pete_fcs Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Originally posted by Nu_Skillz 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. i agree, i reckon there's a big industry out there waiting to be tapped for this tower-block nostalgia stuff! it's a bit like when the terraces went and people said "we were poor but we were happy" etc. difference is places like kelvin were completely unique and had more about them than old terraces with outside toilets and damp walls. 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 jackthedog 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. yep, there's alot of pics at the library but mostly looking up at the flats as photographers were too scared to come on the landings in case someone threw their camera off the roof:hihi: 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 nick2 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. hey that was me! 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 eighty4 That sounds like my grandad alright bloody hell small world ! can you remember his name ? frank ? ring any bells yep, frank, thats the one i think, i used to say hello to him. forgotten the woman's name, began with an 's' i think. he will have known all the tenant's association people too who i knew quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eighty4 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Originally posted by pete_fcs yep, frank, thats the one i think, i used to say hello to him. forgotten the woman's name, began with an 's' i think. he will have known all the tenant's association people too who i knew quite well. Yeah my step nannan was called shiela she died unfortunatly about 2 years ago, my grandad now lives on harold lambert court which used to the old hyde park. Whats your name ? ill tell him you mentioned him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_fcs Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 he might remember me as pete who knocked about with mozaz, but that's probably it! frank probably remembers sheila cooper, fat phil, mick chairman of kta, ray fiddler, sam walker, joy sulph-johnstone (unsure of spelling), vernon collymore, ron tyson and the other 3,000 tenanats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.P Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Hey pete.. ray fiddler is my best mates dad, I spent so much time in his flat on kelvin walk.... good old days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceevee Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Anyone used to frequent the halfpenny pub under the flats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 i lived on daniel hill while they built kelvin flats. once got stuck in an elevator before they were operational & had to climb down the wire thingy's for help. also climbed all the cranes at one time or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Originally posted by ceevee Anyone used to frequent the halfpenny pub under the flats? i used it,used to go in with scotch jimmy,pete wathall and his dad also used the gatefield a lot at one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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