New Towns for Old (1942)
23 places reported by location guides, not confirmed yet. See below.
Unconfirmed places
23 places reported by a source, not confirmed yet. Each one links to where it was reported.
Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, S1
Unconfirmed“Just scraped in, but they decided to clean up town”. Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, S1 as seen from the north. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came from256 Eastern Avenue, Sheffield S2
Unconfirmed"New life”. 256 Eastern Avenue, Sheffield S2 — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromArthur Lee & Sons Ltd Crown Steel Works, Bessemer Road, Sheffield 9
UnconfirmedAfter blurred industrial activity a steam engine marked ‘L.S.C. Ltd’ and numbered 13, passes in front of the camera. Could this be the Arthur Lee & Sons Ltd Crown Steel Works, Bessemer Road, Sheffield 9? — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromBard Street
Unconfirmed“All the cities have their slums”. “Ah, now this is much better”. Could this be Bard Street? — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromCarl Wark, Hathersage Moor
Unconfirmed“We haven’t built just anywhere, we have kept Green Belt.” A man who knows his hills, Neil Webster has identified this as 'Carl Wark', a rocky promontory on Hathersage Moor, just inside the boundary of Sheffield. He believes that it could here, be viewed from Burbage South Edge. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromCity Hall, Barkers Pool, S1
UnconfirmedCity Hall, Barkers Pool, S1. Officially opened 22 September 1932 — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromDuke Street
UnconfirmedCould this also be Duke Street and the same tram as that seen in Capture 25? — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromDuke Street, S2
UnconfirmedDuke Street, S2 has been suggested. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromEast Bank Road looking north from Eastern Avenue, S2
Unconfirmed“Right away from works”. East Bank Road looking north from Eastern Avenue, S2. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromEast Bank Road, looking east from Eastern Avenue
Unconfirmed“Right away from soot and muck.” East Bank Road, looking east from Eastern Avenue. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromEdward Street Flats
Unconfirmed“But war put a stop to all this, just for a time". The extent to which the Edward Street Flats has been built in 1942 — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromEdward Street Flats, S3
Unconfirmed“New flats”. Edward Street Flats, S3 — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromEdward Street Flats, Sheffield, S3
UnconfirmedEdward Street Flats, Sheffield, S3 built in 1934 and extended in 1943 — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromFargate, S1
UnconfirmedFargate, S1 looking north towards the former Sheffield Telegraph and Star Building. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromHigh Storrs School, High Storrs Road, S11
UnconfirmedAnother school. High Storrs School, High Storrs Road, S11. Grade ll listed. Relocated to this Site in 1933. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromNeedhams Free Beer Stores
Unconfirmed“And 14,000 we had already got rid of”. Needhams Free Beer Stores. Unidentified location. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromOld Hall Road (Attercliffe)
Unconfirmed“The houses are fit to live in aren’t they? They are not condemned are they?” The sign at the end of the road reads “J H Sims Garage”. There was a J H Sims, Motor Coaches at Old Hall Road (Attercliffe), a connection? — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromPinstone Street
Unconfirmed“We got a new council in". Pinstone Street looking north. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromPlum Lane and on Penistone Road
Unconfirmed“But you can’t move a town about like that.” There was a Cleansing Station in Plum Lane and on Penistone Road so this could be near either one of those. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromShirecliffe Council School, Penrith Road, S5
Unconfirmed“Aye, and new schools”. Shirecliffe Council School, Penrith Road, S5. Opened in 1939, Graham Kelly advises that the school was demolished between 2008 and 2010. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromSt John’s Park Church, Bernard Street, S2
Unconfirmed“Half a million people live there, a town of steel”. St John’s Park Church, Bernard Street, S2 in the background. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromSurrey Street, S1
UnconfirmedSurrey Street, S1 looking north with the white Sheffield Central Library on the brow of the hill. Work began on 1929 and was formally opened in 1934. — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
Where this came fromTinsley Towers
UnconfirmedBehind the opening film title are the Tinsley Towers, once attached to the Blackburn Meadows Power Station and eventually demolished in 2008 — recorded for New Towns for Old by Reelstreets. Not yet verified by us.
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