RLongden Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Secret Sheffield By Ian D. Rotherham, Melvyn Jones, Christine Handley A little steep for 96 pages, but a good read and some interesting points of reference. 😁👍 Slightly cheaper here: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ian-D-Rotherham/Secret-Sheffield/19685747?wgu=10671_57172_15897014171326_85495b48aa&wgexpiry=1597477417&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=57172 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sheffield History Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 FARGATE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE A walk through Fargate in Sheffield City Centre as you've never seen it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sheffield History Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 Fargate in Sheffield City Centre in 1896 I know places can change and look a lot different over the years but surely Fargate here is just incredibly different. Virtually impossible to identify! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 15 hours ago, Sheffield History said: Fargate in Sheffield City Centre in 1896 I know places can change and look a lot different over the years but surely Fargate here is just incredibly different. Virtually impossible to identify! The building with Thomas Lee on the gable end is the Green Dragon Hotel. This terrible building replaced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 But then the building with WH Smith’s on the ground floor and the one next door that is Santander still survive!?! Struggling to find an image without the scaffolding up? Similar perspective so you can see the new and old? 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 I've got my bearings now - thank you mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_1981 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 22:10, Gamal said: What a stunning view. I love the advertising signage 'Bovril' etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Fargate and Norfolk Row 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 22 hours ago, SteveHB said: Fargate and Norfolk Row Wow that's quite the picture!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Hanbidge advert from a 1929 tram & bus timetable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 02/04/2020 at 21:40, Sheffield History said: . Boots and Austin Reed on the right hand side of the pic! My memory of Austin Reed's is that my parents used to take me there to have my hair cut. Despite it being primarily a clothing shop, there was a barber's on about the third floor. I don't know why Dad decided that I should have my haircuts there - he didn't. He used Henry Wheeler, a barber near the school where he taught in Woodhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Athy said: My memory of Austin Reed's is that my parents used to take me there to have my hair cut. Despite it being primarily a clothing shop, there was a barber's on about the third floor. I don't know why Dad decided that I should have my haircuts there - he didn't. He used Henry Wheeler, a barber near the school where he taught in Woodhouse. There were no electric shears, everything was manually operated, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, DaveJC said: There were no electric shears, everything was manually operated, if that helps. So you went there too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, Athy said: So you went there too? I worked just around the corner, so found it very convenient, plus there were most often no queues to worry about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 On 23/02/2021 at 15:07, DaveJC said: I worked just around the corner, so found it very convenient, plus there were most often no queues to worry about. I have just remembered: I must have been very young indeed when my Dad started taking me there, as the barber used to put a board across the arms of the chair and I sat on the board so that he didn't have to bend over so far to reach my hair. I felt very grown up the first time I was allowed to sit on the actual chair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvyn Baxter Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 14/05/2020 at 22:10, Gamal said: I bet they are window cleaners on the left, wouldn't be aloud today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinR Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 41 minutes ago, Melvyn Baxter said: I bet they are window cleaners on the left, wouldn't be aloud today. I was talking to our window cleaner last month. He uses a long pole with the cleaning head at the end. He said that very few cleaners now use ladders, not because of a ban but because the insurance premiums are excessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, MartinR said: I was talking to our window cleaner last month. He uses a long pole with the cleaning head at the end. He said that very few cleaners now use ladders, not because of a ban but because the insurance premiums are excessive. I can understand that, I once fell from off a thirty foot ladder, luckily I was on the bottom rung. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 01/03/2021 at 09:32, Melvyn Baxter said: I bet they are window cleaners on the left, wouldn't be aloud today. I worked on Fargate in the 1960’s, and being an acrophobia some of the sights that I saw in respect of high rise window cleaning turned my blood to water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 08/06/2020 at 17:10, Sheffield History said: FARGATE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE A walk through Fargate in Sheffield City Centre as you've never seen it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 March 2021 view of Fargate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 10 hours ago, Hopman said: March 2021 view of Fargate The sooner it becomes cafes and residential the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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