crumpster Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 My name is Mark Crump and I lived on Broad Oaks I played on the Kettle bridge all the time it was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotter47 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Worked at Record Ridgway,used it as a route home to avoid Parkway at rush hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin441 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I used to go train spotting there when I was a lad. Also I used to deliver milk for the express dairy around that area and travelled over the bridge every morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionman Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I played on kettlebridge in the mid 1970s as a youngster. Also used to sit on the bridge on the corner of ribston rd and watch the trains go by. In them days you could walk over the bridge from darnall and halfway along turn left and go down a ramp towards the train sheds if k remember correctly?? Spent many an hr down there under the bridge playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfield Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Remember it well, my Dad worked at Darnall Sheds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geotom Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Was that when it was a steam loco' shed or when it was a wagon shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) Cant forget it used to work on Ribston Rd. Must have come over there easy six times a day. Gaffer had yard in late 70s just off Bridge top of Ribston. Infact garrage is still there at bottom of Ribston. Tyre place now though. Edited February 23, 2022 by terminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfield Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 12:17, geotom said: Was that when it was a steam loco' shed or when it was a wagon shop? I believe my Dad worked at Neepsend first then he went to Darnall, he was a Loco fitter then when they brought Diesel Trains in he re trained to be a Diesel Fitter, then when they closed Darnall he went to Tinsley Marshalling Yards where he worked till his retirement in 1978. We lived not far from Darnall Sheds and I vaguely remember during school holidays going in to the diesel shed when my Dad was working ,I would be about 8 or 9 and one time he was working on a Shunter and he let me get in the cab with him and drive it in the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbiet Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Remember train spotting in the 1950s in the school dinner hour on the bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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