That was the west stand, south stand was before that. Always remember the tunnel at the back of the west stand when swapping ends.

Nothing to do the cycle track as such. The whole north terrace is built on a pile of ash and colliery waste. The old south terrace was the same.. This is nothing out of the ordinary as most RL grounds had their terracing built in this way. They then used to step them and grade them with old railway sleepers.

We could have had sleepers on our ground at one time ,but way before I remember. Belle Vue was one of the few grounds that had concrete terracing. If you look at the terracing on the old sections you can see its hollow, and that is because its re cycled sections from a second world war floating dock, or so I'm told.


Last but not least, Yes the old south stand was demolished and sold to a local farmer as a barn.

I go back far enough to remember the old west stand.
And I remember it being pulled down because of the Bradford Fire regulations.

What I can't remember is, when you look at the pictures Vasty linked, it looks like the terracing was at the same height as the pitch. What happened there. Did we lower it? Or is it just a misleading photo?

No, the track was made of wood and built with the terrace as the base hence it is raised. I assume they changed the wood fairly often.

Actually I think the terracing has been slightly raised and not lowered ! certainly has down the east stand side.


I can remember standing in both sides when I was young and there was a fair old drop on the pitch side. Any small children could hardly see above the wall and their heads were about pitch level.

That was a grand old stand (west stand) and what a crowd in that picture, I bet MC wished we could get that lol