David Wainwright Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 One for the sleuths amongst you. The following photo I am told is of my great uncle's birthplace, Egerton Lane. Google maps shows a very different view and I wonder if the placing of this photo is entirely accurate. Can anyone recognise the shops and therefore the address. I would be most grateful:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhib48 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I maybe wrong on this but wasn’t Egerton Lane at the top of the Moor ? I think that’s one of the shops that Robert Bros used at the end of the war. There’s definitely those on here who’ll have the exact info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 It's Button Lane, photographed from Moorhead. Have a look at this thread: Egerton Lane was parallel to Milton Street, off Fitzwilliam Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhib48 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Edmund said: It's Button Lane, photographed from Moorhead. Have a look at this thread: Egerton Lane was parallel to Milton Street, off Fitzwilliam Street. Sorry Edmund, I was purely going on the picture as my recollection of Moor Head. I wasn’t sure what the Lane was called but now I do remember it as Button Lane Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I recall a sort of junk yard on Button Lane, my grandfather used to love rooting around in it. I can’t bring anything else so clearly to mind, however some of you guys might jog my vastly diminishing memory into life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, DaveJC said: I recall a sort of junk yard on Button Lane, my grandfather used to love rooting around in it. I can’t bring anything else so clearly to mind, however some of you guys might jog my vastly diminishing memory into life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 21 hours ago, David Wainwright said: One for the sleuths amongst you. The following photo I am told is of my great uncle's birthplace, Egerton Lane. Google maps shows a very different view and I wonder if the placing of this photo is entirely accurate. Can anyone recognise the shops and therefore the address. I would be most grateful:- Exactly the same photo on picture Sheffield.... https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s14046&pos=58&action=zoom&id=16876 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Wainwright Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 15 hours ago, Edmund said: It's Button Lane, photographed from Moorhead. Have a look at this thread: Egerton Lane was parallel to Milton Street, off Fitzwilliam Street. Thank you very much for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 16 hours ago, SteveHB said: Cheers, however nothing has managed to jog my memory, the strange thing is that the only landmark that I recall, that being the junk yard, is missing from all the photos, I reckon that it was temporary usage of the site of a bombed building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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