Patrick316

Hi I don't think it was Ashopton that you walked around. Ashopton is located on the southern side of Ashopton Viaduct at the Sheffield end. When the viaduct was built and Ladybower filled the village was 135ft down beneath the water. Over the years sediment has reduced this to the point that the remains of Ashopton are now well and truly covered with silt. The only way Ashopton will ever be seen again is if Ladybower is emptied and the silt bulldozed away. The only one out of the two submerged villages that sees the light is Derwent when Ladybower is low.

I've just posted another picture onto Flickr dot Com of where Attercliffe Station was. It's looking from the footbridge on Shirland Lane over the railway line. The website address is: The station was just the other side of the bridge in the middle of this picture.

Well, my ex - (who's not a Sheffield lass) - contacted me again after some 25 years. I loved her to the ends of the earth and beyond and for all those 25 years I missed her even though I am married to someone else now. A few days ago I saw a picture of her taken a few months ago and I thought "Time hasn't been kind to you dear, has it?!!!":( I wouldn't say she's a munter but I certainly would think twice However the one in Sheffield I was engaged to is a "Chubby Munter"

Hi everyone Here's a picture I took earlier this year from Shirland Lane Bridge. I've indicated on it the site of Attercliffe Station. (Just move you mouse cursor onto the picture and a box will appear, highlighting the site. Click on the "All Sizes" button and that will also allow you to open a larger size copy of the picture). Patrick

Well, after my ex contacted me via Facebook after 25 years, we had a massive row in which what went wrong between us was brought up, but it 'cleared the air' a bit. I'm now helping her trace her family tree, which is somewhat of a neutral subject for us to remain in contact with each other, and it's proving to be theraputic for me in that I'm finding out about those who would've been our childrens ancestors if we had've had kids. ...... but she still has a lot of explaining to do before the air is full cleared!!

Mine has just tracked me down via Facebook after 24 years! She says my name just 'turned up' ......... yeah, right! But this is a dilema for me, as I've never stopped loving her - even 24 years later. She's married - I'm married - so it all goes nowhere .....

After a gap of some 20 years I finally returned to Sheffield and stayed with my ex-fiancée's mum and dad. I found out that after nearly 28 years her mum still bends her ear for dumping me and going off with some bloke they can't stand. Still Lynn, you dumped me in haste and from what I hear you're now repenting at leisure.

Hi SimonJ Good pictures! I too have the book - The Silent Valley. I brought it that last time I was up there in 1989. Very good book for anyone interested in this thread. Cheers Patrick

Hi Just to follow on from Ousetunes thread.. As Ousetunes stated - Ashopton is situated by the viaduct over Ladybower - at the eastern (Sheffield) end and on the south side of the viaduct. At the time that Ladybower was filled the water was about 135ft deep at the point where the cente of the village was situated. Over the years this has probably become slightly shallower due to silt being laid down. I remember reading in a book that the ruins of Ashopton - unlike Derwent - are now completely covered by silt and will never become visible. The only way that the ruins will ever be seen again is if Ladybower is completely drained and exacavated. I think the prospect of that ever happening is highly unlikely . Cheers Patrick

Hi everyone I see that the BBC has a picture on its website of Derwent Res. showing that the current water level is only 65% of what it should be due to the warm April we've had. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1178705257/html/1.stm Has anyone been there in the past few days to see if the village is visable yet? Cheers Patrick

Hi Fuzzy and Tintsexpert As soon as you both mentioned Glen Howe Park, the name immediately came back to me some 27 years after the event! Many thanks Patrick

Hi everyone I know this is a bit of an obscure questions but.......... Back in 1980 when I lived in Middlewood, I went on a sort of park/nature trail walk that was somewhere along the western side of Langsett Road at Oughtibridge or Wharncliffe. A few days ago I came across some pictures I took there while visiting with a couple who were - at that time - going to be my mother and father in-law. I remember that the nature trail walk started near Langsett Rd itself, went up through a wooded area along the side of the valley and then opened out onto some sort of clearing/picnic area where there were a small set of swings for the kids. Is it still there, and what is/was it called? If anyone can let me have the Google Earth .kmz location would be even better!! Cheers. Patrick

Hi I think that the holes in The Wicker Arches must've been made by shrapnel from a bomb blast rather than machine gun bullets. The raids on Sheffield were made by Heinkel 111's, Junkers 88's or possibly Dornier 17's. None of these aircraft were designed for low-level staffing of roads or buildings etc. They would've been flying at around 15,000 ft in order to fly along radio beams in order to get to and from targets in the Midlands. If they had been flying any lower, they would've lost the beam signals and got lost. The job of machine-gunning roads etc was left to the fighters of which the only one at that time that the German airforce used over Britain was the Me 109 - and that aircraft just didn't have the range to fly from bases in northern France to Sheffield and back. It only had enough fuel to spend 10 minutes combat time over the south coast before it had to turn back for home. However, if the holes are definately made by bullets, could they have been made during the Sheffield Gang "wars" Patrick (Bournemouth, Dorset)

Hi As far as I remember, a very old friend of mine who lived in Pitsmoor during the War once told me that he remembered an anti-aircraft battery in that area. During one particular night air raid on Sheffield, the Royal Artillery - who manned the anti-aircraft guns - set off a new battery of anti-aircraft rockets that was in the area of Parsons Cross - (although it might have been a bit further south on Dump Pit - near where the Ski Slopes are now). Anyway, apparently the roar of these 6' rockets taking off frightened some of the locals so much at some panicked while going to a shelter and some died in the crush. These rockets batteries were called "Z" Batteries. Theres a story about one such battery (this one's in Essex) at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a4432411.shtml Perhaps the one in Sheffield might ring some bells with someone? Patrick