Killamarsh canal

[kevvy]

14 hours ago, tinfoilhat said:

I’ve lived in killamarsh for 20 years, fished it for 15 on and off and ive no idea where you on about! Have you had a look on google maps? It won’t tell you everything (I’m currently trying to find out info on a pond - seemingly unreachable in westthorpe) but it’s normally a decent starting point ie is there water there!

I think he is meaning Sheffield Road beyond what is / was the Nethergreen WMC. As you pass the club and climb the hill you go over an old canal bridge, there's a detached house on the left which was the Lock keepers house, hence "Lock Hill".

[spider1]

15 hours ago, tinfoilhat said:

I’ve lived in killamarsh for 20 years, fished it for 15 on and off and ive no idea where you on about! Have you had a look on google maps? It won’t tell you everything (I’m currently trying to find out info on a pond - seemingly unreachable in westthorpe) but it’s normally a decent starting point ie is there water there!

Well i know were he means and i dont live in killamarsh . You never heard of lockhill  all i can say you dont go out much mate

[bassett one]

kevvy thats exact,once on filled in bridge you went left as in facing the hill,along a tow path of filled in canal,then came to tar works on left with some house were you paid,and it was there and went round a bend,with farm land opp. in the 60s,my nan lived on sheffield road and you went past the club and up to get there if that helps

[tinfoilhat]

45 minutes ago, spider1 said:

Well i know were he means and i dont live in killamarsh . You never heard of lockhill  all i can say you dont go out much mate

Thanks for the input.

 

No, I can’t let this go I’m afraid. Because I don’t know the history of a private dwelling - ie a lock house for a canal that’s been filled in for decades - and it’s known by some people as lock hill despite not actually being called lock hill on a map or having any actual locks I “don’t get out much?” 

 

**** off. Mate.

 

To the OP, the tow path is still there, as is the pond and it looks like the only way to access it, but it might be behind a fence - it’s a bit hard to make out. You can’t get to from Ellisons road either, unless you have a word with the bloke on the gate veolia.

Edited February 5, 2020 by tinfoilhat

[spider1]

1 hour ago, tinfoilhat said:

Thanks for the input.

 

No, I can’t let this go I’m afraid. Because I don’t know the history of a private dwelling - ie a lock house for a canal that’s been filled in for decades - and it’s known by some people as lock hill despite not actually being called lock hill on a map or having any actual locks I “don’t get out much?” 

 

**** off. Mate.

 

To the OP, the tow path is still there, as is the pond and it looks like the only way to access it, but it might be behind a fence - it’s a bit hard to make out. You can’t get to from Ellisons road either, unless you have a word with the bloke on the gate veolia.

Only ragging you mate i am from beighton  [ beighton bucket banger] as the killamersh lads used to call us . Was always called lockhill never new it by any other name but that was poss 30 years ago had a lot of mates in killamarsh  . Saturday nights used to be an hour in the Midlands hotel and then of to the big city Eckington good days. 

Pretty obvious to me you were not a killamarsh family

Edited February 5, 2020 by spider1

[tinfoilhat]

55 minutes ago, spider1 said:

Only ragging you mate i am from beighton  [ beighton bucket banger] as the killamersh lads used to call us . Was always called lockhill never new it by any other name but that was poss 30 years ago had a lot of mates in killamarsh  . Saturday nights used to be an hour in the Midlands hotel and then of to the big city Eckington good days. 

Pretty obvious to me you were not a killamarsh family

Midland hotel. No S.

[kevvy]

22 hours ago, spider1 said:

Well i know were he means and i dont live in killamarsh . You never heard of lockhill  all i can say you dont go out much mate

I thought it strange not to have heard of Lock Hill., but hey ho !  Mr tinfoilhat you have learned something new !!   lol

Edited February 6, 2020 by kevvy

[tinfoilhat]

3 hours ago, kevvy said:

I thought it strange not to have heard of Lock Hill., but hey ho !  Mr tinfoilhat you have learned something new !!   lol

Every day is a school day!

 

Im still no wiser on this pond though. 

 

But on the subject of mysterious ponds in killamarsh i saw someone loading up fishing up fishing gear near the mysterious pond at westthorpe. This has changed things up a bit.

Edited February 6, 2020 by tinfoilhat

[kevvy]

20 hours ago, tinfoilhat said:

Every day is a school day!

 

Im still no wiser on this pond though. 

 

But on the subject of mysterious ponds in killamarsh i saw someone loading up fishing up fishing gear near the mysterious pond at westthorpe. This has changed things up a bit.

I believe KJS have some ponds at Westthorpe, do you know of these ? It's a while since I've fished there. It's down the lane beside the West End Pub. Also I'm sure I've seen a sign for some ponds in the grounds of Park Hall near Spinkhill,not a million miles away ?

[tinfoilhat]

7 hours ago, kevvy said:

I believe KJS have some ponds at Westthorpe, do you know of these ? It's a while since I've fished there. It's down the lane beside the West End Pub. Also I'm sure I've seen a sign for some ponds in the grounds of Park Hall near Spinkhill,not a million miles away ?

Nope, not westend, fished that loads of times. From what I’ve seen on google maps it’s not a big body of water, not the size of westend but looks bigger than the course lake at KJS. But it’s very hard to access - to point I haven’t yet.

 

Drive down green lane past he pub, past the industrial estate and just before the dip and sharp left going up hill there looks like an electrical sub station. I think you get it from there. You can’t access it from westthorpe fields, I’ve tried, so it must be from green lane and a bit of hike too. It might not have any fish and be 10 inches deep, but it’s certainly interesting.

 

Been promising a trip to Park Hall but not got there yet, but it looks nice from the pictures I’ve seen, hoping it might be a bit different if nothing else.