ultimatebulb Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 hi i am wanting to fing the full history of lihgtwood land and the valley but i have googled but no luck in finding any thing. could some one please help me please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billam Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 When I was a boy, in the fifties, I believe we used to push my nan down there in her wheelchair. My uncles pointed out structures in the field, they said they were where the wartime balloons were anchored and there were may have been gun emplacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) When I was a boy, in the fifties, I believe we used to push my nan down there in her wheelchair. My uncles pointed out structures in the field, they said they were where the wartime balloons were anchored and there were may have been gun emplacements. They did use the land to the left of Lightwood Land for barage balloons, among many other uses.The anchor rings are still there on the ground to see. Edited February 22, 2018 by WarPig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Person6 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Two things I remember about Lightwood Lane. In the fifties my grandad took me down there to see a Spitfire which was parked at the gates to RAF Norton and in the seventies I was walking with friends to Troway and was very surprised to see a steam engine stood outside a house on the right hand side going down. Other than that the cupboard is bare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Library Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Two things I remember about Lightwood Lane. In the fifties my grandad took me down there to see a Spitfire which was parked at the gates to RAF Norton and in the seventies I was walking with friends to Troway and was very surprised to see a steam engine stood outside a house on the right hand side going down. Other than that the cupboard is bare. I remember being taken down Lightwood Lane to see the steam loco back in the 1970s and it was mentioned on Sheffield History some time ago, although no-one on there seems to have ever seen it. It was Brown Bayley's No 4 and ended up at the Midland Railway Centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdamarine Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 My mate told me a story about once he was having a romantic liason whilst parked up down lighwood lane, And a spooky figure floated over his car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 i think the best place to find the most informative information is, go down L.L and ask the farmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd-jobs Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Loads of romantic liasons down there in the 90's notoriously well known for dogging lol no I havent before anybody asks When I saw this thread my first thought about Lightwood Lane was that how difficult it was to get a parking space on there on a Friday night in the 70's. A pal of mine got his Cortina 1600e [his pride and joy] stuck in mud there. The young lady got out in disgust and he apparently never saw her again. We got him out the next morning. Happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moirahyde Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I have an ancestor who was born in 1617 and according to his baptism record at St James, Norton, the family were of 'Lightwood Lane'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTac Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 i worked on the farm at the very end of Lightwood Lane in the 60s. where i worked for a Mr Jimmy Rhodes, also did work for Gordon Thompson down at Povey who was related to Jimmy. The farm on the left just before the end of the lane was run by two brothers Bert and Bob Morton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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