pete_fcs Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 hey, duffman, i still have DREAMS about them! in fact i'm not the only ex-tenant who has a recurring dream that they are still there, and i walk back and there is everyone standing on the landings watching the world go by, just like in the olden days.... i once even dreampt that the whole block was on wheels and touring the country! hey lets have a "dreams of kelvin flats" thread:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_fcs Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 Originally posted by eighty4 Brings back good memories, my grandad was a porter on there, he had a little garage under the flats where he kept a little car which he used to drive down the landings to clean them, does anyone remember them aswell ? was he the tall man with short grey hair, glasses and moustache? there was also a short woman with long curly brown hair. she had her photo in a council newsletter cleaning the new internalised landing at 1-53 kelvin walk, but can't post it on net due to copyright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy4107 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Great pictures! I'm too young to really remember the flats, but from what I can remember, they wasn't such an eye-sore as the Park Hill flats. Maybe they should have been the ones they demolished... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy4107 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Uummm.. after looking at more images of both Park Hill and Kelvin flats they tend to look the same. Probably just as well they got demolished... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nu_Skillz Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 i enjoyed looking through those pete, nice one. brings back a lot of good and bad memorys from my youth, was sad to see the flats go,,, their was a real sence of comunity on the Kelvin, it wasent just the bricks and mortar that got demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthedog Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Wonderful pictures. Never really seen any photos other than from far away. They seemed completely normal when I used to see them often, but looking back now, weren't they bloody massive. So imposing. The shot down the terraced street in Upperthorpe, looking up at the flats towering above everything in the distance just shows how dominant they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Ah, the memories, I used to know a 18 stone drag queen who lived on Kelvin, the guy had no shame, catching the bus into town with him was a voyage of discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deelightful3 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 you got my late nans flat on one of the pictures,i spent all my school holidays on those flats while mom was at work,it was fun all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eighty4 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Originally posted by pete_fcs was he the tall man with short grey hair, glasses and moustache? there was also a short woman with long curly brown hair. she had her photo in a council newsletter cleaning the new internalised landing at 1-53 kelvin walk, but can't post it on net due to copyright! That sounds like my grandad alright bloody hell small world ! can you remember his name ? frank ? ring any bells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_fcs Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Originally posted by andy4107 Great pictures! I'm too young to really remember the flats, but from what I can remember, they wasn't such an eye-sore as the Park Hill flats. Maybe they should have been the ones they demolished... that's true, i lived at park hill too and they weren't as good as kelvin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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