Filbert St.

[enmac]

Anyone got any idea what year this photo was taken? 

 

 

[StanSP]

1951.

[norwichfox]

One of the earliest drone photo's ever taken....

[enmac]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

1951.

Definitely before 1921. Main stand built then, apparently. 

[MPH]

Old wooden stands 

[st albans fox]

When did parr & co go bust ?

[Heymister2015]

Such ashame this area has been left to look like Beirut!! I’m not entirely sure why Kingpower don’t buy it back and build accommodation. They’d make a fortune and would be great to form part of the stadium development 

[NewquayFox]

Before aeroplanes... 😳

[enmac]

19 minutes ago, Heymister2015 said:

Such ashame this area has been left to look like Beirut!! I’m not entirely sure why Kingpower don’t buy it back and build accommodation. They’d make a fortune and would be great to form part of the stadium development 

What about buying it back and build a stadium there for the Women’s team? 

[sacreblueits442]

35 minutes ago, enmac said:

What about buying it back and build a stadium there for the Women’s team? 

...I have suggested that before, it would be fitting and we need to have them in a location that you could easily walk up to!!!

 

 

[Collymore]

I remember my great grandad saying he spotted Arthur Chandler in Morrisons around this time which you can clearly see as the building in the background, I'd say 1928?

Edited 24 April 2021 by Collymore

[weller54]

I reckon Musa was in his early 20's when this was taken?

[pleatout]

Before 1937, that was when the D was added to the edge of the penalty area.

 

[enmac]

15 minutes ago, pleatout said:

Before 1937, that was when the D was added to the edge of the penalty area.

 

Someone on Facebook said he thinks that's how the main stand looked like before the war. That means it's between 1921 and 1927, when the double decker was built. 

[Vlad the Fox]

I’m sure I’ve seen that photo somewhere else before and it was dated 1928, however that doesn’t tie in with the double decker being built. 

[enmac]

This picture of Leicester's central station was taken in 1926, according to the Mercury. Good chance the Filbert St photo was taken around the same time. 

 

[yorkie1999]

1926

[enmac]

16 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

1926

Very likely. Any evidence? 

[I am an Ostrich]

double decker opened in nov 1927

[enmac]

Left hand corner extension between the main stand and kop was built in 1925 following promotion to the 1st division. It's either 1925 or 1926 for certain. 

[enmac]

29 minutes ago, I am an Ostrich said:

double decker opened in nov 1927

Oh, then it could be early 1927. Presumably work started in the summer of that year. 

[I am an Ostrich]

The main stand was opened 6 years previous to the double decker so 1921. 

So this picture is likely between 1922 and 1926.

The roof over the kop end was moved to the Filbert st end when the double decker was built

 

[Guest Bert Fill]

I wish we were still there.

Every time I see a picture of it or go past where it was it makes me sad.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Wrong thread

Edited 25 April 2021 by TheUltimateWinner

[David Hankey]

Anyone thought of approaching the Club's Historian?