Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Yeah I know it's not walkabout, I meant is that the building near the Hallamshire that's just the frontage.

The building in post # 7063 is Mount Zion on Westfield Terrace between West Street and Division Street. When the old Royal Hospital was demolished this was the only bit that was saved and is grade two listed. There is a building behind it but none of that is original.

 

[grafikhaus]

Is that the building that was next to the old Royal Hospital? Nowt left but the frontage now

Yup. It was on Westfield Terrace, just off West Street and was a main entrance to The Royal Hospital. It features a nice couple of columns in the Ionic Order.

 

[ghandi]

Yeah I know it's not walkabout, I meant is that the building near the Hallamshire that's just the frontage.

No pal it's not the building close to the Hallamshire.

 

[bromtom]

No pal it's not the building close to the Hallamshire.

It's all gone a bit fork handles this haha

I know walkabout isn't close to the Hallamshire. I was wondering if the building I posted a picture of (which is neae the Hallamshire) is the building in the old photo. I think it is, same pillars. Anyway doesn't really matter, this is derailing the thread a bit haha

 

[ghandi]

It's all gone a bit fork handles this haha

I know walkabout isn't close to the Hallamshire. I was wondering if the building I posted a picture of (which is neae the Hallamshire) is the building in the old photo. I think it is, same pillars. Anyway doesn't really matter, this is derailing the thread a bit haha

No the building with just the frontage (original old photo posted) is on Westfiield Terrace which runs from West St down to Frog and Parrot and is on the opposite side of the road..
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3...BILn928vkdIK9JJ1p9jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?dcr=0

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Fitzalan Square

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Haymarket.
There's no bridge that leads from the bottom of King Street onto The Gallery walkway.
Year.... ????

 

[bornablade]

Haymarket.
There's no bridge that leads from the bottom of King Street onto The Gallery walkway.
Year.... ????

A clue to the year - Woolworths being constructed on the left hand side. Crane in the background - building of Sheffield City Polytechnic (Hallam University).

 

[Silent Blade]

Fitzalan Square

Looked bigger then!

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Looked bigger then!

and cleaner. Much cleaner....

I'm in the belief that as I get older and watch everything around me change, the lack of respect is gaining momentum.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Haymarket.
There's no bridge that leads from the bottom of King Street onto The Gallery walkway.
Year.... ????

Looking at the livery of some of the buses and fashions, I’d say late fifties.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Fitzalan Square

What happened to that magnificent C&A building? And the left third of the corner building? Anyone know?

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

What happened to that magnificent C&A building? And the left third of the corner building? Anyone know?

It became a Primark, but they've moved down The Moor... not sure at the moment, but I reckon it's probably empty.

 

[bornablade]

What happened to that magnificent C&A building? And the left third of the corner building? Anyone know?

Think it was bombed during the Blitz December 1941. There's an irony there Hamburg.

I believe its now being developed into an Easy Hotel. The number of budget hotels down that end of town now it would be beneficial if they could develop Fitzalan Square with bars and restaurants.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

It became a Primark, but they've moved down The Moor... not sure at the moment, but I reckon it's probably empty.

That's not what I meant. The building itself is different today.

Think it was bombed during the Blitz December 1941. There's an irony there Hamburg.

I believe its now being developed into an Easy Hotel. The number of budget hotels down that end of town now it would be beneficial if they could develop Fitzalan Square with bars and restaurants.

I wondered whether it had, though often when people blame the Hun it turns out it was the council. However, even if that's true and that building was replaced, the corner building has shrunk since the war. See the following picture then have a look at Google maps.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

And this is the sort of thing that pisses me off, and is typical of an underlying story running through this thread. They wanted to demolish this 1920s building, which wasn't listed and had become derelict:




But they have listed this building:

 

[BerksBlade]

That's not what I meant. The building itself is different today.
I wondered whether it had, though often when people blame the Hun it turns out it was the council. However, even if that's true and that building was replaced, the corner building has shrunk since the war. See the following picture then have a look at Google maps.
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Fitzalan Square as I remember it before my teens. Post office (behind the camera to the right), blue & cream buses, Classic cinema.
I think the Marples building on the left took a direct hit from the Luftwaffe? Quite a few killed. The Classic of course burned down sometime in the 80s.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Castle Street - 1964

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Denby Street

 

[bornablade]

Castle Street - 1964

Memories of sophisticated nights in the Hen and Chickens and then into the Cannon.

 

[wavy-blade]

OMG where did you dig this up from , I can remember running down those stairs many times to catch the bus home , happy days !!

 

[Hamburg Blade]

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/index.cfm#zoom=17&lat=53.3708&lon=-1.4718&layers=168&b=1&r=30

 

[S64 Blade]

It became a Primark, but they've moved down The Moor... not sure at the moment, but I reckon it's probably empty.

Currently being converted into an ‘Easy Hotel’ (EasyJet chain). The modern extension by Angel Street is to be demolished and replaced by a tower.

 

[bromtom]

Some good pictures of the Lane in various states over the last 50 or so years in this Star slideshow

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/in-p...mall-lane-stadium-through-the-years-1-9028014

 

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