[Pumpetypump]

is the shop in the coral? : Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:47 pm  

Or the portocabin or both?

Re: is the shop in the coral? : Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:10 pm  

its in what used to be the ticket office. now a combined shop/ticket office.

[Pumpetypump]

Re: is the shop in the coral? : Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:11 am  

Ta. Our state of the art purpose built stadium plays havoc with my dementia. The shop is in the previous office that was previously the trevor foster lounge.

[Bulliac]

Re: is the shop in the coral? : Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:10 am  

Think you've probably got it Pumpy

I'm marginally confused by the lounges. Wasn't the Trevor Foster Lounge the single storey, building facing the ticket office/shop. This was the press office for a time and indeed was even the/a ticket office [on matchdays only,I think] during Omar's reign. Or am I confusing that with the vice-president's lounge?

Just to keep you on the right track, the current shop is in the ticket office which is part of the old clubhouse building. That is the one which has the old dressing rooms underneath and is the back of the building you can see from inside the terraces. Entry is through the door which says 'Shop and Ticket Office on it. I do wish they'd leave things as they are for a while, all this uncertainty leaves me in a daze..

[Pumpetypump]

Re: is the shop in the coral? : Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:36 pm  

The trevor foster lounge was definately in the building where the shop is now. In fact as I was trying on a diamanté number in the changing room, I was probably behind the bar. And where the till is I got rather unwell on vaux bitter. happy days.

[Bulliac]

Re: is the shop in the coral? : Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:46 pm  

Yeah, it was also called the 'supporters club bar' or just 'the clubhouse' at various times. I remember playing there once with one of the bands I worked with, back in some long forgotten age. Why does remembering my misspent youth always make me feel even older?