Old Molineux Photos

[Highlandwolf2]

Not seen this before. Date?

 

[Spitfire]

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Judging by the clothes and the South Bank has the roof built, I’d say late 30’s?

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Judging by the clothes and the South Bank has the roof built, I’d say late 30’s?

I thought that, it's in this article on attendances where for season 49/50, which I guess is possible?

Wow! Top 20 clubs ranked by highest ever average attendance in a league season

For over 150 years English football clubs have been playing in front of crowds of paying spectators, who pass their love of the game and their team down through generations. The grounds, …

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[mcwolf]

any body see themselves in this ?

 

[O Lobo do Parque Leste]

In the home dug out, 1978... You knows it, Claht!

 

[Spitfire]

I thought that, it's in this article on attendances where for season 49/50, which I guess is possible?

Wow! Top 20 clubs ranked by highest ever average attendance in a league season

For over 150 years English football clubs have been playing in front of crowds of paying spectators, who pass their love of the game and their team down through generations. The grounds, …

talksport.com

Supporters at Molineux for the Fourth Round FA Cup tie between...

Supporters at Molineux for the Fourth Round FA Cup tie between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal, 22nd January 1938. Arsenal won the match 2-1.

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[johnnybetchas]

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Must've been great having a cap shop then !

 

[oldgolded]

Absolutely amazing photographs. So nostalgic and evocative of a totally different era.

 

[Highlandwolf2]

Must've been great having a cap shop then !

A trilby for the better off it seems.

 

[tonto]

A trilby for the better off it seems.

My grandad had a cap for days, which when worn went to work wear , a trilby for evening’s in the pub

 

[tonto]

Also forgot to mention , if he left his flies open he would get a sore throat
They knew how to dressin those days

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

Must've been great having a cap shop then !

I just wish you could still get caps like that, full crown caps with a well defined peak. (Like every man in my family wore from 1880 to 1966,) All you have on offer now are country gent flat caps, with the peak buttoned down, or these Irish style peaky blinder Jobs, with panels and a silly button on top!

 

[Big Saft Kid]

I would say this is either just before or just after WW2, based on the dress code.

Edit: ha! Just seen the caption, it's 1938

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

I would say this is either just before or just after WW2, based on the dress code.

Edit: ha! Just seen the caption, it's 1938

Can you see yourself in the crowd?

 

[Yamalroite]

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Barnsley away 2009

 

[Highlandwolf2]

Also forgot to mention , if he left his flies open he would get a sore throat
They knew how to dressin those days

In my early days at Molineux late 1950s, (North Bank, just by the base of the floodlight near Waterloo Road) I wondered why some men carried rolled up news papers. My Dad explained it to me (wish I hadnt asked)

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Barnsley away 2009

Joking apart, in 2005 the missus and me went on a long distance walk that took us through an area quite close to Barnsley, and in the evenings we ate in pubs. The locals all seemed to be wearing 'winkle-picker' shoes and there was nothing on the pub juke-boxes that dated from later than about 1972.

 

[Ginger Chimp]

In the home dug out, 1978... You knows it, Claht!


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Famous silk scarf.

 

[Oxford_Wolf]

Here are my pics taken during my mum's weekly shop at the ASDA. Me and my dad (and occasionally cousins) popped over to look at the progress on the North Bank.

 

[Stourport wolf]

Here are my pics taken during my mum's weekly shop at the ASDA. Me and my dad (and occasionally cousins) popped over to look at the progress on the North Bank.
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Great pictures and thanks for sharing.

 

[Spitfire]

Photos from 1937 and 1939 from the Britain From Above website. Not the greatest photos of Molineux but shows the surrounding areas very well, much of which is obviously no longer there.
Also link to the website, great for anyone who likes old photos.

Britain From Above

www.britainfromabove.org.uk

 

[Highlandwolf2]

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

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The Way out sign, was that through those yellow narrow doors ...or were there an exit behind the Waterloo Road stand?
Logic says it would be strange to exit the ground via those yellow doors

 

[SanFranWolf]

Brings back a lot of (mostly good Graham Turner & Bully memories), thanks for posting that one @Highlandwolf2 .

With the new (old) North Bank in the background You can also see how far over the Billy Wright stand is built.

 

[GV Wolf]

The Way out sign, was that through those yellow narrow doors ...or were there an exit behind the Waterloo Road stand?
Logic says it would be strange to exit the ground via those yellow doors

Hi, good question - it’s the angle of the photograph, from memory there was a gap/passageway of approx 3m ish between the back of the stand and the turnstile yellow doors. The passageway allowed access onto the Waterloo road.

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

Hi, good question - it’s the angle of the photograph, from memory there was a gap/passageway of approx 3m ish between the back of the stand and the turnstile yellow doors. The passageway allowed access onto the Waterloo road.

Could those yellow doors be entrances to the stands then, or the loos?
They are so narrow, that they would fit the model of entrances back then...

 

[Roger]

This was a team, wasn’t it!!

 

[Passedit]

Could those yellow doors be entrances to the stands then, or the loos?
They are so narrow, that they would fit the model of entrances back then...

The loos were further up to the left of those. There were turnstiles at the bottom of the alley in that area, so I imagine they were the doors to those. To the right, and facing Waterloo Road, was a large timber door (maybe sliding) or a pair of doors - can't remember exactly, which were opened at the final whistle. Through there led to the area between the WR footpath and the back of the WR stands. I seem to remember iron railing fencing at the back of the footpath. That whole area including W Road and the alley on both sides of the road was a maelstrom of fans leaving SB, WR and fans from the NB. It was better to wait a while before leaving.

 

[Spitfire]

Could those yellow doors be entrances to the stands then, or the loos?
They are so narrow, that they would fit the model of entrances back then...

They’re the back of the turnstiles. As @GV Wolf said, there were larger doors to exit, not shown on the photo.

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

They’re the back of the turnstiles. As @GV Wolf said, there were larger doors to exit, not shown on the photo.

But equally those "narrow doors", sorry but I find that a quaint description, would have also have been cleared open for some time before the final whistle and also be exits.

 

[Passedit]

But equally those "narrow doors", sorry but I find that a quaint description, would have also have been cleared open for some time before the final whistle and also be exits.

The tunstiles were manually operated by the attendant using his foot, to let people in. I don't think they would operate in two directions.

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

The tunstiles were manually operated by the attendant using his foot, to let people in. I don't think they would operate in two directions.

I don't know what the mechanics are behind it, but I recall they were able to be lifted in some way to make a clear passage when not in use. Anyone on here have the same recollection, or is it just my age giving me false memory?

 

[Spitfire]

But equally those "narrow doors", sorry but I find that a quaint description, would have also have been cleared open for some time before the final whistle and also be exits.

The tunstiles were manually operated by the attendant using his foot, to let people in. I don't think they would operate in two directions.

I don't know what the mechanics are behind it, but I recall they were able to be lifted in some way to make a clear passage when not in use. Anyone on here have the same recollection, or is it just my age giving me false memory?

As far as I remember the turnstiles didn’t move so wouldn’t be used as exits. The large sliding exit gates were so big they wouldn’t have been needed anyway.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

As far as I remember the turnstiles didn’t move so wouldn’t be used as exits. The large sliding exit gates were so big they wouldn’t have been needed anyway.

Correct. I remember the set up very clearly. There were very large exit doors which slid open. They were opened about half way through the 2nd half. You got out of the old South Bank pretty quickly, even when there was over 50,000 in the ground.

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

Fascinating stuff .... being a 54 year old Finn I'm accustomed to track and field stadiums with one covered wooden stand accommodating 1500 spectators, and another uncovered stand at the other side having space for another 600 people. The rest leaning onto to a low fence around the tracks.
Nowadays we do have grounds like the New York Stadium in Rotherham, holding 5000-8000 spectators, but they are rarely even half-full.

 

[Highlandwolf2]

Videos of Wolverhampton town centre in the 1970s, including footage of Molineux. Very interesting for the older Wolves fans (music is excellent also)

 

[Pagey]

Stolen from FB

 

[chignalwolf]

View attachment 32068any body see themselves in this ?

I can see a relation of mine, Sadly long passed now, He had that picture in his scrapbook, brings back many fond memories,
This pictures thread is brilliant for us more mature folk , Thank You all for supplying them.

 

[Tojo the grass]

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We haven’t changed a bit.

 

[Darvo]

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Looks a sorry old state … but by eck we had some great times on there!