dunsbyowl1867 Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jossman Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 That is a fine picture and brings back many memories. I realise that it is an old picture...but...In the early 50's that is just how the works, overhanging the Don, looked. I went Xmas shopping with my Mum in 1951 and the fog was so dense you could not see a hand in front of your face, even the lights in the shop windows were just a dim glow. Our shopping was covered in black soot when we got home. Many of us had chest infections and bad coughs in those days. When the situation was bad, all the trams and buses stopped running, so living at the bottom of Leppings Lane meant we had to walk to Hillsborough to do the shop. We had hankies tied round our faces and where we breathed it left a black ring. The atmosphere was very sinister especially with the hammers on Penistone Road continually banging away. There was hardly a difference between morning, afternoon and night. Difficult to believe from the clean air city you now see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield Col Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 The bridge in the background is Blonk Street, and looking South the overhanging workshops were the swing grinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 View from window of Victoria Hotel, near the Great Central Railway Station, Tower Grinding Wheel and Blonk Street Bridge in foreground, tower of new Town Hall and spire of St. Mary's, Norfolk Row in distance Source What year ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Early morning on the Don, Iron Bridge in foreground and Corporation Street Bridge behind (also known as Borough Bridge). Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Artists Impression of the River Don showing the Fairground at Smithfield Market. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 The Smokey Industrial Lower Don Valley,showing River Don Works. Mottershaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Study in Greys, made on the way to Owlerton. Jotter Who was Jotter ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 View from window of Victoria Hotel, near the Great Central Railway Station, Tower Grinding Wheel and Blonk Street Bridge in foreground, tower of new Town Hall and spire of St. Mary's, Norfolk Row in distance Source What year ?? St. Marie's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Nursery Street and River Don, Church on left is Holy Trinity, Wicker. More Jotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 A clear day on the River Don, possibly Blonk Bridge (it says). 1884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Walter Hayward Young was born in Aston, Birmingham in 1868 and died in 1920. His father was John Fowler Young a copper plate engraver and Walter moved with his family to Sheffield before 1881 In 1896 he was an acting manager and played the title role in an amateur performance of "The Mandarin", a comic opera, at the Surrey Street Music Hall. In the same year he was on stage at the Empire Palace, Charles Street, drawing sketches of well known personalities. By 1899 he was managing director of Young Brothers, a poster publisher, based at 2 Norfolk Row He used the name “Jotter” for his post-card work. He was living at 124, Mushroom Lane in 1881, at 61, Ashland Road in 1891 and at 171, Oakbrook Road in 1901. The cover of his "how to do it" book: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unitedite Returns Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Osgathorpe in 1848 anyone? A little different from today's view. http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s05519&pos=5&action=zoom&id=8908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Froggat Edge near Sheffield by Jotter https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285191852710 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Baslow Bridge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256013885532 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Views which bring back memories. After Dad got his first car, we often ventured out of Gleadless at the weekend and headed for the Peak District where Dad would park and we'd go for a walk. We certainly visited these places, as well as Hathersage, Bakewell and many others including our favourite, Lathkill Dale. I also remember the name of the firm, Raphael Tuck, though whether from postcards or from some other product I can't say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 I suppose the modern equivalent would be https://peaklass.com/#peaklass Some lucky people received her images on Christmas cards last year. Illustration is one I framed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145682101607 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 14 hours ago, SteveHB said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145682101607 Lovely view and I'm intrigued by the message on the back of the postcard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinR Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I think it is shorthand, possibly Pitman rather than Gregg or Teeline. Don't ask me to interpret though, I don't read or write any form of shorthand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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