Margate FC group on Facebook

[JeremyJacobs]

On Facebook?

 

Then why not join the MFC group?

 

Margate FC Facebook Group

[Pagey]

some photos that I have never seen before on there

[BlueGate Alan]

I noticed that Andy, can guess which ones you mean too

[Cookie]

Must have been thrills all round when the pitch was next to all the rides at Dreamland. Surely WAS a FAMILY day out in those days.

I notice the ORIGINAL Coffin end showing there at HP. So,when & why DID the Coffin end change ends.

I always had the "bar" end down as the Coffin end" ever since I can remember & ever since I started supporting this club back in my younger days.

[Pagey]

Players on Facebook

 

Paul Egan

Leroy Lita

Yianni

 

And also Mr Chris Kinnear

[Pagey]

Couple of Rams players on there

 

My god I didn't realise how ugly Pettit is

[BlueGate Alan]

There is also a Fans Focus group on there too.

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: Cookie

I notice the ORIGINAL Coffin end showing there at HP. So,when & why DID the Coffin end change ends.
I always had the "bar" end down as the Coffin end" ever since I can remember & ever since I started supporting this club back in my younger days.

The bar end was the coffin end being the nearest to Coffin House Corner. For those too young to remember it there was a grocers shop on the corner where the traffic lights are now, that was coffin shaped to fit on the space between the 2 roads (hence Coffin House Corner).

[Wellsie]

Blimey, that takes me back a bit. Do you also remember the shunting goods trains behind Salmestone school? They would use the bridges over the Salmestone Road and Tivoli Park Road (I think) - the bridge decks have of course long since been removed.

[Pagey]

I used to go up there to muck around, train tracks were still there though

[Cookie]

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

The bar end was the coffin end being the nearest to Coffin House Corner. For those too young to remember it there was a grocers shop on the corner where the traffic lights are now, that was coffin shaped to fit on the space between the 2 roads (hence Coffin House Corner).

Yeah,I remember all that AB.I went in the shop often but what was the reason for shifting the name to the "wilderness end"?

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: Wellsie

Blimey, that takes me back a bit. Do you also remember the shunting goods trains behind Salmestone school? They would use the bridges over the Salmestone Road and Tivoli Park Road (I think) - the bridge decks have of course long since been removed.

The bridges you mention were part of what was affectionately known when I was a kid as the old line. This was part of the original Margate to Ramsgate line, at that time you could walk along it right up to the now Westwood Cross and I believe even further, but of course that would mean going into Ramsgate.

[BlueGate Alan]

Was this last week Andy?

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: Cookie

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

The bar end was the coffin end being the nearest to Coffin House Corner. For those too young to remember it there was a grocers shop on the corner where the traffic lights are now, that was coffin shaped to fit on the space between the 2 roads (hence Coffin House Corner).

Yeah,I remember all that AB.I went in the shop often but what was the reason for shifting the name to the "wilderness end"?

No idea why it was changed.

[Pagey]

its led down though the side of Jackey Bakers , where the car parking is currently

 

Then across newington road and down the rear of St James Avenue

[BlueGate Alan]

Those were the days ehh lads, what kids miss out on now!

[Pagey]

used to spend ages up there, building camps, hunting Rabbits

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

Originally Posted By: Cookie

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

The bar end was the coffin end being the nearest to Coffin House Corner. For those too young to remember it there was a grocers shop on the corner where the traffic lights are now, that was coffin shaped to fit on the space between the 2 roads (hence Coffin House Corner).

Yeah,I remember all that AB.I went in the shop often but what was the reason for shifting the name to the "wilderness end"?

No idea why it was changed.

Unless this snippet from Wikipedia means something about it:
In August 2005, Margate returned to Hartsdown Park after three years in the wilderness.

[BlueGate Alan]

Silly bugger AB

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: Taffy_Alan

Silly bugger AB

Famous for it, Alan