RichardB Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Here is a poem from the book "Portrait of Sheffield" by B Bunker. Written in 1827 by Sheffield poet James Wills it gives a description of Paradise Square. You may form to your fancy a stile which once stood Near the little Grape Tavern, and made up of wood, On the side of the field then belonging to Hicks, Where the children at that time have gathered sticks, It was called Hicks Stile Field where the corn oft has grown, But Paradise Row when the stile was took down, Many years it continued with only one row, But now tis a beautiful square as you know With a Free-mason's Lodge and a flight of stone stairs And under it, houses, for various wares But now tis a Johannes Chapel for prayers This square on the hill is a market for pots That are sold some in odd ones, and others in lots A column in centre, with lamp of pure gas, That lights all the square and the people who pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hi all. First post! Saw this about Paradise Sqaure and remembered these two night shots I took a while back. Not sure how you all prefer your images so I've put them as photobucket links for now...hope you like them! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P6036699.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P6036703.jpg Hj. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hi HJ, LIke the pictures, especially the Victorian feel on the first one. Keep them coming and welcome to Sheffield History. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Great pictures - love the second one too with the old and the new in the same shot The history of Paradise Square is fascinating and the place itself is a great place to visit - especially at night The place has many reports of spooky activity too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Wow, I deal mainly in dusty old books and boring words, they are great pictures, brings the place to life for someone that has memories from 25 years ago. Congratulations on the photos, keep them coming, welcome to you if you're local, I may even ask you a favour sometime, like pop down Lambert Street and see how the John Watts site is doing, last time I visited it was all scaffolding. I cried, not because of any great love for the place, but because I'd made a 280 mile round trip to see it, and there was nowhere open I could get a bacon sandwich .... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 I just realised, them there pictures were in colour, when did that happen ? I'm lucky to have pictures in black and white, some are woodcuts, some carvings in the caves along West Bar where the wildebeast and woolly mammoth used to roam free. Apparently. Feel free to ban me, or tell me to go away :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 That area is changing big time at the moment Even West Bar police station is up for sale.. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...p;scene=7699243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Wow, I deal mainly in dusty old books and boring words, they are great pictures, brings the place to life for someone that has memories from 25 years ago. Congratulations on the photos, keep them coming, welcome to you if you're local, I may even ask you a favour sometime, like pop down Lambert Street and see how the John Watts site is doing, last time I visited it was all scaffolding. I cried, not because of any great love for the place, but because I'd made a 280 mile round trip to see it, and there was nowhere open I could get a bacon sandwich .... Thanks All for the nice words about my shots. I have a ton of shots like those. My son and I go from time to time round the City, mainly at night and have a play with the camera....like these.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/blur1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P6256886.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P4055840.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P2105163.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P8181970.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P8181957.jpg Thats it for now...you'll be fed up of them soon!! Richard...I am local now...will pop the camera in the van with me next week sometime and have a ride down Lambert St for you. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Thank you so much, I'm 140 miles away, have been since 1981 , a local person with an interest is worth 400 times their weight in gold, a certain Sister of mine, who has just joined, Zoro, knows that only too well. You locals do us non-locals a great service; thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 What fantastic pictures Love the Alfred Beckett one - that's an outstanding picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Post any pictures you have, old or new; I'm just avoiding The Old Smells of Sheffield link, because I think it might be about me :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Post any pictures you have, old or new; I'm just avoiding The Old Smells of Sheffield link, because I think it might be about me ha ha !! no - it's about breweries, donuts etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Beckett, Barnsley and Wharncliffe - all superb - Thank You, you need a pint in The Ship and a borrow of his pubs picture .... Great Stuff, post 40 million more please :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I'm definitely going to pop into the ship over the next few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejayone Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Thats it for now...you'll be fed up of them soon!! Absolutely not - you've taken some great shots. All of these are tomorrow's history. Love the Alfred Becketts one - and the ball in the peace gardens. The bus is the most interesting to me, though. A possible bit of history right there! 'The Last Day Of The Dennis Dominator In Sheffield. 81-06' - I take it this was the last double-decker Dennis Dom bus run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Love the Alfred Becketts one - and the ball in the peace gardens. The bus is the most interesting to me, though. A possible bit of history right there! 'The Last Day Of The Dennis Dominator In Sheffield. 81-06' - I take it this was the last double-decker Dennis Dom bus run? That Ball in the Peace Garden was a right pain. It took me ten or more shots before I relized that I could see my reflection in the ball!! In the end we hid in a shop door way and took it. The Dominator shot. That was Sheffields last Dominator on its final run from Bents Green to Olive Grove. I went up there at 01:00 to take that..my other half said I was mad!! Those buses said Sheffield to me in the same way that the Routemaster screams London. Other than a few in Leicester (I think) there was no other Cities in the UK who used Dominators to any great degree.So they were a real Sheffielder. Seeing as this thread is about Paradise Square I'll pop a few more shots of that day on the Transport section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Great stuff and thanks for sharing with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Thank you so much, I'm 140 miles away, have been since 1981 , a local person with an interest is worth 400 times their weight in gold, a certain Sister of mine, who has just joined, Zoro, knows that only too well. You locals do us non-locals a great service; thank you very much. In a way Richard, I'm sort of local to you too, going form your location at Wallsend. I'm from Durham originaly but live in Rotherham now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjj Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thank you so much, I'm 140 miles away, have been since 1981 , a local person with an interest is worth 400 times their weight in gold, a certain Sister of mine, who has just joined, Zoro, knows that only too well. You locals do us non-locals a great service; thank you very much. To quote Monty Pythons four Yorkshiremen sketch "Luxury, I used to dream of only been 140 miles away" try 6000 miles it is tough sometimes believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 if you're local, I may even ask you a favour sometime, like pop down Lambert Street and see how the John Watts site is doing, last time I visited it was all scaffolding. I know this really should be somewhere else but it seamed like the right place to put it. Me and my lad were passing through the City tonight because there has been another accident on the Stocksbridge By pass tonight and I remebered about the images of John Watts you were after. These were rushed a bit as I was blocking the road a little with my vehicle and the quality aint great as they were took on my phone. It is a cyber shot one but they are still no where near as good as my real camera can shoot. We will pop back one night this week and do them properly but for now heres those shot today.Are they the right building? The first few are just general stuff but the second set are meant to be a 360 type shot. If you view them in the right order it might give you a rough 360 degree view..and remember I did say rough!! Enjoy. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjd...mbertstreet.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjd...officeblock.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjd...downLambert.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjd...inbuilding1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/MB2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/MB3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/MB4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/Inside1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/Inside2.jpg These are the 360 ones........ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/360-8.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Those are better than almost all photos I take, thanks for those will digest fully tomorrow. I'm still stinging from the "Breweries and Donuts" comment from earlier, that's how I got to 19 stone :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 How easy would it have been for someone to knock/accidentley burn those buildings down; one saved, and one well photographed :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jmcee Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I had the chance to explore the inside of the John watts lambert works buildings a few years ago. It was a good few years after the works had been vacated but nothing had been touched. Total laberynth of a place I got completely lost. Sheets, papers, tools pencils machinery all still in place as if everybody had just got up and left one day and never returned. I remember one big room 2/3 storeys high with a balcony round. . lots of hidden places and seperate buildings/areas interconnected. Little wooden steps up to isolated 4th floor rooms. such an old building. very old and spooky. wish I had the chance to take pictures. building is still there now I think they're apartments or soon to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Would love to see pictures of the place as it is now, visited Sheffield a couple of years ago but the place was all scaffolds and work-site-ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcwhite Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I live there, so I'll get some pictures for you tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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