cigy Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Apologies if it has been posted before, it's the first time I've ever seen it Some great old footage of Beauchief to Attercliffe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotunn 68 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 It seems really strange to see Fargate with cars and trams running down it. A wonderful piece of Sheffield's history. Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Green Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Not seen that for a few years It's amazing to see Attercliffe in it's heyday. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francypants Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 That was wonderful to watch. Brought back lots of memories. So few cars on the roads too. Sheffield was a thriving city back then. I can remember the actual last trams, we lived at Carbrook and we went one night to watch the trams all festooned with lights go along the main road on their last journey. I was only little at the time and it was magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corny44 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 That was wonderful to watch. Brought back lots of memories. So few cars on the roads too. Sheffield was a thriving city back then. I can remember the actual last trams, we lived at Carbrook and we went one night to watch the trams all festooned with lights go along the main road on their last journey. I was only little at the time and it was magical. Yes, I watched it and it brought back great memories of my schooldays when I travelled by tram to Wadsley Bridge terminus and then walked up Halifax road to Chaucer school in the late 1950s. Then on the way home we used to clamber upstairs to sit in the bay area and chatter away about the day we`d just had at school. Oh happy days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallBuilder Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Suprising to see how many buildings were instantly recognisable and I've now learnt that the dual carriageway at Millhouses was once a tram route only on one side. The comments about the Moor with it's nice new modern shops and the new market building which looks so good as the narrator says tickled me as nowadays people say it's so old and dated. I also remember riding on buses with the open platform at the back so it was interesting to see a more modern style bus in operation way back then assuming of course the filming was all done in the same period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Green Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 it was interesting to see a more modern style bus in operation way back then assuming of course the filming was all done in the same period. The bus in question is a Leyland Atlantean, that entered service in Sheffield in 1959, one year before the trams ceased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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