The Ginn Stables

[Guest Skipindave]

Anyone any history on the Ginn Stables,Stafford Lane.

Dave in Inskip

[syrup]

Anyone any history on the Ginn Stables,Stafford Lane.

Dave in Inskip

Hi Skipindave

I have found a slight ref on Picture Sheffield.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/pi...ff.refno=s14380

[Guest Skipindave]

Hi Skipindave

I have found a slight ref on Picture Sheffield.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/pi...ff.refno=s14380

Hi Syrup,Thanks for that one,one I haven't seen,there are more on the same site spelt GIN.

This one looks like the garden wall,if that is City Road at the top,then this looks like the dog-leg in Stafford Lane.

The reason I ask is I was told that the Ginn Stables was where the Duke of Norfolk's pit horses and ponies were stabled,this has some credibility when while searching for old maps i came across one which showed a colliery a bit further up City Road.

Around 1945 I was sent every summer holiday from Blackpool to Stafford Lane,my grandfather,George Newton was some sort of manager for the Duke,and lived at the Ginn Stables as part of the job.It was a fascinating place,which would take a few pages.

Thanks for the info,i'll add that one to my photo's.

Dave in Inskip