2020

SN4900 : The original goal posts from Stradey Park Stadium

taken 4 years ago, near to Pwll, Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin, Wales

The original goal posts from Stradey Park Stadium
The original goal posts from Stradey Park Stadium
Stradey Park, once the famous home of rugby for Llanelli, was demolished around 10 years ago and is now a housing estate, after Llanelli's home for rugby was moved to the much more modern Parc-Y-Scarlets stadium, on the eastern side of the town.

Little remains now of the old stadium and sports grounds (SN4900 : Llanelli Scarlets at Stradey Park) apart from a monument near to the location of the old stadium itself and these, the original goal posts, now relocated a short distance away to Sandy Water Park, now set up as a monument with statues of a couple of rugby players (the one wearing red about to score a try against, presumably a New Zealand All Black player!).

Notice the outlines of saucepans on the top of the posts - this is a reference to a popular "nonsense" song that is still sung at matches by the fans to this day in Welsh - "Sosban Fach".

The other surviving goal posts SS5498 : Roundabout on A484 with distinctive theme are also placed in a prominent position on a roundabout on the approach road from Loughor to Llanelli.

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Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure Park and Public Gardens
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Sandy Water Park [9] · Rugby Club [7] · Located in Sandy Road [4] · Stradey Park Rugby Ground [4] ·
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SN4900, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Hywel Williams   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 12 September, 2020   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 12 September, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SN 4916 0042 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:40.9336N 4:10.9954W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SN 4912 0041
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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