Deepcar, From Greenmoor c.1955
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D97012
Photo ref:
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Adjacent to Stocksbridge, this town was built on quarrying and the brickworks. Stone from here was used to build Sheffield's Wicker Arches that carried the Manchester railway line from 1848 to 1969. The brickworks chimney was a landmark in the Don Valley from 1891 to 1991.
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A Selection of Memories from Deepcar
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Deepcar
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I lived in the Gables House on Haywood Lane from the age 6 to 10 years. The period was during the early 1950s. I believe the car on the left of this photo may be my father's parked ouside the Gables house. I attended Deepcar C of E infants and junior school during this period. My father was Works Manager of the two General Refractories brick works on Station Road, Deepcar. The junior school head master was ...see more
I was born at the Tinmill Cottages, I remember there were two. My mum was called Dorothy Roebuck. I remember the well where we got our water and the toilet near the river. I remember going through the woods and the stepping stones, my Uncle Bryan used to take me, I was very young. I have found one photo of the cottages. I have been on Google Street Maps but it looks like the path over the river to the cottages is now closed and overgrown.
I lived in the cottage next to the King and Miller and the Co-op stores, Deepcar then was a peaceful village. I attended Deepcar C of E school on Carr Road like most of the children in Deepcar. We attended St John's Church every Sunday, and maybe went to a movie at Stocksbridge. My mother did her weekly shopping at Stocksbridge market and shops, the daily shopping at the Co-op. In the summer ...see more
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