Blake Street. Upperthorpe.

[xfox3x 10]

Does anyone remember when the handrails were put on Blake Street?

I seem to remember them being there for over 40 years, but OH thinks they've only been there for about 20 years.

Have tried looking on the net, but no joy.

Can any of you help?

[claire@mfc 10]

They have been there at least 38 years, god I feel old I, my dad uses to walk me up there to see my nan before I started Upperthorpe school

[xfox3x 10]

Thanks for that, but bighead OH :loopy:refuses to believe he's wrong (again)

[carosio 186]

Tried to tack up the hill on my pushbike with Sturmey Archer 3-speed gears but didn't get more than a few yards mainly due to the uneven cobbles. It might be possible now with low geared mountain bikes. This would be around 1960-2.

[xfox3x 10]

Well, he's now decided that there 'might have been a railing, but it was attached to the garden walls'.:gag:

I thought he was Mr Right when I met him:love:... but I didn't know his first name was 'Always'

[claire@mfc 10]

LOL its a man thing!

[Billy B 10]

I went to uppperthorpe school in 1963/64 and they were definatley there then

[xfox3x 10]

I went to uppperthorpe school in 1963/64 and they were definatley there then

 

That's the time when we moved to Walkley and I know they were there then:thumbsup:.....but Mr Wonderful is still insisting that they weren't put up til the seventies (just hates to be wrong lol)

[jean1 10]

Well I'm sure the hand rails were there when I used to go up and down and that was in the early sixties. I know because I used to go to my friend's house on Boyce Street, I lived on Daniel Hill opposite the wash house. In the winter you wouldn't have got up the Road without the rails to help, you would have slipped straight to the bottom.We used to teeter up and down in high heels come ice or sun.

[milted 10]

The handrail was not there in 1939

[xfox3x 10]

The handrail was not there in 1939

 

Neither was I or OH!

I'm sure they were there in the 60s but Alan seems to think that they weren't put up til the 70s.

It's causing a right old argument in our house lol

[carosio 186]

I just remember being around there in 60-62, and I don't recollect the rails, but might be wrong.