Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[SouthEssexBlade]

If Bert ever visits Oranjestad, capital of Aruba I'm sure he would appreciate this

 

[Kop sufferer]

If Bert ever visits Oranjestad, capital of Aruba I'm sure he would appreciate this

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Is the Abbeydale picture house Arty Deco along with the Lacarno? My fave is the Chrysler building at Parsons Cross

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Enjoy Bert

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Cow included.

 

[Bert]

If Bert ever visits Oranjestad, capital of Aruba I'm sure he would appreciate this

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Very South Beach, Miami like.
Bert went there also just to see the architecture.

 

[BadgersBigToe]

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Is that Bert’s ear trumpet on the sideboard

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

The old Hydra tools building on Penistone Road...demolished

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Would have made a great art gallery or craft workshops or dare I say it student flats. What a shame it was allowed to be bulldozed.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

So does Bert. He ought to start a thread.

The georgebernardshaw house is an Art Nouveau stronghold, William Moorcroft, Martin Brothers and George Tinworth - an arty thread would be welcomed as it would raise the forum ambiance.

 

[Bert]

Is that Bert’s ear trumpet on the sideboard

His coaching horn.
Previously used to get Bert Jnr up.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

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These flats in my old stomping ground of SW12 are quite a local landmark and sell for a pretty penny.View attachment 81093

We've got our own version right here in Sheffield, although not quite as salubrious as yours

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Very South Beach, Miami like.
Bert went there also just to see the architecture.

Aruba is the most American influenced Caribbean Island I've visited.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

We've got our own version right here in Sheffield, although not quite as salubrious as yours
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That’s right, although I had forgotten about them mainly because they’re in the dark part of the city where I rarely venture.

 

[Bert]

Aruba is the most American influenced Caribbean Island I've visited.

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Fine buildings, but American influence is not usually a good thing as Bert is sure you know.

 

[davey1889]

Railway Clearing House map from 1928....

 

[Andingmen]

We've got our own version right here in Sheffield, although not quite as salubrious as yours
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I actually really enjoyed living there for about 4 years just after I got married. The pics below were taken in Oct 1983, a fair few years after I'd left when I was passing. Taken from outside my old front door....

 

[sitwell]

Would have made a great art gallery or craft workshops or dare I say it student flats. What a shame it was allowed to be bulldozed.

Great building but the grounds were deep in oil ,I used to do deliveries for them ,the place was a mess ,I bet they put more shit in the river Don than anyone else.

 

[XM657]

It is a pictures thread, so plenty on here:

kennings paternoster row sheffield - Recherche Google

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Excellent large photo, Sheaf St.-Paternoster Row. Extremely nostalgic for me as where the lorry is, was the stop where I alighted to first walk to Leopold St then when the route was extended to under the clock at the rail station to catch the no. 60 to school, five years of my life, then 3 to Charles St then up town for work
The lady on the left I like to think as just left home for a better life.
The lorry, Ford Thames, can't read the name, or remember the company but they were maroon and had a large fleet. Afterthought Hodges Transport/Haulage, help me with this please
Could date the photo by either the Lyceum and Empires posters or Blades one showing Rotherham United at the Lane. With my limited equipment I believe it could be 1958-59 season September 27th. so photo approx. week before that.

 

[bornablade]

Excellent large photo, Sheaf St.-Paternoster Row. Extremely nostalgic for me as where the lorry is, was the stop where I alighted to first walk to Leopold St then when the route was extended to under the clock at the rail station to catch the no. 60 to school, five years of my life, then 3 to Charles St then up town for work
The lady on the left I like to think as just left home for a better life.
The lorry, Ford Thames, can't read the name, or remember the company but they were maroon and had a large fleet. Afterthought Hodges Transport/Haulage, help me with this please
Could date the photo by either the Lyceum and Empires posters or Blades one showing Rotherham United at the Lane. With my limited equipment I believe it could be 1958-59 season September 27th. so photo approx. week before that.

If it's 1958 the lady on the let as you say has just left home.

She's sick and tired of listening to her husband go on about 'how are we going to replace Jimmy Hagan'.

 

[Alf Tuppers Shorts]

Has Bert got the correct monocle in?

Showroom Workstation is a Unique Cultural Hub in Sheffield.
One of Europe's largest independent cinemas with a fully licensed café bar, paired with the longest-running creative business centre in the city- situated right next to the railway station in an iconic 1930s' Art Deco building.

Showroom Workstation - Sheffield

www.showroomworkstation.org.uk

Kenning had a large number of business premises. They ranged from car showrooms in city centres to tyre factories and office blocks on the outskirts of towns. The showrooms in Leadmill Road, Sheffield[7] and Queen Street, Derby occupied what would now be called "prime retail" sites in city-centre locations. They were architect-designed and followed the Art Deco architecture style that was prevalent at the time of building.

George Kenning (entrepreneur) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Some great photographs, seems like yesterday . Cheers

 

[tyke1889]

We've got our own version right here in Sheffield, although not quite as salubrious as yours
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Have to deliver to there, it's a fucking maze that place!

 

[Alf Tuppers Shorts]

My favourite Artists Deco building.

 

[Mad Mick]

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Bakers Hill, corner of Fitzalan Square, April 1989.
This is a curious spot. Firstly, comparing an old 1900 ish map with current day Streetview, it now seems to have lost its apostrophe.
Secondly on the old map, it seems it was originally a continuation, albeit steep, on the line of Norfolk Street.
Also since the date of my photo, the graffiti has been updated - but it's still pointless to me.
Lastly, does anyone know where that doorway at the bottom of the stairs on the right leads/led to? I worked in the Post Office building for a short while including the basements and don't think they are related. Maybe old access to the subterranean toilets in the square?

This photo brings back memories of the 70's. I'd been to the Top Rank and it was after 2 in the morning. I usually walked that way home. I was walking home to Park Hill when I got blocked by 4 guys who clearly were up for it. They reckoned I'd been chatting one of their girls up. Fearing the worst I tried talking my way out of it. Next minute I hear a shout "Oreight Mick" It was Benny Beach who had seen these chaps following me. "Let's knock fukc out of them Mick," he said. Theses 4 guys were now literally shitting themselves. I've never seen 4 guys run so fast. I never saw them again. Next time I saw Benny I bought him a drink or two.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

How about this building, there’s a decent pub behind the photographer as well.

 

[BushBlade]

How about this building, there’s a decent pub behind the photographer as well.

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As I’m guessing you know, a lot of the stations in the suburbs were built in that era. Not all as stunning as Surbiton but still in a deco style.

 

[spongebobblade]

We've got our own version right here in Sheffield, although not quite as salubrious as yours
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I’ve done more than one job in that building. Every time I’m either on the top or next to top floor. The lifts are tiny so your up and down the bloody stairs with tools and materials. Absolute nightmare. You’ll spend a full day doing half a days work

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

I’ve done more than one job in that building. Every time I’m either on the top or next to top floor. The lifts are tiny so your up and down the bloody stairs with tools and materials. Absolute nightmare. You’ll spend a full day doing half a days work

Isn't that normal for a builder?

 

[Sean Thornton]

This photo brings back memories of the 70's. I'd been to the Top Rank and it was after 2 in the morning. I usually walked that way home. I was walking home to Park Hill when I got blocked by 4 guys who clearly were up for it. They reckoned I'd been chatting one of their girls up. Fearing the worst I tried talking my way out of it. Next minute I hear a shout "Oreight Mick" It was Benny Beach who had seen these chaps following me. "Let's knock fukc out of them Mick," he said. Theses 4 guys were now literally shitting themselves. I've never seen 4 guys run so fast. I never saw them again. Next time I saw Benny I bought him a drink or two.

Now there's a name from the past.,

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

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There are many wonderful buildings on London Underground. Here’s another one built into Art Deco flats.

 

[Sean Thornton]

First photo, Milton House on the left used to house a tax office that handled my tax. Week before Christmas, many years ago, I needed to sort some tax anomaly out, so working on Devonshire St I slipped away mid afternoon to Milton House. Commissioner pointed direction I needed, go down corridor open a door to finding myself in the middle of a Christmas Party. Loads of ladies, and against one wall long tables full of food and drinks of all kinds. I might have been able to join in but my working attire let me down. I was quickly closed down by two fellas who told me they were closed and to comeback another time. Asked for a sandwich and a drink just to test the reaction but nothing doing with the taxman/person look of, you'll get nowt from us. I left there thinking, party in work time, public money, and bet the food and drink were provided through Tax Office money and you all know where that comes from.
Yorkshire Terrier, cheep and cheerful, used to have a driver who greeted every passenger as they boarded and as they alighted. Character, nice bloke, soon knocked it in the head when they closed and he went to Mainline, set of mainly ignorant, morose specimens.

Sheffield tax districts 2,3,4 and 7.

1 was Furnival House
5 St James House
6 Carver Street

Yes. I'd get out more but l'm not Dominic Cummings.....,

 

[BadgersBigToe]

One of my favourites

 

[Kop sufferer]

How about this building, there’s a decent pub behind the photographer as well.

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Do you mean W'Spoons or the Flyer?