Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[HighfieldBlade]

Who are we playing here? Forest?

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[Silent Blade]

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Who are we playing here? Forest?

Blades 3 Bristol City 3. We were 3 down with 25mins left! Sept 1970

 

[BushBlade]

I get so mad when I think about the buildings that were taken from us in Sheffield! Some for legitimate reasons of course, or during the war, but others because it was deemed cheaper to demolish and replace with modernist shit!

The Grand Hotel too, whilst I don't actually mind the Fountain Precinct, why on Earth couldn't they keep the front section and build around it?

Don't even get me started on the vast swathes of stuff that went behind the Town Hall and around where the Crucible is now.

I’d guess cost. I don’t think there were many facade retention schemes in those days (apart from in London possibly) and it would have taken some serious engineering. It’s very commonplace down here now and I suspect that as the designs have become more standardised and more contractors have the experience of doing it, it’s a lot cheaper.

 

[BushBlade]

On the theme of old buildings being demolished:
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to be replaced with:

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That’s criminal. Look at the height of the windows. You could refurb a building like that to modern standards with big floor and ceiling voids for services.

 

[I should coco]

It’s very commonplace down here now

"Sheffield lad lives too long darn sarf"

Today's top hard hitting Stir story........


BTW, we will be getting inside bogs and electric soon, so ner ner ner ner.

 

[Dkc]

Problem is, some of these old churches were allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair that demolition was the only option. The methodist chapel on Sharrow Lane is another example (now a Tesco Express).

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I get so mad when I think about the buildings that were taken from us in Sheffield! Some for legitimate reasons of course, or during the war, but others because it was deemed cheaper to demolish and replace with modernist shit!

The Grand Hotel too, whilst I don't actually mind the Fountain Precinct, why on Earth couldn't they keep the front section and build around it?

Don't even get me started on the vast swathes of stuff that went behind the Town Hall and around where the Crucible is now.

Here's the one that is the most criminal demolition IMO. What was Barclays Bank on the corner of Fitzalan Square. A road widening scheme was the reason, which has now been done away with.

 

[bromtom]

Here's the one that is the most criminal demolition IMO. What was Barclays Bank on the corner of Fitzalan Square. A road widening scheme was the reason, which has now been done away with.

When I invent time travel I'm going to go back and widen some city planner arseholes with my boot.

Absolutely criminal.

They just replace anything remotely interesting with beige cubes.

Even recent stuff that was a bit interesting and had some character goes. Eggbox, hole in the road etc.

 

[Stretch]

Looks like they were building the City Hall when this was taken. Just look at how it once was, and this doesn't even show the Moor end. There's virtually nothing left.

I don't think half of that was down to the Luftwaffe either

 

[benn5712]

You can see from the goals in the below video (starting from 56 seconds). Before the match, my dad and I met John, his wife and his mother in law to have a chat. It was agreed that we would meet again after the match. I was shocked and upset at Tudor's winning goal (I was sat in BLUT). After the game, my dad said "come on, we are going to see John". I said "No!" . My dad told me to calm down explaining to me that he is paid by his club to score goals etc. I then calmed down and still had a face on when we met John again. My dad told him what had happened, John laughed and said "sorry about that!"

No TC that day. Geoff Salmons was brilliant all match up and down the pitch, played like three men.
Bumped into a Geordie schoolmate outside after and he gave me some reyt stick.

Probably wrong as usual.

 

[benn5712]

I remember walking round the corner from Leopold Street to find them demolishing it, in the dark, as if it was being done on the sly. I stopped with a small group of people, stayed until the Gaumont wreath came crashing down. Very sad. Saw Star Wars there, first film without my parents.
I don't remember the inside being as grand as that, but I bet most of it was still there behind some cladding. So good they replaced it with a glass box - to match the glass box they built across the road to replace another beautiful piece of architecture.

My mate (now no longer with us, and a Blade) was gaffering on the new Gaumont.
He consulted drawings, put a x on the floor, told digger driver, "Righto driver!"
Went through electric and water mains, cutting West st off on satdeh afternoon.

Can't help but miss 'im.

 

[benn5712]

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Would that be Bill Jennings? Blades apparently wanted to sign him but he went to the shammers.

 

[Silent Blade]

No TC that day. Geoff Salmons was brilliant all match up and down the pitch, played like three men.
Bumped into a Geordie schoolmate outside after and he gave me some reyt stick.

Probably wrong as usual.

Yes, TC was serving his 3 match ban for being sent off in the Watney Cup semi final match at Peterborough. I remember a seasonticket holder next to me standing up from his seat to make way for the exit near full time and shouting "We are missing Currie"

 

[bornablade]

Here's the one that is the most criminal demolition IMO. What was Barclays Bank on the corner of Fitzalan Square. A road widening scheme was the reason, which has now been done away with.

What a great Wetherspoons that would make.

 

[BushBlade]

Looks like they were building the City Hall when this was taken. Just look at how it once was, and this doesn't even show the Moor end. There's virtually nothing left.

I don't think half of that was down to the Luftwaffe either

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I think it’s the extension to the Town Hall which was built in 1923 according to wiki.

 

[Stretch]

I think it’s the extension to the Town Hall which was built in 1923 according to wiki.

Yes the Town Hall was extended then, but I meant the build in the bottom right which looks like the City Hall going up.

Didn't they also move [and eventually demolish] the old Church next to the Town Hall to build another extension, that was cancelled due to the war starting? Something like that anyway. So typical for Sheffield.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I think it’s the extension to the Town Hall which was built in 1923 according to wiki.

Pretty sure its the City Hall being built, which was started 1929 and finished 1932, so the photo must be 1930ish.

 

[BushBlade]

Yes the Town Hall was extended then, but I meant the build in the bottom right which looks like the City Hall going up.

Didn't they also move [and eventually demolish] the old Church next to the Town Hall to build another extension, that was cancelled due to the war starting? Something like that anyway. So typical for Sheffield.

Fuck knows. I thought the curved building just top left of the site was Yorkshire House on the corner of Leopold Street and Barkers Pool but it’s changed so much I can’t really work it out.

Yes, St Paul’s Church was demolished. It became the Peace Gardens.

 

[BushBlade]

Pretty sure its the City Hall being built, which was started 1929 and finished 1932, so the photo must be 1930ish.

Yes the Town Hall was extended then, but I meant the build in the bottom right which looks like the City Hall going up.

Didn't they also move [and eventually demolish] the old Church next to the Town Hall to build another extension, that was cancelled due to the war starting? Something like that anyway. So typical for Sheffield.

Yes, you’re right. As soon as I looked again I realised the ‘church’ I couldn’t identify was the fucking town hall.

 

[bromtom]

What a great Wetherspoons that would make.

True haha, wonder what the Banker's Draft and this would have been called if this still stood as a fellow cheap pub in an old bank.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I think it’s the extension to the Town Hall which was built in 1923 according to wiki.

Yes the Town Hall was extended then, but I meant the build in the bottom right which looks like the City Hall going up.

Didn't they also move [and eventually demolish] the old Church next to the Town Hall to build another extension, that was cancelled due to the war starting? Something like that anyway. So typical for Sheffield.

Pretty sure its the City Hall being built, which was started 1929 and finished 1932, so the photo must be 1930ish.

Fuck knows. I thought the curved building just top left of the site was Yorkshire House on the corner of Leopold Street and Barkers Pool but it’s changed so much I can’t really work it out.

Yes, St Paul’s Church was demolished. It became the Peace Gardens.

The oval shaped building site is definitely the City Hall. Further down and opposite on Barkers Pool is the Gaumont Building. Bottom of Barkers pool to the right is the Town Hall and St Paul's is to it's right.

 

[BushBlade]

The oval shaped building site is definitely the City Hall. Further down and opposite on Barkers Pool is the Gaumont Building. Bottom of Barkers pool to the right is the Town Hall and St Paul's is to it's right.

Cheers, yeah, I’d just worked it out.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Fuck knows. I thought the curved building just top left of the site was Yorkshire House on the corner of Leopold Street and Barkers Pool but it’s changed so much I can’t really work it out.

Yes, St Paul’s Church was demolished. It became the Peace Gardens.

The Wilson Peck Building? That was Beethoven House.,Yorkshire Bank Chambers is the last building on Fargate, across the road from the Town Hall.

 

[sitwell]

What a great Wetherspoons that would make.

Only because you could put the bogs at the top of the tower

 

[sitwell]

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The 2 extras from A clockwork Orange masquerading as ball boys .

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Silent Blade]

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Arsenal 1 (Graham) Blades 1 (Addison) in January 1968, In the photo is Graham's equaliser

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

This apparently is Balm Green from 1900, which was on the site of where the City Hall was built