Hyde Park Flats Question?

[Crosser]

I bet when Hyde Park was lit up at night it was an impressive sight. The sheer scale of the flats is amazing

 

Yeah, we called it "The Great Wall Of China".

[Plain Talker]

the flats inside were the same has parkhill,the bedsits tendered to be flats with doors on the stairs,there were defenetley 3 bedrooms ,not sure about 4 beds ,the flats on the top landings were differant all on one levell and bedroom windows were on the landings,

 

Park hill had some four bedroomed properties,

 

Hyde park had a few four-bedroomed on the very top row(s) ST Johns Gardens, (and Bernard Gardens, and Cricket inn Gardens.

 

The interiors of all three flat developments of that style (Park Hill Hyde Park and Kelvin) were identical in layout. the only difference was the very top floor of Hyde park which had a single storey. There were one-bed, two bed three bed and four bed flats on the top storey(s)

 

there were bedsit flats in the corners of all three flats (remember they all had the Zig-Zag landing layout) and you could work out which flats were which by looking at the living room windows. then on Hyde Park, (But not on Park hill or Kelvin) there were two internal staircases on the biggest block with bedsit-flats opening off the stairs, three per storey, except on the landing level where there were none.

 

There were two styles of flat whcih you went downstairs to on the main landigs, one was a two bedroomed flat with a separate living room and dining-kitchen. the other was a one- bedroomed flat which had a living-kitchen and a seperate bedroom.

 

The two-storey maisonettes had two or three bedrooms, the living room of the two-bedroomed maisonette was directly above the living room of the three bedroomed maisonette next door, and on both maisonettes, the kitchen and back bedroom (above the kitchen) were side by side (IE the two kitchen balconies were adjacent to each other, each pair separated by a living room).

[brian1941]

Hi All, Pictures of Hyde Park Flats.

 

No1 Pic. You can just see the Park Club on the right, its now shut awaiting

too be knocked down.

 

 

 

No2 Pic is off Manor Oaks Rd.

 

 

Cricket Inn Rd- Hyde Park Flats further on too the left.

No3 Pic,

Edited July 3, 2016 by brian1941

[crookedspire]

About a couple of months ago I went up to the site of the now demolished Hyde Park flats main block , on a slope with a walkway in front I found two signs for a buried toilet block. In the same style of writing that still can be seen in the derelict section of Park Hill flats complex in red and made of metal were ' Gentleman' and ' Ladies' on a white tiled background. Also noted some remains of concrete railings above the site of the toilets and a few concrete ramps here and their.

[brian1941]

About a couple of months ago I went up to the site of the now demolished Hyde Park flats main block , on a slope with a walkway in front I found two signs for a buried toilet block. In the same style of writing that still can be seen in the derelict section of Park Hill flats complex in red and made of metal were ' Gentleman' and ' Ladies' on a white tiled background. Also noted some remains of concrete railings above the site of the toilets and a few concrete ramps here and their.

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Hi Crookedspire, Enclose picture of the old Earl Francis pub its

now a grocery shop couple years now. Was good looking round the

Hyde park flats and i liked the walk round Park Hill flats.

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Hi Crookedspire, Enclose picture of the old Earl Francis pub its

now a grocery shop couple years now. Was good looking round the

Hyde park flats and i liked the walk round Park Hill flats.

It's so strange to see a remnant of the old Walk building still standing, tacked onto the end of the new Walk and hardly changed since the 70s. Though now I come to think about it, the 'new' Walk's not so very new now, is it? Just about 26 years since the start of the Walk and Terrace renovations!

[crookedspire]

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Hi Crookedspire, Enclose picture of the old Earl Francis pub its

now a grocery shop couple years now. Was good looking round the

Hyde park flats and i liked the walk round Park Hill flats.

 

Thanks Brain, About mid 2011 I was in the area with my camera taking a few photos of Park Hill flats after doing this had a walk up Duke Street then passed the now closed New Inn . Then I noticed further up an outline of a flat roofed building with overgrown foliage been a Urban Explorer had to have a look. Their was pole that clearly once held a pub sign then looked at the building itself you could see the outlines of a name - ' Earl Francis' it was clear the pub had been closed some years. At that time their was a window missing ( glass wall blocks ) you could see the inside the walls were dark wooden panelling very 1960s but the bar was missing along with any seating.

[brian1941]

Hi Crookedspire, Thought i'd send you these pics of Trade,s and Labour

Workingmens Club, really enjoyed going round Hyde Park flats but Park Hill

was better and looking where the old pubs were.

No1 pic

 

No2 pic is backside of the club.

 

 

No3 pic of the New Inn pub you mentioned on Duke St and Bernard Rd.

Edited July 6, 2016 by brian1941
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[stpetre]

Hi Crookedspire, Thought i'd send you these pics of Trade,s and Labour

Workingmens Club, really enjoyed going round Hyde Park flats but Park Hill

was better and looking where the old pubs were.

No1 pic

 

No2 pic is backside of the club.

 

 

No3 pic of the New Inn pub you mentioned on Duke St and Bernard Rd.

Where was (is) the 'Trades and Labour' Club ?

Edited July 6, 2016 by stpetre
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Where was (is) the 'Trades and Labour' Club ?

At the crossroads where Duke Street crosses Talbot Street and Bernard Street, The Trades and Labour Club is opposite the Salvation Army.