Question for the Seniors

[Pat McMahon]

I used to see the IMI factory

Aye, especially night matches, with the red logo lit up. And, unless my mind's playing tricks, you could see Barr Beacon on the horizon, in the same general direction.

You could see the trees at Barr Beacon and Barr Beacon school from the top right of the Holte End.

[Des Little]

You could also see a match worth watching from the Holte a few years ago...

[steamer]

is IMI still in business ?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

is IMI still in business ?

Yup, they're now in Birmingham Business Park which is some black hole in the south of the city.

[Lucky Eddie]

John 'Oracle' Russell has pointed out that you couldn't see anything from the back of the open Holte (or Aston as it was then) End because the wall was too high. He also told me that "It used to be possible to stand on the zebra crossing at the junction of Warren Road and Hawthorn Road in Kingstanding and see the floodlights at The Hawthorns, Villa Park and St Andrews." 

Now that us a cracking fact

It sure is, thank you.

I lived just off Dyas Hill and you could certainly still see the olbiyun.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

John 'Oracle' Russell has pointed out that you couldn't see anything from the back of the open Holte (or Aston as it was then) End because the wall was too high.   

They seem to be sat on the top of the wall here.

[Steve R]

Blackpool vs Spurs 1953 is my guess. Lovely to see the old Holte full.