Lushcannon Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I have come across an old Sheffield street sign of 'Havelock Square' .It has a blue background.Does anyone know in which years these colour signs were made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyharvest Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) I realise this is a few months after your post, but I've only just stumbled across it. This is of interest to me as I've been trying to track down and photograph the blue enamel signs (which I'm presuming this one is?) which are still in situ on the streets of Sheffield. I was drawn to them as there's something unexpectedly elegant and vaguely Parisian about them. May I ask how and where you came across it? Is it in your possession, or did you see it for sale somewhere? In answer to your question as to dating the sign, my research so far has shown that the blue signs were definitely erected towards the end of the 19th Century and into the 20th - I have been able to date this from Peter Harvey's 'Street Names Of Sheffield' Book which has an appendix listing Sheffield streets which changed their names and the dates they changed - two of which have blue enamel signs (Montgomery Terrace Rd (1890) and Scarsdale Rd (1903)). I have also come across them on unexpectedly on more later, 1930s semis which I'm guessing may have been originally built as council houses (Yew Lane, Ecclesfield and Heavygate Ave, Crookes). Havelock Square itself doesn't exist anymore - as I understand it there was a problem with that area of Broomhall in the 1980s, it was the Red Light District and there were a number of shebeens and communes in Havelock Sq and surrounding roads - the council mounted a 'clean-up' operation in the 80s including renaming what was Havelock Sq 'Holberry Gardens' after Sheffield Chartist leader Samuel Holberry. I think that area of Broomhall was built in the mid-to-late 1800s and there are still remaining blue signs on the streets around (Collegiate Crescent, Broomhall St, Broomspring Lane and several on Glossop Rd). Hope that this information is of use, and that you might be able to supply some useful information in return! ---------- Post added 04-02-2014 at 15:38 ---------- Also - if anyone knows of the location of any blue enamel street signs that I may have missed then I'd be grateful - so far the ones I've managed to find are (alphabetically): Argyle Road Balaclava Road Blake Street Brooklyn Road Broomhall Road Broomspring Lane Burcot Road Chesterfield Road Collegiate Crescent Cotton Mill Walk (on the Fat Cat) Cowlishaw Road Crookes Rd Crummock Road Glossop Rd x 4 Green Lane Heavygate Avenue Infirmary Road Keeton’s Hill London Road (on the Cremorne) Loxley Road Mansfield Road Middlewood Road - nr Hillsborough Park entrance Montgomery Terrace Rd New Street (off Bank Street) Norton Lees Road x2 Oakland Road Penistone Road North Pinstone St Richmond Road Ripley St Rippon Road Saville Street East (in Kelham Island Museum) Scarsdale Road Stalker Lees Rd x 2 Staniforth Road Steel Road Taplin Road Terrace Walk Thompson Road Vickers Road Victoria Road Vivian Road West Bar West St (on Aslans) Westbourne Road Whitehouse Lane Wilkinson Street Woodseats Road Wyming Brook Drive Yew Lane any not on that list would be gratefully received... Edited June 15, 2015 by ponyharvest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I had the ones from West Quadrant a few years back, now sold on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyharvest Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 A rather battered 'Shalesmoor' one was sold at Sheffield Auction Gallery just before Christmas, but I only saw it just after the auction took place - went for £45 I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalford Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I spotted a blue sign yesterday not on ponyharvest's list - Victoria St, the sign is on the Bath Hotel. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lushcannon Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 I realise this is a few months after your post, but I've only just stumbled across it. This is of interest to me as I've been trying to track down and photograph the blue enamel signs (which I'm presuming this one is?) which are still in situ on the streets of Sheffield. I was drawn to them as there's something unexpectedly elegant and vaguely Parisian about them. May I ask how and where you came across it? Is it in your possession, or did you see it for sale somewhere? In answer to your question as to dating the sign, my research so far has shown that the blue signs were definitely erected towards the end of the 19th Century and into the 20th - I have been able to date this from Peter Harvey's 'Street Names Of Sheffield' Book which has an appendix listing Sheffield streets which changed their names and the dates they changed - two of which have blue enamel signs (Montgomery Terrace Rd (1890) and Scarsdale Rd (1903)). I have also come across them on unexpectedly on more later, 1930s semis which I'm guessing may have been originally built as council houses (Yew Lane, Ecclesfield and Heavygate Ave, Crookes). Havelock Square itself doesn't exist anymore - as I understand it there was a problem with that area of Broomhall in the 1980s, it was the Red Light District and there were a number of shebeens and communes in Havelock Sq and surrounding roads - the council mounted a 'clean-up' operation in the 80s including renaming what was Havelock Sq 'Holberry Gardens' after Sheffield Chartist leader Samuel Holberry. I think that area of Broomhall was built in the mid-to-late 1800s and there are still remaining blue signs on the streets around (Collegiate Crescent, Broomhall St, Broomspring Lane and several on Glossop Rd). Hope that this information is of use, and that you might be able to supply some useful information in return! ---------- Post added 04-02-2014 at 15:38 ---------- Also - if anyone knows of the location of any blue enamel street signs that I may have missed then I'd be grateful - so far the ones I've managed to find are (alphabetically): Balaclava Rd Broomhall Road Broomspring Lane Burcot Road Chesterfield Road Collegiate Crescent Cotton Mill Walk (on the Fat Cat) Cowlishaw Road Crookes Rd Crummock Road Glossop Rd x 4 Green Lane Heavygate Avenue Infirmary Road Keeton’s Hill London Road (on the Cremorne) Loxley Road Mansfield Road Middlewood Road - nr Hillsborough Park entrance Montgomery Terrace Rd New Street (off Bank Street) Oakland Road Penistone Road North Pinstone St Ripley St Scarsdale Road Stalker Lees Rd x 2 Staniforth Road Taplin Road Terrace Walk Thompson Road Vickers Road Vivian Road West Bar West St (on Aslans) Westbourne Road Whitehouse Lane Wyming Brook Drive Yew Lane any not on that list would be gratefully received... Sorry for the delay. A friend of mines father in law died and it was in his house among his collection of transport etc.I was offered it for £50 but declined-it was a while ago now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyharvest Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I spotted a blue sign yesterday not on ponyharvest's list - Victoria St, the sign is on the Bath Hotel. Andy Thanks for that Andy! I actually snapped this one a month or so ago, I came across it by accident when looking a good website called 'Heritage Pub Interiors' which the Bath Hotel is on (along with other Sheffield pubs, worth a look - won't let me post a link as I haven't done enough posts on here...) - but I spotted the blue sign by chance on the photo of the pub on that site... Thanks very much for the interest though, the list was actually quite out of date as I've come across or been sent a fair few more since I posted it, so I have now updated it. Keep your eyes peeled and if you spot any more please let me know... Cheers ---------- Post added 15-06-2015 at 14:37 ---------- Sorry for the delay. A friend of mines father in law died and it was in his house among his collection of transport etc.I was offered it for £50 but declined-it was a while ago now. No worries. Thanks for the info - do you still have it then?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalford Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Keep your eyes peeled and if you spot any more please let me know... Cheers I know there is a 5th one on Glossop Rd. They're on the corners with Ashdell Road, College St, Broomspring Lane, Wilkinson St and Leavy Greave. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyharvest Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Cheers Andy... I had missed the Ashdell one, in spite of the fact my other half lived on Ashdell Rd when we first started courting, I must have walked past it many times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lushcannon Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 No worries. Thanks for the info - do you still have it then?? Unfortunately I never did have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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