Albert T Smith
05-09-2008, 11:53
In the late 1940s early 50s I can remember a Transport café situated at the corner of Herries Road, South and Penistone Road, North directly opposite the Spy-in Kop part of Sheffield Wednesday’s football ground.
I believe that the proprietor also had a ‘ Bed & Breakfast ‘ part of the business where long distance lorry drivers could stay over night.
Frequently whilst going to town, first on the No 110 bus which departed from Adlington Road and a little later, also the No 49 which departed from initially, Wordsworth Tavern but later Monotony Road. I would notice low loading Pickford Holland trucks parked outside. Sometimes empty sometimes loaded but covered.
As I’ve grown older I’ve often thought if these were transporting Tanks from Newton Chambers at Chapletown and if they were. How did they negotiate the burn-cross cross roads corner?
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I believe that the proprietor also had a ‘ Bed & Breakfast ‘ part of the business where long distance lorry drivers could stay over night.
Frequently whilst going to town, first on the No 110 bus which departed from Adlington Road and a little later, also the No 49 which departed from initially, Wordsworth Tavern but later Monotony Road. I would notice low loading Pickford Holland trucks parked outside. Sometimes empty sometimes loaded but covered.
As I’ve grown older I’ve often thought if these were transporting Tanks from Newton Chambers at Chapletown and if they were. How did they negotiate the burn-cross cross roads corner?
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