headup Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 There's one still standing outside the old Walkley Junior School at the top of Burnaby Street. It's right next to the play ground there. ...at least it was last time I was back home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 There's an old gas lamp situated at the rear of the new tesco, just off west street. It is a bit special to me, as it marks the spot where my dad's house was when he was a kid. It's now council car parking. There was a cafe on the top of Broomhall Street, called the Rickshaw (IIRC). my dad's parents lived in a private flat above the cafe. The lamp was right ouside the caff! I overlook it's site, as I sit in my office at work! (And yes the lamp at the top of Frog Walk, off Cemetery Road is still there... I live a few yards from it!) PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyNormal Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 There is an old one near to Malin Bridge School, opposite the Hillsborough Social Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_monty Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 There used to be a methane gas lamp at Darnall on the junction of Price of Wales Rd and Main Road, but was lost in the early 1990's when they widened the junction. Used to amaze that it burnt 24hrs a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycleracer Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 They were 3 or 4 on my road at Longley up to about 7 years agobut they were converted from gas to electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbuck Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 When I was a little lad, a man with a long pole used to go down Bellhouse Road in Shire green, he used to reach up to the gas lamp open a door with a hook on the stick and ignite the gas with a wick burning in a tube also on the pole..I think he only did this on problem lamps with faulty pilot lights...Another lamplighter I remember was at High Green, I used to see him on Thorncliffe Row where several gas lamps lit up the Stone terraced houses. This was when I used work at Newton Chambers in the late 50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Originally posted by mega_monty There used to be a methane gas lamp at Darnall on the junction of Price of Wales Rd and Main Road, but was lost in the early 1990's when they widened the junction. Used to amaze that it burnt 24hrs a day. Those old methane burners served a very useful purpose. A council worker once had a lucky escape at that junction. He was burning white paint markings off the road when there was an explosion and all six of the BT cast iron manhole covers were thrown about thirty feet into the air. These covers weigh about a hundredweight each. I believe one missed a bus by just a few inches and another landed on the back of a passing lorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneofThree Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 There used to be a one on the corner of Tipton Street and Jenkin Road. They are called Gas Destructor Lamps because they burn sewer gasses. Try this site: http://www.yorks8128.free-online.co.uk/G/GasLamps/GasLamp0.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkw Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I may be wrong, but I was led to believe that the gaslamps that were situated around Sheffield were to release methane from the underground as a safety precaution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest poppins Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Originally posted by Trekker Gaslamps, boy now we're talking old. Even if i remembered them i wouldn't admit it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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