Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hi neddy keep the stories and the photos if you have any, its a forgotten era of men and woman that help shape the way we see Sheffield today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 15 hours ago, southside said: The demolition of a Sheffield Factory in 1994? Best way to find out who demolished the buildings and structures is through the machines we all had our names sign written on them, or in certain colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 14 hours ago, lysander said: The sad thing is that many of those previously working in these buildings were thrown on the scrap heap following the de-industrialisation of Britain as well. Yes I agree forgoten And no history kept by the Sheffield council for the history archives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 7 hours ago, theimposter1979 said: Thanks Neddy- this is a cracking photo. This looks to be behind the Hyde park. On land that was the Hyde park dog track ADH Ltd pulled that down. It' not the Kelvin flats the road behind that up to Daniel hill still stands today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 These photos need you expertise madannie77 These photos are of the Old Gas House that was situated on the site were the swimming/leisure facilities now stands at the bottom of Commercial Street , i have another photo (still looking) of the entrance under that grand turret it was very grand and held the archway thats been reclaimed and situated in a sheffield house my parents built/renovated in late 1970's , ADH Ltd demolished this building. The Sheffield Council should have preserved this frontage but instead preferred to see it down the tip.. Sheffield turns from Candle light to Gas with the King and Queen either side This building was were you went to pay your gas account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Archie says this is somewhere in Walkley area? if anyone can recall the flats in the background it also written on the back of the photo in Dots handwriting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 15 hours ago, lysander said: The sad thing is that many of those previously working in these buildings were thrown on the scrap heap following the de-industrialisation of Britain as well. And most of the photography we see are starting from the mid to late 1980s, the ones I'm posting are earlier times in hope that the odd demolition man or contractor can contribute even if its with them in the forefront its showing you how the real life of demolition was all about . Not what its projected in the late 80's onwards. you look up demolition companies now theres that many of them yet half of them haven't even known the industry when it was 100's of roads of houses being pulled down they came later into the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hi madannie77 this will need your expertise to clean up Demolition how it really was Demolition on Division street 1971, Busy central city street shut for 1 hour? (not in this day and age) My father Archie Hull of ADH (Demolition) Ltd was asked to go up by the dangerous structures man the 'Late' Mr Gordan Lever (Estates Surveyors office) and told to bring down the swaying chimney in 80 mile winds as the sheffield star reported. Really look! what demolition was all about my parents weren't the sole workmen on that site that day, this is how the work was carried out, Not what you see today in demolition Theres no scaffolding, no passerby walkways, no harness's, this was how it was and this was how it was all over the UK. Fred Dibner (was classed as antics on tv, a good laugh) But in reality re- look and re- live that era it was exactly how it was. Could anyone pull buildings down now in a busy centre like this anymore? No but it was aloud, and what was expected by the Sheffield City Council & the Rotherham Council too ADH Ltd also demolished the Royal Hospital that was situated on Division Street (if any one has any photos of that building to contribute) would be nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I haven't got the time to work on the marks on that last image at the moment (and I might not have the skills to eradicate all of them either!) but I have fiddled around with the brightness, colour & contrast to get this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 17 hours ago, southside said: The demolition of a Sheffield Factory in 1994? You got a modernist photo here the buildings in the background are quiet new, bottom of the moor, in background you got the tall grey building of what was the University the old flats to the right were on the long dual carriage way. at the bottom of that carriageway from the direction we know as Ecclessall road roundabout was a BMW place on the corner And the building is not a factory there wasn't any around there think the church still stands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Comparing with this image on Picture Sheffield and taking a clue from the attached picture's filename, I would suggest that it is the demolition of the Dormer Tools factory on Summerfield Street/ Cemetery Road which was vacated by the company at some point in the 1990s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 How Demolition was 60's 70's & early 80's Can anyone recognise the school in the background were it was the street had its house demolished The man in Cat 955 was Joe Crothers Picture of the 4 x workmen in one of the many streets of sheffield slum clearance days were: Archie Hull (A.D.H (Demolition) Ltd contractor and worker. Roy Hull Joe Crothers Unknown worker (if anyone recognises) not sure if this was a young diddy marsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 WW1 Norton Aerodrome Runway & Buildings A.D.H Ltd demolished the buildings of the of WW1 the remains of the bomb housing bunkers were still there some photo show the explosives set off at that time to blow the concrete that was buried in the ground these bunkers were lined with sheets of copper between the concrete. Some of the buildings were still standing in the background, many more pictures were taken during so will update as i find them again. Would be nice if anyone could tag other pictures of this piece of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 One here Tommy Wilson on the left Aaron White's grandson-worker Joe on right and the one in the lorry John another of Aaron's grandsons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Derek White, known to others as dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 7 hours ago, Tina said: How Demolition was 60's 70's & early 80's Can anyone recognise the school in the background were it was the street had its house demolished I think the school is part of Owler Lane County School, which later became the Earl Marshal Campus. This is the Owler Lane frontage, so I would assume that the demolition was of the housing on the other side of Owler Lane (nos 193 to 231) Compare with the aerial view on Picture Sheffield: the window alignments on the school are the same and the pre-fab building to the rear is clearly there. Other images on Picture Sheffield also seem to confirm this, eg http://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;S24585&pos=23&action=zoom&id=27035 Extract from Map 84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackanne Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 On 03/02/2018 at 17:39, neddy said: Found him Ron Sanderson, Don't know if the pics are in there. Ron Sanderson was my cousin and he was a very good photographer,he died about 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 do you know if any of his photos survived of sheffield pref the demolition era 1960 70 early 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs M Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 My Dad who is still living working in construction. This is a picture of him in the Sheffield star when someone stole his jcb . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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