The Baseball Ground, Then & Now of Derby Countys old ground in HD Widescreen.

Please watch in the "720p HD" mode and fullscreen mode.

This is one of my "Then and Now" photographs created as a video using the new HD option now available on YouTube. This allows widescreen high quality playback but please click on the "Watch in HD" link below the video then click the Fullscreen icon otherwise you won't see the quality.
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This particular Then and now is of the Baseball Ground (aka The BBG), the original home of Derby County until they moved to Pride Park.

The view is of the Normanton Stand as seen from Vulcan street where it meets Shaftesbury Crescent.

The Baseball Hotel used to be located just to the right of this shot on the corner. It was demolished in June 1994, today this has some modern housing built on it.

The first photograph I took on 16th July 2003 and the second photograph I took from the very same place on 21st January 2005. This is a high accuracy lined up photograph pair, This process has taken me many years to perfect but making the two images line up exactly makes all the difference.
Both photographs were taken hand held so taking the 2nd photograph requires a lot of moving your position around while holding a print of the original image.

Notice how the middle lampost has been knocked slightly and the the one on the far right of the shot has actually been swivelled around so its facing the other way!

I visited this same location on 21st December 2008 and its still looks the same, nothing built on it yet !!
There are just a few new homes built by Strata along Vulcan Street and Shaftesbury Crescent.


To see some other photographs I took of the BBG please visit my page :
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/special/the_bbg.htm

To view a modern Birds-eye view of this area click my link here :
http://tinyurl.com/6nat4n


If you liked this "then and now" then you may like my then and now section on my website where I have created page after page of them for you to enjoy..
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/thenandnow

Rather strangly my Then and now section is actually used in hundreds of schools as part of the History curriculum.


I created the royalty-free music using Sony Cinescore using Slow Motion Bloom with the simple Arp and Synth style.

I noticed that all those buildings near Ewart Chain have now been demolished in November/December 2008 too.

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[tccompaq]

what was the scene like around the grounds any good pubs nearby

[comedyhunter]

@tccompaq Perhaps someone else can answer this.

[dcfc36]

i miss that old ground so much. saturdays are not the same without standing in the popside at the baseball ground. Great work comedyhunter!

[comedyhunter]

Cheers. I remember seeing a BBG Turnstyle for sale on ebay a few months after they demolished it, People sell anything don't they. Perhaps someone out there has it installed in their bathroom :)

[hulldanfan]

boys corner at 9 years old. Popsider at 13. 4-1 Real Madrid Todd/Mcfarland (the greatest ever DCFC players) Charlie George Zigger Zagger - Kevin Hector Gladys Hinton on the Wing Franny Lee and Norman Hunter Archie (not Tommy) Gemmill Stuart Webb and the Gypsy Curse Docherty destroying a great club Memories to last a lifetime Tx Superrams

[prideparkheroes]

@hulldanfan the day they gave docherty a cheque book,was the death knell for that great side.leighton james,terry curran,billy hughes,gerry ryan,all gone within weeks..and he bought in don masson!!!!!

[stoffenl]

Nooo the first picture much better, who the hell would prefer to have a large empty gravel instead of warm characteristic stands??

At least they saved the traffic lights, not a scratch;)

[BigDuke6ixx]

@tccompaq search for real football factories - the midland (4)

[BigDuke6ixx]

I played with a couple of brothers who were fanatical Derby fans. They once refused to play in a final because they wanted to watch one particularly important Derby game.

[jimbobscakes]

I football train there ! c'mon u ramz

[MCFCRuss]

big up the pop side n ozzy enders