EPW020438 ENGLAND (1928). Milton Road, The Dell Football Ground and St Mark's Church, Southampton, from the east, 1928

I went to Springhill School 1952-1958 and lived in 7 Burton Road.

Hill Farm

Landguard Road

Howard Road

St Marks Church, 1891 to 1983. This building was demolished due to deterioration of the fabric. Two stained glass windows were donated to the Roman Catholic church of St Mary in the Falkland Islands which had been damaged in the conflict following the Argentinian invasion. See http://sotonopedia.wikidot.com/page-browse:st-marks-church-archers-road

Archers Road

Milton Road

Wilton Avenue

Remains of embankment intended to take the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway to Southampton Docks. Thanks to railway politics only a short section was begun. If it had been completed the Dell would never have been a football ground.

Newly completed West Stand, opened 1928.

This is where Springhill RC School now stands - it was just about opposite the Milton Rd end of The Dell. I remember Saints parading past in an open top bus when they won the FA Cup in 1976.

The Dell. The old Southampton football club's ground. It has since been moved to a all purpose ground at St Mary's , only a all seater now with a top capacity of 32,000. Some like the more open area but, it doesn't have that fan intimidation to the players like it did at the Dell. Beating Manchester United 6-3 may never happen again.