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  2. History dude

    Fairbanks Maps for sale

    Just in case the pictures vanish, here are most of them:
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  4. Hopman

    Fairbanks Maps for sale

    This listing sold on Mon, 18 Mar at 9:34 PM.
  5. Thank you Edmund, these dates and addresses largely concur with the information found on the "silvercollection.it" site. Good confirmation (and likely from different sources) for Frederick Green & Sons being the owner of the "FG&S" mark on the lustre silver electroplated utensil. Kalfred
  6. This is a good one, several maps drawn by the Fairbanks up for sale on E-Bay for £35 + postage. Might be worth contacting Sheffield Archives about? Maps for Sale - E-Bay
  7. paulhib48

    Norton Aerodrome

    I’ve viewed this from completely the wrong place Sorry for misleading you
  8. LeadFarmer

    Norton Aerodrome

    I can understand why you thought that. The photo alone without any context could appear misleading. Looks like the bit of road running left/right in the dip that is only partially visible in the photo would have been the original main road from/to Townend/Lightwood before being made into dual carriageway, and would now be the lay-by. The photographer would probably have been stood where the school is now, on t'uther side of the dual carriageway, where the arrow is in this image..
  9. paulhib48

    Norton Aerodrome

    Obviously can’t argue with the facts The Cutlers is almost identical in build to that house and is raised up from the road . It looked like a view across the fields before the estate was built with Norton Aerodrome buildings on the other side of Norton Ave ( the road not being visible) to the right corner Happy to be proved wrong No problem
  10. LeadFarmer

    Norton Aerodrome

    Not according to the owner of the photo whose house it was. They describe it as Bowman Drive/Close. if you look at Bowman Close on Google maps, it’s one of the first houses on the left but set back from the road. I think it would originally be classed as Bowman Drive but as more houses got built it became Bowman Close where the pin is in this image…
  11. Frederick Green and Sons were at 84 Bridge street in September 1895, Henry Brooksbank was the manager there, advertising for a youth about 17 years old, used to filing spoons and forks. In June 1896 Greens wanted a girl for polishing and wrapping, and were at the London Works, 7 Eyre Lane - still there in May 1900 when the works were advertised to let . (From 1862 to 1895 7 Eyre Lane had been occupied by Briddon Brothers, silversmiths).
  12. dannyno

    Unidentified Shops

    Yes, Biddulphs was a brand name. As was Reeves. Advert from (Liverpool) Evening Express, 9 August 1913
  13. John H

    Blue Hospitals

    Thank you Ponytail and Edmund. Very informative
  14. tozzin

    G Sharman Glossop Road

    I seem to remember that a large pigs head made of plaster and painted was always in the shop window.
  15. Thank you Boginspro and Ponytail for your suggestions and additions regarding Lustre Silver. Thomas H. Blake would be a candidate as he had by 1885 launched his business in Holly Lane as an electro-plate spoon and fork manufacturer, but I do not think the "THB" is Thomas H. Blake. I see "TH" as the "concern" and a "B" for electroplate grade quality. That quote for Frederick Green & Sons, as shown by the respected site "silvercollection.it" could fit but I can not find the Sheffield trade directory entries that back up that sites suggested dating. I checked Sheffield directories around the suggested last decade of the 19th century dates that I could see on line, but found no Frederick Green & Sons. There will be directories that are not on line of course that may have the positive evidence that proves the suggestion. I just think the "Lustre Silver" question needs more answers. Kalfred
  16. dannyno

    G Sharman Glossop Road

    According to the Oxford English Dictionary:
  17. Suzy

    Club60

    Thank you soo much Ponytail i did look it up for the reasons of which artists still played there. I found out it was a very successful recording studio with many Sheffield up and coming great musicians , so was sad to hear it had closed in 2017 and the building demolished to make way for new development .Hopefully the artists found another venue🙏 Remembering club 60 brilliant Joe Cocker at his best and Dave Berry,( still going ) Terry Thornton Eric Burdon and many more at the start of their careers .What an electric time for music the 60s regards Suzy
  18. paulhib48

    Norton Aerodrome

    Yes and I’d say I it’s definitely the building in the photo
  19. Ponytail

    Blue Hospitals

    Link to: The Hollis Hospital. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/4623-the-hollis-hospital/
  20. Ponytail

    Blue Hospitals

    Link to: Shrewsbury Hospital. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/1829-shrewsbury-hospital-and-arms-houses/
  21. Ponytail

    Blue Hospitals

    Artists Impression of the old Shrewsbury Hospital (Blue Hospital), Castlefolds, founded 1616. The Corn Exchange later stood on this site. E. Blore, Artist, 1st January 1819. s07452 Founded 1703 by Thomas Hollis, who purchased the first Dissenting Meeting-House in Sheffield, called the New Hall and adjoining house and had it converted into 16 dwellings for poor women. Demolished 1901. Hollis Hospital (Brown Hospital), left side fronting Bridge Street. y01867 Hollis Hospital (Brown Hospital), entrance on Newhall Street. This building erected in 1776. s07450
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  23. Ponytail

    Norton Aerodrome

    Cutlers Arms public house (latterly the Cutlers Spice, Indian restaurant), No. 1 Leighton Road, Gleadless, junction of Norton Avenue. 15th August 1986. s22029 Is this the Cutlers Arms referred to?
  24. paulhib48

    Norton Aerodrome

    Is that new building in the centre of the photo the rear of the Cutlers Arms ?
  25. Possibly the one, I remember it being Chinese a lot of Chinese posters chucked about, never heard of a Chinese chippy at the time, we went there with one of Arron White's daughters she was a lorry driver and we as young uns scrounged a lift to watch the demolition.
  26. Ponytail

    Blue Hospitals

    Thanks Edmund, thought I'd read it somewhere but couldn't find my source.
  27. Edmund

    Blue Hospitals

    Exactly. The Brown Hospital was Hollis' at the bottom of Snig Hill (with brown uniforms) and the Blue Hospital was the Shrewsbury Hospital (with blue uniforms).
  28. LeadFarmer

    Norton Aerodrome

    Not my photo, just seen this posted on Facebook. A house on Bowman Drive or Close I think, next to Norton aerodrome. Must have been taken from across what is now the dual carriageway looking back over
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