a question for the older posters on here...

remembering back I can remember behind old away end where academy is now there used to be a cricket pitch and pavillion- sitting in east stand can remember watching the overs during half time- however for the life of me I cant remember what used to be on the land where the metrodome now stands?</p>

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any help appreciated as its doing my head in.</p>

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Co op</p>

 

I played cricket there a few times against Barnsley Co-op.

 

having just read you post
im sat here in IMMINGHAM
thinking back
the only thing that comes to mind going in at that end
up Queens rd
was the pox docs clininc
used to get on the car park
cant remember any thing
all eyes were on Oakwell
i used to wander round the ground in the days of 2,5000 all
arriving between after 2 30 pm
used to get on the cop
and we could see 2 games at once
thanks for stirring the Memory stick up

 

Thing iss Bob these young uns dont realise we cant REMEMBER OWT nt

 

as far as i remember it was the Queens Ground, or Queenie. just grass with like a wierd hill around two sides which folk used to ride on motorbikes or bmx's.

having said that, i'm only 32 like. although i do know there were plans for a swimming pool up there for decades, just never got off the ground

 

Where the metrodome now stands

was called the queens ground?

It was basically just a big field / show ground where the feast etc used to set up??

 

It was just an open field mate....

It had a ridge running around the outside of it,

I played on there for years as my Grandad had an allotment just behind there...

 

the Queens Ground - the mighty Eddie Kidd played there

pre cocaine problem, wheelchair when he was the UK Evel Knievel.
Quality night out
Still have the autograph somewhere ....

 

Remember watching the cricket from the East Upper was often more entertaining!

Also remember a football match being played on those fields and a goal was scored and a big cheer went up from the East Upper - the players in teh Barnsley match looked up wondering what was happening as the game had been pretty boring!

 

RE: Where the metrodome now stands

I remember going to see a circus there; lions, tigers the lot. Must av been some time int 60's.

 

Re: a question for the older posters on here... nt

 

I remember the pox doctors clinic.I went in there BY MISTAKE. I had my vasectomy in the same building. Though initially i went through the wrong internal door. A nurse 5ft tall and the same width asked me for my Number.It was then i saw a picture on the wall of what can best be discribed as a Rotting knob.I then beat a retreat into the right room.

 

RE: I played cricket there a few times against Barnsley Co-op.

I played from them too. '69 - 70 ish

 

As Stated - Queens ground. They use to have a circus on there every now and again. Oh, and the dread

WHALE !!!!!!!

 

Yep Queens ground

Remember seeing some rally event there once - Jack Charlton was thereasked him for his autograph -NO! - Charming man

 

Gosh, you're old!

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Iplayed against them a few times in mid to late 80's. </p>

 

You are ALL missing something - the GREYHOUND STADIUM

Looking up from where the Academy is now there was a really steep hill which was criss crossed with footpaths, brambles, ferns, that kind of stuff. At the very top of that was a sort of sunken plateau, quite a big circular area. I remember in the early 60s there was the remains of a brick structure (I think) which would have been the old scoreboard and possibly stadium offices. I have no idea when greyhound racing ceased there, but it was definitely a track. Used to play up there and on that hill a lot. Good place to explore, with paths running round the back of the training ground and down the hill to the canal. Green and slimy in those days, not been down for a long time. Is it navigable yet I wonder? Always thought it was a shame that it got so derelict.

 

RE: Yep Queens ground

I was as told in the 70s by an old old timer who I worked with that the Queens ground use to have a grass athletic track marked out on it.</p>

I'm not sure about this but I think someone started to develop it into a Dog Track but for some reason it wasn't completed, hence the bankings.</p>

The land behind the North Stand where the Academy is was the the Coop sports ground.</p>

The old Barnsley Road Runners club had it's HQ there. We trained on Tuesday and Thursday nights.We also had a 5 mile race wherewe did 3 laps of the field and then ran out onto Grove Street to Cundy Cross then on Rotherham Road and down to Wakey Road and then up Harbrough Hill. We called races like that Classics.
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RE: Yep Queens ground

See my bit posted just before yours. That rings a bell about the dog track being planned, but not completed. The plateau, at the top of the hill was sunken in amphitheatre style so they obviously got some way towards developing it as a stadium but maybe it was never finished. It definitely was going to be a dog track though, even if it never happened.