old north bank question......

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old north bank question......

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When you went through the turnstiles, what was in front of you? And what was at the back of the terrace? I've heard stories of awful toilets and a green shed but would like to hear from people who stood on the old North Bank.

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stairs

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radford can tell you that you had to climb some stairs before you saw the pitch. he also believes that there were toilets just past the turnstiles

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You need to buy one of these mate, remember 88mph should do the trick!

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Post by QuartzGooner »

Depends which entrance.

My regular one was just across from the tube, so there was a toilet on the left (cannot remember any hand washing facilities there though?) and a steep staircase in front, with some Arsenal lotto girls waiting at the top.

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You know when you were a kid M.I.G, were you one of those who just kept saying to your parents...'But why?'
Don't get me wrong, I love your interest in the past but you must have been a bloody nightmare when you were 9 years old!! :wink:

Anyway in answer to your question, Sammy's summed it up nicely!

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Post by Eboue-Why? »

QuartzGooner wrote:Depends which entrance.

My regular one was just across from the tube, so there was a toilet on the left (cannot remember any hand washing facilities there though?) and a steep staircase in front, with some Arsenal lotto girls waiting at the top.
I can still remember that smell!

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Eboue-Why? wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Depends which entrance.

My regular one was just across from the tube, so there was a toilet on the left (cannot remember any hand washing facilities there though?) and a steep staircase in front, with some Arsenal lotto girls waiting at the top.
I can still remember that smell!
Jeeez you must have a good sense of smell! :shock: :shock: :shock: :wink:

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Eboue-Why? wrote:You know when you were a kid M.I.G, were you one of those who just kept saying to your parents...'But why?'
Don't get me wrong, I love your interest in the past but you must have been a bloody nightmare when you were 9 years old!! :wink:

Anyway in answer to your question, Sammy's summed it up nicely!
Good that he's calmed down a bit now that he's reachd puberty

:? :lol: :oops: :wink:

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first stood on the north bank at the end of the sixties. if you came in at the entrance from gillespie rd once inside there was a large toilet block halfway up the stairs. if u went to the right then u would come in next to the west stand. to the left u would enter close to the covered area. there was access around the back of the stand where there was a small staircase allowing u through a sliding door into the back centre of the north bank.

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Post by Eboue-Why? »

OneBardGooner wrote:
Eboue-Why? wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Depends which entrance.

My regular one was just across from the tube, so there was a toilet on the left (cannot remember any hand washing facilities there though?) and a steep staircase in front, with some Arsenal lotto girls waiting at the top.
I can still remember that smell!
Jeeez you must have a good sense of smell! :shock: :shock: :shock: :wink:
I'm tempted to divert this thread down the fish route but...........

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Eboue-Why? wrote:You know when you were a kid M.I.G, were you one of those who just kept saying to your parents...'But why?'
Don't get me wrong, I love your interest in the past but you must have been a bloody nightmare when you were 9 years old!! :wink:

Anyway in answer to your question, Sammy's summed it up nicely!
:lol:

and Sammy was right.... stairs

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Post by marcengels »

flash gunner wrote:
Eboue-Why? wrote:You know when you were a kid M.I.G, were you one of those who just kept saying to your parents...'But why?'
Don't get me wrong, I love your interest in the past but you must have been a bloody nightmare when you were 9 years old!! :wink:

Anyway in answer to your question, Sammy's summed it up nicely!
:lol:

and Sammy was right.... stairs
But at the top of the stairs - what about the golden light, the fountain, the angels, the....oops, ive already said too much

:oops: :shock:

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marcengels wrote:But at the top of the stairs - what about the golden light, the fountain, the angels, the....oops, ive already said too much

:oops: :shock:
yep, as Quartz said... the lotto girls! :-P

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When you went through the turnstiles, what was in front of you?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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