The Dell from the air in 1928

[old_southy]

Milton Road, The Dell Football Ground and St Mark's Church, Southampton, from the east, 1928

[Surman4no7shirt]

Brilliant. Was looking for one of them yesterday when I saw the article on the BBC but couldn't get on the site because there was too much traffic. Are there many more of Southampton? What's the site again?

[old_southy]

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ is the site I found it on.

[get_rich]

There are plenty of Southampton images... http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=southampton Great stuff

[Saint J 77]

Milton Road, The Dell Football Ground and St Mark's Church, Southampton, from the east, 1928

 

Great photo!

[alpine_saint]

Is there any interesting historical anecdote about the fact we couldnt even get a square piece of land to build it, meaning the Milton Road end was forever doomed to be p*ssed ???

[TheMidfieldGeneral]

^ yeah exactly. There Must have been plenty of open land in soton back then.. Why there?

 

Having said that... I still miss The Dell

[scotty]

Milton Road, The Dell Football Ground and St Mark's Church, Southampton, from the east, 1928

 

Terrific pic, thanks for posting it.

[Saint J 77]

Its a shame the club could not retain the land obviously it wasn't possible at the time. I'm sure if we owned it today it could of been used by NC for a future Saints related project. Its a little sad to see the flats there now. I know selling the Dell was a necessary evil to fund our move to St Mary's but wasn't it sold on the cheap? I know it was a shed compared to St Mary's but it was a very special place in a lot of Saints fans hearts. I suppose those of us lucky enough to watch us play there will always have our memories of some great games and brilliant atmospheres

[spyinthesky]

^ yeah exactly. There Must have been plenty of open land in soton back then.. Why there?

 

Having said that... I still miss The Dell

 

Think the land may have been owned by George Thomas who donated it to the Saints who had been playing at various nondescript grounds around the town, including the home of Hants CC

 

It was one of the best stadiums in the country when opening in 1898 and, presumably, the ground was on the fringes of the city built up area

[Shufty Zubrik]

The 1920's Skatesmouth pictures look just the same as the cesspit today.

[Stud mark of doom]

Is there any interesting historical anecdote about the fact we couldnt even get a square piece of land to build it, meaning the Milton Road end was forever doomed to be p*ssed ???

 

Some stuff on here I didn't know:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dell_(Southampton)

[John Boy Saint]

Some stuff on here I didn't know:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dell_(Southampton)

 

Few extra bits I had missed too despite reading a fair few of the Saints books.

 

There is a great photo in one of the books with the Dell as it was when it was just a Woodland Dell.

 

A little Macabre I know, it would be interesting to see the same photo taken in 1945, to see what was left after the war. The reason for this curiosity is due to 2 postcards on sale in Frankfurt one was dated 1938 the other 1946 quite astonishing. And we all know Southampton was battered from the air.