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2 hours ago, Sheffield History said:

Pond Hill Street Sheffield.jpg

This photo dates from the 1960s or early 1970s rather than the 1980s. All the buses are in Sheffield blue & white livery which was superseded (slowly) from 1974 onwards. All the buses are also either half-cabs or rear-engined with the earliest style of bodywork dating from the late 50s/early 60s. None of the more modern bodywork styles are in view. 

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On 05/10/2012 at 10:11, mike142sl said:

Here are a few from 1983 and 1985. I have a good one of Ecclesall roundabout at night but just can't seem to find it :(

Ecclesall Roundabout 1985.jpg

London Road 1985.jpg

Moorfoot 2 1985.jpg

Moorfoot 1985.jpg

The Moor 1983.jpg

The Moor at Christmas 1983.jpg

These are superb.

 

what is the building on the left hand side at the bottom of ecclesall road - it looks like it's where the Waitrose car park is now?

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1 hour ago, makapaka said:

These are superb.

 

what is the building on the left hand side at the bottom of ecclesall road - it looks like it's where the Waitrose car park is now?

Davy Computing Ltd - the photo was posted some time ago and someone else asked the same question

Old ruins at the bottom of the Moor / top tf London Road

Who they were and what they did:

Davy Computing Limited

The address at '2 Clarence Lane' was where that building was located, but as you say, is Waitrose's car park now...

Maybe Davy Computing has been incorporated into the Davy Markham group now..... Not sure?

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3 hours ago, RLongden said:

Davy Computing Ltd - the photo was posted some time ago and someone else asked the same question

Old ruins at the bottom of the Moor / top tf London Road

Who they were and what they did:

Davy Computing Limited

The address at '2 Clarence Lane' was where that building was located, but as you say, is Waitrose's car park now...

Maybe Davy Computing has been incorporated into the Davy Markham group now..... Not sure?

Back in the days of mainframe computers were expensive and had to be housed in air conditioned, temperature and humidity controlled room only large companies had them. To maximise the use of their investment they would take on paid work such as calculating wages from smaller companies. I remember that when the company I worked for got an IBM computer they managed to get work for it so it was operated by 3 shifts of operators.

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6 hours ago, makapaka said:

These are superb.

 

what is the building on the left hand side at the bottom of ecclesall road - it looks like it's where the Waitrose car park is now?

Thanks, there is also the old cinema in the distance up Ecclesall Rd (just to the right of Davy's)

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3 hours ago, mike142sl said:

Thanks, there is also the old cinema in the distance up Ecclesall Rd (just to the right of Davy's)

I thought that was the jolly buffer pub?

was the cinema demolished or does it still exist under a different guise?

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