Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[I should coco]

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I give up.

I can't picture where either of these are.

Anybody want to help a sad old fart?

 

[Kop sufferer]

Remember a really strange barmaid working here.

And equally strange customer's

 

[XM657]

I give up.

I can't picture where either of these are.

Anybody want to help a sad old fart?

I believe the one with the constructing building is Pond St and the other is what is now Tudor Sq.

 

[Kop sufferer]

You wouldn't get much sun on the north side of that in the winter.

Anybody know what the local relevance of the name Kelvin was?

In the 80s, the drummer with local group Don Valley and the Rotherides was called Kelvin Flats.

 

[Andingmen]

I believe the one with the constructing building is Pond St and the other is what is now Tudor Sq.

A bit of a coincidence this....I was just about to post this pic. Taken from Shrewsbury Road area in Feb 1989.
Anongst other things, on the far right, it shows the building that XM657 refers to in answer to Ishouldcoco's query about SEB's post. You can see the curvy thingies on the roof in both shots.

 

[XM657]

A bit of a coincidence this....I was just about to post this pic. Taken from Shrewsbury Road area in Feb 1989.
Anongst other things, on the far right, it shows the building that XM657 refers to in answer to Ishouldcoco's query about SEB's post. You can see the curvy thingies on the roof in both shots.

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Real puzzler the Pond St one. It's taken me since yesterday until this morning for the penny to drop. First thoughts were Tippet Lane, with West St and Labour Exchange at top of photo but the b/w with bulls eye windows made me re think. For the life of me, despite recognising the b/w, I couldn't locate it in my brain. What was that building used for? Presumably it was part of an emerging Technical College.
Top marks for the technical jargon.

 

[Andingmen]

Real puzzler the Pond St one. It's taken me since yesterday until this morning for the penny to drop. First thoughts were Tippet Lane, with West St and Labour Exchange at top of photo but the b/w with bulls eye windows made me re think. For the life of me, despite recognising the b/w, I couldn't locate it in my brain. What was that building used for? Presumably it was part of an emerging Technical College.
Top marks for the technical jargon.

Yes, I believe that site started out as the College of Technology, but became the "Poly" pretty soon after , when it merged with the Design College.
In that actual building, I spent a year of my life studying HND electrical engineering at night school in the early 70''s.
To complete the set, as it were, here are 3 more shots, taken from the same spot - Feb 1989

 

[BushBlade]

You wouldn't get much sun on the north side of that in the winter.

Anybody know what the local relevance of the name Kelvin was?

No. Not originally. All I can find is that there was a Kelvin Street and the Kelvin Grove pub in the immediate area. So I’m guessing the flats were named because of those but I don’t know why the street was called Kelvin.

 

[Mad Mick]

I took this in late 1969,

 

[I should coco]

In the 80s, the drummer with local group Don Valley and the Rotherides was called Kelvin Flats.

Don't need much of an excuse to post this hit parade topping smasher:

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I give up.

I can't picture where either of these are.

Anybody want to help a sad old fart?

As said by others the first is Pond St and the building of the Technical College which became the Polytechnic.

The 2nd pic was taken from Tudor Street looking out onto what is now Tudor Square, to the right would now be The Crucible.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Another that might test your identification powers

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

This one puzzles me a bit. All the information with it is 'Wybourn' but I can't place the road.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Another that might test your identification powers

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Pinstone Street running right to left. Goodwin Fountains top left and Town Hall top right.

 

[Kop sufferer]

This one puzzles me a bit. All the information with it is 'Wybourn' but I can't place the road.

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Someone's nicked a headlamp off the lorry, and there's a bloke having a piss in the hedge to the right if that helps

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Someone's nicked a headlamp off the lorry, and there's a bloke having a piss in the hedge to the right if that helps

More than enough info to pinpoint it

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Kop sufferer]

More than enough info to pinpoint it

Looks a grim place wherever it is, looks like the bloke having a piss is left handed.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Looks a grim place wherever it is, looks like the bloke having a piss is left handed.

It's a piss, but the wrong pisser. I reckon he's holding a dog lead.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

This one puzzles me a bit. All the information with it is 'Wybourn' but I can't place the road.

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It's Maltravers Road. Unbelievably, those houses are still there, as is the church hall. It's behind the trees in this shot

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

From whence SouthEssexBlade came.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

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No Right Turn? What's that lorry doing?

 

[Tony]

From whence SouthEssexBlade came.

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Which one are you? Don Valley or J S Smith. At least you were in the vicinity of " a packet of Woodbines"

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Which one are you? Don Valley or J S Smith. At least you were in the vicinity of " a packet of Woodbines"

Another view that gives a better idea of where the Palace cinema was

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Gossip Road

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[I should coco]

Do you mean the Ford Pop?
Its quite unusual to know exactly where you were conceived, so well done you!

 

[I should coco]

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Just off Spital Hill.
Bit of a shitstorm locally as he stayed open after the lockdown.
Apparently it's the same ownership of the Pitsmoor Hotel, which was also caught open.

God knows what you have to do to lose a licence these days.