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It's 74 years since we moved from the Kursaal to the Stadium and what I want to know has anyone got any passed down stories of this time?
My grandfather who died nearly 57 years ago was a big fan from those days, but I know very little about him or the Kursaal,.
Family legend tells us that he had supported the club since the days of the Kursaal, that he went to Chesterfield for the abandoned cup game in 1938, and that when he was very ill, he would be on his sick bed all week, but make a remarkable recovery for the match on Saturday before returning to his sick bed after the game. He would have been a teenager when the club was formed in 1906 and I like to think that he went to watch them at the old Roots Hall. He was a builder, and built many houses in Eastern Avenue, Priory Crescent etc. He would work Saturday Mornings but then take his workers to the Buffet at Southend Victoria Station to pay them at Lunch time over a pint, and then slip off to the game for the match before going home. Sadly he died a couple of months before I was born and I never got to talk football with him.
I did talk football with his son, one of my uncles who told me how they used to walk from Rochford to the Kurzaal for games and then walk back again afterwards. They all loved the Kurzaal close to the pitch, intimidating etc. but disliked the Stadium too far from the pitch and no atmosphere.
So has anyone heard any stories about the Kurzaal?
Cricko what do you remember?
Go and quiz your grandad, nan, Uncles, Aunties or anyone who might remember. It's a big ask but the longer we leave it the harder it wil become.
DoDtS
My grandfather who died nearly 57 years ago was a big fan from those days, but I know very little about him or the Kursaal,.
Family legend tells us that he had supported the club since the days of the Kursaal, that he went to Chesterfield for the abandoned cup game in 1938, and that when he was very ill, he would be on his sick bed all week, but make a remarkable recovery for the match on Saturday before returning to his sick bed after the game. He would have been a teenager when the club was formed in 1906 and I like to think that he went to watch them at the old Roots Hall. He was a builder, and built many houses in Eastern Avenue, Priory Crescent etc. He would work Saturday Mornings but then take his workers to the Buffet at Southend Victoria Station to pay them at Lunch time over a pint, and then slip off to the game for the match before going home. Sadly he died a couple of months before I was born and I never got to talk football with him.
I did talk football with his son, one of my uncles who told me how they used to walk from Rochford to the Kurzaal for games and then walk back again afterwards. They all loved the Kurzaal close to the pitch, intimidating etc. but disliked the Stadium too far from the pitch and no atmosphere.
So has anyone heard any stories about the Kurzaal?
Cricko what do you remember?
Go and quiz your grandad, nan, Uncles, Aunties or anyone who might remember. It's a big ask but the longer we leave it the harder it wil become.
DoDtS