aelfheah Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Has anyone got any information, or pictures, of this landmark along the Woodhead to Glossop? Google shows nothing. It used to be a very difficult hairpin bend to negotiate, but has apparently been 'straightened out' now and is possibly a layby? Is that right? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltman Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The only Devils Elbow I know of is on the Hathersage road betwen Sheephill Road and Fox House. It was a bad bend and there were many bad accidents but was straightened out and the "old road" became a lay-bye and storage site for road making materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aelfheah Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 I'm trying to think where that one is? My grandma says that her father used to drive over the Woodhead via another one(?) or could she have meant the one you mentioned? There may be several? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Not too sure if it was Woodhead, or the Snake, but there was a series of nasty bends, which could have qualified for the name. At the bottom of these curves, in the ravine, was the rusty remains of an old car. As a youngster on coach trips to Belle Vue, or Blackpool, all the kids used to look out of the left hand side windows to catch a glimpse, our sense of being morbid I suppose. QUOTE=aelfheah;7202043]Has anyone got any information, or pictures, of this landmark along the Woodhead to Glossop? Google shows nothing. It used to be a very difficult hairpin bend to negotiate, but has apparently been 'straightened out' now and is possibly a layby? Is that right? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsunder Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/derbyshire/legends/the-devils-elbow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The only Devils Elbow I know of is on the Hathersage road betwen Sheephill Road and Fox House. It was a bad bend and there were many bad accidents but was straightened out and the "old road" became a lay-bye and storage site for road making materials. I will go along with you on that one Meltman, link .. picturesheffield I think is was here, link .. Flash Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmambo Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Perhaps you mean what we used to know as Cutthroat Bridge. This was on the Snake Pass, before Ladybower. A small bridge with a very sharp turn which doubled back - room for only one car at a time. This was straightened-out I think toward the end of the 60's, although it is still a bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltman Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Thanks me-and -pippo.....I lived at the old Clarion hut for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanup Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Not too sure if it was Woodhead, or the Snake, but there was a series of nasty bends, which could have qualified for the name. At the bottom of these curves, in the ravine, was the rusty remains of an old car. As a youngster on coach trips to Belle Vue, or Blackpool, all the kids used to look out of the left hand side windows to catch a glimpse, our sense of being morbid I suppose. QUOTE=aelfheah;7202043]Has anyone got any information, or pictures, of this landmark along the Woodhead to Glossop? Google shows nothing. It used to be a very difficult hairpin bend to negotiate, but has apparently been 'straightened out' now and is possibly a layby? Is that right? Thanks belle vue been as a kid when did it shut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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