Runningman Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 A post for the sad people amongst us, me included. Many streets in Sheffield during the Victorian era were paved with Cobbles / Brick settes, call them whatever ! As kids we played with the tar that oozed up between them on hot summer days. Where in Sheffield are there roads where the cobbles still exist and roads where the tarmac surface has worn away to expose the cobbles beneath ? I will start with Farrar Road off Abbeydale Road, there's got to be many more ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Midland Street (off Shoreham Street): https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3726542,-1.4686192,3a,75y,272.02h,75.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAciYpZdAA4AjMUnR74MKtA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) The side streets adacent to Carlisle St, and some around Walkley/Crookes. Those cobbles are deeper than you think (around 8"), the few I have appear to be some kind of granite, tried to cut one with a brick bolster and it just blunted the tool tip. I'll add to that Mowbray St, where chunks of tarmac have broken away you can see the cobbles, no doubt we'll soon have a nice new cobbled road! Edited June 30, 2023 by carosio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Coates Street and Samson Street. Next to Park Library, off Duke Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prettytom Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Ashdell Lane in Broomhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecanary Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lark Street and Thrush Street in Walkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Mary St off Shoreham St. and Chandos St Broomhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 Come on folks, got to be more ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 There's also that steep little road over the railway that links Park Hill/South Street to the Pond Street area, and on the grassy slope here. Remnants of the streets there before the flats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Talbot Gardens – just up from Park Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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