Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[vorpal blade]

Blimey I used to have a toy version of one of those and it was called Sketch-a-graph. Only problem was that the rubber grommets on the elbows made any movement jerky instead of smooth.

True dat, I think I got one for Xmas one year and it was a terrible disappointment compared to the Leonardo da Vinci drafting perfection of the one on the advert on TV!

But Spirograph Harris, on the other hand worked a treat, not when I was 10 and pinched my Dad's but by the time I was about 36 I could manage it, still the complicated outside of the pinned down cog discs were tricky as hell and you'd always swerve off target with your biro. Its related to how they drew the patterns on pound notes isn't it?

Does anyone remember Paint-Wheel? a spinning disc of paper that you squirted paint at and ended up with a painting like Gerhard Richter (I think used to do) and then Damien Hirst remembered it (again, he was about 36) and sold them for about £500K a shot. The barstard.

 

[vorpal blade]

Damien Hirst Version

9 year old with old record player Version (spot the difference)

No , I'm fairly sure the dents on your Cortina were "after market" additions Grumpy.

 

[leichhardtblade]

Does anyone remember Paint-Wheel? a spinning disc of paper that you squirted paint at and ended up with a painting like Gerhard Richter (I think used to do) and then Damien Hirst remembered it (again, he was about 36) and sold them for about £500K a shot. The barstard.

Yes, my sister had one of those!

 

[Canterbury Blade]

New York new York ,Frank Sinatra ,after the obligatory bum squeezer to The Power of Love

Seem to remember some classless fumbled moves of my own to ‘Move closer’ by Phyllis Nelson, though not at The Limit..

Trying to remember the Limit nights in the mid 80’s
Tues Student
Wed nurses
Thurs 50p drinks
Fri but trendy
Sat pig hooligans
Sun band nights

Won’t swear by that as the 50p drinks are affecting my memory!

 

[Sabella's Socks]

The Cathedral Church of St. Peter & St. Paul.

I think these are St Paul's Church, in what is now the Peace Gardens, a different building from the Cathedral. It was demolished in the late 30s.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

I think these are St Paul's Church, in what is now the Peace Gardens, a different building from the Cathedral. It was demolished in the late 30s.

Definately isn't. If you go back a few pages you'll see pictures of the old St. Paul's. It looks very different. These pictures are of the cathedral.

 

[vorpal blade]

Nah, nought like it, that's the cathedral good and Gothic, St.Pauls was a classical building.

It looked a bit like this one I think .......

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

I think these are St Paul's Church, in what is now the Peace Gardens, a different building from the Cathedral. It was demolished in the late 30s.

Sorry Sabella, this is definitely the cathedral, you can check it out by comparing the pic with the aerial view in Lydon's post. St Paul's had very different architecture, and a dome. I love the Peace Gardens, but pics of St Paul's make me wonder what it would have been like if they hadn't demolished it. Would have made a great Wetherspoons!!!!

 

[vorpal blade]

You want to see the cyclists commuting in, out of, and around London, they must be very brave.

I did it for years mate ..... for me, it was less scary in London than it is up here, the traffic was that slow. I used to have problems on a regular route through Brixton, there was a craze for spinners on the hub caps which kept going while the car was standing at the junctions, made me a bit nervous,

But down in London I think the car drivers were generally more used to and accepting of cyclists than up here.

TTYTT, I can get a bit aggressive on a bike though and I frequently had slanging matches with 'em all. One thing I've had up North but never in London was complete fuckwits spraying you with water-pistols or braying at you as they pass. Still, Doncaster hasn't exactly got Cambridge levels of educational attainment has it? You know how some people can't read without mouthing the words .....

 

[Porirua-Blade]

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Me at the pinnacle of my footballing career, front row second from left.
St. Patrick's R.C. junior school, Lane Top.

Was looking through these pictures with my dad, and he says he remembers playing against your team GG!! He pointed out who were the good players in the team (but did mention that he thinks his team won! haha)

 

[The Crab]

I remember when I stayed in Baltimore in the 80s ,we used to go to a club called Hammerjacks and the last song of the night was always George Thorogoods brilliant 'One bourbon ,one scotch ,one beer' Its about 8 miutes long which gave you enough time to either chat up a decent lass ,go for growler or get a couple more bevvies. great times.

That song is a regular on Planet Rock.

 

[Sabella's Socks]

Nah, nought like it, that's the cathedral good and Gothic, St.Pauls was a classical building.

It looked a bit like this one I think .......

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You're right. Looks to me a lot like the road going up the LHS of the aerial view is now Fargate, and then everything else makes sense. Thanks.

 

[grafikhaus]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

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Is that the building that was next to the old Royal Hospital? Nowt left but the frontage now

 

[super_pig]

It was the last song of the night every night as I remember ,what was Josephines for a bonus prize ?

can proudly state i have no idea i've never been

 

[super_pig]

I'm going to be a bit pedantic Kentblade .... but doesn't that photograph actually show the congestion caused by double-decker buses, not trams?

I formed the opinion that its buses that really clogged up the traffic in London (and less so elsewhere), they are just too big to get round corners quickly enough in the correct lanes as they swing out and round they block traffic both ways. It is fashionable to blame cars but being a cyclist, I know first hand the filth these things emit and I also note that on many routes up here, they are run virtually empty throughout the day and could be replaced by big cars.


But no one is prepared to call a spade a spade.

that's 'cos it's a shovel

 

[super_pig]

Yes

Struggling with that one Sitters
Last record time I was either ;
1.Pissed
2.Pulled a bird
3.Still trying to pull (owt would do at that time)
4.Gone for a kebab,indian or chinese

5. gone home already (half one bus)

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Is it the old spillway at the back of the Hillsborough Kop with a massive crowd leaving?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Is it the old spillway at the back of the Hillsborough Kop with a massive crowd leaving?

It's actually a still from a film by Ken Loach called Looks and Smiles. Like Kes Another Barry Hines opus, filmed entirely in Sheffield. The main character was a Blade and some scenes were filmed at BDTBL, as this pic shows.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

It's actually a still from a film by Ken Loach called Looks and Smiles. Like Kes Another Barry Hines opus, filmed entirely in Sheffield. The main character was a Blade and some scenes were filmed at BDTBL, as this pic shows.

Got it now. I thought the structure at the bottom of the stairs were tall glass windows so I was struggling with exactly where this was, but I can see now it is the old folding gate at the shoreham street end of John Street.

 

[ghandi]

Is that the building that was next to the old Royal Hospital? Nowt left but the frontage now

Yes it is that building but it remains fully intact and is the Walkabout pub.

 

[Stretch]

Yes it is that building but it remains fully intact and is the Walkabout pub.

The Walkabout is a different building mate, on a different road. As SouthEssexBlade rightly says, this building was demolished apart from the front part.

 

[ghandi]

The Walkabout is a different building mate, on a different road. As SouthEssexBlade rightly says, this building was demolished apart from the front part.

Apologies you are right it's the frontage on the street where the Frog and Parrot is on the corner.

 

[bromtom]

The Walkabout is a different building mate, on a different road. As SouthEssexBlade rightly says, this building was demolished apart from the front part.

Is this it? If so that's sacrilege. So many great old buildings pulled down in Sheffield.

Also think the Cathedral looks miles better as it was.

 

[Stretch]

Apologies you are right it's the frontage on the street where the Frog and Parrot is on the corner.

I always have a little chuckle to myself when I walk past the Walkabout and see the words 'Methodist Chapel' still etched into the rock. A place once devoted to temperance and abstinence now devoted to the most obscene binge drinking and loutishness. The poor fuckers who once used it must be turning in their graves.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Is this it? If so that's sacrilege. So many great old buildings pulled down in Sheffield.



Also think the Cathedral looks miles better as it was.

No. The Walkabout is at the West street end of Carver Street. The building in your picture is at the top end of Glossop Road near Westbourne Road

 

[DaveBassettsgoneonholiday]

Do you know what I've just realised ?
Although not an "old photo" I've not seen a first team pre (this) season squad picture.... you know, one where you'd expect us to be showing off the trophy at the front.
Has this been done & just completely passed me by ?

 

[bromtom]

No. The Walkabout is at the West street end of Carver Street. The building in your picture is at the top end of Glossop Road near Westbourne Road

Yeah I know it's not walkabout, I meant is that the building near the Hallamshire that's just the frontage.