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A bit more history. Willmore Road Wellington Road site By 1902 this site had been developed and built over the first official AV...

I removed my post with that map Lyn as that was the later and first official ground on Wilmore Road. Wilson Road (or what became it) was...

and here is the map showing the ground with wellington road running along there is a wilson road but its quite a distance from where the...

I believe so. Aston Park Unity was a separate club that was dissolved 1n 1908. (see Wikki link below)...

Just to say that the 9 January 1875 14-a-side match against Aston Park Unity was played at Aston Park (according to the Birmingham...

I believe (or should I say AI has it?), that it was in the Great Parlour on the ground floor from the 1700's until the 1870's.

Villa's formation followed four members of the Wesleyan Chapel cricket team meeting under a gaslight in Heathfield Road, Birchfield...

This is how I see it. Anyone, please feel free to correct me. For the match in 1875, we've seen no documentation of Wilson's land (as...

have to say there is nothing here that i have forgotten or at least not heard about...happy days lyn

I don't remember ever seeing the chapel at the Hall. Was it inside the Hall or a separate building ? It looks to me like it was part of...

John, no apologies needed the project has undergone a number of changes and U turn over it lifetime. I spoke to a guy a while back who...

Sorry Morturn you are 100% correct. Old Oak Common will be the first London HS2 station to open in 10-13 years time and work is now...

I thought the original plan to Euston was scrapped by the previous government, but was then reinstated. The tunnels from Old Oak Common...

It won't be open for 10 - 13 years though and it then won't be going to Euston from Curzon Street, passengers will instead travel to Old...

My son travels between New Street and Euston to his home in London quite often and I'm sure that he would agree, that particularly on...