Stocksbridge
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Map of South Yorkshire
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Stocksbridge books (16 available)
Whitby Photographic Memories
Hardback
Guisborough Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Stocksbridge memories
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Early years
I think the road you see near the top right of the picture is Hunshelf Bank. If I'm right then I used to live in a house at the top of the hill with my family. It stood back from the road and looked down on Samuel Fox's. When I was around 6 years old my parents moved us to the Coach and Horses on Manchester Road which is the main road seen in the picture. I hope I'm right. My name then was Sanderson.
Contributed by Lesley Turner
420 Rimmington Row- My home
I lived at the above address with my mum Evelyn and dad Jim Hoyle who for a time was the caretaker at the Stocksbridge C Of E school just across the road. My sisters Valerie and Vivien and I lived with with our parents in a one down and two up house at 420 . The other downstairs room of the house contained my grand father's ( Bill Brameld) cobblers and clog makers shop which as a very youg lad I would help out in. He made me a pair of clogs when I was about 3 years old and I would happily clomp along the pavements making the irons on the clogs spark. I remember a Mr Corbridge had the ...read more here
Contributed by Wayne Hoyle
South Yorkshire memories
420 Rimmington Row- My home
I lived at the above address with my mum Evelyn and dad Jim Hoyle who for a time was the caretaker at the Stocksbridge C Of E school just across the road. My sisters Valerie and Vivien and I lived with with our parents in a one down and two up house at 420 . The other downstairs room of the house contained my grand father's ( Bill Brameld) cobblers and clog makers shop which as a very youg lad I would help out in. He made me a pair of clogs when I was about 3 years old and I would happily clomp along the pavements making the irons on the clogs spark. I remember a Mr Corbridge had the ...read more here
A memory of Stocksbridge contributed by Wayne Hoyle
Early years
I think the road you see near the top right of the picture is Hunshelf Bank. If I'm right then I used to live in a house at the top of the hill with my family. It stood back from the road and looked down on Samuel Fox's. When I was around 6 years old my parents moved us to the Coach and Horses on Manchester Road which is the main road seen in the picture. I hope I'm right. My name then was Sanderson.
A memory of Stocksbridge contributed by Lesley Turner
Extracts From Stocksbridge & South Yorkshire books
Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years. It was here that Henry II and Malcolm of Scotland reached an agreement to hand Peveril back to the English crown, whereupon Henry had the fortress rebuilt and added a keep.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
The caverns at Castleton were, and still are, a popular day out for people from the Sheffield area. Here we have the entrance to the Speedwell Cavern, and Winnats Pass is little more than a track for sheep. Speedwell’s history goes back to the 18th century, when a shaft was driven underground in the search for lead ore. The cavern’s unique feature is a 750yd underground canal.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
This photograph shows the climb out of Hathersage on the Sheffield road near Millstone Edge. Near here is Bole Hill. A bole was a medieval method of smelting lead ore: it was a stone-built affair with an opening toward the prevailing wind, in which layers of timber and ore were placed. When the wind was in the right direction the bole was fired and the lead trickled down into a collecting pool to create a pig.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
This view looks towards the village from the Sheffield road. On the right is the Ordnance Arms, better known to today’s tourists as the ivy-covered Hathersage Inn. The small building serving as a bank is now a three-storey affair.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
On the left we have the George Hotel in its rebuilt form, complete with battlements. Around this date the village had a population of about 1600; early closing was on a Wednesday and Tuesday was market day.
An extract from from"Sheffield and South Yorkshire Photographic Memories".