desy Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Does anyone know if you can get access or has it been filled in the Air Raid Shelter under Crookesmoor Rec. My mother talks of the girls from the school having to meet up with the infants and juniors to go down for air raid drill practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.P Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 try the tunnels under sheffield thread in the history and ex-pats section, am pretty sure it pops up on there a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Hiya Desy, this could be the thread you are looking for mentioned by Honeyplanet, and yes it has been "filled in" and completely covered over, I hope this helps. deecee Originally posted by deecee Hiya Max, I have just come across this thread about tunnels under Sheffield, and read your posting about the tunnel under Crookes Valley Road. I can confirm this particular tunnel ran from Canada Street ( which was between the top of Bromley Street and Mushroom Lane ) under Crookes Valley Road. I am not sure where it came out though, possibly in Crookes Valley Park. I actually went in the tunnel as a lad in the 1950's with a few more lads but we didn't get far because there wasn't any lighting, only a shaft of light from the top of the steel doors. We did it for a prank , but I can remember it being very eerie . I think you are right about the fact of it being a storage place for barrage ballons/munitions etc., but for WW2 . "The Ponderosa " was then called " The Tip" and Bromley Street ran up the side of it. It can be viewed on http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk by searching for " Bromley Street " deecee hi the tunnel you refer to went under crookes valley road and came out in a very deep vertical shaft wich was protected by circular 9 ft stone wall with barbed wire on top this was sited beside the bowling green pavillion in the park as a lad i lived in the weston park hotel and spent many hours in the park we too went through the tunnel with a torch but being unable to scale the shaft had to come back it was something to do with draining the lake wich used to be a resevoire for the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Desy, I forgot to say that the reply came from Holberry, who also lived in the area deecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trans Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 The tunnel for the Barrage balloons were stored over the Bromley Street side . The air raid shelter was over Oxford Street side I am told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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