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This must be after the war, the film Two Men and a Girl in the last photo wasn't released until 1947. Nigel L

Thanks. I guess I am just wondering if the owners are happy for people wandering around its grounds?

Well DaveJC , unfortunately the 48 is the giveaway and I’m 73 this year. Ive also looked at some of the pictures on the 50s thread and can well remember the bombed out buildings in the process of being rebuilt. C&A Modes always sticks in my mind as the tram stop to Firth Park was outside and is a reminder of trips from Totley to visit my grandparents. There were temporary buildings at the bottom of the Moor where it had been flattened. I watched it all being rebuilt but didn’t warm to a single redevelopment, Those blackened substantial buildings that remained and were the essence of the town centre were removed and replaced with concrete and glass . It constantly annoys me when I’m told by historians ,that are half my age, what a grim, grey and miserable time it was in post war Britain. I never felt that , nor does anyone that I personally know who lives to tell the tale. They were times of hope. The streets of Sheffield were filled with warmth and good humour and were filled with people who were proud to be Sheffielders. It was a safe place and people looked after each other. The brutalist buildings that replaced the old and familiar seem to reflect the gradual decline in those attitudes. There’s so much I could add but I’m sure somewhere along the line I’d end up being too controversial

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4069768,-1.4326797,3a,75y,126.11h,84.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-9a238ii3X8nlVpeUpd94A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1 I don't know the place, but the above link will take you to Google maps and seems to show that the graveyard is unmolested.

I just wonder what the shelf life of these buildings will turn out to be, I was the landlord’s representative in respect of Fargate Court back in the 1970’s. This was built circa 1960 and was in a terrible state less than 20 years into it’s life, basements constantly flooded, cracks had started to appear in it’s fabric, all windows were single glazed in metal frames, I assume that at least these have been upgraded. I have no idea of your age paulhib48, but hazard a guess that you will outlive many of these buildings.

Yes that’s where it was. Like it was never there!

It looks very miserable weather wise doesn’t it? However other than for the two weeks works shutdown this is just how It was, with the haze of the steelworks waste hanging over the city centre. Don’t be fooled by the standard of dress, this could easily have been Spring or Autumn, people wore coats and hats when stepping out of their homes in those days. All the stone buildings were black due to the ingrained soot from the works chimneys, buildings like the Town Hall and the Post Office looked like things out of a Hammer House of Horrors movie. Come the Clean Air Act along with the MASSIVE clean up, Sheffield City Centre become a completely different place, it even revealed previously hidden views. It was little wonder that there were so many people suffering and dying from respiratory conditions after spending most of their lives breathing in filthy air.

Beat me to it! Poundland now and A Library iirc

The answer can be found on this link: https://twitter.com/NancyFielder/status/1350788532835667972

Too many really Just part of the journey in the decline of the Sheffield we’d all known and loved