EPW005453 ENGLAND (1921). The County Ground at Ashley Down, Bristol, from the east, 1921

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Pennawd [EPW005453] The County Ground at Ashley Down, Bristol, from the east, 1921
Cyfeirnod EPW005453
Dyddiad 20-March-1921
Dolen
Enw lle ASHLEY DOWN
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Ardal
Gwlad ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad 359737, 175583
Hydred / Lledred -2.5798217284605, 51.47728575516
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol ST597756

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Cyfraniadau Grŵp

This picture was taken before the start of the 1921 season, only three years after the end of the Great War, which had left the finances of several counties, including Gloucestershire, in a parlous state. During the war, the GCCC had sold the ground to Messrs. J.S.Fry & Sons, and since the resumption of county fixtures in 1919 that firm had generously allowed the County free use of the playing area for a limited number of matches each season. Gloucestershire also played their home games at Cheltenham, Clifton and Gloucester. The view above, along with the accompanying images from different vantage points, indicates the relative lack of seated accommodation, apart from the pavilion and members' area at the far end of the ground.

In 1932, the club was in a position to re-purchase the ground on favourable terms and throughout the remainder of the decade was able to improve the facilities at Ashley Down until the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. Further improvements were subsequently to take place from the 1950s and the writer of this comment has happy memories of both watching and playing (for Bristol University and Bristol Under 23s)on the County Ground in the mid-1960s.

John Swain
Friday 11th of July 2014 01:29:17 PM
And now there are plenty of seats and nowhere to park!

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Friday 11th of July 2014 01:29:17 PM