Owd Photos o’t’ Rovers

[Stuart]

Someone posted this on a non-football Fb group. I won’t name them for their privacy but this isn’t my photo.

“Going down the Bolton Road...”

Wondered if anyone else can add any detail or has similar photos?

Edited February 23, 2020 by Stuart

[Leonard Venkhater]

Brilliant. Famous fan too.

Is that James Joyce on the right, fourth row from the front?

Edited February 23, 2020 by Leonard Venkhater

[arbitro]

4 minutes ago, Stuart said:

Someone posted this on a non-football Fb group. I won’t name them for their privacy but this isn’t my photo.

“Going down the Bolton Road...”

Wondered if anyone else can add any detail of has similar photos?

Was there any indication of when it was Stuart?

I love photographs like this. There is an authenticity and honesty to them.

[Stuart]

@arbitro The fella doesn’t know exactly. Going off the car and the serviceman, late 1940s?

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Parson is second left at the front, Chaddy will also claim to be on it.

[Inglorious basturk]

42 minutes ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Parson is second left at the front, Chaddy will also claim to be on it.

Chaddy knew about the photo before this lot 

Edited February 23, 2020 by Inglorious basturk

[Stuart]

Now now chaps

[Proudtobeblue&white]

4 minutes ago, Stuart said:

Now now chaps

Only a bit of fun!

[bazza]

4 hours ago, Stuart said:

@arbitro The fella doesn’t know exactly. Going off the car and the serviceman, late 1940s?

Judging by the motor vehicles I'd say it was pre-war. When did trilby hats become fashionable?

[Inglorious basturk]

11 minutes ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Only a bit of fun!

Indeed . We have to be able to laugh at ourselves too 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

26 minutes ago, Inglorious basturk said:

Chaddy knew about the photo before this lot 

Chaddy will know how much the photographer got paid for taking it.

Regarding the age of the photo - looking at the dress of the people involved  and relative lack of flat caps on display i'd say post war - 1945-1950 ish.

[jim mk2]

Lovely photo.

Boys in their school uniforms and men in smart coats and wearing ties and taking pride in their appearance.

No such thing as "casual" clothing then; those people would be aghast at the way folk dress today.

[Sparks Rover]

1 hour ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Parson is second left at the front, Chaddy will also claim to be on it.

No, its Wednesday,  Chaddy is down the picture house with his missus, Gone with the wind premier, and a pot of gruel out after

[Inglorious basturk]

12 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

No, its Wednesday,  Chaddy is down the picture house with his missus, Gone with the wind premier, and a pot of gruel out after

Family first !! 

[47er]

Complete lack of Rovers" scarves!

The vehicle seems pre-50's but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Trilby hats were still common in the late 50"s going in to the 60's.

My best guess is late 50's.Haircuts look late 50's to early 60's

Guess they are travelling to Ewood (or we've won!) but in which direction? Is it Blackburn to Ewood?

Exactly where is it taken? I don't recognise any landmarks. It seems another world ago.

[47er]

56 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Lovely photo.

Boys in their school uniforms and men in smart coats and wearing ties and taking pride in their appearance.

No such thing as "casual" clothing then; those people would be aghast at the way folk dress today.

LOL! I've got a photo of my grand-parents on the beach at Blackpool sitting on deck chairs. My Grandad is wearing a dark, heavy suit, a waistcoat, a white shirt with a starched collar and tie and polished black shoes.

They didn't exactly chill out back then did they?

[OldEwoodBlue]

3 minutes ago, 47er said:

Complete lack of Rovers" scarves!

The vehicle seems pre-50's but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Trilby hats were still common in the late 50"s going in to the 60's.

My best guess is late 50's.Haircuts look late 50's to early 60's

Guess they are travelling to Ewood (or we've won!) but in which direction? Is it Blackburn to Ewood?

Exactly where is it taken? I don't recognise any landmarks. It seems another world ago.

Isn't it by the canal across from the infirmary just before the railway bridge?

[Riversider28]

2 minutes ago, 47er said:

Complete lack of Rovers" scarves!

The vehicle seems pre-50's but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Trilby hats were still common in the late 50"s going in to the 60's.

My best guess is late 50's.Haircuts look late 50's to early 60's

Guess they are travelling to Ewood (or we've won!) but in which direction? Is it Blackburn to Ewood?

Exactly where is it taken? I don't recognise any landmarks. It seems another world ago.

I think the fans are on Bolton Rd with the old Infirmary frontage on the right and the wall on the left bordering the LeedsLiverppol canal. The Infirmary pub in the background on the right  

 

 

[47er]

Yes, that makes sense. I always came from the Darwen side than so I didn't remember it.

[Cherry Blue]

2 minutes ago, Riversider28 said:

I think the fans are on Bolton Rd with the old Infirmary frontage on the right and the wall on the left bordering the LeedsLiverppol canal. The Infirmary pub in the background on the right  

 

 

It looked familiar but couldn't see it until you pointed it out. The banking behind the stone wall on the right is clearly the old Infirmary site and the pub looks as I remember it.

Must have walked that route many times, always with great anticipation of seeing a fantastic win. The smiles and grins on faces in the photo suggest that's always been the case "going down the Bolton Road".

[TBTF]

Obviously they’d all taken advantage of the super 6 ticket deal! 

[bazza]

OK. Maybe not pre-war but certainly pre 1950. I think Stuart could be right (for once?).

My dad wore double breasted suits and coats and always wore a trilby hat. And I wore short pants up until the age of 12. So if that photo was say 1948 I would have been 5 years old and nowhere near Ewood Park. My dad would have been 46.

[Roving Mick]

Last tram ran in Blackburn in 1949.  You can still see evidence of tracks, but they look to be filled in.  Plus no overhead lines on route.  So early 50's looks favourite.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

13 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

Lovely photo.

Boys in their school uniforms and men in smart coats and wearing ties and taking pride in their appearance.

No such thing as "casual" clothing then; those people would be aghast at the way folk dress today.

I used to go to Rovers in a collar tie and a suit. What else would  you wear ? Casual clothing was for working in then. I got my first pair of training shoes in 1966. We'd been playing one night and I kept them on to go to the pub for an after match drink. When I walked into the pub it was like  I was Spencer Tracy in " Bad Day At Black Rock ". A stranger in town ! It was like I had two heads ! Everybody stared at the trainers.

The past was a different place.

I've walked up that bit of road with a spring in my step on many,many occasions,.

[47er]

4 hours ago, Roving Mick said:

Last tram ran in Blackburn in 1949.  You can still see evidence of tracks, but they look to be filled in.  Plus no overhead lines on route.  So early 50's looks favourite.

Great detective work!