Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Bert]

 

[Bert]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I'm guessing late seventies/early eighties and the kid will be around fifty now. I had a coat like that (as did loads of kids). I think they were called snorkel coats, like a nylon parka with a big hood that stuck out and if you didn't have your wits about you some kid would grab the front of the hood, screw it up so you couldn't see then give you a quick punch in the head. For a laugh, as you did in those days.

Must have been cold that day if you could play footy in a coat.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Wasn't with us too long, but I quite liked Mel.

 

[Basing Blade]

It certainly is St Mary's. Bert's old neck of the woods, known as the Minster of the Moors.

 

[Bert]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

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Very surprised Bishops House isn't on that list.

 

[ghandi]

Believed to be the oldest photo ever taken in the Sheffield area, dates from 1840.

Wouldn't that be classed as a Daguerreotype rather than a photo if it's 1840?

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Handsome man

 

[Bert]

Wouldn't that be classed as a Daguerreotype rather than a photo if it's 1840?

Probably. The date is certainly correct as there is no sign of a building near the church that was built in 1842

 

[Worksop II]

fucking 'ell, I were scrolling down using the mouse wheel, looked up at the TV, looked back, and he sneaked up on me

 

[Hamburg Blade]

 

[Basing Blade]

Very surprised Bishops House isn't on that list.

Its on the Grade 2 list.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[BushBlade]

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Vauxhall Victor?

Thinking about it, Ian Dury should have done a song called Vauxhall Victor.

 

[Sean Thornton]

fucking 'ell, I were scrolling down using the mouse wheel, looked up at the TV, looked back, and he sneaked up on me

It's like one of those daft videos you get sent showing kittens gambolling on the lawn and a screaming monster suddenly pops up. Only this is real....

 

[Sean Thornton]

Where is this?

It's Berts Wendy House.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Vauxhall Victor?

Thinking about it, Ian Dury should have done a song called Vauxhall Victor.

Being from Essex, he was a Ford man and had a love affair with Nina in the back of his Cortina ☺

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Colley WMC

*Fishing match notes from 1879

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

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Colley WMC

*Fishing match notes from 1879

I know we've had a bit of car spotting recently but the first photo shows a fine example of a Mark 1 Trolly with a two man britches arse power unit. I had several of these in my youth, most ending up as write off for insurance purposes due to excessive recklessness and poor steering.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Also noted the fine example of Dad dangling his lad over the top of a 10 foot drop while while his missus laughs alongside, blissfully unaware of the possible dangers of dropping the lad from a great height. no Elf and Safety in them days.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I know we've had a bit of car spotting recently but the first photo shows a fine example of a Mark 1 Trolly with a two man britches arse power unit. I had several of these in my youth, most ending up as write off for insurance purposes due to excessive recklessness and poor steering.

Mine was two Triang scooters butchered together with a chest of drawers

Eat your fucking heart out Bernie Ecclestone.....

 

[Sean Thornton]

Mine was two Triang scooters butchered together with a chest of drawers

Eat your fucking heart out Bernie Ecclestone.....

String steering ?

 

[georgebernardshaw]

String steering ?

Correctimundo

 

[sitwell]

Looks older than Bishops house.

 

[vorpal blade]

sounds like the sort of club nobody would want to be a member of.

 

[spongebobblade]

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South Road, Walkley?

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[DifferentClass]

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Ah yes, good old Frecheville Pond. Spent many a sunny day feeding swans there. When I was a kid, I was swinging round on swings on the adjoining playground and cracked me head on concrete! None of that posh rubber stuff then!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

South Road, Walkley?

Aye, I reckon to the left of the vauxhall would be now Beeches.