brooksy Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 has anyone seen the bullet holes in the front and back of the wicker archers my dad showed me when i was a kid and u can actully see all the shrapnel and bullet holes in the walls as u approach the bridge coming from town towardsthe wicker if u look under the bridge on the left hand side u can see where a failed bomb becme stuck but didnt go off my parents told me this attack was o a large convoy of petrol and oil if this had exploded the whole town and a lot of war proucing arms factorys would have been destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycleracer Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Not really noticed this but i will endevour to look next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Somebody told me that there used to be a lift at Wicker Arches, which went up to the old Victoria Station. Is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfisher Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Yes there was a lift at the bottom of the steps to Victoria Station,it used to be known as the shortest 1p ride in Sheffield,My Father worked at a Hay and Stray Merchants next to the Wicker Arches(Pears and Frost) and the morning after the Thursday night blitz he found a tram car destiniation indicator in the Hay loft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietro Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 During the Second World War, the outer arches on both sides, were bricked up to form air raid shelters. I was told, that on the night of the Sheffield Blitz, when the Wicker was badly damaged, many people were killed in the makeshift shelters, due to suffocation, caused by the air being sucked from the shelters when the bombs exploded. How true this is, I do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Is the Lift Shaft still there? I rarely go down there now, but I must have a look next time I'm in the vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzbuz Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 yea everythime we used to go under the wicker archers my dad used to point out where it was bombed in the war it lookes like a big filled in hole as you come from town under the bridge look up and left! its cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishguy Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Originally posted by brooksy has anyone seen the bullet holes in the front and back of the wicker archers you sure they aint recent holes...? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Is Palmer and Harvey tobacconists still under the wicker arches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawtami Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 there's a strong possibility they might be related to my grandad's murder.. don't know much as it happened afor i was born.. but i was told he was shot at several times and mowed down by a car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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