old tup Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Way back as a young tup in the 50s as a keen cyclist my worst experiance on a bike was getting my front wheel stuck in tram lines after crossing Hillfoot Bridge onto Penistone Road.It was wet on the road,the bike skidded,the front wheel slid into the tramline bringing me off,next thing a car was skidding towards me,it stopped on top of the bike a close call inches away from me!.The driver was more shook up than me and I was shaking,it happened to pals of mine often.I wonder if any forum members ever had this experiance in their past?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whissiewoo Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 not to me but did see many a cyclist get caught out with the tram lines on attercliffe common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Penistone Road, Bonfire Night 1959 - I remember it well. There were no Wadsley Bridge trams by then (they had finished a few weeks earlier) but the deadly tramlines were still there, and like old tup I fell foul of them in wet weather, coming a right cropper. I've still got a scar on my right knee but it was my nose that hurt most! My dad's motorbike and sidecar just fitted between the rails. If he hadn't given a quick turn of the handlebars we'd always have finished up at the tram sheds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 In the 1950s’ an aunty I never knew was riding her bike on Langsett Road on a foggy day. Her bike got stuck in the tram lines; she was knocked down and killed by a tram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkgirl Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 My husband got his bike wheels caught in tram lines about ten years ago, ended up in Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mason Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 yes mate, I was on the Moore at one of the interchanges, my front wheel didnt know which way to go, I went over the handle bars, what about the fix wheel bikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharrovian Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 When I was about 14 I went with some schoolfriends to Langold lake, it was a lovely day and we had a swim and really enjoyed the day, on our way home we came up Fargate and across the front of the Town Hall where the tram lines criss-crossed to the stops near the Peace Gardens, it had been raining heavily in Sheffield and everyone negotiated the lines except me as I went arse over tit right in front of the Town Hall, I have never been so embarassed, I was up in a flash and off down the Moor as fast as I could, we laughed about it afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinder Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I used to dread the ones on pond street, you had to ride between the lines because there was only about a foot between the left hand line and the curb. My biggest fear was getting a tramcar behind me traveling towards Fitzalan square so I used to peddle like the clappers looking behind me more than to the front, a recipe for disaster... I once accidentally crossed the left hand line and finished up with my front wheel on the curb and my back wheel in the gutter and me laid at this guys feet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishall Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Once or twice I remember my dad getting the front wheels of our pre-war car stuck in the tramline and getting into a speed wobble, Speed wobbles, remember those? Quite common once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 In the Fifties, my cousin had a Bubble Car. One day he took me in it to Sheffield City Centre. When we were coming down Snig Hill past Cockayne's, the front wheel got fast in the tram lines. We stoped, got out and lifted the Bubble Car to safety. In we got and off we went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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