greenrat Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Just wondered if anyone had any photos of the 5 arches on Herries Road in the time when it was all just fields? Just wondered as I have a painting of it and would like to see the real thing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 There are a few pics at, http://www.picturesheffield.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff Bird Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 There is photo of the five arches when it was rural all around it in Ron Clayton's book S6 Then and Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anja's mum Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 The Rawson Spring pub in Hilsbro has a photo on the wall of Herries rd in days gone by, I think it has the arches on it. that's one thing I like about Weatherspoons pubs - they always feature local history of where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Not sure what year this was taken, it's off an old post card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 That's an interesting picture. It appears to be looking towards the Wednesday ground. The bridge looks like a photograph, but the buildings, and the pedestrian seem to be drawings added afterwards Not sure what year this was taken, it's off an old post card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD No.12 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 anyone know where they quarried the stone from to build the arches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiginc Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 That's an interesting picture. It appears to be looking towards the Wednesday ground. The bridge looks like a photograph, but the buildings, and the pedestrian seem to be drawings added afterwards The other strange thing is the bridge has been plated to strengthen it something usually done after many years of use. Be great to know the year taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Does anyone know when Herries Road where the 5 Arches stand was metalled. I believe it was in the 1930's but I could be wrong. I did have a postcard of the arches looking towards the Wednsday ground before the road was metalled. Happy Days PopT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Right, here goes (reaching for his postcard album): http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/FiveArches1.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/FiveArches2.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/FiveArches3.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/FiveArches4.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/FiveArches5.jpg PopT - A contributor to the Sheffield History forum wrote that Herries Road was "built as a scheme of public work by the local unemployed in the early 1920s", and if this is correct then I imagine it would have had a metalled surface from the outset. See http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=355&mode=threaded All my postcards are pre-First World War except one - the same one that skippy has. Annoyingly, my copy also is not dated, but it might have been published to show the new road, and in general style it could well be a 1920s card, especially being partially artist-drawn. It would be interesting to know when the steel bars and plates were added to strengthen the structure - evidently long before 1954 when the line was electrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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