Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[SouthEssexBlade]

Only ever one Redgates as far as I remember but wasn't it on the Moor before it moved to Furnival Gate?

On The Moor

 

[bornablade]

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Orchard Street with the Museum Hotel, Whitbread house.

There was a Berni Inn down there. Forgotten its name. One of three (I think) in Sheffield. One at the Castle Market and one at Norton.

 

[bornablade]

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Woodseats Road. Many a time I've walked up there after missing the 1.30am bus on Flat Street and then seeing huge taxi queues in Fitzalan Square.

 

[The Crab]

Some cracking old pics SEB brings back a lot of memories as a kid Jesus how bloody old do I sound ?? I can even show Mrs JSTW these and have a laugh & reminisce .. keep up the good work

Brilliant aren't they?

*sighs*

 

[The Crab]

Was there more than one Redgates in town? I only remember the big one that was on Furnival Gate, off The Moor.

The only one I remember was the one you mention, near The Moor.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Orchard Street with the Museum Hotel, Whitbread house.

There was a Berni Inn down there. Forgotten its name. One of three (I think) in Sheffield. One at the Castle Market and one at Norton.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Orchard Street with the Museum Hotel, Whitbread house.

There was a Berni Inn down there. Forgotten its name. One of three (I think) in Sheffield. One at the Castle Market and one at Norton.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

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I still go for a jar in there

 

[torridon]

Directors inspecting the line, Totley Tunnel, August1893.

 

[Superblades]

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Directors inspecting the line, Totley Tunnel, August1893.

Open carriage going through that tunnel must have been horrible, that tunnel seems to take forever to get through.

 

[1066blade]

Wales Road

I don't think it's Kelvin, I think it might be the maisonettes near the top of Oxford St (upper Upperthorpe).

 

[ghandi]

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Orgreave Pit on the left of the now infamous coking plant??

 

[vorpal blade]

Now that's interesting G. - we were debating on 'Pits and Power Stations of Great Britain' whether this was really a picture of Orgreave Pit...?
The only things in common with the newer headgear being the general geometry of the meccano, the winding house and the apparent level change.



This newer version has the same sort of headgear as SouthEssex's photo with a 'roof' over the wheels...



btw most recent stuff at Hatfield ( meeting DMBC on Thursday see if they still want scorched earth)

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Orgreave Pit on the left of the now infamous coking plant??

Indeed

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[madeinsheffield]

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Why fill this in, traffic flowed better

 

[vorpal blade]

Local councils get given money to spend on say 'capital road schemes' by either central government or some body like Sheffield City region from time to time and they wonder what the heck to spend it on ..... that might have happened with the Little Hole in the Road. Its about to happen in Doncaster .... they are going to pedestrianise Silver Street and put some fancy lighting up there .... the only purpose of which is to spend some money that they have been given by Sheffield City Region and they couldn't think of anything better.

Who said local government is pathetic?

 

[vorpal blade]

.........(it was me)

Oh and Doncaster is going to build a new museum all of 50 yards from the current one which is in a splendid 1960s building.... the reason? yes, you've guessed it, Doncaster was given £6M by Sheffield City Region (which btw they don't want to be part of) to spend on culture or they'd lose it ... so they had to come up with a scheme to spend it on.

It makes THAT much sense.....

 

[ghandi]

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I think the far right edge on the photo is probably Rotherwood House (now demolished) which was used for offices for the coking plant,

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I think the far right edge on the photo is probably Rotherwood House (now demolished) which was used for offices for the coking plant,

There were definitely offices in a block there. Couldn't tell you what it was called. I think this is the building in the background, upper left

 

[Harrisblade]

The only one I remember was the one you mention, near The Moor.

Bloody kids.
I didn't think I was THAT old!

 

[Silent Blade]

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[Sean Thornton]

The only one I remember was the one you mention, near The Moor.

Fitzalan Square, at Wilson Gumperts shop near the White Buildings.

 

[The Crab]

Fitzalan Square, at Wilson Gumperts shop near the White Buildings.

The older I get, the more I miss places like that.

My Grandparents once bought me a Kojak Car from Redgates, with the Kojak figure. Anyway, a couple of Christmases ago, Ms Crab found and bought a boxed one for me at a Toy Fair. Must have been summat in my eye when I opened it.......................

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

The older I get, the more I miss places like that.

My Grandparents once bought me a Kojak Car from Redgates, with the Kojak figure. Anyway, a couple of Christmases ago, Ms Crab found and bought a boxed one for me at a Toy Fair. Must have been summat in my eye when I opened it.......................

If she didn't say 'who loves ya baby' whilst handing it over she deserves a week on the naughty step!

 

[Sean Thornton]

The older I get, the more I miss places like that.

My Grandparents once bought me a Kojak Car from Redgates, with the Kojak figure. Anyway, a couple of Christmases ago, Ms Crab found and bought a boxed one for me at a Toy Fair. Must have been summat in my eye when I opened it.......................

With me it was a Buffalo Bill annual with glossy colour plates and a James Bond gold AstonMartin DB7 with ejector seat and machine guns. The batmobile still eludes me.....

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Fitzalan Square, at Wilson Gumperts shop near the White Buildings.

The older I get, the more I miss places like that.

My Grandparents once bought me a Kojak Car from Redgates, with the Kojak figure. Anyway, a couple of Christmases ago, Ms Crab found and bought a boxed one for me at a Toy Fair. Must have been summat in my eye when I opened it.......................

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Sean Thornton]

Downstairs at Gumperts became Redgates.

 

[Harrisblade]

The older I get, the more I miss places like that.

My Grandparents once bought me a Kojak Car from Redgates, with the Kojak figure. Anyway, a couple of Christmases ago, Ms Crab found and bought a boxed one for me at a Toy Fair. Must have been summat in my eye when I opened it.......................

Those damned lollipops are a real H&S nightmare.