Mans Head Rock

[blue11265 10]

Can anyone remember the Rock Face behind the Rivelin Hotel that looked like the profile of a mans head ?.

 

Its covered by trees now so you cant see it. It was always pointed out to us as kids as we travelled along Rivelin Valley Road.

[deadgobby 10]

yep used to play cowboys n indians,germans n english, round there with me mates in the fiftys ...it was black rock was'nt it ?don"t no what type... i think u could only see the profile lookin back towards sheffield .ive got a photo of it somewhere.took it when i was back there in the 70"s......[lets go up t mans head and have a war]was the sunday afternoon catch phrase after roast beef n y puddin for a bunch of 10 year olds who did 'nt have tv.

[blue11265 10]

Just found my old post. Surely people can remember it. I bought an old post card in an antiques shop on Scarborough that should the head in all its glory. Trees have now grown over and covered it up.

[me-and-pippo 12]

For anyone who hasn't seen it, here's a photo picturesheffield

[Bayern Blade 10]

It looks a bit like David Coulthard !

[hillsbro 32]

It's a pity that trees now obscure the profile as it was a well-known landmark, easily seen from further up the valley. As children we used to climb up the cleft at the left-hand side of the "face". Here's another postcard view, published in c. 1910 by F.D. Thomas of Angel Street: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/MansHeadRock-1.jpg

Edited May 5, 2009 by hillsbro

[Tooeg 10]

We saw it from Bole Hill Rd. Its not as good a profile as looking down the valley, I've never seen this view before.

[PopT 10]

Hillsboro the postcard doesn't show from photobucket, just a window saying the image has been moved or deleted.

 

Any chance of resending the image somehow, it would be appreciated.

 

PopT

[hillsbro 32]

I don't know why this happened but here goes again ! It's the same URL but seems to work this time.

[carosio 186]

We used to call it "The Old Mans Head". It's perhaps part of the outcrop that runs all the way back to Stanage Edge. In Hillsbro's pic I think the houses are The Glen Cottages near Glen Bridge.

[hillsbro 32]

The cottages are the ones adjacent to the Rivelin Hotel known as "Albion Row". They can also be seen, together with Man's Head Rock and Rivelin Hotel, in the background of this old photo of Hind Wheel: [http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s10367

Edited May 21, 2009 by hillsbro

[carosio 186]

Hillsbro - yes, in retrospect they did look a little high up from the valley bottom!