Chap BLADE Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 There was on Halifax Road either at the junction of Avisford or Southey Green Roads not sure exactly but I know there was one in the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyB14 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 used to be one situated outside Bagshaw Arms on Norton Avenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Police box locations in the Burngreave/Ellesmere area: Burngreave Road/Gower Street junction across from Vestry Hall. Bottom of Sutherland Road between Clun Street and Gower Street. Ellesmere Road at Sedan Street/Lyons Street junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alemap Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 there used to be one situated newhall rd and Brightside lane close to traffic lights and along side a phone box. junction pub opposite side of road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dun graftin Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Raymondo, my oh has live in darnall for 75 years and he says there was only a small police station on Senior road leading to the park and the police box was opposit the bradley well pub in Dunkirk Square, i have lived here for 50 years and dont remember one outside wilkies only the ladies and gents toilets, when wigfalls and the old cinema stood in the place of wilkies and the light shop, after wigfalls there was a small tesco then wilkies I remember there being one on a bit of waste land on Darnall Road, 20yds or so down the hill from Industry Road and opposite Balfour Road. I think there is an electricity sub now just behind where it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alba Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 There was 1 on Handsworth road junction with Richmond road the flagstone what it stood on is still there it's near to the horse trough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 There was one on Ravencar Rd on the Manor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 There used to be a police box in between the stone wall of the Royal Infirmary. It was situated in the top half of Montgomery Terrace road opposite the Montgomery Medical Centre and more or less next to what used to be the Ski shop. As kids we called it the coppers den. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidFrance Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I have recently written a short account of my early life in Central Division from 1961 which I am shortly handing over to the Emergency services Museum now based in my old nick at West Bar. It includes a nearly full list of the 40 odd boxes in Central Division which were bases for the 36 beats in the Division along with the brick built section station at Infirmary Road and the one built into Parkhill Flats. I will try to cut and paste the list on The Forum. Every box had a name, usually of the street where it was ....like Fitzalan, Eldon, Moorhead (but that was in Union Street), Exchange , Norfolk Bridge, Gower St etc etc.....watch this space! I was Pc441. Sadly, far too many of my wonderful colleagues have now passed on.....and in spite of what many of you may think but hopefully NOT SAY....they really were salt of the earth. I would personally like to have the Town Hall box kept in good repair as a monument to their service but there are too many moaning minnies who say that I should pay for it! ---------- Post added 09-02-2017 at 20:57 ---------- Here is a list of all the boxes on foot beats in B Division which I can remember. There will be many I cannot recall but here goes: Bow Bridgehouses Infirmary Pitsmoor Ellesmere All Saints Gower, Norfolk Bridge Wicker Nursery Exchange Parkhill Fitzalan Ellin St (Hereford?) Sussex St Mary’s Lansdowne Sharrow Highfield Pomona Broomhall Eldon St Philips Town Hall Moorhead In the Sixties two of these old boxes were replaced by “Section Stations”, these were Infirmary and Parkhill (Which replaced a box I think was in South St or Duke St). Such luxury for the officers on these beats for they had small Belling cookers and were properly heated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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