Stuart0742 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Here are a couple of photos of Fitzalan Sq 1899 1970's (nearer guess please) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Ah, the 1890s. Them were the days when you couldn't put one foot in front of the other without stepping in horse-muck Don't know how the women put up with it, - their skirts trailing on the ground as they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plain talker Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Here are a couple of photos of Fitzalan Sq 1899 1970's (nearer guess please) pre 1973, as the buses are in the beautiful old blue-and-cream livery. *goes back to scrutinise the pic more closely* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plain talker Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 and the Classic cinema frontage still has the clock, not the swirly thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjj Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Good to see you can still get a taxi there today. I guess some things do not change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Here are a couple of photos of Fitzalan Sq 1899 1970's (nearer guess please) Another photo of the Square, this one even has a pub in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Early 1950's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Another photo of the Square, this one even has a pub in it ...early 60's featuring two "newish" Atlantean buses! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yes in the corner between what was Wigfalls and The GPO building This is the corner (1974), but in the wrong place to view those steps. However GPO building and Wigfalls clearly visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Fitzalan Sq looking down Haymarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Fitzalan Sq looking down Haymarket Easiest question ever posted on this site Who is this guy? There must be one person who does not know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeets Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Yep - remembered where I saw the article - was on the 'other' Sheffield Forum - mentioend a couple of times. Looks like it was always breaking down - so thats probably the reason it was removed - certainly dont remember it when I was a kid back in the fifties - but on the other forum they do have some quite senior citizens posting so they may recall something if someone asks. l spoke about this on the other forum, it was a service lift from the GPO garage at the side in Bakers hill to the floors of the GPO and Fitzalan square at one time, before the blitz Skeets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Easiest question ever posted on this site Who is this guy? There must be one person who does not know It's the toilet attendant because he is stood on top of the public toilets! So he has to go in the throne room Ah, - that's a clue then, if he sits on the throne it must be the King Could it be Edward VII by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 It's the toilet attendant because he is stood on top of the public toilets! So he has to go in the throne room Ah, - that's a clue then, if he sits on the throne it must be the King Could it be Edward VII by any chance? I said it was easy, he has been there a few years. Unfortunately there was not a prize, not like the great prize for finding 10 differences on the same photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I said it was easy, he has been there a few years. Unfortunately there was not a prize, not like the great prize for finding 10 differences on the same photo. Not even a day trip to Fitzallen Square? So how long has his statue been there? He was King from 1901 to 1910 His short reign was mainly due to the fact that his mother (Queen Victoria) had such a long reign that he was quite old when he finally got to be King in 1901, having spent most of his adult life as the Prince Regent to the the throne, - a bit like Prince Charles now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 l spoke about this on the other forum, it was a service lift from the GPO garage at the side in Bakers hill to the floors of the GPO and Fitzalan square at one time, before the blitz Skeets. This is the door that has been mentioned, also the Electricity sub-station Bakers Hill 27 November 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lebourg Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Fitzalan Sq looking down Haymarket I remember the old Haymarket. At the back was the old open market. Also I remember an open shed which sold the livestock, rabbits, cats, puppys etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old rider Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Here is one of Fitzalan Square digitized from a glass slide taken by my Grandfather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;a00689&pos=110&action=zoom&id=90013 same photo here, preserved and displayed for posterity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old rider Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 19 hours ago, RLongden said: http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;a00689&pos=110&action=zoom&id=90013 same photo here, preserved and displayed for posterity! Yea I think i gave them a copy. However they have got grandad's name wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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