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Braemar Road Fire

I have been trying to find out more about the fire in the Braemar Road stand, but can find absolutely no information about it at all! Nothing on wikipeidia or on here either.

Does anyone know much about this incident?

When did it happen? How did it start? And what was the damage caused?
 
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Is it an urban myth or is it correct that Stan Bowles' wife raised the alarm?
They were living in a house backing on to the stand. Club house, another urban myth or fact?
 

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It was during the season in 82 or 83 I think ???
 

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scroll down to the bottom of this page and look at Similar Threads :)
 

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JordanBEE said:
I have been trying to find out more about the fire in the Braemar Road stand, but can find absolutely no information about it at all! Nothing on wikipeidia or on here either.

Does anyone know much about this incident?

When did it happen? How did it start? And what was the damage caused?
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Hello Ken.
 

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See "Similar Threads" at the foot of the page
 

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stan bowles missus phoned the brigade , apparently the fire started in the groundsman hut where the odd job man used to sleep so the rumours spread around at the tim., He had ginger hair after the incident well singed lol
 

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I'd like to believe the tale that Stan started it, as he was losing a heap of cash in a players' card game that night in the ground.

:moo:
 

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I thought it was about 79-80
 

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I lived in Braemar Road at the time but on the other side opposite main gates. Was woken up by fire engines in the early hours of the morning.

Stan lived on the ground side of the road pretty much over the wall from where the TV screen on the walkway is now.

It was certainly that half of the stand that burnt down and so the Bolwes's would have been the first to see or hear anything.

Never did hear what started it. Always suspected A Bee Since 63 who lived on that side also...

Terry Hurlock also lived on my side of the road.
 

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I was at school and organised a football tournament to raise money for the repairs (£30 which was a fortune to a school kid back then!) - then presented to the club on the pitch at GP.
 

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cheshirebee said:
I lived in Braemar Road at the time but on the other side opposite main gates. Was woken up by fire engines in the early hours of the morning.

Stan lived on the ground side of the road pretty much over the wall from where the TV screen on the walkway is now.

It was certainly that half of the stand that burnt down and so the Bolwes's would have been the first to see or hear anything.

Never did hear what started it. Always suspected A Bee Since 63 who lived on that side also...

Terry Hurlock also lived on my side of the road.
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Hey, 30 years after the event and my mate cheshirebee is pointing the finger at me!

For me it was a very memorable night as, at the time, I lived in the house that is directly opposite what is now the club shop.

JordanBEE is correct in saying that there is not much info about the blaze. However, I wrote an article for the club match programme on the 20th anniversary of the fire. I will have a search around tomorrow to find the date of the match that the article appeared in.
 

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Seem to remember it was a faulty boiler.
Been making a noise for some time I was told.
 

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The braemar road thread below that has 67 replies is interesting reading. Its a salient reminder of how bad things were in the early years of this century and how much better things are now....sure we are still in an antiquated 100 year old ground, but the attitude and professionalism now is light years from where it was
 

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I was the chief steward at the club at the time of fire and it did start in a room under the stand where Alec the little ginger haired odd job man lived. Stan Bowles and his wife Jane lived the other side of the wall from where the fire started and she did indeed raise the alarm. It was certainly the belief at the time that she saved his life. Alec was a heavy smoker and liked a drink but of course it could have been due to a faulty boiler. He was definitely accident prone, on another occasion during a midweek evening game when it was raining heavy he tried to move an electric cable which had come down while he was standing in a puddle of water it gave him one hell of a shock and after that left him with restricted use of his arm. Most of us wished the whole stand had burnt down so we would get a complete new stand but as it was the insurance would only replace that part that had been destroyed.
 

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An Ex Chairman burned down the wrong stand (Allegedly)
 

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Don't build half a stand.....build half a team..........ONE GOAL BEHIIIIIIIIIND !!!!!!
 

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The fire took place on February 1st 1983.

I penned an article that appeared in the Brentford programme for the match against Huddersfield Town that was due to be played exactly 20 years later on February 1st 2003. That match was postponed and the programme, including a new front cover, took place on February 25th.
 

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Caused the mighty Brentford Athletic to have to change in porta-cabins for their charity match, and that small team from Merseyside Liverpool for the Milk Cup tie.
 

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Just watched the video of the game v Liverpool with my son. What memories. Thanks VCMAZZ. It was a great night. Great atmosphere. The queue on the New Road went all the way down the road and around the corner. Took ages to get in ground. Still think Robinson punched the ball in. We were a good side then.
 

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Downbeat Bee said:
Thanks for that. Great footage of Liverpool coming on to the pitch. Sort of thing that makes me think the internet is great.
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I have other links that prove this to be the case. But having just read the CoC I'd have to PM them to you. :pop
 

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Dave Bond said:
I was the chief steward at the club at the time of fire and it did start in a room under the stand where Alec the little ginger haired odd job man lived. Stan Bowles and his wife Jane lived the other side of the wall from where the fire started and she did indeed raise the alarm. It was certainly the belief at the time that she saved his life. Alec was a heavy smoker and liked a drink but of course it could have been due to a faulty boiler. He was definitely accident prone, on another occasion during a midweek evening game when it was raining heavy he tried to move an electric cable which had come down while he was standing in a puddle of water it gave him one hell of a shock and after that left him with restricted use of his arm. Most of us wished the whole stand had burnt down so we would get a complete new stand but as it was the insurance would only replace that part that had been destroyed.
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I remember this well. It was the Chelsea pre season friendly and it was pouring down prior to kick off. Poor old Alec had gone round to the toilet block behind the royal oak stand and as you correctly said had picked up a loose cable that was live. But for the swift actions of the late great Eddie Lyons Alec would have died that night. He had turned blue but Eddie got his heart going again and he went off in an ambulance. The game went ahead and it was kept very quiet. Alec ended up with the fingers of his right hand badly fused together and didnt work at the club again as far as i recall. I remember trying to mark the lines out on the pitch shortly before the game and Kerry Dixon kept firing shots past me from the edge of the area.
 
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