We moved to Marfleet in 1940 when my Dad left the pub he ran in the Old Town(Tivoli Hotel- demolished in the early 70's)) to be in a reserved occupation(Electrician on East Hull docks). Soon after the blitz I was evacuated to Morley but was back in Marfleet by Jan. 1943 when my sister was born in Lincolnshire. Mum was moved from Hull mid-pregnancy which was standard in those times. Although next to the station I always travelled by bus to Boothferry Park- 45 bus and 69 trolley- and was lucky enough to use a Junior school pass which gave me free entry for 2 years until I left for high school.
I have no idea I'm afraid, though the floodlights then were not the iconic one's that most remember, in the 50's there were just two floodlights in opposite corners(though we were one of the first clubs to have them) The lights most will remember were installed in the 60's and were first used in a game against Barnsley in 1964, which we actually won 7-0.
Missed the Wednesday night Barnsley floodlit game as I was in London but was there 2 days later when they won again 1-0 under lights against Chester?
Close, the 1-0 win on the Friday was actually against Carlisle(obviously I'm just getting this info online, I was four months old when that game was played).
The lights were unique in that not only were there 6 of them but the top half (I believe) were state-of-the-art (at that time) Magnesium Globes which took a little longer to warm up but were really bright. I also believe that as crowds fell away they only switched the bottom half on to save money. There were some complaints too (if my memory serves me right) in that the players looked like 'spiders' running round the pitch with the shadows from the lights.
Watch those fantastic new lights being erected from my Wheeler St classroom window and at times it was more interesting than the lesson, (Civics, about the workings of Local Government) especially during one period when it was rather gusty and one of the nearly completed pylons, the actual lights had yet to be put on, the tower blew back down to half way so had to be rebuilt on a calmer day. At the time the most advance lights in Europe I believe but as was pointed out on a previous post to cut costs only half of the actual lights were switched on, still better than many but rather a let down after all the fuss of the switch on.
