I'm interested in parkwood springs and its history. I'm looking for memories or stories anyone has that describe what the area used to be like!

I've got two old maps;

The first one from 1892 shows the area as mostly woodland, named 'Old Park Wood' with housing to the South which i believe was Parkwood Springs but that now the name is given to the whole site including landfill etc. I'm interested in the old Parkwood Road which went through the woodland joining the site from North to South at this time. Does anyone know how well this was used as a route into the city at this time?

The second is of 1953 which shows the old Parkwood Road still intact but no woodland and what looks like a series of quarries in its place. It also shows allotments off of Douglas Road which i would be interested in finding out about!

I think its a shame this land is being used as landfill and that the Parkwood Road has been cut off as a route into the city so any information on the character of this area over the period i have discussed would be welcomed!

Parkwood Road Neepsend Lane end, was tarmac up to the Gas Board Tip after which it became an unmade road, a bit of a rough track through to Shirecliffe, Douglas Road was tarmac up to a point just above the Ski Village then it became unmade road and joined up with Parkwood Road below the Allotments, the road can be seen running through the tips on this photo where I was comparing the tipping,
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee164/pick110/comparingparkwoodtip.jpg

I'm interested in parkwood springs and its history. I'm looking for memories or stories anyone has that describe what the area used to be like!

I've got two old maps;

The first one from 1892 shows the area as mostly woodland, named 'Old Park Wood' with housing to the South which i believe was Parkwood Springs but that now the name is given to the whole site including landfill etc. I'm interested in the old Parkwood Road which went through the woodland joining the site from North to South at this time. Does anyone know how well this was used as a route into the city at this time?

The second is of 1953 which shows the old Parkwood Road still intact but no woodland and what looks like a series of quarries in its place. It also shows allotments off of Douglas Road which i would be interested in finding out about!

I think its a shame this land is being used as landfill and that the Parkwood Road has been cut off as a route into the city so any information on the character of this area over the period i have discussed would be welcomed!
Hi - re the photo (1980). Before that on one side there were small holdings where pig and chickens were kept, a mate and my self went shooting rats (with permission).On the opposite side there were allotments, under which was a small mine. In the background there was Neepsend power station.the tip in the middle used to be on fire and my brother and I colected coke and sold bags on Parkwood Springs. Before the college on top of the hill there were gun implacments to protect Sheffield in the war and the shelter was left until it was all cleared for the college to be built.

I was the'village' bobby in Neepsend /Parkwood Springs from 1968 until 1976. I well remember most of the roads in the area and a lot of the people who were, contrary to popular belief, the salt of the earth. I have too many memories to relate at this time but am willing to answer any questions about the area via this medium.

I have just discovered my relatives lived on vale road in 1871, no.s 22,55 and 61. 10 years previous to this they were just listed as at parkwood springs. Do you know when Vale Road was built and what was there beforehand?

I have just discovered my relatives lived on vale road in 1871, no.s 22,55 and 61. 10 years previous to this they were just listed as at parkwood springs. Do you know when Vale Road was built and what was there beforehand?

Started to be built mid 1850's, some of the roads were renamed, Vale Road retained it's original name.

c1855 Parkwood,
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I lived on Pickering Road from 61 till 66/67. My auntie, uncle and cousin lived at the top of Pickering Road.

I went to Parkwood Springs Methodist church and my cousin was the last person to marry there before it was closed.

I used to live on Pickering Road as a child from 1948 to 1961 . I certainly don't remember any woodland area , though I do remember the open areas around the allotments .They were situated at the top side of the recreation area between the quarry and the hills leading up to the old gun pits on either side and Parkwood road leading over to Shirecliffe . Adjacent to the allotments , separating them from the recreation area was a bowling green .
To the NW side of the allotments , between Pickering road was an old quarry holding water which , when was heavy with water , was drained by the fire brigade . That was because it used to drain through into the mine shaft below . Because the hills around the old quarry were undulated , we used them as a push bike track .
At the otherside of the allotments , by Douglas road , there were several small ponds which were fed by the springs - hence the name springs . We used to fish in them for minnows and tadpoles .
There was at one time , in the early to mid 50s ., an attempt to create a track through from Douglas road to Rutland road , but that was abandoned for some reason .
There were two fields between the recreation area and the allotments which were used as a childrens sports area on Whit Monday by the chapel .
All in all it was a very close knit community , who mostly got involved .

I hope this has been of some help .I'm interested in parkwood springs and its history. I'm looking for memories or stories anyone has that describe what the area used to be like!

I've got two old maps;

The first one from 1892 shows the area as mostly woodland, named 'Old Park Wood' with housing to the South which i believe was Parkwood Springs but that now the name is given to the whole site including landfill etc. I'm interested in the old Parkwood Road which went through the woodland joining the site from North to South at this time. Does anyone know how well this was used as a route into the city at this time?

The second is of 1953 which shows the old Parkwood Road still intact but no woodland and what looks like a series of quarries in its place. It also shows allotments off of Douglas Road which i would be interested in finding out about!

I think its a shame this land is being used as landfill and that the Parkwood Road has been cut off as a route into the city so any information on the character of this area over the period i have discussed would be welcomed!

Did you know that the bowling green was built over a water tank?

Did you know that the bowling green was built over a water tank?

nope,certainly didn't . Any idea what it was for . I can only guess that it may have been as a catchment for the water that came down from the woods after a heavy rainfall when the springs gave out . Water did run down Douglas road after heavy rain .

Just thinking about that . If the water which came down from the springs into the tank , that must have been even better and purer water than that from Sheffield water works . I hope that it was not just for the Hallamshire .

nope,certainly didn't . Any idea what it was for . I can only guess that it may have been as a catchment for the water that came down from the woods after a heavy rainfall when the springs gave out . Water did run down Douglas road after heavy rain .I believe that it stored drinking water for the supply of Parkwood and Neepsend.

It is quite interesting looking at the discussion which is going on .
Someone is trying to ask a question , or make a point about their wishing to look more in depth about the history of parkwood springs . Everyone is talking around this guy . Not because they wish to ignore him , rather it is to look at what is being said or , by whom , from their past .It is their past that is more important to them , not what someone wishes to know about their past . Their past is a part of their lives - not someone else's .

Does anyone remember the fire brigade draining the quarry at the top of Pickering road after a heavy downpour . I certainly do .
I was always told that it was because it was seeping through into the old pit.

The mine at the Springs was owned by the Webster family who lived on Penrith Rd it was a drift mine and not a deep shaft one.Shirecliffe college was built on the site of the Prefabs on Standish Rd.The Gunpits was a football training ground and a Helicopter landing pad.Hope this helps.

I believe that it stored drinking water for the supply of Parkwood and Neepsend.

There was a fair sized well at the bowling green, the water tank as far as i know was below on the rec, used as an emergency tank during the war.

There was a fair sized well at the bowling green, the water tank as far as i know was below on the rec, used as an emergency tank during the war.The tank in fact was a supply tank the same as the one on Moonshine Lane only the one at the springs had a lid on it,the bowling green.

The tank in fact was a supply tank the same as the one on Moonshine Lane only the one at the springs had a lid on it,the bowling green.

Do you have any proof of the tank under the bowling green, i remember the well, right hand side going in green doors covering it, can't imagine pigstys being allowed any where near drinking water, let alone 40 feet away.

The mine at the Springs was owned by the Webster family who lived on Penrith Rd it was a drift mine and not a deep shaft one.Shirecliffe college was built on the site of the Prefabs on Standish Rd.The Gunpits was a football training ground and a Helicopter landing pad.Hope this helps.

You have some interesting points there.
I remember there being a pit pony from the pit being put out to graze because it was blind . At this time the pits would have been nationalised , or one would assume .
I only remember the Gunpits as that . I remember my cousin playing football on the woods on Rutland road , opposite Woodfold .
None the less , you have some very historical interest points there .

You have some interesting points there.
I remember there being a pit pony from the pit being put out to graze because it was blind . At this time the pits would have been nationalised , or one would assume .
I only remember the Gunpits as that . I remember my cousin playing football on the woods on Rutland road , opposite Woodfold .
None the less , you have some very historical interest points there .

Who's name would have been "Tommy"

Parkwood Ganister and Coal Mine-1938-1963.

Who's name would have been "Tommy"

Parkwood Ganister and Coal Mine-1938-1963.

I remember a " TOMMY " horse pulling a covered fruit and veg . cart around the springs . On dark nights the cart was equipped with a tilly lamp . I also remember
one of the lads calling out " Gerroup " , and the horse walking on down Pickering road and the fruit man running after it . The horse quite often used to feed on the grass in the front gardens when it stopped . It was also an aggressive old bugger , It turned on one or two people when they passed .

A friend of mine worked in the gannister mine which it primarily was but they did occasionally came upon a coal seam. The mine would have been too small to be included in the nationalization programme and I don't think ganister was in that category.The only proof I have about the tank are my own eyes and the info that our school teacher told us at the time 1955 I remember that I was fascinated that it had a lid on it.Maybe Sheffield Archives have some info,in the meantime I will ask some friends who are springers.

That would be interesting . Who was the teacher ? I can remember that there was a heck of a lot of water up there - hence the name springs .Water sprang up from everywhere. I lived on Pickering road and we had a well fed by a spring in our cellar which fed a fountain in the garden .

I just phone the friend who worked in the mine,he apologised for the wrong info,the mine was owned by Websters but not the ones on Penrith Rd it was taken over by Pickford-Holland and then by J.J.Dyson Refactories. Mike did you know Eddie Lewis who lived up there also John and Tony Dungworth.

I don't recall the names . I lived there from 1948 - 1961 . I remember the Greenfields , Addy's Smiths , Clays , Askhams , Baracloughs , Wardles , Bramaghs , Burrils , Swifts , and lots of others . Maybe they were after my time .

I just phone the friend who worked in the mine,he apologised for the wrong info,the mine was owned by Websters but not the ones on Penrith Rd it was taken over by Pickford-Holland and then by J.J.Dyson Refactories. Mike did you know Eddie Lewis who lived up there also John and Tony Dungworth.

When did you live up the springs bullerboy . maybe there are some people that I can remember , given a date .

I just phone the friend who worked in the mine,he apologised for the wrong info,the mine was owned by Websters but not the ones on Penrith Rd it was taken over by Pickford-Holland and then by J.J.Dyson Refactories. Mike did you know Eddie Lewis who lived up there also John and Tony Dungworth.

They would have lived Vale Road
Edmund Lewis and family went to Australia as far as i know.

The mine was owned by Webster and Company, and took over by a Mr Yates a retired director of Pickford Holland 1945.

Bang on retep,I am still in touch with the Dungworths,Tony owns Audiovision and has become very wealthy.Eddie used to be a works rider for Triumph motorcycles,I worked with him for a few years and I knew they had gone to Australia.Dungworths lived at 33 Vale rd,Watsons lived at 22.Sorry Mike if I gave you the impression that I lived on the Springs its just that I know a lot of people on there,I lived on the hill at Shirecliffe where we planned raiding parties on the springers in the playground.I remember Tony?Higgins and Alan Hinchcliffe they both had Triumphs.

Bang on retep,I am still in touch with the Dungworths,Tony owns Audiovision and has become very wealthy.Eddie used to be a works rider for Triumph motorcycles,I worked with him for a few years and I knew they had gone to Australia.Dungworths lived at 33 Vale rd,Watsons lived at 22.Sorry Mike if I gave you the impression that I lived on the Springs its just that I know a lot of people on there,I lived on the hill at Shirecliffe where we planned raiding parties on the springers in the playground.I remember Tony?Higgins and Alan Hinchcliffe they both had Triumphs.

OH ! you was one of the hooligans was you -Ha !
My brother was a friend of Alan Hinchcliffe . He was the motor bike enthusiast .
I preferred the more laid back - slow lane - life style .

I have just been looking at the " Properties for sale in parkwood springs " heading under the title of " Memories of Parkwood Springs " . Once you are in to that site it advertises - in small print -" within five miles of " Parkwood Springs . Surely this is blatant deception and a deliberate intention to mislead .
Come on Sheffield Forum , surely you must have some policy on such malpractice .