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Thanks for the corrections on the stadia details everyone. We've re-catalogued the image and the updated record will appear here in due course. Close-ups like this image give little ground control data so it's great to have your detailed knowledge to get it right!
Yours, Katy
Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader
Friday 4th January
1:31pm
West Ham Stadium, home of Thames AFC from 1928 to 1932.
Tuesday 3rd July
11:06pm
The Mems at West Ham
Wednesday 15th August
5:15pm
Yes I agree with both comments below, this is West Ham Stadium, completed in 1928 and demolished in the 1970's to make way for housing. It was used for speedway and by a football club called Thames AFC from 1928 until 1932 when they folded. West Ham United FC never played home games there.
Tuesday 3rd July
2:54pm
Agreed. I don't think the Memorial Athletic Ground was ever a complete stadium like this - perhaps individual stands.
I live just south of it in E15. The Athletic Ground is adjacent to the District Line/London Tilbury & Southend Railway......rather distant from the other photos in this flight.
The Athletic Ground was the original ground of West Ham United - when the "Hammers" was allied to the Thames Shipbuilding Works at the mouth of the River Lea.
Did they play at the stadium - which in this picture includes a football pitch - before moving to Upton Park?
Tuesday 26th June
9:33pm
This is West Ham Stadium which fronted Nottingham Avenue in Custom House, London E16 and not the Memorial Athletic Ground.
West Ham Stadium was renown for both dog racing and motorcycle speedway racing.
Tuesday 26th June
12:01pm