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The Ron Harper Press Photo Collection
Henry Irving
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As mentioned on the Harry Goldfinch thread Looking for Harry Goldfinch - A Story of Charlton and WW1 and WW2 — Charlton Life
The museum were recently gifted a collection of original press photos from the family of the late Ron Harper
The museum were recently gifted a collection of original press photos from the family of the late Ron Harper
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The oldest of these photos is dated April 1935.
A young Sam Bartram is just about to help Charlton to promotion to the old second division as Champions.
Note that the Terracing only goes half-way up the East bank.
Such press photos were kept in huge physical archives by all the big newspapers & news agencies, in this case the Daily Mail12 -
Also in the Harper collection is this September 1938 photo of #cafc captain Don Welsh.
The reverse of the photos have the press agency's notes and these were updated, in this case as Don became manager of Liverpool and, sadly, that he had died in February 1990.6 -
Isn’t that the south terracing ? That looks like white goal posts to the left and behind him.Henry Irving said:The oldest of these photos is dated April 1935.
A young Sam Bartram is just about to help Charlton to promotion to the old second division as Champions.
Note that the Terracing only goes half-way up the East bank.
Such press photos were kept in huge physical archives by all the big newspapers & news agencies, in this case the Daily Mail5 -
Original press photos are now very sought after by collectors but for us their value is the insight into the history of Charlton and football in general.
We had never seen this pic from Easter Monday 29 March 1937 when 45,860 saw the Addicks beat Chelsea 1-0 with a goal from Monty Wilkinson.
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He was a pin up boy to my nan, bless her... If he's young there, he looks 40 years young!Henry Irving said:The oldest of these photos is dated April 1935.
A young Sam Bartram is just about to help Charlton to promotion to the old second division as Champions.
Note that the Terracing only goes half-way up the East bank.
Such press photos were kept in huge physical archives by all the big newspapers & news agencies, in this case the Daily Mail1 -
ooh he look like a young Burt Lancaster!soapy_jones said:
He was a pin up boy to my nan, bless her... If he's young there, he looks 40 years young!Henry Irving said:The oldest of these photos is dated April 1935.
A young Sam Bartram is just about to help Charlton to promotion to the old second division as Champions.
Note that the Terracing only goes half-way up the East bank.
Such press photos were kept in huge physical archives by all the big newspapers & news agencies, in this case the Daily Mail
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He was 21 in 1935soapy_jones said:
He was a pin up boy to my nan, bless her... If he's young there, he looks 40 years young!Henry Irving said:The oldest of these photos is dated April 1935.
A young Sam Bartram is just about to help Charlton to promotion to the old second division as Champions.
Note that the Terracing only goes half-way up the East bank.
Such press photos were kept in huge physical archives by all the big newspapers & news agencies, in this case the Daily Mail0 -
Whereas Don Welsh always looked about 71! 😉Henry Irving said:
He was 21 in 1935soapy_jones said:
He was a pin up boy to my nan, bless her... If he's young there, he looks 40 years young!Henry Irving said:The oldest of these photos is dated April 1935.
A young Sam Bartram is just about to help Charlton to promotion to the old second division as Champions.
Note that the Terracing only goes half-way up the East bank.
Such press photos were kept in huge physical archives by all the big newspapers & news agencies, in this case the Daily Mail4 -
In 1938 we faced Aston Villa in the FA Cup 5th Rnd.
After a 1 - 1 draw at the Valley, we drew the replay 2-2 draw at Villa Park but lost the 2nd replay 1-4 at Highbury, in large part due to playing the last 60 mins with 10 men after Hobbis broke a leg when we were winning 1-0. Tadman also limped off so not surprising that we let in three goals in the last five minutes.Oakes also had two stitches in an eye wound and Villa's Shell was so groggy after a clash of heads with Oakes that he was played on the wing.
Pics from the Harper donation but these pic and the agency notes only tell part of the story.
75,031, our record gate, saw a 1-1 draw at the Valley.
At Villa Park 61,530 saw a 2-2 game.
In the 2nd replay at Highbury, we won the toss of 31 coins to have the game played in London rather than at Wolves, 64,782 saw the defeat, making a total of 201, 343, an all time record for a three game series in the FA Cup.5 -
Great picture, 45k ? Hard to believe that we squeezed another 30k into the ground.Henry Irving said:Original press photos are now very sought after by collectors but for us their value is the insight into the history of Charlton and football in general.
We had never seen this pic from Easter Monday 29 March 1937 when 45,860 saw the Addicks beat Chelsea 1-0 with a goal from Monty Wilkinson.
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