Player 1 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 They say that his job as a lorry driver brought him to a depot in Sheffield in december 1980 ; what was the name of this depot and where was/is it? The articles on the net about the ripper story(that i have only glanced at) dont give this detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipshape Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 They say that his job as a lorry driver brought him to a depot in Sheffield in december 1980 ; what was the name of this depot and where was/is it? The articles on the net about the ripper story(that i have only glanced at) dont give this detail. It was very close to West Street. Why do you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogs Of War Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 It was very close to West Street. Why do you ask? wasnt he arrested up west street somewhere if i remember right. i remember seeing it on the news the day after he was stopped in sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 wasnt he arrested up west street somewhere if i remember right. i remember seeing it on the news the day after he was stopped in sheffield He was arrested in Havelock Square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 He was arrested in Havelock Square. He was arrested on Melbourne Avenue up near (ish) the Hallamshire/ Botanical gardens, after (presumably) picking the girl up in Havelock Square, which in the early 1980's was *cough* "the town-Hall Steps", as my mother referred to it. Melbourne Ave was not too far from the red-light area at the time, and was secluded enough tho use for that purpose. My next-door neighbour's daughter, when I was a teenager, was an addict, and working girl, to support her habit. She was out on the "beat" with the woman who was caught with Sutcliffe that night in 1981. (I understand that she worked regularly with the woman caught with Sutcliffe) On being nabbed, initially for dodgy number plates, Sutcliffe pretended to the police officers that he needed a pee. He took his weapons with him, and hid them, behind an oil storage tank on Melbourne Avenue. before being taken to Hammerton Road Police Station, in Hillsborough. The officers realised there was something "suss" going on, and went back to Melbourne Ave to double check what he'd done whilst pretending to pee. They found the ball-peen hammer, and a sharpened Screwdriver, I believe. The police realised, when they found the weapons that Sutcliffe had secreted behind the tank, that Olivia Reivers (reevers? sp) was very likely intended to be Sutcliffe's next victim. She had something of a narrow escape. edit to add google http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=53.375264,-1.501157&spn=0.004263,0.01929&t=h&z=16&lci=com.panoramio.all&layer=c&cbll=53.374425,-1.500374&panoid=3nOYq7uU4plvoNH3OM9UEQ&cbp=11,25.45,,0,7.23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I can't help with the details but I do recall seeing a plaque on the boss's desk in Sheffield nick and I've been in the cell he was held in. Nothing naughty, just a visit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 He was arrested on Melbourne Avenue up near (ish) the Hallamshire/ Botanical gardens, after (presumably) picking the girl up in Havelock Square, which in the early 1980's was *cough* "the town-Hall Steps", as my mother referred to it. Melbourne Ave was not too far from the red-light area at the time, and was secluded enough tho use for that purpose. My next-door neighbour's daughter, when I was a teenager, was an addict, and working girl, to support her habit. She was out on the "beat" with the woman who was caught with Sutcliffe that night in 1981. (I understand that she worked regularly with the woman caught with Sutcliffe) On being nabbed, initially for dodgy number plates, Sutcliffe pretended to the police officers that he needed a pee. He took his weapons with him, and hid them, behind an oil storage tank on Melbourne Avenue. before being taken to Hammerton Road Police Station, in Hillsborough. The officers realised there was something "suss" going on, and went back to Melbourne Ave to double check what he'd done whilst pretending to pee. They found the ball-peen hammer, and a sharpened Screwdriver, I believe. The police realised, when they found the weapons that Sutcliffe had secreted behind the tank, that Olivia Reivers (reevers? sp) was very likely intended to be Sutcliffe's next victim. She had something of a narrow escape. edit to add google http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=53.375264,-1.501157&spn=0.004263,0.01929&t=h&z=16&lci=com.panoramio.all&layer=c&cbll=53.374425,-1.500374&panoid=3nOYq7uU4plvoNH3OM9UEQ&cbp=11,25.45,,0,7.23 PT, is that the little track next to the Girls High School ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 PT, is that the little track next to the Girls High School ? it is the very one, it's got a bollard blocking off the high school entrance end, nearer the Hallamshire hosp, but is open (as per that pic I linked to) at the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 it is the very one, it's got a bollard blocking off the high school entrance end, nearer the Hallamshire hosp, but is open (as per that pic I linked to) at the other end. I never knew that it was a proper road, the smoking fraternity used to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player 1 Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 It was very close to West Street. Why do you ask? Im not particularly interested in the Yorkshire Ripper story as a whole, just the Sheffield aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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