Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[vorpal blade]

it's halfway through the repair work after the Luftwaffe tried to destroy us.

Don't you remember that white wall at the John Street end of the Kop, it used to have three black advert boards on it in the end and reminded me of a church hall.

 

[Silent Blade]

I don't remember John St looking like that, I assumed Bert was correct with his 1952 which was away from home. Amazingly, we played them the following season in the FA Cup at home, the only two FA Cup games between us. It does explain the big ground though

That part was bombed in December 1940 and it took many years before they got the corner sorted

 

[Bert]

I don't remember John St looking like that, I assumed Bert was correct with his 1952 which was away from home. Amazingly, we played them the following season in the FA Cup at home, the only two FA Cup games between us. It does explain the big ground though

Bert has checked the dates.

12th January 1952 Home win 2-0 34,468 attendance

10th January 1953 Away win 1-4, 23,000

 

[Bert]

 

[Bert]

 

[The Boy Wonder]

Great Kit that!

 

[Bert]

Great Kit that!

They should revive it. It would sell by the lorry load.

 

[Silent Blade]

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The top photo isnt at Bramall Lane. The author made a mistake. Both photos are Hillsborough

 

[I should coco]

you could HAVE miissed out.....just saying like

Whoosh.....

 

[I should coco]

Don't you remember that white wall at the John Street end of the Kop, it used to have three black advert boards on it in the end and reminded me of a church hall.

Usually containing armed forces recruiting posters.

 

[oaklandrdblade]

From the Imperial War Museum showing the morning after bombing on 12th Dec 1940

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Spent ages looking at this one before figuring it out, too young to remember Change Alley but eventually recognised show of the buildings

 

[oaklandrdblade]

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Before becoming a pub

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Austin A40 in the foreground - my first car

 

[oaklandrdblade]

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

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So that's where 'massive' comes from?

It's the massive gaps on the kop that gave them the name.

 

[bornablade]

Spent ages looking at this one before figuring it out, too young to remember Change Alley but eventually recognised show of the buildings

Building in the background is Midland Bank, now the Bankers Draft. Building on the right is Walsh's that became Rackhams. Is it Sports Direct now. The sweet shop in the foreground is Thornton's and may well have been their very first shop.

 

[bornablade]

Before becoming a pub

There's something fundamentally wrong when a person remembers a building being constructed and then is still alive when its pulled down.
Fire station here on Division Street was replaced by a brand new build on Wellington Street. In next to no time that fire station was reduced to rubble and a new one built on the other side of the Moor.
Similarly, as much as we all hated the 'egg box' Town Hall it's criminal that a building is built and then pulled down in such a short space of time.
If it's a private developer wanting to do this then fine. Their money they can do as they wish. But when it's public money then it's treating all of us who put a shift in to pay our taxes with so little respect. Decisions being made by those who have no real understanding of the value of money.

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Building in the background is Midland Bank, now the Bankers Draft. Building on the right is Walsh's that became Rackhams. Is it Sports Direct now. The sweet shop in the foreground is Thornton's and may well have been their very first shop.

It was the Bank and Rackhams that gave it away in the end

 

[snootyfenooty]

There's something fundamentally wrong when a person remembers a building being constructed and then is still alive when its pulled down.
Fire station here on Division Street was replaced by a brand new build on Wellington Street. In next to no time that fire station was reduced to rubble and a new one built on the other side of the Moor.
Similarly, as much as we all hated the 'egg box' Town Hall it's criminal that a building is built and then pulled down in such a short space of time.
If it's a private developer wanting to do this then fine. Their money they can do as they wish. But when it's public money then it's treating all of us who put a shift in to pay our taxes with so little respect. Decisions being made by those who have no real understanding of the value of money.

Add to that Norfolk Park flats, Kelvin, Hyde Park, Claywood, Park Hill, Don Valley, Sheaf Valley baths plus umpteen schools. And you don't have to be really that old to remember some of them. The waste of money is staggering.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Add to that Norfolk Park flats, Kelvin, Hyde Park, Claywood, Park Hill, Don Valley, Sheaf Valley baths plus umpteen schools. And you don't have to be really that old to remember some of them. The waste of money is staggering.

Park Hill and Hyde Park are still standing aren't they?

 

[Part timer]

Add to that Norfolk Park flats, Kelvin, Hyde Park, Claywood, Park Hill, Don Valley, Sheaf Valley baths plus umpteen schools. And you don't have to be really that old to remember some of them. The waste of money is staggering.

Money well spent in my opinion, I would have been brought up in a two-up two-down slum with an outside shithouse or died young of TB or another ailment otherwise.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Park Hill and Hyde Park are still standing aren't they?

90% of Hyde Park was demolished, the two wings standing now were reserved for the student games. Park Hill may as well be as the bulk of it is serving no useful purpose and won't be for the foreseeable future.

 

[DifferentClass]

Great Kit that!

We remember the Admiral kits fondly- but we were shit on the pitch wearing them!

Odd lot us.

 

[Sean Thornton]

90% of Hyde Park was demolished, the two wings standing now were reserved for the student games. Park Hill may as well be as the bulk of it is serving no useful purpose and won't be for the foreseeable future.

I know the Earl Francis side and the centre of HP went for housing but thought the Maltravers Road end was in use. Thought plans were in place for further redevelopment of Park Hill?

 

[I should coco]

I know the Earl Francis side and the centre of HP went for housing but thought the Maltravers Road end was in use. Thought plans were in place for further redevelopment of Park Hill?

The developers, Urban Splash aren't that flush. I think they may need to shift a few dozen units to generate the readies to do up a few more.

A mate's daughter has bought one and is reasonably happy so far although I think some of the services leave a bit to be desired.

Strangely fond memories of the place. As a teenager, I did holiday cover the S&E Co-op and spent a summer on Park Hill in the early 80s. The clientele were rough and ready but mainly decent folk. More frozen food sold there than any other S&E including much bigger shops. Useless fact and unlikely to be that helpful in all but the most obscure pub quizzes.

 

[Sean Thornton]

The developers, Urban Splash aren't that flush. I think they may need to shift a few dozen units to generate the readies to do up a few more.

A mate's daughter has bought one and is reasonably happy so far although I think some of the services leave a bit to be desired.

Strangely fond memories of the place. As a teenager, I did holiday cover the S&E Co-op and spent a summer on Park Hill in the early 80s. The clientele were rough and ready but mainly decent folk. More frozen food sold there than any other S&E including much bigger shops. Useless fact and unlikely to be that helpful in all but the most obscure pub quizzes.

Pub Quiz in the Parkway, first question, "who are you fucking looking at?"

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Money well spent in my opinion, I would have been brought up in a two-up two-down slum with an outside shithouse or died young of TB or another ailment otherwise.

Two up two down? Posh bugger.I was born in a one up one down back to back slum, we shared the outside bog with the house we were back to back with. The houses were not fit for human habitation and it was a great day when we moved