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An Old Parade
This was labelled as a cycle parade in the original album, c.1913. The banner
reads 'Society of Railway Servants of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales'
(Penistone Branch), which was the forerunner of the National Union of Railwaymen,
although there was an overlap in time of the two organisations.
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Water Works
Pumping Station
This scan (top-right) is of a pumping station which used to reside at the top
of Rockside, Thurlstone, on a lane near the bridge, with close-ups from
the same picture. Now in private hands, remnants
of the old buildings are reputed to be still there, but you would be trespassing
to see them.
Regular website visitor Paul Bradshaw posted some useful information about these pictures in the guestbook. Paul thinks that the pictures were taken about 1958. The younger of the two chaps holding the pipe at the back is Eric Bradshaw (Paul's father) and the Landrover is the one that he used to drive for Barnsley Corporation Water Works. Eric also stood for the local Council, with George Punt as his agent.
The older chap is Luther Heap who used to live down behind the Blue Ball/British Legion, near the S-bend of the main road. The chap at the front in shirt sleeves and glasses is Tom Wadsworth who used to live at Belle Royd Farm. The black baby Austin was his. They were stripping out the old steam pump and boilers at the pumping station. (Many thanks, Paul - JB)
Stottercliff Road
These pictures are from Wednesday 20th August 1958 and show water workers looking at damage caused by water which flooded from a nearby water installation. It looks as though the surface under the landrover had given way and it had to be propped up.
Pictures of People
The first is Penistone Labour Party in the 1920s, location unknown. Second is
Penistone Bowling Club. It looks to be behind the Wentworth Arms, taken from
where Wentworth 'Mews' is now. I would guess around 1900. A mews means converted
stables but these are new houses, so the name means nothing much. Number three is Penistone Pigeon Fanciers Club and I guess this to be in the
1960s, location unknown. Something makes me think it might have been at The Bridge.
On the bottom row we have Penistone Scouts and Guides, about 1959. I can see one Clegg (maybe two), a possible Galliford, two Briggs sisters, a Hoyland and a brace of Kayes. Jeremy Cutts adds "The boy kneeling up, with one eye closed and cap at a jaunty angle in front of Lynne Matthews is my brother (Councillor) Jonathan Cutts."
The last picture is a football team of Fox's steelworks in Stocksbridge, who used to have inter-department matches. From the guestbook, John Travis gave me some useful information, first that it was not PCFC but Fox's, secondly that: "The guy with the ball is Neil Crossland from Thurgoland and now Silkstone Common, whilst the one at the extreme right of the back row is Mick Turton from Sheffield now Stocksbridge." Many thanks to John for that. My guess is that it was in the 1960s.
I have since spoken to Alan Beever, fourth on the bottom row, who looks remarkably similar to how his son does now. Alan says that, from memory, there would have been Eric Turner, Derek Dimelow and Ken Hawley but he should be able to update me with more names when he sees the picture again.
All From 1977
Here are some shots from my own film transparencies taken with a Praktica L camera
with Kodak film. The first two are from the same slide, taken from the top of Wellhouse Lane. You can see the beginnings of
Shelley Close off Wentworth Road. On the next row is a view from my Ward Street bedroom window. It looks across to Unwin St., before it became Lower Unwin St. and you can see my old blue Mini Estate car, which I parked on the drive of an empty house that Mrs. Symonds used to occupy. These 'Airey' houses were prefabricated but had a serious defect over time and the concrete supporting pillars became eroded, resulting in their demolition.
Number four picture of the church shows the old-style road sign for the one-way street. The last one is Dunford Bridge, when the railway lines and the electrical catenary system were still in use. Sorry that my scanner is a bit poor for transparencies.
