Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[blade.i.am]

 

[Bert]

Blades v Northampton 1966

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Not Princess Street??

Aye!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Bert]

 

[sitwell]

Princes Road, Attercliffe

Mooney gang territory no ?

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

Rather like the “Coronation Street...based on an idea by Tony Warren”, this thread, based on an idea by Bert, is now 500 pages (and counting) with its second birthday just round the corner.

Congratulations, Bert.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Mooney gang territory no ?

Mooneys were more West Bar/Shalesmoor from what I've read , the notoriety of the street featured is where the chap Plommer was murdered, after which Sam Garvin hastily boarded a tram to Wicker , walked in a boozer and promptly lamped someone to establish his alibi.

 

[Tom Bott]

Bert's memory has been derailed by a bottle of Claret

Old vine Californian stuff here, tastes a little charred though.

 

[don240]

Remember it well, what a dreadful colour that green was, whatever shade.
We had one of the best transport systems in the UK, my grandad was a tram driver, bitterly cold in winter driving without any sealed doors.
What a luxury when the last tram design came out with the sealed compartment for the driver.
Recall the old design as when leaving the tram from upstairs we always tried to stand on the bell.
Always knew when a tram was coming as if you listened hard enough one could hear the vibration in the tracks.
Anyone interested in the old trams can spend a very good day at the tram museum at Crich, near Matlock.

UTB

I'm not old enough to remember the trams in Sheffield, but my father worked as a bus driver for Sheffield Transport for many years & I've always had an interest in the transport system.
The newest trams were built by Charles Roberts Ltd of Wakefield in 1950 - 1952 to a 1946 prototype designed & built by Sheffield Transport at their Queens Road workshop.
Crich has several ex Sheffield cars including Roberts car 510, 8 years in service, 58 years in preservation.
Sheffield Transport was one of the best in the uk until it was taken over by SYPTE in 1974 & subsequently privatised & sold off.

 

[Kentblade]

Blades v Northampton 1966

One week later another Blade born.

UTB

 

[Tom Bott]

Quality Turn Ups loved it.

When they pulled it down my dad went and salvaged some of the RSJ's to build our garage.

Waste not want not and what knot.

 

[Silent Blade]

Blades 0 Coventry 1. April 6th 1974

 

[Tom Bott]

the one that's now the Brother's Arms and the Sheaf

The Shakespeare and The Sheaf View.

 

[Grappler]

I'm not old enough to remember the trams in Sheffield, but my father worked as a bus driver for Sheffield Transport for many years & I've always had an interest in the transport system.
The newest trams were built by Charles Roberts Ltd of Wakefield in 1950 - 1952 to a 1946 prototype designed & built by Sheffield Transport at their Queens Road workshop.
Crich has several ex Sheffield cars including Roberts car 510, 8 years in service, 58 years in preservation.
Sheffield Transport was one of the best in the uk until it was taken over by SYPTE in 1974 & subsequently privatised & sold off.

I guess it could be a case of looking back to the past with rose-tinted glasses on, but my Parents, Grandparents, Aunt's and Uncles (all long since gone) all said that the tram system in Sheffield was second to none, and ran on-time, like clockwork.

It was before my time.

When my kids were little, we went for a day out to Crich one summer's afternoon. I was so glad to see Sheffield's last tram (at least it was billed as that), along with a few other trams from here. They have some olde worlde shops, a "Tardis" type police box, old street lights (gas lamps) and you can ride up and down on the trams.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Blades 0 Coventry 1. April 6th 1974

It was a miserable way to spend my 9th birthday , a couple of dot to dot books when I got home didn't improve my mood !

 

[Tom Bott]

Is that a UFO that has landed under the mono mini rail hover thing ?

 

[don240]

I guess it could be a case of looking back to the past with rose-tinted glasses on, but my Parents, Grandparents, Aunt's and Uncles (all long since gone) all said that the tram system in Sheffield was second to none, and ran on-time, like clockwork.

It was before my time.

When my kids were little, we went for a day out to Crich one summer's afternoon. I was so glad to see Sheffield's last tram (at least it was billed as that), along with a few other trams from here. They have some olde worlde shops, a "Tardis" type police box, old street lights (gas lamps) and you can ride up and down on the trams.

It's not rose tinted glasses, Sheffield really did have one of, if not the best, public transport system in the uk.
The Roberts car at Crich is number 510, the actual last tram in service was number 536, but 510s body was in better condition, so along with Roberts car 513, (also preserved, I think it's at the East Anglia transport museum) & several other older trams, it took part in the last day of the trams procession on the 8th of October 1960.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I reckon this is sometime in the mid 70s. Looking at it suddenly reminded me of the last bus whistle. Anyone else remember them all lined up and an inspector blowing the whistle for them all to depart?

 

[Bert]

I'm not old enough to remember the trams in Sheffield, but my father worked as a bus driver for Sheffield Transport for many years & I've always had an interest in the transport system.
The newest trams were built by Charles Roberts Ltd of Wakefield in 1950 - 1952 to a 1946 prototype designed & built by Sheffield Transport at their Queens Road workshop.
Crich has several ex Sheffield cars including Roberts car 510, 8 years in service, 58 years in preservation.
Sheffield Transport was one of the best in the uk until it was taken over by SYPTE in 1974 & subsequently privatised & sold off.

Yours is post number 10,000, Bert missed it he was relaxing in the Billiard Room at his Gentleman's Club.

 

[ghandi]

The photo is from a book by Richard Wiseman & is taken on Orgreave Lane, Handsworth.
Sheffield corporation tried two experimental green liverys in 1952 to try & cut re painting costs. It was applied to 23 trams in total along with several buses.
There was two different liverys, the dark green one as seen in the photo, & a lighter green version with dark green bands.
The public outcry was enough to force the corporation to go back to their original colours & within 14 months, all the green ones had been repainted in blue & Cream.

Close to Orgreave Lane but that is the top of Retford Road just below the tram terminus/shops that forms and island between Retford Road an Orgreave Lane.

 

[Snowman]

Not much different in that photo from when it was open. Strange clientele.

Thanks twat!

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

I'm not old enough to remember the trams in Sheffield, but my father worked as a bus driver for Sheffield Transport for many years & I've always had an interest in the transport system.
The newest trams were built by Charles Roberts Ltd of Wakefield in 1950 - 1952 to a 1946 prototype designed & built by Sheffield Transport at their Queens Road workshop.
Crich has several ex Sheffield cars including Roberts car 510, 8 years in service, 58 years in preservation.
Sheffield Transport was one of the best in the uk until it was taken over by SYPTE in 1974 & subsequently privatised & sold off.

The Roberts cars wouldn’t look out of place today they were that stylish, my favourite trams.

 

[blade.i.am]

 

[blade.i.am]

 

[Stretch]

I guess it could be a case of looking back to the past with rose-tinted glasses on, but my Parents, Grandparents, Aunt's and Uncles (all long since gone) all said that the tram system in Sheffield was second to none, and ran on-time, like clockwork.

It was before my time.

When my kids were little, we went for a day out to Crich one summer's afternoon. I was so glad to see Sheffield's last tram (at least it was billed as that), along with a few other trams from here. They have some olde worlde shops, a "Tardis" type police box, old street lights (gas lamps) and you can ride up and down on the trams.

It's not rose tinted glasses, Sheffield really did have one of, if not the best, public transport system in the uk.
The Roberts car at Crich is number 510, the actual last tram in service was number 536, but 510s body was in better condition, so along with Roberts car 513, (also preserved, I think it's at the East Anglia transport museum) & several other older trams, it took part in the last day of the trams procession on the 8th of October 1960.

Long before my time too but I would have loved to see it in action and it's such a shame it didn't continue. Having looked into it I can't believe how big the whole network was, it seemed to service most areas of the city too, unlike the current attempt which barely scratches the surface by comparison.

 

[Sean Thornton]

View attachment 46317

Walkley?

 

[Wapping Blade]

Blades 0 Coventry 1. April 6th 1974

I think that was my first Blades defeat!

 

[Silent Blade]

I reckon this is sometime in the mid 70s. Looking at it suddenly reminded me of the last bus whistle. Anyone else remember them all lined up and an inspector blowing the whistle for them all to depart?

 

[Sean Thornton]

11.16pm?