Sheffield History Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The Smaller Hall at the back is the Memorial Hall, not the Oval Hall. It's the big hall that's the Oval Hall (There's a big clue in the name). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsy Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The smaller door next to the rear exit door (2.25 - 2.30) was the entrance to the managers flat at the top of a long climb of stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Wallsy said: The smaller door next to the rear exit door (2.25 - 2.30) was the entrance to the managers flat at the top of a long climb of stairs. Interesting! Thank you Wonder if it's still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arif Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 The City Hall in earlier days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover1949 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 What were the two plinths for, either side of the main entrance? I know there used to be stone lions on the stage, but don't recall any outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 52 minutes ago, rover1949 said: What were the two plinths for, either side of the main entrance? I know there used to be stone lions on the stage, but don't recall any outside. Doesn’t look like there was anything on them??? Newly built and unadorned! http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s05175&action=zoom&pos=53&id=8603&continueUrl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover1949 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 They are still empty today. Why build them and not use them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Fletcher Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Hi, just a little history I heared from my uncle some years ago, that the stone to build the old city hall, came from a quarry behind the cemetery in the manor fields. Not sure exactly where, it belong to our family many years ago known as Fletchers quarry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Some before and after photos of the City Hall site. The three old photographs taken around the Barker`s Pool area are from picture Sheffield, the present day photograph is from Google Earth. Quoting from Wikipedia about City Hall " it was originally proposed in 1916 as a Memorial Hall to commemorate the dead of the Great War" The construction of City Hall wasn`t completed until 1932! I wonder what happened to the horse trough standing by the side of the iron man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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