Sheffield History Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Has anyone been up to the top ? Would be great to get access and get onto the roof for some shots of Sheffield with my camera.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Never been on the roof but once went 'over the top' on the paternoster. Thought I'd come out on the other side but upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjj Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Never been on the roof but once went 'over the top' on the paternoster. Thought I'd come out on the other side but upside down. Is that the step on step off elevator? My wife worked there for a while and told me about it. She was scared to use it :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 That's the one. Scared the crap out of me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjj Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Here are a couple of pictures of the tower I like the evening shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Here's a view from years past - showing just what a great view you could get from up there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Here's a view from years past - showing just what a great view you could get from up there.. "Hey Mum I can our house from here" - its true - I can! - or at least that was our house 40 odd years ago Thanks - a wonderful photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejayone Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I don't know if it's legend or what, but as kids we wee told that on a good day, with a good camera, you could take a picture of the crooked steeple at Chesterfield from the top of the University Library Tower. I thought anyone could go up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zoro Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Just read a little about this Tower and adjoining Library. English heritage described Arts Tower as " City's finest post war building and said to be the tallest university building in the contry " Library built 1959 and Art Tower 1962-6 conected at mezzanine level by bridge. Library clad in Portland stone on a brick base with turquoise tint glass. built to cater for 2,000 students and cost £5000,000 or £5 per foot . Most striking feature in library is a silk embroidery , high up on wall depicting students at graduation. AT TIME OF BOOK 1998 :- art Tower was tallest building in Sheffield 255ft above ground in 18 storeys and 27ft in the basement underground. Lift ia a continuously moving paternoster lift ...with open fronts . just thought i'd share that ....zoro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Noise Heat Power Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 It always fascinates me how this building looks so much taller than it actually is. At 18/19 storeys or so, it really isn't a very big building, but due to its location on a hill and its shape, and the fact that it's surrounded by low-ish buildings, it does have quite an authentic skyscrapery feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gunner3 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Modelled on the Seagram tower in New York i believe. As a student at the university it was a rite of passage to go all the way round in the paternoster lifts, through the pit and the loft. Scary stuff considering how often they grind to a halt for no apparent reason on a regular basis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broncolives Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Worked on it as an apprentice just after it was finished. had to go on the roof to see who would be brave enough to go over the top in the cradle. Needless to say one look over the side and it was brown trouser time and take me back. Had some fun in there though. There is a wind tunnel at the bottom which ran around the base underground good fun taking new apprentices in without warning and watching them get blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Nice b&w effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snodgrass Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I know it's an old post but I'm a noob - so here goes! Please look at these: http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1094.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1099.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1101.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1104.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1106.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1124.jpg If I recall correctly, the pics were taken in July 2005 all the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I know it's an old post but I'm a noob - so here goes! Please look at these: http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1094.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1099.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1101.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1104.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1106.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1124.jpg If I recall correctly, the pics were taken in July 2005 all the best Hi Snodgrass Welcome to the site, there is no such thing on this site as an old post, we like to keep posts turning over, it is a history site Your photo's are fantastic and given they were taken in 2005 are already a part of history. Question here for others, what has changed in these views? This post answers Admins OP back from March 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Nice work, Thank you and Welcome to the Site. Never been up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlie167 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hi Snodgrass Welcome to the site, there is no such thing on this site as an old post, we like to keep posts turning over, it is a history site Your photo's are fantastic and given they were taken in 2005 are already a part of history. Question here for others, what has changed in these views? This post answers Admins OP back from March 2007. Well, the cooling towers are gone for one thing. I'll see if I can find anything else. Great views by the way, thank you Snodgrass, and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snodgrass Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hello again everyone many, many thanks for the warm welcome to Sheffield History - such nice people on this forum! As the pics were well received, I thought I'd post a couple more: http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1105.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1120.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1122.jpg The quality of the last one (Dscn1122) is inferior due to shooting against the sun. However, the old art college on Psalter Lane is visible (I think!) and so is (to the very top-right) the end of the Hallam Towers hotel. Anybody know if there are any plans for these landmark buildings? (should I start a new thread?) all the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hello again everyone many, many thanks for the warm welcome to Sheffield History - such nice people on this forum! As the pics were well received, I thought I'd post a couple more: http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1105.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1120.jpg http://www.crosspool.co.uk/snod/Dscn1122.jpg The quality of the last one (Dscn1122) is inferior due to shooting against the sun. However, the old art college on Psalter Lane is visible (I think!) and so is (to the very top-right) the end of the Hallam Towers hotel. Anybody know if there are any plans for these landmark buildings? (should I start a new thread?) all the best More good photo's Snodgrass. Re your question, yes post a question possibly in Sheffield Places - Their History, I am sure it will get a good response. Somebody will know the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Anybody know if there are any plans for these landmark buildings? (should I start a new thread?) Hi snodgrass, Have you read this section of the recent developments thread? Arts Tower refurbishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sando Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 . Question here for others, what has changed in these views? This post answers Admins OP back from March 2007. One of the major changes is the sign on the Hendo's factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hi snodgrass, Have you read this section of the recent developments thread? Arts Tower refurbishment Having mentioned the Paternoster Lift in the University Arts Tower in the recent developments thread there is a short video of it in action here Paternoster Lift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Having mentioned the Paternoster Lift in the University Arts Tower in the recent developments thread there is a short video of it in action here Paternoster Lift A picture of the University Arts Tower taken from my December 1974 collection of Sheffield pictures. This one is previously unposted and the Arts Tower appears in the picture only coincidentally. The main subject of the picture was the University Department Of Chemistry building (centre picture, just over the roundabout) as in 1974 this was one of the 5 universities I had applied to on my UCCA form, I was offered a place there but it was not ultimately the university I went to. As this is a busy street in 1974 I suppose Stuart0742 / transit / busman / plaintalker and the other transport topic experts will like this shot for the cars and vehicles it contains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 As this is a busy street in 1974 I suppose Stuart0742 / transit / busman / plaintalker and the other transport topic experts will like this shot for the cars and vehicles it contains. What abuot 'Butler's Cafe on the R/H side of your photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 What abuot 'Butler's Cafe on the R/H side of your photo. I have mentioned Butlers before as Stan Butler was a school friend of my dads and he lived in this area. My dad lived on Leavygreave Road just a few doors away from Hendersons factory. At the beginning of the war my dad and Stan Butler were (briefly) evacuated out of Sheffield together. Stan was packed off with a generous supply of Butlers for the evacuees and there hosts so my dad was similarly packed up with a good supply of Hendersons relish. My dads own comment was "There was food rationing but while we were evacuated we ate better than we had before the war started" The full story is in one of the Sheffield at War threads, - I think the one about evacuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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