The Goldstone Ground's new floodlights

[ExmouthExile]

Googling for old pictures of the Goldstone, I came across this website, with a picture of the new floodlights installed in 1961. Now i'm wondering if that is actually a picture of the Goldstone, because those lights are not the floodlights that are familiar to most of us here. Or where they changed in subsequent years?

 

[Notters]

Think they're the same ones but with different lamps on top aren't they?

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

This may help

 

[raymondbriggs]

Googling for old pictures of the Goldstone, I came across this website, with a picture of the new floodlights installed in 1961. Now i'm wondering if that is actually a picture of the Goldstone, because those lights are not the floodlights that are familiar to most of us here. Or where they changed in subsequent years?

The Goldstone floodlights were updated in the 80's.

 

[raymondbriggs]

Goldstone floodlights picture 1962 and for the donny game '97

 

[Notters]

View attachment 30524This may help

But those ones are horizontal!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Third picture does look like the north west corner - although it would help if it was rotated 90 degrees to the right.

First floodlit game was against Frem - a Danish side - on 10 April 1961 according to Simon Inglis "Football Grounds of Great Britain". No idea of the score though.

 

[raymondbriggs]

But those ones are horizontal!

But mine are not,my pictures clearly show the pylons stayed the same but the lamp array was updated-less actual bulbs but higher light output,something to do with T.V.cameras needing a higher level of lighting I seem to remember.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Third picture does look like the north west corner - although it would help if it was rotated 90 degrees to the right.

First floodlit game was against Frem - a Danish side - on 10 April 1961 according to Simon Inglis "Football Grounds of Great Britain". No idea of the score though.

brighton won 3-1 in atrocious conditions in front of 7,541

the drenchliting system was installed at a cost of £13,523!

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

But those ones are horizontal!

true,perhaps one may need to lie down to view them in their true "light",crikey (what a poor joke i just did)