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17 Sep 14
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http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw007196
Speedway meeting.
West Ham Stadium, Custom House - 1947
Some people have marked names of roads, but where I lived, the white triangle in the top right corner, wasn't built until 1956.
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http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw024263
This one says West Ham Football Stadium 1928.
You can see the footie lines marked out.
But the address given is Custom House, not Upton Park.
They are two different stadia.
I'm not a footie fan, so I have no idea if the Hammers played at the speedway and dog track stadium in 1928.
Somebody on here will know though.
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http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw007196
Speedway meeting.
West Ham Stadium, Custom House - 1947
Some people have marked names of roads, but where I lived, the white triangle in the top right corner, wasn't built until 1956.
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.
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw024263
This one says West Ham Football Stadium 1928.
You can see the footie lines marked out.
But the address given is Custom House, not Upton Park.
They are two different stadia.
I'm not a footie fan, so I have no idea if the Hammers played at the speedway and dog track stadium in 1928.
Somebody on here will know though.
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6,378 photos to choose from.
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My grandad's got some lovely pics of Bitain from the air from his time in the Luftwaffe, it's amazing how much it's changed.
Thanks for the link, Cmat.
I've put it in my favourites to look at later
I've put it in my favourites to look at later
Ken Masters 17 Sep 14 13:30
My grandad's got some lovely pics of Bitain from the air from his time in the Luftwaffe, it's amazing how much it's changed.
There's one on the Newham Story website taken from the highest plane of a group of German bombers flying over Custom House.
My grandad's got some lovely pics of Bitain from the air from his time in the Luftwaffe, it's amazing how much it's changed.
There's one on the Newham Story website taken from the highest plane of a group of German bombers flying over Custom House.
Pilot: "Ja, Fritz, ve'll bomb zis place back into ze stone age"
Spotter: "Too late Hans, let's keep going for a bit"
Spotter: "Too late Hans, let's keep going for a bit"
The stadium shown was called West Ham Stadium.
The team that played there was called Thames Association FC, usually or latterly just called Thames.
Thames were formed specifically to play in the stadium, but with quite a few League clubs in the immediate vicinity they had difficulty attracting fans and they folded after a few years - I think they had spent a year or two in non-League and they then spent a couple of years in the Football League. This was around the mid 1920s, I think.
The team that played there was called Thames Association FC, usually or latterly just called Thames.
Thames were formed specifically to play in the stadium, but with quite a few League clubs in the immediate vicinity they had difficulty attracting fans and they folded after a few years - I think they had spent a year or two in non-League and they then spent a couple of years in the Football League. This was around the mid 1920s, I think.
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