Quote from: conman on February 19, 2016, 09:03:24 PMI used to see the IMI factoryAye, 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.
I used to see the IMI factory
is IMI still in business ?
Quote from: dave.woodhall on February 21, 2016, 02:02:55 PMJohn '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
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."
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.