Stuart0742 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Hugh's photo in the Wilson Peck topic got me thinking Link to Hugh's Post How many more such advertisements can we find I saw one yesterday, I am sure there are plenty out there Riverside Hotel (The Lion) Nursery Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Hugh's photo in the Wilson Peck topic got me thinking Link to Hugh's Post How many more such advertisements can we find I saw one yesterday, I am sure there are plenty out there Riverside Hotel (The Lion) Nursery Street I happen to know someone who saw it before you though ... POPPYCHRISTINA lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 I happen to know someone who saw it before you though ... POPPYCHRISTINA Yeah but you can see more on mine Do you know of anymore? there must be loads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sando Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Yeah but you can see more on mine Do you know of anymore? there must be loads I think the no parking may be a more recent addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPPYCHRISTINA Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Yeah but you can see more on mine Do you know of anymore? there must be loads Parkin & Son-Rockingham Street. Is this firm still going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 OK, so in the Wilson Peck strand we already have pictures of the advertisement in the alleyway from Pinstone Street between the Proper Deli Co. and the Leeds B.S. In my then and now on the Moor, Debenhams has its name vertically reading downwards in the 1974 shot, while the more modern shot has the lettering vertically but on its side so that you have to tilt your head to read it. Although my picture doesn't show this, the new sign is shorter than the old one so that the ghostly image of the last 3 or 4 letters of the old sign are still visible "AMS" Recently I took some pictures of the buildings on Cambridge Street as I think they are soon to disappear in the redevelopment and many of these are Victorian buildings with dates above them. Some are very run down and have old names and advertising for companies which cannot have been in business for years, like this picture for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Gleaner Razor Blades Painted Advertisment from the Past Taken from West Bar looking up Lambert St towards Scotland St Does anybody remember Gleaner Razor Blades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Is that The Crown Pub trying to hide from me at the top ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Is that The Crown Pub trying to hide from me at the top ? So it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Which company started life here in 1765 ? (Skating away on the thin ice of a new day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr stanley Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I think the no parking may be a more recent addition Strangely I found myself near that sign while taking the ones below on nearby Milton Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Which company started life here in 1765 ? (Skating away on the thin ice of a new day) That would be James Watts then, now moved out of town somewhere but still making skates for sporty-types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yeah but you can see more on mine Do you know of anymore? there must be loads If anyone is in the Pitsmoor area there is a tye shop on Kilton Hill. The building that this is part of is the original Bentley`s garage. Up until a few years ago it was still possible to see BUICK dealer painted on the wall above the doorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 That would be James Watts then, now moved out of town somewhere but still making skates for sporty-types. Thought he invented the steam engine :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thought he invented the steam engine No, shame on you Stuart0742! James Watt perfected the steam engine with inventive additions to increase its efficiency such as the seperate condenser, the automatic valving and the sun and planet rotary motion etc. etc. The steam engine predates him by quite a lot and earlier examples by Savery and Newcommen were around long before him. In fact it was a model Newcommen engine in Edinburugh University which he was servicing that made him realise its shortcomings and set out to improve on it. You should have joined Sheffield Steam and Vintage Club when I did! { Reminds me... memory does a retake..... I started a thread on this site in transport somewhere to do with local steam engines...had forgotten about that, I'll have to remember to post something in it from time to time..thanks for reminding me Stuart!} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 No, shame on you Stuart0742! James Watt perfected the steam engine with inventive additions to increase its efficiency such as the seperate condenser, the automatic valving and the sun and planet rotary motion etc. etc. The steam engine predates him by quite a lot and earlier examples by Savery and Newcommen were around long before him. In fact it was a model Newcommen engine in Edinburugh University which he was servicing that made him realise its shortcomings and set out to improve on it. You should have joined Sheffield Steam and Vintage Club when I did! { Reminds me... memory does a retake..... I started a thread on this site in transport somewhere to do with local steam engines...had forgotten about that, I'll have to remember to post something in it from time to time..thanks for reminding me Stuart!} Yes but the popular myth is James Watt watched a kettle boil etc. Yes we know the real story :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yes but the popular myth is James Watt watched a kettle boil etc. Yes we know the real story Isn't it called "serendipity" or something when the mind suddenly makes a massive realisation and brings about an enormous sudden world altering change. This has happened several times in history:- James Watt "Look at that kettle boiling, wow I could turn that into the LNER flying scotsman" King Alfred "Oops those cakes are burning, I'd better go out and give those Vikings a good thumping" Walter Raleigh "Look at the leaves on that plant, we could roll them up in paper, put it in our mouths and set fire to it" "..and if you think thats a rubbish idea, I've got a worse one, I'll invent the pushbike!!" Stuart0742 and DaveH "Hey we could do some posts on that SheffieldHistory site!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 There are 3 generations of advertisements on this one You can just make out the original Wigfalls writing, then the more modern Highfield Motors and then the vinyl signs of the present day garage below. The old Wigfalls shop on Attercliffe Rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sando Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Top of Barnsley Road, next to the pheasant, about where the co-op now stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Reminder of past glories! You can still make out the old "Bee Hive Hotel" lettering link added in main publisting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 The HSBC bank on Pinstone Street has had its signs removed and above its door now is this ghostly image which can just about be made out to read "MIDLAND BANK" So how old is that then? Midland Bank became HSBC at some point in the first half of the 1990's so I suspect about 15 or 16 years since it was last seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I noticed this one in my 1974 to 2008 Then & Now of the Moor so went back to try and get a better picture. In 1974 the word DEBENHAMS read vertically from top to bottom but with each letter the right way up. The current sign has the word DEBENHAMS laid on its side so that you tend to tilt your head to read it. However, the current sign, placed on the same site as the original, has smaller letters and so is a bit shorter than the original. In this picture the ghostly shadows of the original last 3 letters, AMS, can just be made out immediately below the current sign. See the "Then & Now" threads for a direct comparison of the 2 signs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Swychers 207 Main Rd Darnall Cash or Terms What did Swycher's sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 The Ball public house on Mansfield Road Beneath the current sign which says "THE BALL", and partially hidden behind it a previous business name can be made out "DUNCAN ???????Co. Ltd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 The Ball public house on Mansfield Road Beneath the current sign which says "THE BALL", and partially hidden behind it a previous business name can be made out "DUNCAN ???????Co. Ltd I would say that is Duncan Gilmour & Co part of the Joshua Tetley group of companies. Is it or was it a Tetleys pub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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