Ms Interpret   10 #1 Posted September 21, 2013 Can anyone enlighten me as this picture is puzzling me (doesnt take much!) Its dated 1959 and at first glance the big building furthest away from the camera at the bottom of Flat street looks like Park hill flats but they cant be viewed from that angle and I dont think they were built then anyway My second thought was its Sheffield Hallam University ( Sheffield Poly as was) but again this wasnt built till mid to late sixties so I cant for the life of me think what it is can some one solve the mystery please??  http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s16062&pos=160&action=zoom&id=18805 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
megalithic   10 #2 Posted September 21, 2013 Can anyone enlighten me as this picture is puzzling me (doesnt take much!) Its dated 1959 and at first glance the big building furthest away from the camera at the bottom of Flat street looks like Park hill flats but they cant be viewed from that angle and I dont think they were built then anyway My second thought was its Sheffield Hallam University ( Sheffield Poly as was) but again this wasnt built till mid to late sixties so I cant for the life of me think what it is can some one solve the mystery please??  http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s16062&pos=160&action=zoom&id=18805  Like you say, it's the wrong angle to be Park Hill. Can't throw any light on what it actually is though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
steve1970 Â Â 10 #3 Posted September 21, 2013 It certainly looks like park hill but like you both have said its the wrong angle. Mmmmm, very strange Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blue9iron   10 #4 Posted September 21, 2013 Is it the old british rail building that used to be to the right of the staion?Its where the empty space is now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
me-and-pippo   12 #5 Posted September 21, 2013 College of Technology, Pond Street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tokyojoe   10 #6 Posted September 21, 2013 Is it the old british rail building that used to be to the right of the staion?Its where the empty space is now.  too early for that i think believe sheaf house BR building came a few years later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #7 Posted September 21, 2013 Have a look at the maps here. Could be the College of Technology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
me-and-pippo   12 #8 Posted September 21, 2013 Here's a closer view .. picturesheffield Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
steve1970 Â Â 10 #9 Posted September 21, 2013 Could it be Sheaf house? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
me-and-pippo   12 #10 Posted September 21, 2013 too early for that i think believe sheaf house BR building came a few years later.  Could it be Sheaf house?  Like tokyojoe states above, Sheaf House under construction in 1964 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andrejuan   10 #11 Posted September 21, 2013 The car just disappearing out of the bottom of the picture is an Austin Cambridge (Farina) Built 1959-1961 so the picture could be later? or dated wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #12 Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) Is it the old british rail building that used to be to the right of the staion?Its where the empty space is now.  It looks like the Polytechnic on the right hand side of Pond Street, you would not see the B.R. building from the Square as shown in the photo. Edited September 21, 2013 by lazarus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...