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West Ham Football Stadium, Custom House, 1928
 
 
Title West Ham Football Stadium, Custom House, 1928
Image reference EPW024263
Date unknown
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Place name Custom House
Administrative area Newham
Country England
Easting/Northing 541280, 181522

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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

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    Katy Whitaker
    Friday 4th January
    1:31pm
  • West Ham Stadium, home of Thames AFC from 1928 to 1932.

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    kevin_s
    Tuesday 3rd July
    11:06pm
  • The Mems at West Ham

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    Tasman
    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.

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    kevin_s
    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?

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    Paul Shaw
    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.

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    Historian
    Tuesday 26th June
    12:01pm

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