Aston Villa history

[Donbogen]

Dick Taylor in his Witton rd shop

 

[Astoness]

lovely photo donbogen...i wonder where abouts on witton road the shop was

lyn

 

[Donbogen]

lovely photo donbogen...i wonder where abouts on witton road the shop was

lyn

Lyn i recall it was on a corner on the right hand side as you were walking towards Witton circle before you got to the bike shop
Don

 

[G G Jean]

lovely photo donbogen...i wonder where abouts on witton road the shop was

lyn

Will ask Pete as he was born in Witton road and lived there till he was 24.

 

[John L]

Dick Taylor in the 60's, having taken over as club manager from Joe Mercer (Tony Hateley is on the left):

 

[Vivienne14]

Good aeriel view from 1925.

 

[Morturn]

Is that a cycling track I can see around the pitch?

 

[Donbogen]

Is that a cycling track I can see around the pitch?

Could be i don't recall it being there in the 60s

 

[Pedrocut]

I think the cycle track is mentioned in this thread…

B

Thread 'Midland Cycling & Athletic Club'

Dec 4, 2018

Hi All,
Just found this forum, so I plan to write up a history page of this famous club, that was Birmingham based.
Formed in 1890 by businessmen, several became leaders in industry, but the club was made famous mainly by the working class riders, plus a few athletes.

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• Forum: Cycling

 

[RRJ]

Post in thread 'Velodrome inside Aston Villa FC Ground.'

May 31, 2022

Here's a family picture from trackside..

The old chap with the walking stick is my GG Grandfather John Thomas Johnson, the five riders are his sons with Leon
my G Grandfather on the far right. Second from left is Victor Louis Johnson who held several world sprint records
and also an Olympic gold medal winner from the 1908 games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Johnson_(cyclist)

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[John L]

Aston Villa fans at the Wetherspoons pub in New Street Station yesterday, having a swift one prior to traveling to Liverpool for last night's win against Everton. The most well known of them had a cider and bought the round.

 

[Barr_Beacon]

Many years ago in the early seventies, I used to play for a boys football team based in Witton called The Wyrley Gunners. It was run by an ex Aston Villa (1938 - 46) player called George Lunn. George was quite an imposing tall man and I always remember him in his Trilby hat and trench coat. George passed away in January, 2000 aged 84.

 

[John L]

Ozzy made an appearance on the Holte End (see below) before Villa's 4-2 win over Celtic on Wednesday evening, which takes the club into the last 16 of the Champions League.