event, so keep an eye out for this year's.

Interesting video here:

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Videmat bus fare machine
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An old bus driver friend of mine told me that when the Videmat machines came out he used to tell the old dears that got on to put their money into the machine, then shout their destination into the red opening before pressing the green button, otherwise it couldn’t tell where they were going. Oh how we laughed.

 

[DifferentClass]

Used to crack me up when they were doing the climbing the side a building

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Speedos need to be renamed "robin smugglers" judging by this pic...

 

[KenT]

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Proper Sunday afternoon entertainment back in the day

 

[ZLB]

 

[Silent Blade]

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Craven Cottage on the day after JFK was assassinated. November 1963

 

[ZLB]

Sat 23.11.63. Fulham 3 Sheffield Utd 1

We had a great start P 18 W 9 D 6 L 3 but that Fulham game was one of four consecutive defeats. Ended up 12th with 43 points (2 points for a win).

 

[Silent Blade]

Sat 23.11.63. Fulham 3 Sheffield Utd 1

We had a great start P 18 W 9 D 6 L 3 but that Fulham game was one of four consecutive defeats. Ended up 12th with 43 points (2 points for a win).

We were at the top of the league on the day JFK got shot

 

[XH536]

We were at the top of the league on the day JFK got shot

---------now that's the kind of info that 'aut to be put in documentaries about J.F.K.
Scoop Bottle, reporter, to editor, "Sheffield 'The Blades' United head the league and on a sad note, for some, U.S. President shot dead, will the Blades maintain their form to win the league"?

 

[blade too long]

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Stockholm syndrom]

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I was born and raised until around 5 years of age on Manor oaks close and remember walking past the PO/BT building as a kid being so excited to see loads of yellow British Telecom vans as we passed.

 

[Stockholm syndrom]

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Remember this day well, during the Bassett years I always stood with my dad and other family members behind the white wall and as I got older started to go to the back of the kop at half time.
Thankful I got to experience standing on the old kop for a good 4 seasons before seating was put in.
Loved the view from up behind the wall too…looking across a packed Kop on night games seeing cigs being lit and puffs of smoke everywhere.
Also memories of when it pissed down certain areas of the roof leaked badly!
Happy days

 

[DifferentClass]

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WEERZ WENDY

 

[Stockholm syndrom]

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View from the white wall!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Blade?

 

[HarryHaslam]

Blade?
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Could be but hard to tell, maybe the kit in 73 and we did wear red socks at times. Just by the hair I thought of Ted or Keith Eddy but just a guess.

It’s hard to make out if the collar and trim on the sleeves are red or darker maybe black? If it’s black then possibly Stoke from the mid 70s.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Could be but hard to tell, maybe the kit in 73 and we did wear red socks at times. Just by the hair I thought of Ted or Keith Eddy but just a guess.

It’s hard to make out if the collar and trim on the sleeves are red or darker maybe black? If it’s black then possibly Stoke from the mid 70s.

Could be, I thought Ted Hemsley if that's a no.3 shirt. Might be against Leeds, from the all-white kit in the background.

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Sean Thornton]

Could be but hard to tell, maybe the kit in 73 and we did wear red socks at times. Just by the hair I thought of Ted or Keith Eddy but just a guess.

It’s hard to make out if the collar and trim on the sleeves are red or darker maybe black? If it’s black then possibly Stoke from the mid 70s.

Trim if black suggests Stoke but zoom in it doesn’t look darker than the stripes!

 

[Blade1959]

Could be, I thought Ted Hemsley if that's a no.3 shirt. Might be against Leeds, from the all-white kit in the background.

Ted Hemsley just before Leeds 2nd goal by McQueen 21/9/74

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Ted Hemsley just before Leeds 2nd goal by McQueen 21/9/74

Great detective work

 

[HighfieldBlade]

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Great picture. Is that Mick Hill in the middle? Who are the other two?

 

[Silent Blade]

Great picture. Is that Mick Hill in the middle? Who are the other two?

Yes to Mick Hill. Photo was taken in 1966 when the Bramall Lane stand was being built. Dont know the others. Think LSF might identify them

 

[LSF]

Yes to Mick Hill. Photo was taken in 1966 when the Bramall Lane stand was being built. Dont know the others. Think LSF might identify them

Got me there Silent! I was going to say Mick Ash on right but he'd left by 1965.

 

[ancientblade]

Got me there Silent! I was going to say Mick Ash on right but he'd left by 1965.

i thought it looked like mick ash

 

[Silent Blade]

i thought it looked like mick ash

Ash left before Hill joined us.

 

[XH536]

1890

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Malcolm X, invited as a guest speaker at Sheffield University, December 1964.

 

[Silent Blade]

Malcolm X, invited as a guest speaker at Sheffield University, December 1964.
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Died 2 months later