early days we just used to put out a few chairs at the edge of the field, but after 1974 we started hiring a portable grandstand; as more and more foreign dignitaries were attending we had to improve things. For 1984 we had the covered stand you can see and two open stands, one on each side of it. You can see the dais where the VIPs opening the games would stsnd - in this instance Prince Charles; on the left the games flag is flying and in the background you can see the flags of all the participating nations." Rob, games organiser