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Old Feethams site

Post by saintw » Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:22 pm

Does anyone have a good quality electronic copy of a Birdseye view of Feethams?

I've just purchased a house on the old site and my garden is right where I've stood many many times watching Darlo in the Tin shed which puts my front door right in the goal mouth. Needless to say I'm chuffed to bits and would like to get a good quality print for my wall and history purposes. Oh it's also called Greener Drive, Feethams Green.

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Post by Mr_Tibbs » Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:20 pm

Maybe this? You can buy it in different sizes...

http://www.mediastorehouse.com/feethams ... 50135.html

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Post by saintw » Sun Aug 21, 2016 6:53 am

Wow, Football pitches on the cricket pitch, I didn't know that. This must have been long before my first visit to Feethams in the very early 90s although the pics in colour so can't be that old.

Thank you, maybe I could make a through the years display.

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Post by Fatty eats roadkill » Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:11 am

Having Hutchison telecom plastered all over the roof of the west stand may give you an idea when it was taken :roll:
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Post by Robbie Painter » Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:22 am

saintw wrote:Wow, Football pitches on the cricket pitch, I didn't know that. This must have been long before my first visit to Feethams in the very early 90s although the pics in colour so can't be that old.

Thank you, maybe I could make a through the years display.
Hockey pitches, used to be played regularly in early 90s.

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Post by Quakers1883 » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:36 am

saintw wrote:Wow, Football pitches on the cricket pitch, I didn't know that. This must have been long before my first visit to Feethams in the very early 90s although the pics in colour so can't be that old.

Thank you, maybe I could make a through the years display.
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Post by banktopp » Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:49 am

[quote="saintw"]Wow, Football pitches on the cricket pitch, I didn't know that. This must have been long before my first visit to Feethams in the very early 90s although the pics in colour so can't be that old.

Not only football pitches on the cricket pitch but Darlington F.C. playing a league match there in December 1923.
Darlington v Chesterfield, football pitch frozen and unplayable. Mr Fogg the referee suggested the match could be played on the cricket pitch where there was an inch of crisp without a mark on it.
The referee and football club officials hired a taxi to tour the town and seek approval from the officials from the cricket club who readily gave their consent.
50 men were recruited from the labour exchange to move sufficient snow to enable the pitch to be marked out by the referee himself. Goalposts were moved from the football pitch. The referee then got both clubs to sign an agreement to play on the cricket pitch and not to protest irrespective of the result. A wise decision as the match was in fact on a neutral ground.
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Post by RUMPLESTILTSKIN » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:11 am

saintw wrote:Wow, Football pitches on the cricket pitch, I didn't know that. This must have been long before my first visit to Feethams in the very early 90s although the pics in colour so can't be that old.

Thank you, maybe I could make a through the years display.
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Post by PierremontQuaker03 » Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:13 pm

saintw wrote:Does anyone have a good quality electronic copy of a Birdseye view of Feethams?

I've just purchased a house on the old site and my garden is right where I've stood many many times watching Darlo in the Tin shed which puts my front door right in the goal mouth. Needless to say I'm chuffed to bits and would like to get a good quality print for my wall and history purposes. Oh it's also called Greener Drive, Feethams Green.
So you are not concerned about the potential flooding of the site and also did you manage to get your property insured ok?
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Post by liddle_4_ever » Mon Aug 22, 2016 1:50 pm

Does anyone have any information about the old house behind the South stand? Was this ever linked to the club? Was it built before or after the ground? When and why was it knocked down?


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Post by Quakers1883 » Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:10 pm

liddle_4_ever wrote:Does anyone have any information about the old house behind the South stand? Was this ever linked to the club? Was it built before or after the ground? When and why was it knocked down?


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The House was called Polam Villa and predates the ground.

http://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/7280 ... teplan.pdf

I'm not sure if the club ever owned it or not but the house was knocked down and the site cleared while we were still playing at Feethams.
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Post by Mr_Tibbs » Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:42 pm

Polam Villa was the dog kennels, wasn't it?
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Post by grytters » Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:44 pm

saintw wrote:Wow, Football pitches on the cricket pitch, I didn't know that. This must have been long before my first visit to Feethams in the very early 90s although the pics in colour so can't be that old.

Thank you, maybe I could make a through the years display.

Happened once, and once only vs Chesterfield when the football pitch was frozen solid, and as an emergency measure the game was played on the outfield of the cricket pitch.
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Post by grytters » Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:09 pm

liddle_4_ever wrote:Does anyone have any information about the old house behind the South stand? Was this ever linked to the club? Was it built before or after the ground? When and why was it knocked down?


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And why and how the club managed to erect a floodlight pylon in their back garden?
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Post by lo36789 » Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:32 pm

This would have been playground talk am sure but there was definitely a rumour that a body was found in that house.

I am sure the rumour extended to an act of cannibalism taking place as well...

I've actually just done a quick bit of googling and it may be a true story dating to 1998 - would have made me 9 at the time. Does just say a derelict house in Poland lane mind not sure if that was 2 and 2 being added together to equal 5?

Even the details of it are exactly as I remember the playground stories - that has to be a rare occasion for those to be true.
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Post by super_les_mcjannet » Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:35 pm

It's true, I remember it well as for some unknown reason I had met the lad who done it.

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Post by love it! » Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:56 pm

I remember the lake in the South Park getting searched by police divers who were searching for body parts

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Post by Darlo_Pete » Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:57 pm

Mr_Tibbs wrote:Polam Villa was the dog kennels, wasn't it?
Yes it was, I got a dog from their many moons ago.

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Post by saintw » Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:41 pm

PierremontQuaker03 wrote:
saintw wrote:Does anyone have a good quality electronic copy of a Birdseye view of Feethams?

I've just purchased a house on the old site and my garden is right where I've stood many many times watching Darlo in the Tin shed which puts my front door right in the goal mouth. Needless to say I'm chuffed to bits and would like to get a good quality print for my wall and history purposes. Oh it's also called Greener Drive, Feethams Green.
So you are not concerned about the potential flooding of the site and also did you manage to get your property insured ok?

They have built up 1 1/2 meters, no problems with insurance. I suppose I will find out soon enough if they have built up sufficiently :shock:

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Post by saintw » Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:44 pm

Thanks guys this is all great stuff. There's a lot of knowledge on this forum. Love the 'Darlo game played on the cricket pitch' story.

Thanks for the pics

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Post by liddle_4_ever » Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:45 pm

Wasn't the flooding with Feethams associated with standing water rather than from the Skerne? If so raising the ground level won't have much impact. If the drains are sufficient there shouldn't be a big problem with standing water as it would be able to drain away quicker than on soil.


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Post by liddle_4_ever » Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:50 pm

lo36789 wrote:This would have been playground talk am sure but there was definitely a rumour that a body was found in that house.

I am sure the rumour extended to an act of cannibalism taking place as well...

I've actually just done a quick bit of googling and it may be a true story dating to 1998 - would have made me 9 at the time. Does just say a derelict house in Poland lane mind not sure if that was 2 and 2 being added together to equal 5?

Even the details of it are exactly as I remember the playground stories - that has to be a rare occasion for those to be true.
I remember there being a rumour that the house was involved but I'm that could have been the same playground rumour you heard. I thought the majority of the body parts were found in a wheelie bin down Polam Lane by a dog? Also has the victims head ever been found?


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Post by Mr_Tibbs » Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:25 pm

Darlo_Pete wrote:
Mr_Tibbs wrote:Polam Villa was the dog kennels, wasn't it?
Yes it was, I got a dog from their many moons ago.
Just did a bit of reading and apparently the dog kennel building used to be the stables of a mansion owned by the Backhouse family which stood somewhere up where Sainsburys is now - Polam Villa was, presumably, used by their horse guy.
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Post by Emdubya » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:06 am

Darlo_Pete wrote:
Mr_Tibbs wrote:Polam Villa was the dog kennels, wasn't it?
Yes it was, I got a dog from their many moons ago.
And I'll bet it jumped in front of a bus after a week!

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