Leisure Centre being demolished - car park future ?

[silhillvilla]

I'm sure I've played squash in the villa leisure about 25 years ago or did I completely dream they had squash courts ?

[peter w]

Saw Fun Loving Criminals and Pop Will Eat Itselfthere. As well as Team Fiat/Birmingham Bullets.

[SashasGrandad]

When did the club sell it's stake in the Leisure Centre? I thought they owned a bit of it at one time.

Probably sold off to fund an ex-Chairman's retirement?

Have always said the club should have bought up all spare land between the ground and the railway when it became available and built retail and parking which would have paid for itself and provided parking on match days.

Unfortunately it all went before Randy came.

[silhillvilla]

Isnt the land owned by Advantage West Midlands ? A quasi government dept
Probably be building social housing ?

Advantage West Midlands were wound up some time ago and that land is unsuitable for housing due to pollution from the Expressway.

When did Pollution ever come into the equation around housing schemes? See Walsall

Probably around the same time as it was reckoned lead poisoning isn't a very good idea.

How come there are new houses alongside the M6 then ? Take Fort Dunlop as a prime example

[Nev]

I saw Deacon Blue twice, the Manics, the Levellers, Brain May and who could forget the legendary VFU meeting featuring, amongst others, Howard whatsits report and Carl Chinn reading out a letter from Brain Travers out of UB40.

I nipped out for a fag halfway through and had a chat with a rather grumpy man with a beard............

[Percy McCarthy]

Saw Weller there several times, and Villa's away leg v Spartak Moscow in '83 (I think).

Best half-time pundits ever - Little and Cowans.

[peter w]

also saw Luton - Villa there.

[silhillvilla]

When did the club sell it's stake in the Leisure Centre? I thought they owned a bit of it at one time.

Probably sold off to fund an ex-Chairman's retirement?

Have always said the club should have bought up all spare land between the ground and the railway when it became available and built retail and parking which would have paid for itself and provided parking on match days.

Unfortunately it all went before Randy came.

Pretty sure one of HDE's final acts was to sell all the Serpentine Land for circa £8m
Your guess is as good as mine where that cash went

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I'm sure I've played squash in the villa leisure about 25 years ago or did I completely dream they had squash courts ?

They did have squash courts there. I used them a few times because it was cheaper and also less stuck up then playing at Wyndley.

[silhillvilla]

I'm sure I've played squash in the villa leisure about 25 years ago or did I completely dream they had squash courts ?

They did have squash courts there. I used them a few times because it was cheaper and also less stuck up then playing at Wyndley.

Thanks good to know my long term memory isn't completely shot.

[Dave Javu]

I saw Crowded House there - twice - and I still have the t-shirt.

[MonsXI]

I remember some crazy rave there, couple of us staggered towards VP at 5am with intentions of running round on the pitch which obviously didn't happen.

[silhillvilla]

Pretty sobering / scary  when you can remember buildings being built and then torn down.
Gulp,  I'm getting old.

[myf]

its all part of this advanced manufacturing hub which will see the demo of eddies and aston social. Eric pickles was down there a few weeks back to endorse the councils plans

[silhillvilla]

I bet Henri Taroni is involved somewhere