Old Maine Road photos thread

give it to gordon said:
Is that a school in the top right ? Think it's the school my mum went to

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Possibly St Edwards? My mum worked there at one point and they used to get silver service at Maine Rd on occasion! It was near the Parkfield. Think it was replaced by the school they built for the new estate on the ground, Divine Mercy.
 
Jazzyblue said:
Possibly St Edwards? My mum worked there at one point and they used to get silver service at Maine Rd on occasion! It was near the Parkfield. Think it was replaced by the school they built for the new estate on the ground, Divine Mercy.
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Yes, it was St Edward's primary. There was also a school at the back of St Edward's church on Thurloe St., next door to Xaverian, in the late 60s.

Re the Platt Lane, they re-painted all the seats around '70-ish and that was when the numbers went on IIRC, though they didn't sell them as reserved seats very often apart from the S/T ones.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Weren’t there numbers painted on the benches?

Great picture of “The Tartan Trio” there, Neil McNab, fabulous player, always rated him VERY highly, very one footed but similar to Bernie, had that lovely close control, twist, turn and change of direction .
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Much as I liked McNab we called him 'The Crab' (or 'McCrab') because, when passing, it always went sideways.
 
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lancs blue said:
Yes, it was St Edward's primary. There was also a school at the back of St Edward's church on Thurloe St., next door to Xaverian, in the late 60s.

Re the Platt Lane, they re-painted all the seats around '70-ish and that was when the numbers went on IIRC, though they didn't sell them as reserved seats very often apart from the S/T ones.
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Platt Lane 'benches' was where I sat as a kid 72 to 76
 
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