Sheffield History Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Wonderful picture showing a Leyland back loader bus(?),a Messerschmidt bubble and a Standard 8 car.....with a policeman on traffic duty. Photo taken when Sheffield was something of a boom town with growing prosperity and it appears, before the existing ( shortly to be altered) B& C Co Op was built... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrecordings Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 No tramlines, yet it looks like the poles and power cables are still up ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 The last old style trams ran in October 1960 and the partially grade 2 listed B & C Castle House was opened in 1964 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 10 hours ago, lysander said: Wonderful picture showing a Leyland back loader bus(?), Yes, I agree, it looks like an all Leyland Titan PD2/1 - H30/26R. These were withdrawn between 1963 and 1965 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitsmoor Col Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 5 hours ago, unrecordings said: No tramlines, yet it looks like the poles and power cables are still up ? Trolley buses ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Pitsmoor Col said: Trolley buses ??? No , there were no trolley buses, but we had a post on them here ------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmy117 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 The old tram poles were still in use years after the trams were withdrawn to supply overhead power to street lights, although in this case I think they are probably powering the clock on the pole on the left. They were a devil to remove, well concreted in and virtually impossible to pull out so they had to be burnt off below ground level. A few were filled with concrete where the tension on the tram overhead had a tendancy to pull the pole out of line, you could spend a full day trying to get one of those out. The last use of the poles for lighting was on Penistone Road, from Hoyle Street towards Hillsborough, and I think they were removed in the mid '90's Nigel L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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