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[tea bar boys]

is there any old farts from the 70sand 80s who stood by the tea bar at the shed end , boveril and a pie loverlyyyyyyy ,

[midlandblue]

occasionally

[Backbiter]

midlandblue, on Jan 8 2009, 10:07 AM, said:

occasionally

When I started going (1976) I stood by the white wall. As I got older I preferred to stand by the Tea Bar where the view was better IMO, although there was nowhere near as much singing - but only if it was dry! I also preferred the White Wall for night games.

Edited by Backbiter, 08 January 2009 - 10:13 AM.

[midlandblue]

never realy stuck to one spot, white wall, middle, tea bar, mostly benches.

[Barn]

Middle or Benches for me.

[BlueBeard]

68-69 (ish) - Shed End terrace between Shed & old East Stand - well, I was only a kid
69-70 (ish) - White Wall
71-73 (ish) - middle of the Shed
74-82 (ish) - North Stand
83-86 (ish) - Gate 13 or North Stand

[bonetti]

62 - 66 either at the front of the Shed next to the dog track or up in the metal cross members at the back of the Shed when it was raining - until plod came along

Now - The West Stand - good place to meditate

[Mike O]

We were under the tannoy where the Shed met the old West Stand.

[bjd]

Benches (gis a song)

[BLUENUT]

My dad would sometimes take me and my brother near the tea bar, but we were so young we'd probably spend most of the game having a kick around down the front with an empty platic bottle of fizzy drink or something.

It was sometimes the tea bar, sometimes the bovril entrance with their fancy toilets, sometimes we'd upgrade to the benches. If there was a game that was likely to 'kick off' we'd be up in the east when it had those sun stained green seats, or the West with those classic wooden ones. If in the East or West, when Chelsea scored, the shed would be a magical sight with arms and legs all over the place. Used to love it when they chanted Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea and pointed in unison, getiing goose pimples just thinking about it!!

I don't half miss the way the stadium was then. We may still play on roughly the same pitch (it was moved when the ground was redeveloped) but it is a completely different stadium, with only the East stand remaining from when I was a kid.

[Lofty]

midlandblue, on Jan 8 2009, 10:15 AM, said:

never realy stuck to one spot, white wall, middle, tea bar, mostly benches.

Same here but different order. Mostly around the White Wall /tea bar as I got older, and occasionally in the benches, in the middle when I was younger, with spells up the North Stand in between.

[geezer]

Mainly middle of the Shed until I got my first season ticket at the start of our decline in the early 70's

[Chelsea John]

geezer, on Jan 8 2009, 20:01 PM, said:

Mainly middle of the Shed until I got my first season ticket at the start of our decline in the early 70's

Anywere in the shed end, loved being able to transfer to benches at half time. does anybody remember the lad on the steps selling chelsea lottery tickets.

[Backbiter]

Yes. Don't tell me ......

I never bought one. Sorry. Well, maybe I did when I really thought doing so would help save us from going bust.

[Tea Bar Boy]

tea bar boys, on Jan 8 2009, 09:56 AM, said:

is there any old farts from the 70sand 80s who stood by the tea bar at the shed end , boveril and a pie loverlyyyyyyy ,

Of course hence the moniker !

Personaly loved the out of date wagon wheels they used to sell

Started off in the middle but spent the majority of time on the tea bar middle steps , 2nd barrier on the left . Then moved to the old west stand until it was pulled down and ended up in the North stand upper

[Tea Bar Boy]

Chelsea John, on Jan 8 2009, 20:44 PM, said:

Anywere in the shed end, loved being able to transfer to benches at half time. does anybody remember the lad on the steps selling chelsea lottery tickets.

Yep with the tache ? He is still about see him at most home games

[Star]

tea bar boys, on Jan 8 2009, 09:56 AM, said:

is there any old farts from the 70sand 80s who stood by the tea bar at the shed end , boveril and a pie loverlyyyyyyy ,

We're the Tea Bar We're the Tea Bar, We're the Tea Bar of the Shed !

Earliest memory standing on a box or stool with my dad in the very late 60's - low where the East Stand is now, close to the Shed. Then Boxing Day's against the Arsenal with my Dad, Uncle's and cousins very left of Shed up against a barrier toward old West Stand.

71 - 75 Season Ticket Holder with my dad in West Stand, on edge of Penalty Area closest to Shed.

After that Benches, until I converted to the Shed in 1980, spell at the tea bar, then full time White Wall.

Have tasted Gate 13 and the Old North Stand, but the White Wall was my home until the Shed was pulled down.

Unbelievable days, never will forget the Bridge as it was.

[just]

The Tea Bar's half-time winter menu - Wagon Wheel and a Bovril

The Tea Bar's half-time spring/summer menu - Wagon Wheel and a Cherry Panda Pop

[andy]

just, on Jan 19 2009, 16:14 PM, said:

The Tea Bar's half-time winter menu - Wagon Wheel and a Bovril

The Tea Bar's half-time spring/summer menu - Wagon Wheel and a Cherry Panda Pop

It was a mars for me ....

or... A Stamford Burger ! ... I can still feel the mixture of warm grease, blood and watered down tomato sauce seeping through my mittens and down my sleeve on a cold day.

[Montesinos]

like most people, we tended to move around over the years. For a couple of season we stood in front of the tea bar. Then we used to (now and again) transfer to the benches and then North Stand (OB allowing). Did the west and new stand before ending up in the Benches again.