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Just for Carl, the good old days. Undersoil heating's for pussies



A team of four men 'thaw ' out Manchester City Football ground with braziers. They started in the morning and worked well into the night. Straw was laid on the ground after thawing out to prevent the pitch re-freezing. January 1953

"Braziers for goalposts"

Top picture of John 68 with his Brazzier

The first match I ever went to I stood on that exact terracing, to the left of the tunnel, next to the Platt Lane. Don't remember that bloke though....

Coal will make a comeback one day...You'll See....You'll all See.

Hazy2 wrote:Top picture of John 68 with his Brazzier

i thought he was laying tarmacadem down

carl_feedthegoat wrote:Coal will make a comeback one day...You'll See....You'll all See.

it has already , i've just bought a car that runs on a sack of best coke. At home i have a gas fired tv

Ah the good old days.

zuricity wrote:

Hazy2 wrote:Top picture of John 68 with his Brazzier

i thought he was laying tarmacadem down

And at the back behind the terrace there, you can just make it out. Doug and his ladder peering in.

I wonder if the Braziers took out a bank loan to do that ...

Slim wrote:
And at the back behind the terrace there, you can just make it out. Doug and his ladder peering in.

is that over the "Gene Kelly Stand , the first" ?

carl_feedthegoat wrote:Coal will make a comeback one day...You'll See....You'll all See.

It never went away. We spent billions each year importing it from Ukraine. Better to buy it than make it yourself and deal with powerful trade unions.

Dameerto wrote:"Braziers for goalposts"

We used jumpers !!!! (Man boobs did not require support in them days)

chef wrote:

Dameerto wrote:"Braziers for goalposts"

We used jumpers !!!! (Man boobs did not require support in them days)

Couldn't you afford coal?

Dameerto wrote:

chef wrote:

Dameerto wrote:"Braziers for goalposts"

We used jumpers !!!! (Man boobs did not require support in them days)

Couldn't you afford coal?

In those days cole came from Newcastle and no ! we could not afford those prices .

chef wrote:In those days cole came from Newcastle and no ! we could not afford those prices .

Cole was born in Nottingham, but that's a miner , rather minor detail ;-)

zuricity wrote:

chef wrote:In those days cole came from Newcastle and no ! we could not afford those prices .

Cole was born in Nottingham, but that's a miner , rather minor detail ;-)

He also played for one of the bristols

chef wrote:

Dameerto wrote:"Braziers for goalposts"

We used jumpers !!!! (Man boobs did not require support in them days)

How could you attach these Braziers, without 3rd degreee burns

chef wrote:
He also played for one of the bristols

i'm sure he's played with many

Chinners wrote:I wonder if the Braziers took out a bank loan to do that ...

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