[cookingfat50]

hi we moved onto gleadless valley in 1960, when it was a new estate and lots had"nt been buit then. anyway what i am asking is, does anyone remember, i think 2 or 3 cottages near the corner of blackstock rd and gleadless rd they where close to where the doctors surgery is now, also i can remember the small wooded area at the very corner of blacktock rd and there was always a few pigs in there maybe 4 or 5 know one i talk to remembers them or the cottages

[sharrovian]

My late mother and her brothers and sister lived on Gleadless Rd in the early 1900s and names I heard them mention were Clarks Farm and Buck Wood.

[Cardew]

Originally Posted by cookingfat50

hi we moved onto gleadless valley in 1960, when it was a new estate and lots had"nt been buit then. anyway what i am asking is, does anyone remember, i think 2 or 3 cottages near the corner of blackstock rd and gleadless rd they where close to where the doctors surgery is now, also i can remember the small wooded area at the very corner of blacktock rd and there was always a few pigs in there maybe 4 or 5 know one i talk to remembers them or the cottages

The apple trees from that farm are still there at the junction of Blackstock Rd and Gleadless Rd

[innit]

A few years ago I remember someone bringing a couple of photos of the farm to a Heeley local history group meeting. They were taken sometime in the late fifties I believe and pigs were visible wandering around amongst the trees.

[HABBO258]

Originally Posted by cookingfat50

hi we moved onto gleadless valley in 1960, when it was a new estate and lots had"nt been buit then. anyway what i am asking is, does anyone remember, i think 2 or 3 cottages near the corner of blackstock rd and gleadless rd they where close to where the doctors surgery is now, also i can remember the small wooded area at the very corner of blacktock rd and there was always a few pigs in there maybe 4 or 5 know one i talk to remembers them or the cottages

Me and my sister were talking about a farm we used to walk passed to go to my granma's house and there was one at the back of the BAGSHAW arms pub because i used to climb on the gate to feed the chickens but this one was on Mawfa Avenue now there are old peoples flats there where the farm was it used to be a road up to it

[Plain Talker]

My dad moved onto the valley in 57, when they cleared Netherthorpe, and he remembers the farm at the back of Gaunt road.

He went into the army in late 57 and he remembers watching the farmer reap the harvest on the field, that summer's end. He went off to serve for two years, and when he came back, the maisonettes - that are now demolished- had been built.