I've got my grubby mits on some old(ish) pictures of Oakwell

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  1. Dys

    Dyson Well-Known Member

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    Good memories, mascot days. That's Gerry Whewall's car in that pic near the end, says "follow me to Oakwell" on the back.
     
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    Great that.

    Particularly like the one of the old club shop. I have fond memories of a buying 'Beaver' manufactured kit and **** loads of Pro Set cards. Then spending the walk home trying to offload my swaps for a Brendan O'Connell and get over the disappointment of getting a pack with three Alan Kimble's.
     
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    Funny how being in Black and White makes it look older than it actually was.

    Clues being terracting at the "North Stand" - I'm sure that was just a mound when I first started going with just a few rows of terrace at the bottom and the John Smiths on the roof of the Brewery stand. Someone will correct me if I am wrong but didnt that say Oakwell Ales in the early '70s when I first started going and only have John Smiths after Courage bought up the brewery in the mid 70's
     
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    errm south..thats the Ponty end

    innit
     
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    Blimey that takes me back a bit, Gerry Whewall used to come and watch the Sunday League side I used to play for 'back in the day', about 20/25 years ago now, I seem to recall he may have been treasurer or something like that. Seemed a good bloke, does anyone know if he's still around or has he since gone to that great technical area in the sky?
     
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    Ooops....

    ahem
     
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    Not heard for a while, he was Lotterys treasurer or summat, Sandra was his assistant. She's still at the club now, l think she now does Gerry's old role.
     
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    They're not old! It's the 1980s or possibly even the early 1990s, although I'm not sure when the fence came down in front of the Kop.
    Clues to the year:
    It's at least 1985 because there's a C reg Metro in one picture.
    It's 1986 or after as there is an advert for club call which didn't start until '86.
    I think it's later than that because the new floodlights have been erected, but I can't remember exactly when that was, but after '86.
     
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    They're old to me. Never saw the ground looking like that!
     
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    It doesn't seem 2 minutes ago to me since the 1980s were the future.
     
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    I started going in 1989 and those pictures aren't far off how I remember it.

    Talking of Back to the Future, I figured we'd all be travelling down Grove Street to Oakwell on hoverboards by 2013. I still sit on the same wooden seats I did when my old man first took me. Football may have changed considerably over the last few years but some things (including the West Stand) thankfully haven't.
     
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    Got any of the back if the Brewery Stand? I have no recollection of what it looked like (I realise it wouldn't have looked owt special)

    Great pics by the way.
     
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    I can't imagine sitting anywhere else other than the West Stand. >100 years of history. Beautiful.

    I sit in the post uncovered seats mind.
     
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    There used to be an old bus body under there that was used as a refreshment bar.
     
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    Wasnt her ticket the first prize of the clubs first every lottery draw and she won a car.

    How ahem lucky can you get.
     
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    That's what Oakwell looked like when I started going in 1988.

    West Stand photos could have been taken yesterday, mind, in black and white.
     
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    I remember that well jack. My mate had to go up for the draw. Wasn't it narrowed down to a final few?
     
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    Its just after 1989. Beresford money paid for them.
     
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