A church at Maine Road? Well before my time.

Psychedelic Casual said:
My Grandad used to tell my Dad that back in the day (he was born in 1906 and we to Maine Road from the very start), locals around Maine Road would leave their back gates open for fans going to the game to park their bikes in their back yards while they went to the match.

Many were just propped up in ginnnels and none were ever pinched.
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I had a Honda 50 in 1965. I parked up for a night match but I couldn't get the bike going after the game was over as someone had pinched the spark plug cap! Bus afterwards until I got a car.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
I thought the stand in the picture was the Kippax at first but it's the Main Stand.
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The floodlights here were the second set which I think were used for the first time in 1965, I think it was vs Bury. It could be the day when Harry Dowd scored our goal in a 1-1 draw. The first set of lights were sold off to Chorley, I believe. The old ones weren't good enough and took about 15mins to switch on individually to great cheers from the crowd. The height of the pylon at the Platt Lane/main stand corner was also too low and effectively useless. But at least we couldn't blame Swales this time!
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
My Grandad used to tell my Dad that back in the day (he was born in 1906 and we to Maine Road from the very start), locals around Maine Road would leave their back gates open for fans going to the game to park their bikes in their back yards while they went to the match.

Many were just propped up in ginnnels and none were ever pinched.
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I used to leave my Bike in the backyards of the houses baking on to the Kippax car Park in the early to mid 60's. I think it was a shilling, you got a metal disc with a number on it and they fastened another metal disc to your bike with the same number on it. After the game you handed you disc back and they would get you Bike out for you.
They used to have small painted signs above the back walls to let you know you could leave your bike there.
I was told the tax man went round knocking on doors to see if they were paying tax so it more or less killed it in the end.

I also remember when queuing for tickets for Away games on cold early mornings, a guy would sometimes come round with a tray selling paper cups of tea and beacon butties that his misses was making in one of the nearby houses.
 
I'm no cynic but... said:
The floodlights here were the second set which I think were used for the first time in 1965, I think it was vs Bury. It could be the day when Harry Dowd scored our goal in a 1-1 draw. The first set of lights were sold off to Chorley, I believe. The old ones weren't good enough and took about 15mins to switch on individually to great cheers from the crowd. The height of the pylon at the Platt Lane/main stand corner was also too low and effectively useless. But at least we couldn't blame Swales this time!
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Thanks for that pal. I like threads like this when older blues educate younger blues and semi FOCs like me; )

Maine road was a special place which is still there in my minds eye.
 
I'm no cynic but... said:
The floodlights here were the second set which I think were used for the first time in 1965, I think it was vs Bury. It could be the day when Harry Dowd scored our goal in a 1-1 draw. The first set of lights were sold off to Chorley, I believe. The old ones weren't good enough and took about 15mins to switch on individually to great cheers from the crowd. The height of the pylon at the Platt Lane/main stand corner was also too low and effectively useless. But at least we couldn't blame Swales this time!
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I'd not heard this before.

It does show in the below photos from October 1961 and May 1971 respectively.

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Mad Eyed Screamer said:
My mum lived on a street that was on the field opposite the City Chippy.
She made pocket money by minding peoples bikes in the back yard.
Her and a friend would stand with a sign at the end of back alley and directing fans to her back yard.
Obviously a forerunner to the "mind yer car for yer mister" generation.
When she was 14 the family moved to the newly built Benchill / Wythenshawe and her lucrative sideline was over.....
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Same as my Mother that mate. She lived on Russell Street next to Alex Park and was moved to Baguley.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Another long gone landmark was the Claremont Road ABC cinema.
This was built the same year as Maine Road opened (1923) and demolished in 1976.
The first picture shows its imposing position on the corner of Lloyd St / Claremont Road opposite the row of shops where the City Chippy was with the Nat West bank on the corner.
My mum's house was in a row of houses behind the cinema. The cinema and houses were knocked down and became the school field.
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This photo shows the cinema partially demolished on Claremont Road and a (new) floodlight pylon can be seen in the background.

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