lovabulrogue Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Originally posted by docmel I showed these pics to my dad when I visite him in Sheffield yesterday - he is in his late eighties and went to school on Leopold Street before the building became education offices. Before I read the comment above I had asked him if he thought the second pic was looking down Leopold Street from Tenter Street. He is certain it is not - apart from anything alse the angle of the corber from 'Leopold Street' and 'Chuch Street' is too acute - the buildings there has a far gentler curve. Given that he was growing up in the City Centre long before the lutwaffe and city planners got their hands on it he is convinced, as quite a few people here are now, that none of these pics were taken in Sheffield. Hate to say 'I told you so' I still reckon they are all in the West Country. 3 is definately Barnstaple, no question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedWizard Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Great thread! Must admit I thought the same. None really have the feel of Sheffield, number three definitely isn't, and I can't imagine three prints being produced so similarly and kept together if they were of different places (although might be very wrong). Fascinating thread though. Has anybody contacted Barnstable people yet? EDIT - having said that, that tower on number two is really bugging me, cos I recognise it from somewhere............ and number two does have certain characteristics.......... and that building is so close to the old Cole Brothers... which would make the tower is exactly the right place for Telegraph house, but it isn't quite the right shape.......... EDIT - having said that again, Number One is blatantly the moor, as per the picturesheffield link above. The tram posts are identical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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docmel Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 EDIT - having said that again, Number One is blatantly the moor, as per the picturesheffield link above. The tram posts are identical! [/b] Yeh Wizard - despite what my Dad thinks having seen the Pictures Sheffield Photo that is teh same location....but not convinced at all about No 2 and I think we all agree that No 3 is definately not Sheffield, don't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Originally posted by JWPeatfield Did you mean Tenter Street or the top of Townhead Street as Tenter Street is at the bottom of Townhead Street/Hawley Street and Leopold Street would not be visible? I did mean Townhead Street/Trippet Lane corner, and that is definitely the view. Go there tomorrow with a print of the second photo, stand on the corner and you will see that is is definitely that one. Look at these 2 links - the first one is from PictureSheffield and the second one is the second one mentioned at the start of this thread. Look at the chimneys and you will see they are identical. http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u02662 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/fourfive/2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfive Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Originally posted by fourfive I have scanned a close up of a section of picture 2 and it looks to me that the trams are very similar to the trams in picture 1 (South Street - The Moor)? http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/fourfive/5.jpg I have had a closer look at the wording on the building and its "Yates's Wine Lodge". So did sheffield have a Yates's at the turn of the century and if so where was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmel Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Originally posted by Saxon I did mean Townhead Street/Trippet Lane corner, and that is definitely the view. Go there tomorrow with a print of the second photo, stand on the corner and you will see that is is definitely that one. Look at these 2 links - the first one is from PictureSheffield and the second one is the second one mentioned at the start of this thread. Look at the chimneys and you will see they are identical. http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u02662 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/fourfive/2.jpg Saxon, as much as I try I simply cannot see the comparison between these two pics. Even forgetting the chimmney pots, the pic from Picture Sheffield shows a building with Dutch influenced frontage (the curved bits on the top) - they are nowhere to be seen on the picture from the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Originally posted by Saxon I did mean Townhead Street/Trippet Lane corner, and that is definitely the view. Go there tomorrow with a print of the second photo, stand on the corner and you will see that is is definitely that one. Look at these 2 links - the first one is from PictureSheffield and the second one is the second one mentioned at the start of this thread. Look at the chimneys and you will see they are identical. http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u02662 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/fourfive/2.jpg Now I'm getting confused! The pic from Picturesheffield is Church St/Leopold St, but you say the old photo is Townhead St/Trippet Lane, so what are we comparing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovabulrogue Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Originally posted by TheRedWizard Great thread! Must admit I thought the same. None really have the feel of Sheffield, number three definitely isn't, and I can't imagine three prints being produced so similarly and kept together if they were of different places (although might be very wrong). Fascinating thread though. Has anybody contacted Barnstable people yet? EDIT - having said that, that tower on number two is really bugging me, cos I recognise it from somewhere............ and number two does have certain characteristics.......... and that building is so close to the old Cole Brothers... which would make the tower is exactly the right place for Telegraph house, but it isn't quite the right shape.......... EDIT - having said that again, Number One is blatantly the moor, as per the picturesheffield link above. The tram posts are identical! Awaiting a reply from their Tourism office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Fourfive — Hope you don’t mind, say if you do. I’ve taken off copies of your three pictures to give one of my employees lessons on enhancement via Photoshop CS2. If we come up with anything positive I’ll let you know and send you copies of the enhancements. peterw — Peter Wright Graphics. Tel: 0161-798 4100 noon to 4pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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