Poppi   10 #1 Posted April 22, 2014 Was it all farmland before the council estate was built or what was there Nobody seems to know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lee75 Â Â 10 #2 Posted April 22, 2014 Heard it was a quarry many years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
badgemush   10 #3 Posted April 22, 2014 Yes there was a lot of farms. http://picturesheffield.com/index.php Search for Southey Green Or Longley and there's some old pictures of the area's. The quarry was at Wadsley Bridge, where Kilner Way is now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lee75   10 #4 Posted April 22, 2014 Yes there was a lot of farms. http://picturesheffield.com/index.php Search for Southey Green Or Longley and there's some old pictures of the area's. The quarry was at Wadsley Bridge, where Kilner Way is now  It doesn't matter how many times i did my garden over, I'm always digging rocks, stones & bricks up. What a nightmare it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
badgemush   10 #5 Posted April 22, 2014 It doesn't matter how many times i did my garden over, I'm always digging rocks, stones & bricks up. What a nightmare it is.  Yes Lee75 got to agree with you there. mine was the same when I lived on Pollard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lee75 Â Â 10 #6 Posted April 22, 2014 Yes Lee75 got to agree with you there. mine was the same when I lived on Pollard. Â That's where i live now Was digging for 9 hours last Monday then again the following day for 5 hours. And all for the kids....again!! I keep saying to myself that i would never do it again but then found myself to be doing it and and in the process doing my back in KIDS!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bullerboY Â Â 10 #7 Posted April 22, 2014 There were a lot of small quarries on the longley and Southey areas a hundred or so years ago in fact many Race horses were buried in these quarries when the Stubbin was a famous horse Stud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Daven   10 #8 Posted April 22, 2014 I remember there being a farm at Longley. I worked at the Northern General in the mid to late 70's. Walking up the Herries Road drive I would be often be greeted by cows leaning over the wall on the left side of the drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
okismoki   10 #9 Posted April 22, 2014 It doesn't matter how many times i did my garden over, I'm always digging rocks, stones & bricks up. What a nightmare it is. bet the bricks were Wadsley Bridge Brick Co..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...