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Views from the church tower
First, an old (not dated) view towards High Street, with Clarel Street in the
distance. Starting with the next one (Park Ave.), all of the old pictures on this
page are originals which were heavily cropped for the 1958 Penistone Almanac.
The Rose and Crown advertised Hammond Ales. Notice how much greener the town had become in the 2000 pictures, with trees often obscuring the view. The Bowling Club's green is just behind the row of garages, RHS on the old view.
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Next, a comparison of views to the North, 1957 (left) and 2000 (right in b&w) with the same angle of view. Wellhouse Lane (centre) and Water Hall. Notice how much 'greener' it has become and the huge increase in housing. Emley Moor transmitting tower is on the horizon of the RHS pic, at the extreme left.
I don't have a comparable modern view for the lower picture to the NorthWest. This is a very interesting picture with much detail. It shows the railway line (electrified catenary system) going towards Manchester. This is now the transpennine trail for walkers and riders. In a few years it will revert to its old railway use.
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Shown here is St. Mary's Roman Catholic church being built on Talbot Road. Just right of the railway catenary in the centre is the current Police Station building on the corner of Talbot Road. Huddersfield road is at the top, with Netherfield old folks home on its bend. That was the workhouse in the old days and is now Penistone Grammar School's sixth form annexe. The actual school is higher up the road, obscured by trees in this shot. The graveyard of Netherfield church is just visible left of the trees. Gravestones gleamed in this picture. They don't gleam now.
Slightly right of centre is a 'toast rack' bus, which might be one from Baddeleys Bros. of Holmfirth (enlargement above). See if you can see it in the big picture. Baddeleys was a bus company with personality, memorable for tearing down Cubley hill at breakneck speed without slowing down for the vinegar brewery's dog-leg. The road was straightened after the brewery was demolished.
In those days, Penistone to Holmfirth passengers would patiently wait as the driver had a couple of pints in the Flouch Inn. I once saw a Baddeley's bus fully decorated with Christmas trimmings.
"Little pigeons in the street,
Yorkshire Traction potted meat."
Overheard remark from 'South Yorkshire Bus Co.' bus conductor - about their rivals.
