DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Jaunty Park Jaunty Park is on the opposite side of Hollinsend Road to Hollinsend Recreation Ground and is the site of Gleadless Junior School (new building) so that both the parks and and the school straddle the road. The park is roughly bounded by Hollinsend Road at its northern end, Mansfield / Birley Moor Road in the east and Jaunty Lane in the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 The north western corner of the park is well and truely fenced off with traspassers will be prosecuted signs displayed as this is the site of Gleadless Junior school. A very modern building compared with its Victorian nursery & infant department just across the road. The fencing is clearly to provide safety for the children and protection from vandalism to the building. Photo taken through the "padlock access hole" in the fence at the main entrance on Jaunty Lane. Quite a dangerous site for children as the crosssing requires a patrol person to get kids across what can be a very busy junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 The public entrance to the park on Jaunty Lane is along this footpath just beyond the school. Note that precautions are taken to try to prevent access by motorcycles, a little bit pointless as other parts of the park are completely open to the street over a wide area with no access restrictions at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 At the bottom of the path is a hedgerow beyond which there is no access back up to the school. The fence around the school marks a safe area for children during their break for supervised play. The area of field between the fence and the hedgerow marks out the schools playing field which would be used for games lessons, sports matches etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 A panorama of Gleadless juniour School taken from the field looking back towards Hollinsend Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 So, into the park proper. Just as Hollinsend Park has 2 rather misplaced electrical supply substations so Jaunty has these 2 heavily graffitied and locked up artifacts. They look like rubbish skips but can be entered through locked doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 A panorama of the park. This large, flat level area is ideal for football and is often marked out for 2 (sometimes 3) full sized football pitches. The houses in the background are Jaunty Lane, with Jaunty Crescent and Quarry Vale Road to the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Another entrance to the park is down this path from Jaunty Crescent which crosses a stream at a point just before it enters the park. The path is open to the road so no limit to lads on motorbikes here, unlike the entrance only a few hundred yards up the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Just in front of Jaunty Crescent / Quarry Vale Road is the point where Shire Brook enters the park One of the main problems with Jaunty Park, and possibly the reason why it was never built on is the soft, wet, frequently muddy land caused in no small part by at least 3 streams which flow through and beneath it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Looking back towards Hollinsend we can see that much of the park is not cultivated and has been allowed to "go back to nature" in order to preserve wild flowers and wildlife. This is evident by the long purpleish grass area shown here. These uncultivated areas also coincide with the wettest, boggiest muddiest areas of the field and are close to streams. The row of trees in this picture mark the path of the stream which has left Hollinsend Park, flows under Gleadless School in a culvert and is now exposed again flowing down to join Shire Brook. Note also in this picture the white building, The Hollin Bush public house and to its left a tall mast marking the site of Johnson's Car Sales, some of his merchandise being clearly visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Near Quarry Vale Road is this bridge which crosses the Shire Brook to another area of Jaunty Park beyond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Two views of Shire brook from the bridge, one in either direction. Upstream to Jaunty Crescent, Downstream to Birley Vale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Across the bridge on the south side of Shire Brook is this other piece of field. Not used very much due to its more remote location it frequently has a football field on it as is clear from the Google image in post #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 To the western side of this upper field is this path which is rapidly becoming overgrown due to lack of use in recent years. The very rough looking area to the right of it used to be the site of the only childrens amusements in the park, - the usual swings, roundabout, rocking horse, climbing frame sort of stuff, but quite clearly these have been gone for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 The top end of this path at the southern limit of the park leaves the park across this bridge which crosses yet another small stream The land beyond, which now looks overgrown, was the school field and grounds of the former Frechville School. this school has been gone for about 10 years now and new housing on the Frechville estate have taken its place. The loss of the school could be the reason why this path is not used as much and is becoming overgrown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 The top stream near Frechville, like the one through Hollinsend Park, frequently dries up in good weather. Without following its course I assume it will run to eventually flow into the Shire Brook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 The view back down the top field, across Jaunty Park and to Hollinsend Road beyond, - taken from high up in the park near the Frechville school entrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Another entrance to the top field is from Birley Vale Avenue, a cul-de-sac road containing business premises of several haulage companies. From the bottom field of the park which Shire Brook runs through this crane is visible in the premises from the other side of the brook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Shire Brook flows along the valley between Birley Vale Avenue and Hollinsend Road. In places this is quite wooded, with the Brook having quite a definate flow. It quite closely resembles what the Jervis lum is to Norfolk Park along this track heading to the eastern limit of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 The Brook leaves the park in the dip of the valley near Intake Bus Terminus / Birley Squash Club on Mansfield Road / Birley Moor Road. The picture shows its approach to this point from within the park. After leaving the park the brook flows on eastward through to the city estate which bears it name (Shirebrook, S13) Shire Brook was so called because for many years it marked the boundary between 2 "shires", The West Riding of YorkSHIRE which contained Sheffield and North East DerbySHIRE which contained Frechville. That is why the bus terminus was at Intake (beyond that you were in Derbyshire) and why the road name changes from Mansfield Road to Birley Moor Road (different shire names). Not that long ago road name signs on Mansfield Road were correctly marked S12, while those on Birley Moor Road didn't say S12 but something like "Rural Borough Of Chesterfield". That has all changed now as Sheffield has long since expanded its borders southwards and the boundary is now between Mosborough and Eckington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 On Hollinsend Road the section between the Hollin Bush and Frith Road at the side of Gleadless Juniour school is all completely open. There is a steep slope down into the valley from this point. Today it has been largely allowed to "go back to nature" but when it was cultivated this was a popular spot for sledging after a heavy fall of snow (last time I can remember that happening was the winter of 1996 - 97) This panorama is from the top of the hill across the park looking southwards. Having said that, the panorama spans almost a full 360 degrees. All that is missing to join it up is the Hollin Bush car park. I didn't want to join the ends as I am unsure how both the stitching software and the website display would deal with an "endless" picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Industrial and business premises on Birley vale Avenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Basegreen Social Centre is at the bottom of Frith Road, again this building, being exposed in open parkland is frequently locked and shuttered when not in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Another view of Basegreen social centre from lower down the park valley. A row of plant growth marks out the path of the Hollinsend stream in the forground of this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Also on Frith Road (another cul-de-sac leading into the park) is the other entrance to Gleadless Junior School. The "main" entrance as it leads in to the headmasters offices and an entrance to the caretakers house. Once again the picture had to be taken through a padlock hand access hole in the fence. Having started this tour with Gleadless Juniour School and finished at the opposite entrance there ends my guided tour of Jaunty Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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