The Home Park facade

[FourMarkGreen]

Brilliant link!
On the next photos on from the barn park are of the Mayflower, what is interesting is that
without the executive boxes and hospitality lounge the seating in the lower Mayflower look significant in number.

That's a great shot of the Grandstand as it was originally constructed. I hadn't realised that originally it was a proper two-tier design. The lower tier Mayflower seats extend right to the back of the stand - looks to be at least 12 rows of them. Wonder what capacity was lost by building the executive boxes etc over most of them?

 

[BHS]

The existing Mayflower stand (designed by Leitch) is actually the third stand, the stand was opened in 1951.
I remember a conversation with my late Grandad who said the current Mayflower stand was extended on both sides, I found this on the bible (for all things Argyle) GoS http://greensonscreen.co.uk/groundtastic.asp (groundtastic a bit like porn for football stadia fanatics) see pages 44 & 45 very interesting, well worth a look.

 

[FourMarkGreen]

Russell Moore's great book on Home Park confirms that as constructed the Mayflower standing terrace extended all the way back under the upper tier of the grandstand.

It was in 1967 that 1,080 seats were installed on the rear of the terrace, extending forward (I assume) to where the wooden Mayflower seats remain. It was as recent as 1985 that the exec boxes were added at the back of the Mayflower seats, reducing the seating capacity of that lower tier.