Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Sharrowblade]

August 1986


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[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Kop sufferer]

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Is that the construction of the Tinsley viaduct by the Cleavland Bridge company? doesn't look to be much elf and safety on view. If so I worked for a while on that project with an old boy who had served on the Atlantic convoy's during WW2 and he reckoned it was a lot colder on that bridge than it was in the Atlantic

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Is that the construction of the Tinsley viaduct by the Cleavland Bridge company? doesn't look to be much elf and safety on view. If so I worked for a while on that project with an old boy who had served on the Atlantic convoy's during WW2 and he reckoned it was a lot colder on that bridge than it was in the Atlantic

It is indeed Tinsley Viaduct under construction.

 

[ghandi]

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Northern General ??

 

[Kop sufferer]

It is indeed Tinsley Viaduct under construction.

It must have been around 1967/68 when I was there, the main contractor had a tea masher/canteen labourer who lived in a flea pit of a caravan parked near the site entrance. One day we had to work late and got back to the canteen maybe a couple of hours after everybody had left site to find this bastard washing his socks and underwaggers in our tea boiler. To get even, the next day we waited till he went for a shit, then got the air line from the compressor pushed it up the soil pipe to the bogs and let him ave it. he had a bruise the size of a football on his buttocks and was unable to sit down for a fortnight, we realised later we could have killed him, but hey ho, dont mess with the Bladesmen's tea.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Northern General ??

Middlewood

 

[Kop sufferer]

Middlewood

Of coarse its Middlewood, worked there too in the early 70's, Friday was the day the inmates got their pocket money, they hung around the reception just before they opened at 9am, we used to encourage them to have a sing song while they waited and after a few weeks could produce a very good rendition of Onward Christian soldiers. They also had a hand car wash carried out by the inmates under supervision, I stopped going because they would insist on pouring the liquid soap all over the windscreen and many of them were too unstable to argue with.

 

[Andingmen]

View along Abbeydale Road towards town, taken from the bottom of Glen Road in December 1982
On the extreme right is Butterworth's cycle shop with the penny farthing still then in place above the shop window.


What struck me when posting this today is that that shop has existed there, in the same format and under the same name, longer than I've been around. There are very few others around still.

Second photo is of Gatefield Road off Abbeydale Road, also taken Dec 1982, on a return visit to the street I had grown up in.

 

[Deaneandagana]

View along Abbeydale Road towards town, taken from the bottom of Glen Road in December 1982
On the extreme right is Butterworth's cycle shop with the penny farthing still then in place above the shop window.

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What struck me when posting this today is that that shop has existed there, in the same format and under the same name, longer than I've been around. There are very few others around still.

Second photo is of Gatefield Road off Abbeydale Road, also taken Dec 1982, on a return visit to the street I had grown up in.

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What is noticeable is the lack of traffic on Abbeydale Rd, that is notwithstanding the fact that the photo wasn’t taken at 6am on a Sunday!

 

[tyke1889]

What is noticeable is the lack of traffic on Abbeydale Rd, that is notwithstanding the fact that the photo wasn’t taken at 6am on a Sunday!

Or two weeks ago on any day

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Of coarse its Middlewood, worked there too in the early 70's, Friday was the day the inmates got their pocket money, they hung around the reception just before they opened at 9am, we used to encourage them to have a sing song while they waited and after a few weeks could produce a very good rendition of Onward Christian soldiers. They also had a hand car wash carried out by the inmates under supervision, I stopped going because they would insist on pouring the liquid soap all over the windscreen and many of them were too unstable to argue with.

 

[Sharrowblade]

View along Abbeydale Road towards town, taken from the bottom of Glen Road in December 1982
On the extreme right is Butterworth's cycle shop with the penny farthing still then in place above the shop window.

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What struck me when posting this today is that that shop has existed there, in the same format and under the same name, longer than I've been around. There are very few others around still.

Aye, and I still take my bike there for any repairs

 

[Ivanhoe]

Of coarse its Middlewood, worked there too in the early 70's, Friday was the day the inmates got their pocket money, they hung around the reception just before they opened at 9am, we used to encourage them to have a sing song while they waited and after a few weeks could produce a very good rendition of Onward Christian soldiers. They also had a hand car wash carried out by the inmates under supervision, I stopped going because they would insist on pouring the liquid soap all over the windscreen and many of them were too unstable to argue with.

Apparently they used to clean half of the car along its length, then ask if you wanted to pay for the other half doing when you returned.

 

[Kop sufferer]

Apparently they used to clean half of the car along its length, then ask if you wanted to pay for the other half doing when you returned.

Yes, I remember there were several of them each had there own specific area of the vehicle, say bonnet and roof, left side, right side, windows and boot. Anyone who strayed onto anyone else's part and there was hell on, water, soap suds and snot everywhere. They also made concrete blocks and many a garage in the area is built with them as they charged for materials only but even that eventually descended into mayhem.

 

[Isar]

Of coarse its Middlewood, worked there too in the early 70's, Friday was the day the inmates got their pocket money, they hung around the reception just before they opened at 9am, we used to encourage them to have a sing song while they waited and after a few weeks could produce a very good rendition of Onward Christian soldiers. They also had a hand car wash carried out by the inmates under supervision, I stopped going because they would insist on pouring the liquid soap all over the windscreen and many of them were too unstable to argue with.

My mum was one of 13 children, two of which died during birth. One of the boys, my uncle spent most of his adult life in Middlewood and also Rampton. As a child I only ever met him once or twice, after hearing my aunties talk about him I kept out of his way.

 

[Darnall Siam Blade]

Strange you should bring Middlewood up now as I have just written a short story involving the hospital and the Blades. Entered it in ' Dem Blades' writing competition.

 

[Kop sufferer]

My mum was one of 13 children, two of which died during birth. One of the boys, my uncle spent most of his adult life in Middlewood and also Rampton. As a child I only ever met him once or twice, after hearing my aunties talk about him I kept out of his way.

We should all be thankful that in this day and age people's Mental Health has been recognised and the importance of appropriate treatment brought to the forefront, and the draconian days of Middlewood hospital even in the 70s ad 80s banished forever

 

[Darnall Siam Blade]

Well said Kop. My story took place in 1969 and I still feel very moved when I think of the main character.

 

[Sharrowblade]

Burnden Park, April 1977, Tony Kenworthy and Paul Garner, and for those of you watching in black and white, United are in the yellow kit



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[Bert]

Burnden Park, April 1977, Tony Kenworthy and Paul Garner, and for those of you watching in black and white, United are in the yellow kit

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Obviously that's not Francis Lee but it reminded Bert of him.....

 

[Silent Blade]

Burnden Park, April 1977, Tony Kenworthy and Paul Garner, and for those of you watching in black and white, United are in the yellow kit

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Won 2-1 which was a blow to Bolton's chances in getting promotion. Chico Hamilton (pen) and Keith Edwards scored. Saw a old man collapse with a heart attack after the match which wasnt nice to see.

 

[don240]

Just to butt in, I was Western Rd Juniors and then King Ted ( but way back)
Does anyone remember 'Bert's College of Knowledge' which was Western Rd Secondary?( or maybe even a Technical College)

I had the same education route. Although Western Road changed its name to Westways during my time there.
I don't know if you have ever seen this site, but it has a lot of interesting information on King Teds + some info on its feeder schools including Western Road/Westways.

 

[GodricBlade]

I had the same education route. Although Western Road changed its name to Westways during my time there.
I don't know if you have ever seen this site, but it has a lot of interesting information on King Teds + some info on its feeder schools including Western Road/Westways.

Thanks for that link Don.
I’m still exploring it but some famous names & faces mentioned already.....
Sharrock, Gallagher, Nick Jones, Mrs Peers, Mr Powell - all played a part in my time there between 1980 & 1986.
I went to Lydgate schools & only remember your schools as Westways.
Harrisblade - guessing you were there before me?

 

[Tony]

Burnden Park, April 1977, Tony Kenworthy and Paul Garner, and for those of you watching in black and white, United are in the yellow kit

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Loved the Blade cartoon picture as a kid and still looks good.

 

[Harrisblade]

I had the same education route. Although Western Road changed its name to Westways during my time there.
I don't know if you have ever seen this site, but it has a lot of interesting information on King Teds + some info on its feeder schools including Western Road/Westways.

Thanks for that
The King Ted's write up was fascinating.
Russell Sharrock was Head when I was there during my time the first batch of 6th form girls arrived.
I was still in 3rd/4th year then and they were out-of-reach, so we carried on playing shove-ha'penny on the window sills and football at lunch-time, but they did have the sense to move round the school as a group.

 

[Lane Ender]

Won 2-1 which was a blow to Bolton's chances in getting promotion. Chico Hamilton (pen) and Keith Edwards scored. Saw a old man collapse with a heart attack after the match which wasnt nice to see.

Some proper bollocks that game always was at the old ground

 

[Deaneandagana]

Thanks for that link Don.
I’m still exploring it but some famous names & faces mentioned already.....
Sharrock, Gallagher, Nick Jones, Mrs Peers, Mr Powell - all played a part in my time there between 1980 & 1986.
I went to Lydgate schools & only remember your schools as Westways.
Harrisblade - guessing you were there before me?

I was at KES between 74-80 & frankly it was a shocking school, I say that having used my daughters school as comparison.
The problem with KES was the teachers inability & unwillingness to adapt & embrace the comprehensive system from the good old days of grammar school elitism.

 

[Bert]

I was at KES between 74-80 & frankly it was a shocking school, I say that having used my daughters school as comparison.
The problem with KES was the teachers inability & unwillingness to adapt & embrace the comprehensive system from the good old days of grammar school elitism.

After Bert's U15 Ecclesfield School cricket team won the Stokes Shield for the 5th consecutive time they were challenged by King Teds, Teds pointing out that they hadn't entered.
A match duly took place at Ted's posh cricket ground.

Bert's lot skittled them.