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Re, You're photo number three Dunsby....

'Bollards' he he

Steve,

Are you :

i) suggesting I'm a bollard ?

ii) criticising the lack of quality of said photo?

Here's one for you

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Steve,

Are you :

i) suggesting I'm a bollard ?

ii) criticising the lack of quality of said photo?

Here's one for you

Sorry No Dunsby!

I was refering to the Bollards, like the ones that can be found in the Bollard Topic

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Hmm...

Canal basin seems to have changed a bit since my day.

...once again ,great pic Dave - reminds me of going down there 76/77 to help restore the Sheffield bus 1156 during weekends with Busman and others, where it was garaged -along with the Proctors lorries and orange Turners news vans . Nice to know the building with Canal Wharf sign on was restored. Check out the pic used as Busmans avatar !!!!!!!! :o

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...once again ,great pic Dave - reminds me of going down there 76/77 to help restore the Sheffield bus 1156 during weekends with Busman and others, where it was garaged -along with the Proctors lorries and orange Turners news vans . Nice to know the building with Canal Wharf sign on was restored. Check out the pic used as Busmans avatar !!!!!!!! :o

I don't know about a "great picture" this time.

Even with my particular liking for old Sheffield this is one area that has been drastically improved by the modern development along the canal basin. Before this it really did look a bit of a neglected dump as my picture shows. In recent years I have been to several enjoyable events in this location and these would hardly have been possible before the renovation.

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The Canal Basin in June 1983,

this photo was taken not long after it had received its first stock of carp.

Who's the fisherman Steve? <_<

It came out in another thread that you are a keen fisherman ;-)

Is it you in the picture? :rolleyes:

Do you need a licence / permit to fish a carp laiden canal? :blink:

Have you got one? lol

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Who's the fisherman Steve? <_<

It came out in another thread that you are a keen fisherman ;-)

Is it you in the picture? :rolleyes:

Do you need a licence / permit to fish a carp laiden canal? :blink:

Have you got one? lol

That's not me in the photograph Dave !

At the time that photo were taken the main part of the Canal Basin was out of bounds for angling,

but a few years later the area along side of the Basin was turned into a car park,

it was then that public access was allowed,

and so the anglers moved in and started to fish in the much wider basin part.

This is me,

photo taken on the same day as the above.

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Hmm...

Canal basin seems to have changed a bit since my day.

I like the sign 'No Parking' with 4 cars parked in front of it lol

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That's not me in the photograph Dave !

At the time that photo were taken the main part of the Canal Basin was out of bounds for angling,

but a few years later the area along side of the Basin was turned into a car park,

it was then that public access was allowed,

and so the anglers moved in and started to fish in the much wider basin part.

This is me,

photo taken on the same day as the above.

5 fish in the keep net, now if you had 2 loaves to go with that it would feed half of Sheffield (or was it 2 fish and 5 loaves? RE was never my strong point)

Obviously not illegal to fish the canal then if you are prepared to post your own picture displaying your catch

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I like the sign 'No Parking' with 4 cars parked in front of it lol

Well it is an old picture, and with less cars on the road it must have been much easier to get away with parking offences.

I don't think they had wheel clamping run by gangs of crimanals on behalf of the law in 1974. These days those 4 cars would probably be clamped and charged an extotionate release fee with interest added by the minute, - and can you please pay us by credit / debit card so that we can scam your card details while were at it!

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I like the sign 'No Parking' with 4 cars parked in front of it lol

....six if you look again !!!!!! lol

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Panorama view of the Grain Warehouse,

built about 1889 by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Rail Company.

It was used to store off-loaded corn for distribution to local Mills & Breweries.

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Does Joe Scarborough still have a boat moored in the basin ? The old boy must be getting on a bit by now.

Always loved his artwork.

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During the present cold spell the canal is frozen over.

This panorama is almost a 180 degree view of the canal

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