Boots and Laces (Beckham Metal)

[Shrimper83]

Just on my dog walk and had a wander onto Boots and Laces land sad to see it all overgrown and smashed up! Where has the metal dome gone? Ron sold it for Scrap?

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Not our concern anymore

 

[Uncle_Rons_Teapot]

No doubt it'll be left to rot further for a good ten plus years much like the Beckham dome.

Not our concern anymore though as mentioned

 

[Leeboy]

Sad to see as have some great memories from there (SZFC training on Wednesday nights, Quiz Nights, Meet the Blues Days, interviewing players / staff in my Southend Radio days).

But yes not our problem any more.

 

[NZamba Legend]

Just on my dog walk and had a wander onto Boots and Laces land sad to see it all overgrown and smashed up! Where has the metal dome gone? Ron sold it for Scrap?

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A monument to Ron's managed decline of the club

 

[Andy_S]

What is it with some humans when they see an abandoned building that their first thought is “let’s smash some windows.”

 

[flangejackrabbit]

I think the dome was sold for about £25k in scrap?

 

[Mad Cyril]

What is it with some humans when they see an abandoned building that their first thought is “let’s smash some windows.”

There are a lot of sociopathic morons out there.

I'd rip the copper pipes and wiring out first.

 

[Leeboy]

There are a lot of sociopathic morons out there.

I'd rip the copper pipes and wiring out first.

don't forget the lead off the roof

 

[Mad Cyril]

I think the dome was sold for about £25k in scrap?

Turning an illiquid asset into liquid cash - no different to my son cashing in his loose change jar at the supermarket coin sorting machine.

He purchased a can of Lynx and a crate of lager for a party - hopefully the club will invest the money just as wisely.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Just on my dog walk and had a wander onto Boots and Laces land sad to see it all overgrown and smashed up! Where has the metal dome gone? Ron sold it for Scrap?

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The rumour online is that an urban explorer found 12 bottles of Heinz Ketchup in a desk drawer.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

don't forget the lead off the roof

I'd imagine Ron's already had that

 

[united we stand]

Turning an illiquid asset into liquid cash - no different to my son cashing in his loose change jar at the supermarket coin sorting machine.

He purchased a can of Lynx and a crate of lager for a party - hopefully the club will invest the money just as wisely.

Did he pull or was he missing a bottle of blue nun?

 

[OldBlueLady]

Those pictures make me quite sad - it was an absolutely fabulous place as the Access Sports & Social Club back in the day, well before it ever came under the Club's umbrella, and then, of course, so many good times there for Meet the Blues Day and often just popping over to watch training when you could, under Tilson.

 

[It'sGrimUpNorth]

What is it with some humans when they see an abandoned building that their first thought is “let’s smash some windows.”

That was Ron!
I can’t believe he left his trolley there. He could have at least returned it to Waitrose.

 

[CanveyCastle]

Has anyone ever thought of building a football stadium there ?