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Going back a long time now. Does anybody remember the internal works railway at Laycocks at the Archer Road site? I recall seeing the steam tank locomotive which was used, running in the early 1950s. It was clearly visible from the gate on Archer Road. Anybody got a photograph?

See the link for a photo of the blitzed Sheffield Midland signal box - I hope it comes through ok!! http://transportfan.blogspot.com/

A photograph of the charred and boarded up signal box at the south end of Sheffield Midland station, appeared in a special Sheffield newspaper entitled "Trains & Trams" Mon February 1st 1988. Will send a scan of this if I can have your email address.

The first photo is most definitely at the bottom of The Moor known in those days South Street Moor at Ecclesall Road Junction. The "H" on the tram indicates it is travelling to Heeley. How others think that it is not in Sheffield is a mystery. In the far distance the Town Hall is very prominent. The second photo is Talbot Square Blackpool. The famous Yate's Wine Lodge is in the centre of the photo.

Graham unfortunately died a few years ago. His brother is Bernard and both of them played for The Blades at left back. Both played for England. Graham made his debut against that other lot at Sheffield 6 on January 5th 1952 and of course The Blades won the game - 3.1. Not unusual against that opposition. Graham was 17 at the time. Joe Shaw was NOT Graham's brother however they both featured in the very successful defence of the 1960s. Remember Alan Hodgkinson, Cec Coldwell, Graham Shaw, Brian "Rocko" Richardson, Joe Shaw and Gerry Summers. Graham was a great guy.

Sorry I cannot help re- the 1924 explosion, but I thought you would be interested to know that Birley East pit was sunk, commencing in 1887. It had just one shaft until the "upcast" was sunk in 1895. The pit was served by a branch off the Great Central Railway. It raised its last coal in October 1943, but continued in use for some years as a training centre. This information is extracted from the railway book "Scenes from the past 43 Sheffield Victoria to Chesterfield Central"

"City of Sheffield" was built at Crewe Works of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway to the design of Sir William A. Stanier and released to traffic in April 1944. She was numbered 6249 by the LMS becoming 46249 in BR fleet. She had the Power Classification of 8P (not 6P as suggested by "Texas". In BR days (1948-1963) she operated from London Camden until 1954, then from Crewe North and finally from Glasgow Polmadie depots. Her main traffic being express passenger services on the West Coast main Line. Although named "City of Sheffield" she only visited the city once, during her naming ceremony. She most certainly was never allocated to Millhouses depot as suggested. She was withdrawn from service in November 1963 and cut up at her birthplace in December 1963

Thanks Little Malc. Being new to the Forum I would appreciate help in finding your articles.

There was a Neepsend Coachworks on Penistone Road in the 1960s. This was a subsidiary of East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn. They constructed bodies for some Leyland Atlantean vehicles, but didn't manufacture for long. The factory was on the right as you travel from the city, just before the River Loxley bridge. I think the building is still in use by another engineering company. I will have a look sometime. Cravens built bodies for trams, buses as well as their main business, railway carriages. Sheffield Corporation Tramways had a large number of Cravens built trams at one time, the earliest being constructed in 1902 and the last one, numbered 1 was built in 1927. Also buses were built for Sheffield Corporation between 1993 and 1950 with a solitary mini-bus in 1966. Other corporations and private concerns had vehicles from this famous company. Information on both these outfits would be useful, if anybody can expand on this offering.

Thanks to Slimboyfat, desy and silverknight for your very quick responses. I will certainly follow things up as suggested. Desy's story is exactly the type of thing I am looking for. Transport history is so often the forgotten social history subject, and the wealth of stories which must be out there relating to Sheffield transport will make interesting reading. Thanks guys

New to the Forum. I am looking for historical information regarding public transport in Sheffield, mid 1800s to date. Trams, buses, railways, canal etc. Can anybody out there help please? Did anybody work on the transport networks of the city, if so what tales can you tell?