Stuart0742 9 Posted November 27, 2011 Was this photo took in Sheffield, if so where Described as Sheffield on a well known auction site http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Railway-Steam-Slide-GCR-Sheffield-/220900136078?pt=UK_Collectables_Railwayana_RL&hash=item336eac948e Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bayleaf 6 Posted November 27, 2011 Any chance Steve can enhance the lettering on the arches? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart0742 9 Posted November 27, 2011 PM sent. You may be correct https://www.hpacde.o...jpgh/v00998.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 52 Posted November 27, 2011 Any chance Steve can enhance the lettering on the arches? Not enough detail as it is a low res image, resembles Brunswick Road to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 52 Posted November 27, 2011 Not enough detail as it is a low res image, resembles Brunswick Road to me Joshua Wigfull & Sons Ltd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichardB 18 Posted November 27, 2011 Somehow, I managed to read Wigfull - mainly by removing my glasses and squinting. Joshua Wigfull & Sons Ltd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart0742 9 Posted November 27, 2011 Not enough detail as it is a low res image, resembles Brunswick Road to me If it is Walker St running right to left, seems plausible given Joshua Wigfull, is it Brunswick Rd that runs through the arch, if so was this cut of when Derek Dooley way was built and the raiway was altered <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=brunswick+rd+sheffield&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.228226,56.381836&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Brunswick+Rd,+Sheffield,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.391366,-1.46076&spn=0.002374,0.006883&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=53.388761,-1.463029&panoid=qnmhktMHoUPOoz5kD5D_LQ&cbp=12,56.64,,0,0&output=svembed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=brunswick+rd+sheffield&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.228226,56.381836&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Brunswick+Rd,+Sheffield,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.391366,-1.46076&spn=0.002374,0.006883&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=53.388761,-1.463029&panoid=qnmhktMHoUPOoz5kD5D_LQ&cbp=12,56.64,,0,0" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 52 Posted November 27, 2011 We have covered this area before, seem to think it was in a Topic about the Morning Star Flour Mill Is that Wigfull or Wigfall ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichardB 18 Posted November 27, 2011 Wigfull. We have covered this area before, seem to think it was in a Topic about the Morning Star Flour Mill Is that Wigfull or Wigfall ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chapeltowner 0 Posted December 6, 2011 It was Wigfall,my Dad worked there in the 60s. Craig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveHB 52 Posted December 6, 2011 It was Wigfall,my Dad worked there in the 60s. Craig. Thanks, it is Henry Wigfall & Son Ltd. furniture dealers (stores). In the 1965 directory, so Wigfull became Wigfall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vox 5 Posted December 6, 2011 For many years this was the site of the concrete skeleton of a burned out building. I think it may have burned down in the early 70's Seem to remember it having been Wigfalls. http://g.co/maps/yp5hq Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waterside Echo 13 Posted December 6, 2011 Thanks, it is Henry Wigfall & Son Ltd. furniture dealers (stores). In the 1965 directory, so Wigfull became Wigfall. No. Henry Wigfall started as a motor repairer in the 1920s. Joshua Wigfull had been milling flour for over 200 years. Coincidence though that Wigall's finished up in Wigfull's premises On Walker Street, or was it. ? W/E. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waterside Echo 13 Posted December 6, 2011 For many years this was the site of the concrete skeleton of a burned out building. I think it may have burned down in the early 70's Seem to remember it having been Wigfalls. http://g.co/maps/yp5hq Hi 'vox.' Yes you are right, Henry Wigfall's head office was on that site. It was built at great expense due to the terrain and was not very old when Wigfalls got taken over, it was up for sale for ages until the interior was burnt out. After the fire the shell and freehold went up for sale then it was demolished, 'neddy' might know what year ? I had a great aunt that lived in a cottage on or near that site, they were pulled down in the 1950s. W/E. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vox 5 Posted December 6, 2011 Hi 'vox.' Yes you are right, Henry Wigfall's head office was on that site. It was built at great expense due to the terrain and was not very old when Wigfalls got taken over, it was up for sale for ages until the interior was burnt out. After the fire the shell and freehold went up for sale then it was demolished, 'neddy' might know what year ? I had a great aunt that lived in a cottage on or near that site, they were pulled down in the 1950s. W/E. Thanks WE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
