crookes Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 hillsboro - The two photographs are of the same place. The tree centre right with the two paths on the top photo, also show on the left of the bottom photo. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/tree.jpg The building in the foreground of the top photo and centred on the bottom photo, has the same staggered gable end. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/gable.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooeg Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 hillsboro - The two photographs are of the same place. The tree centre right with the two paths on the top photo, also show on the left of the bottom photo. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/tree.jpg The building in the foreground of the top photo and centred on the bottom photo, has the same staggered gable end. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/gable.jpg Looks like it to me Hillsboro, well spotted Crookes. It rather looks like you are going to have to get on your bike Hillsboro (tandem if Mrs Hillsboro is going to hold your camera case), and show us the current photos from these positions. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 hillsboro - The two photographs are of the same place. The tree centre right with the two paths on the top photo, also show on the left of the bottom photo. Aha! Well spotted indeed! I had wondered if the swingboats were the same, but didn't realise there was a dam just above the double bend - of course there had to be as the mill was there. It can just be seen in the middle of this section of the 1905 Ordnance Survey map. Clearly that's Roscoe Wood in the background. The lower view looks different as it dates from before the road and Glen Bridge were built. I thought the footbridge looked like the one a bit further up the river (it's still there) but the dam was in the wrong place! It rather looks like you are going to have to get on your bike Hillsboro (tandem if Mrs Hillsboro is going to hold your camera case), and show us the current photos from these positions. Maybe this is the cue for a long-planned walk down Rivelin Valley with my old postcards. Unfortunately there are a lot more trees now than when the old photos were taken, but some "then and now" shots might be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooeg Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Hillsboro your 1905 OS map shows Steel Bank Church or Chapel at the top of the Bole Hills. Is this the same use of the word steel as in Bessemer converter, or did it have an earlier use. Steel Bank Villas are The houses above the shops at commonside. Is there a connection, if so what is it. On your first picture of Rivelin Rd. Is the second buliding from the left, Rivelin Glen Chapel. Both buildings looked pretty new, when the photo was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I don't know the origin of the name "Steel Bank", but on the upper photo, I think (?) it's the first building on the left that is the chapel (which if I remember is on the left-hand side as you go up the path?). Anyway here is an enlarged view, and a section of another (probably 1920s) photo taken from Den Bank. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/RivelinGlen.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechnut Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 ... on the upper photo, I think (?) it's the first building on the left that is the chapel That's right - you can see the bell at the apex of the roof. Here is a modern view of the chapel taken from above: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1081551 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookes Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Hi Tooeg - the photos both show a stretch of road above what is now the paddling pools (the area which used to be the "Spooner's Wheel" mill). The top photo was taken from near the bottom of Hagg Hill, and the lower one from a bit further down Rivelin Valley Road, nearer to the bend. If you look closely in the upper-middle area of both photos you can see the same poplar trees in St Michael's cemetery. Here are "old and new" views of the same bend in the road, the upper one dating from c. 1910 showing the buildings around Spooner's Wheel. The lower one is a photo that I took in 1995 from as near as I could get to the same spot. You can identify some of the same trees, gateways etc. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Rivelin.jpg I don't know anything about St Michael's cemetery (Walkley cemetery) but I guess the spire in the top photo would be that of a mortuary chapel belonging the cemetery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 .. I guess the spire in the top photo would be that of a mortuary chapel belonging the cemetery? I imagine so - I must confess I haven't been in the cemetery for donkey's years but it seems the chapel is still there and in a good state of repair: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=sheffield&countryCode=GB#map=53.39143,-1.51745|20|256&be=7696596|East&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:53.38308:-1.46487:14|sheffield|Sheffield,%20Norton,%20South%20Yorkshire,%20England,%20S1%202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealeaf Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 The two pictures of the swingboats are indeed photos of the same place it is the Upper Cut Wheel at Glen Bridge ("S" Bend) when the swinboats were removed they built a toilet block on the same site a few years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Well, I promised (post #25) that I'd go back in winter to see if it's possible to get a view of the rock when there are no leaves on the trees. I had a walk up there this afternoon, but this is the best I could do.. You can just about see the profile through the trees. It might be possible to get a better view from the back gardens of the houses in the lane. Such a pity that what was once a landmark is now obscured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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