Guest J.A.C. Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Hi you lot I just thought these might be interesting (albeit taken with a dodgy camera) in 1960 something. Best Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinderBloke Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I wonder what year these are? Looks like a tower crane being used on the new Sheaf Market. Any chance of bigger scans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I wonder what year these are? Looks like a tower crane being used on the new Sheaf Market. Any chance of bigger scans? Hi Grinder Bloke Yes that is a tower crane on the market site. This was taken from the top floor of Crown Street Flats which have since been removed & made into single storey. The nearest I can get to a year is 1965 /1966 I have tried another scan but the quality of the original leaves a lot to be desired. Best Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi Grinder Bloke Yes that is a tower crane on the market site. This was taken from the top floor of Crown Street Flats which have since been removed & made into single storey. The nearest I can get to a year is 1965 /1966 I have tried another scan but the quality of the original leaves a lot to be desired. Best Regards Jim. It's me again. Try these for size,they are a little better. The garage advertising reliable used cars is T. Clarke & Partners who I think are still going strong. Best Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlie167 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi you lot I just thought these might be interesting (albeit taken with a dodgy camera) in 1960 something. Best Regards Jim. Loved the photos, remember, a bad photo is better than no photo. And Im not saying yours are bad by the way, I always like to see any old photos of Sheffield, it changes so fast and I dont get down as often as I would like too. Thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi Carli Of course you are right any photo is better than none, and many is the time Iv'e thought I must take a picture of that before things change, then by the time I come to take a picture whoosh! it's gone. (I can feel a new year resolution coming on) Many thanks for your reply. Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Hi Carli Of course you are right any photo is better than none, and many is the time Iv'e thought I must take a picture of that before things change, then by the time I come to take a picture whoosh! it's gone. (I can feel a new year resolution coming on) Many thanks for your reply. Regards Jim. Hi Jim I agree, we should always carry a camera, you don't know what you might see and as you say next minute its gone. Digital cameras are small enough nowadays Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I love to take my camera with me.....when we had the floods last year it was with me in the van the whole time but unfortunatly my boss moved me to Nottingham for the week to avoid the water! Didnt get a single decent shot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrinderBloke Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 It's me again. Try these for size,they are a little better. The garage advertising reliable used cars is T. Clarke & Partners who I think are still going strong. Best Regards Jim. Thanks Jim I found a clue to the date! Where is says reliable used cars, the car parallel to that sign is a Ford Capri, that car didn't go on sale until early 1969. Every picture tells a story Thanks for the rescans. The next question, do you by any chance have anymore historic picture of Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hi Grinderbloke Well spotted, I am a bit of a car nut so I should have seen the connection. Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jmcee Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 excelent thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlie167 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 This was taken around 1983 looking towards Hyde Park Flats. I think it was taken from the car park near where the Sheaf Market was.Not quite Park Square but still.......... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 This was taken around 1983 looking towards Hyde Park Flats. I think it was taken from the car park near where the Sheaf Market was.Not quite Park Square but still.......... Thanks for the photograph Carlie, you can just see Crown Place were the original photos were taken from, its the new brickwork on the righthand edge of your photo. Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr stanley Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 This was taken around 1983 looking towards Hyde Park Flats. I think it was taken from the car park near where the Sheaf Market was.Not quite Park Square but still.......... Carlie ..... after risking life and limb with the traffic this morning, I can safely say "your" photo was taken from on Park Square Roundabout. As you can see very little has changed apart from the flats disappearing from the skyline. Regards the other photos because of the height of Park Square roundabout (now) its just not possible to get the same angle and view. I think the most noticeable difference is the amount of greenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlie167 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Thanks for that Dr Stanley, and glad you are still in one piece after dancing with the traffic!!!!!!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Thanks for that Dr Stanley, and glad you are still in one piece after dancing with the traffic!!!!!!!! Hi Dr Stanley Thanks for risking life & limb today excellent photos, but tell me is the second one really taken at the bottom of Duke street as were my originals I have not been down there for ages. What I do remember from the sixties is Kilsun vans going round with a sticker on the back saying a blind man was driving this van. Regards Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hi Dr Stanley Thanks for risking life & limb today excellent photos, but tell me is the second one really taken at the bottom of Duke street as were my originals I have not been down there for ages. What I do remember from the sixties is Kilsun vans going round with a sticker on the back saying a blind man was driving this van. Regards Jim. As you say -excellent photos , but picture 2 is looking BACK from where the BLACK car is in the original photo , just above the middle of the photo- more or less exactly where the BLACK car was on todays photo. Note also the kids playground infront has long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjj Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks Jim I found a clue to the date! Where is says reliable used cars, the car parallel to that sign is a Ford Capri, that car didn't go on sale until early 1969. Every picture tells a story Thanks for the rescans. The next question, do you by any chance have anymore historic picture of Sheffield? Sorry to be picky but the MK1 Capri hit the road in1968. Only a year out but we have to be factual don't we lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr stanley Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hi Dr Stanley Thanks for risking life & limb today excellent photos, but tell me is the second one really taken at the bottom of Duke street as were my originals I have not been down there for ages. What I do remember from the sixties is Kilsun vans going round with a sticker on the back saying a blind man was driving this van. Regards Jim. Hi Jim ..... Yes, my photo was taken across from the junction of Duke Street, I guess that when your photo was taken Park Square Roundabout was still flat, not like today. Take a look at the photo below, taken a while back ..... my photo was taken at the extreme right of the black and white chevron board. Does anyone remember that when Park Square opened, no traffic lights! ..... Imagine that today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hi Jim ..... Yes, my photo was taken across from the junction of Duke Street, I guess that when your photo was taken Park Square Roundabout was still flat, not like today. Take a look at the photo below, taken a while back ..... my photo was taken at the extreme right of the black and white chevron board. Does anyone remember that when Park Square opened, no traffic lights! ..... Imagine that today. Hi dr stanley I used to use Park Square on a regular basis it was all-about getting in the correct lane on entry to the roundabout and knowing exactly where you was going, But them days the roads were a lot quieter, Many of my friends who didn't use Sheffield regular were scared of it and would avoid it at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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