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Another interesting fact.In October 1956 'The King And I' could be seen on both sides of a Sheffield street.At the Palace Cinema, Union Street the film with Yul Brynner & Deborah Kerr was being screened, while across the road at the mighty Moss Empire Theatre the full Drury Lane Production was being staged.What a treat! Photo of the Palace Union Street.
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World War Two Memorials & Rolls of Honour
dunsbyowl1867 replied to dunsbyowl1867's topic in Sheffield War Years and The Sheffield Blitz
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World War Two Memorials & Rolls of Honour
dunsbyowl1867 replied to dunsbyowl1867's topic in Sheffield War Years and The Sheffield Blitz
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PM's a Virgin's Walk answer; Kidnapper Lane has me intrigued ... i.e. beaten (for the moment ... he said, optimistically)
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The first pic is of the Sunbeams Picture palace which stood on Barnsley Road at the junction of Skinnerthorpe Road (closed in 1961).Pics 2 & 3 are as stated of the Capitol (later Essoldo) Lane Top and the last one is the Ritz Cinema known as the Ritz Parsons Green which stands at the junction of Wordsworth Avenue & Southey Green closed as a cinema in 1966 and then on bingo for many years.Still standing in 2009 but closed.
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World War Two Memorials & Rolls of Honour
dunsbyowl1867 replied to dunsbyowl1867's topic in Sheffield War Years and The Sheffield Blitz
Durnbach War Cemetery Names Recorded FRANCE, WE HALLAM, WT HAMBY, PH HILL, WR LANE, W LEATHER, E MITCHELL, W ROLFE, D SMITH, K TAYLOR, ND THORPE, E TOOTH, JE TROTT, ECM WAISTELL, JJ YOUNG, H -
Red Croft lasted longer than I initially thought ... Norman Middleton, Coffee House, 13 Red Croft Row, Trippet Lane (1849)
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I seem to remember reading in `The Star`that the junction of Eastern Avenue/Windyhouse Lane was an accident blackspot. It was used as a short cut to avoid Manor Top.
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I'll be first to get the obvious one into the collection. Firth park, Bellhouse Rd / Stubbin Lane Google Streetview
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Well I'm certainly not a grown-up (just grown old) but I can tell you that in my 1942 Kelly's directory the lane that you mention is called Bradfield Place. I mentioned it in my post on the Hillsborough Corner post. I spent many winter evenings mooching around the place. If you were hungry and couldn't afford a thrupenny bag of chips from Gordons chippy on Taplin Road at least the overpowering smell of new-baked bread from the Don Bakery helped to assuage your hunger !
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Burnaby Street Dodd Street There are quite a few survivors around this area. Some nice ones forming handrails up to front doors on Walkley Lane. I'll picture those when I can park up safely.
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It seems a bit shortsighted of the council, after the experience of years of pruning trees that are too near the road, that they should still be planting the wrong type of trees in the wrong places around the city. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the greenery, it's just that experience should be making them more selective. Why not just plant them a bit further back from the road or select a type of tree which grows up rather than out. There are plenty of varieties which are quite small even when fully grown. Here for instance on Hanover Way. This picture is from a year or so ago and it's worse now. They've already had to trim the overhanging branches as can be seen on the picture. Other places have road signs obscured by trees & bushes. Shurely it wouldnt hurt to miss a couple of trees out here and there to make sure the signs are visible without having to cut back the vegetation all the time. Spot the Give way sign at the bottom of Bramall Lane. Or the direction sign on Netherthorpe Road. These examples are not particularly extreme, but there are plenty that are. I'll collect a few together. Edit: Forgot to credit Google Streetview for the pictures.
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This used to be a tiny, and I do mean tiny garage workshop. Bottom of Broomspring Lane. I can't remember exactly when it was demolished (Possibly 90's) but I do know there was a campaign by some locals who wanted it to be kept open. Google street view Looking for some info on it I found this: GILDERS HISTORY Gilders - one of the first motor retailers in the UK opened his first place in Broomhall Street in 1912. I doubt if it was the same building, way too small. I'd be pretty certain that this is where it was. Marked red.
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Dr Eric and Fergie Dark (Sheffield residents 196-18)
RichardB replied to a topic in Sheffield Genealogy
1901 Census has Eliza Dare (21), John (22) and John (1 month) living with Mum Lucy Jane Boucher (69) and her daughter Lucy Boucher (18, single) at 130 Rockingham Lane. ---------- Making no claims here, just FYI. -
Where exactly was this picture taken from?
neddy replied to Stuart0742's topic in Sheffield History Chat
You're not far enough over that's not the ski slope, you should be able to see the communication mast top of Parkwood first before the ski slope, view from Walkley Lane http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&...978113&z=16 -
Cant answer your question exactly as I didnt work at this branch, but as an ex-employee of Midland Bank, have done a bit of research and come up with the following:- - HSBC acquired a stake in Midland Bank of nearly 15% in 1987. - HSBC then took full ownership in 1992. - In 1999 the rebranding took place and Midland Bank was no more. I am sure some of you out there can remember the Griffin logo, when Midland Bank was known as "the listening bank"? Just a bit more useless information for you : the final Head Office building of Midland Bank in London was sold in 2006 to a Russian Tycoon and HSBC vacated the building in 2007. I visited that very building in the late 70's and was given a guided tour of the underground vaults - it really was exciting. Apologies for digressing from the original question, but it gave me a trip down memory lane lol
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A view of the remaining part of the school taken across the field from Spring Lane. This is the back of the old Junior School and Disabled Unit corridor, now the pupil referral unit.
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...good to see a minutes applause for Dave this afternoon just before the match at the Lane .
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Having read in the Star about its proposed demolition quite a while ago I made contact with them only to find I was too late to go down memory lane. They had an open day just a few months previously - not publicised in the Star, just locally, and it had already been demolished. I attended the infants and juniors in the 1950s. I loved school then and thought the teachers apart from Mr Lawton were lovely. My teachers were 1st year, Miss Ramage, 2nd Miss Hayward, 3rd Mr Ludbrooke who lived on Bevercotes Rd and drove an old 'wind up' car and 4th Mr Coombes. Mr Coombes was a brilliant teacher. Lyn
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I think that is right as it is Lyn. I went to that School in the 1970's when it was Concord Middle School - you can see the Caretakers house just past it between the 2 schools and the grassy area was at the top end on Acacia Avenue - this would be the view if you stood there looking back towards Wincobank Lane?
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Jeramy that's so helpfull thanks very interesting :D in the pictures Dave Was Stood about 50 yrds up from the blokes in the 1950's picture and from Jeramys overlay i can see that the wall i dug up in my garden was the rear left hand gabble wall of the white house i am going to atempt to find out when this house was demolished i think it was around 1970 ish and i may be able to find out from some local elders where the key stone for Dr Flories School was found its just somthing is niggling me ..There are gate posts about on Myrtle Lane that lead to that white house and they have been there many many many years and they are very Rurral looking ....I found 2 Gate toppers in my garden that are Buetifull Dressed Stone and some stone Cills and arcitecture that fits in with the drawing of the school now maybee the white house was built ontop of the old foundations of the school but it must have been along time ago because the old drains are victorian looking Hmm i hope this makes sence but after living and digging up round here i and storys i have been told i am starting to wonder now if the row of buildings behind the row of 3 are acually the remains of the school
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It's on Map 160 in the Sheffield Maps section Baldy (Map 1955); just above the "o" of the Sheffieldhistory.co.uk watermark. Find Broughton Lane, go directly accross Attercliffe Common, down Milford Street and Bright Street crosses Milford Street (I'm sure someone will be along soon to post up a smaller picture).
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A google result - will this do? "Suppose we take a view of the principal parts and notice a few circumstances, beginning with the lobby nook (the old Town Hall near the Church gates). There you would find stalls set out to the best advantage, with Lord Mayor boots and shoes well dubbined up and made as pliable as the price, varying according to quality and size. At the bottom of High street you might have been accommodated with a pair of "leather dicks" (breeches) for either yourself or 'prentice lad, at Davenport's; or have gone to Ellis Grant's stall at the top of the market within the chains. You could have found old Milly Lowther's fish stall at the top of Pudding lane (King street), and Molly Rawson's fish stall, facing Change alley end; Old-book John selling "Week's Preparation," &c., facing up High street; and Billy Wright mending old buckles, or matching the one that was left after one was lost, facing Hartshead; the old women with their meal tubs, with their great coats and leather pockets, selling meal by the peck; and now and then a lad saying, "Dame, will yo gie me a bit o' meal if yo pleasen?" "Aye, lad, tak thee a bit." Meal was 5d. per peck. New shoe stalls were plentifully arranged facing the front shops at the top of the Shambles, the dealers crying, "Now, can I suit you with a pair, they are home-made uns; come, try these on, oi think they'll about fit you; they looken yore size." The gaol was thronged with visitors until nine o'clock. There was one prisoner in each room above and below who solicited the passers-by to "remember the poor prisoners." The one above had a tin box supported by a string; and the other in the lower room, with his hand through the window, held a similar box for the low court prisoners. The reader will not suppose that the streets were brilliantly lighted; and it was with difficulty a passenger could see his road from one lamp to another. When off market day, and the shops were closed, and the stalls taken away, the little "pinkning" light of the oil lamps was disgraceful. At Christmas Eve the pawnbrokers were cried to get extra hands to assist in taking out the pledges; none were taken in.
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Still waiting for them to contact me. In the meantime: These are the two buildings I mentioned marked in red. Not exactly as I remembered them but more or less right. The small church I thought was on Alderson Rd / Bramall Lane /Asline Road junction, is actually a bit further up. The "hut" we used as a storage warehouse was apparantly a Spiritualist church in the 50's according to the map. As you can see, they're both close to the bus garage.
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Welcome to another Lane Top Lad. Where exactly did you grow up Phil?
