End of an era

[steve66 3,086]

Shame its gone , end of an Era .Used to enjoy watching the whippets on a sunday and always a good cooked breakfast 

The Closure of Askern Stadium - Documentary - YouTube

Edited May 29, 2023 by steve66

[tatsblisters 7,945]

It's sad to see places like this coming to an end unfortunately It's a changing country that some like me in their 60s see it changing at an alarming rate probably due to how we remember it like it was in the 70s in mining and steel making area's that we grew up in. The characters that were around these places are also dieing off year by year never to be replaced in this modern society. Thought my old mate Dave Sleight comes across really well in these documentaries and I wish him all the best. 

[steve66 3,086]

Looks well Dave , im sure he said he was 70 , seems to have been around for ever 

 

[gnasher16 29,649]

Shame that....we lost our Walthamstow Stadium a while back,had some good memories and fun evenings there....another attack on the traditions of normal working class folk.

[steve66 3,086]

Always liked walthamstow track with its big neon sign shame its gone , had some good night there 

[gnasher16 29,649]

5 minutes ago, steve66 said:

Always liked walthamstow track with its big neon sign shame its gone , had some good night there 

The sign is still there,the whole frontage is exactly the same as it ever was at its a listed building........but the track and everything else is a housing development now