Sheffield History Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Take a look at this picture Can you identify the location Apparantly it's somewhere at Wadsley Bridge Think there is some kind of church/chapel on the immediate right ? Or could be a school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Looks like the run up to Wadsley Bridge from the "now roundabout" Travellers and Gate on the left-Wadsley Bridge Methodist church on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Take a look at this picture Can you identify the location Apparantly it's somewhere at Wadsley Bridge Think there is some kind of church/chapel on the immediate right ? Or could be a school Thought this mystery location posted by Admin was in need of some thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 neddy was right. Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge. No 78, Gate Inn, left, foreground. Sign for Travellers Inn, No 72, in background. picturesheffield t01582 Another mystery solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 neddy was right. Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge. No 78, Gate Inn, left, foreground. Sign for Travellers Inn, No 72, in background. picturesheffield Another mystery solved Well thats that one solved :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeets Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Looks like the run up to Wadsley Bridge from the "now roundabout" Travellers and Gate on the left-Wadsley Bridge Methodist church on the right. HI Neddy looks like you're good at this solving game have a go at my mystery clock it seems to have stumped the regular know-alls. Skeets Link to mystery clock Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 How is it that the picture showing Halifax Road makes the road look almost flat when it's the opposite ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Take a look at this picture Can you identify the location Apparantly it's somewhere at Wadsley Bridge Think there is some kind of church/chapel on the immediate right ? Or could be a school What about those telegraph poles, where would they be going? it would be more or less open country the other side of the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What about those telegraph poles, where would they be going? it would be more or less open country the other side of the bridge. Looking at the size of the poles and the number of wires, these would not be local wires, more probably a trunk route to High Green, Barnsley, Penistone or even further a field. In the early years of telephony/telegraphy everything would have been overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 HI Neddy looks like you're good at this solving game have a go at my mystery clock it seems to have stumped the regular know-alls. Skeets Link to mystery clock Topic Even after Stuart0742 virtually gave me the answer in a PM I still don't know where this clock is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike142sl Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 neddy was right. Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge. No 78, Gate Inn, left, foreground. Sign for Travellers Inn, No 72, in background. picturesheffield Another mystery solved Can someone find this on the old maps - presumably the Methodist Church shold be easy to find, but I just cant work this one out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Can someone find this on the old maps - presumably the Methodist Church shold be easy to find, but I just cant work this one out? This is the best we have of the area Mike, not sure if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Where was Gambles (could be Cambles) works at Wadsley Bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I would hazard a guess that it is the buildings marked as Wadsley Bridge Works (Iron and Steel) on Map 248, looking in a south-easterly direction towards the railway. EDIT @ 17:41 Do I see a station sign to the left of the railway wagons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I would hazard a guess that it is the buildings marked as Wadsley Bridge Works (Iron and Steel) on Map 248, looking in a south-easterly direction towards the railway. EDIT @ 17:41 Do I see a station sign to the left of the railway wagons? No idea, I am still lost with the direction, where is/was the football pitch ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Where was Gambles (could be Cambles) works at Wadsley Bridge? The works of Moss & Gambles was right at the bottom of Fox Hill Road on the left hand side almost immediately after turning left after the railway bridge. A relative of mine worked there for many years. Immediatly above the works was a deep dam. this was filled in after a drowning incident, I can't remember whether it was one or two lads. Houses were built on the site of part of the works and dam quite soon after it was filled in. Baxter Mews and Baxter Road I think. The main works buildings seem to have been converted into apartments or maybe offices. HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 A closer look suggests it is not a station sign - it is the other side of the roadway in front of the football pitch. I can only assume that the football pitch was replaced by part of the Scapa Works (map 247). My (rough) suggestion for the viewpoint is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I'm totally lost, it has given me a headache ... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 The works of Moss & Gambles was right at the bottom of Fox Hill Road on the left hand side almost immediately after turning left after the railway bridge. A relative of mine worked there for many years. Immediatly above the works was a deep dam. this was filled in after a drowning incident, I can't remember whether it was one or two lads. Houses were built on the site of part of the works and dam quite soon after it was filled in. Baxter Mews and Baxter Road I think. The main works buildings seem to have been converted into apartments or maybe offices. HD When the dam was filled in we were living in one of the houses on the hill just behind it. The dam was used for fishing, and they cleared out as many fish as they could. I remember them doing it on a Sunday morning, using some kind of explosive to stun the fish. The first we knew was the house shaking! Not long after that they drained the dam. One night we were coming home in the dark and in the headlights the surface of the road seemed to be moving. In fact it was covered with frogs and toads who'd apparently decide it was time to evacuate and find a new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 From memory the entrance for Moss and Gambles scrapyard was the roadway at the side of the Travellers before the bridge Owlerton side, The coal yard being the other side of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 From memory the entrance for Moss and Gambles scrapyard was the roadway at the side of the Travellers before the bridge Owlerton side, Would that be next to Cox & Danks ? W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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