aelfheah Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hi I was wondering if anyone knows someone (locals living nearby?) who might have photos of how the large expanse of the old allottments and wild undergrowth looked before the estate was built in 1981/2 (?) I was a kid playing in that fantastic area in the 70's and was thinking of it the other day. I'd be grateful if anyone knows where I could find any, maybe taken from the houses nearby or even amidst the many little animal & bike tracks. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richpc Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 i sent most of my childhood in those woods and remember everything from the letters stuck to the tree's informing of the building to the houses being built. I don't have any pictures of the time as we didn't have a camera and i suppose not may people did back then. Try the devoloper of them .... Ackroyd & Abbot springs to mind for some reason but not sure if was them or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Wait a minute, where's Chancet Wood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky36 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 if you dont know where it is you wont be able to supply information will you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aelfheah Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 Wait a minute, where's Chancet Wood? Sheffield 8- Between Meadowhead (behind the little petrol station near Graves park) and towards Bocking Lane, stretching northwards(?) almost to the wooded hilltop above Abbey lane school...if this helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Thanks aelfeah. Still an area I'm not familiar with though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I used to live on greenhill avenue my house backed onto the chancet woods. I spent hours in the woods making dens and picking bluebells for my mum. I remember there was 2 allotments where 2 guys used to keep animals- ferrets,goats,chickens etc. Any body else remember the allotments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aelfheah Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 I used to live on greenhill avenue my house backed onto the chancet woods. I spent hours in the woods making dens and picking bluebells for my mum. I remember there was 2 allotments where 2 guys used to keep animals- ferrets,goats,chickens etc. Any body else remember the allotments? Hi Meg By the time I was playing in them, they were abandoned by the allotment tenders and was thankfully overgrown with nettle-thronged rabbit runs, wild hedgerows and eerie 'tunnels' made from wilted trees that had grown into one another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefflass314 Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 my nannan and grandad used to live on greenhil avenue.my sister and i spent some good times picking bluebells and playing in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 where abouts on greenhill avenue did yr nannnan and grandad used to live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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