welder1   11 #1 Posted April 9, 2019 Exact location of AA Gun site on Warminster Road during W11 anyone know ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Re-Enactor   10 #2 Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) Picture of site http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s02557&pos=7&action=zoom&id=6220  Think it was about where the care homes/ Brindly estate are now, just below Ketton Ave Edited April 9, 2019 by Re-Enactor bit added Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Nankypoo   10 #3 Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) They obviously were not that all good at the anti aircraft stuff.  http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s01002&pos=6&action=zoom&id=4824  Edited April 13, 2019 by Nankypoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bayern Blade   10 #4 Posted April 17, 2019 On 13/04/2019 at 14:27, Nankypoo said: They obviously were not that all good at the anti aircraft stuff.    Well they certainly never shot anything down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
biker   10 #5 Posted April 17, 2019 On ‎13‎/‎04‎/‎2019 at 13:27, Nankypoo said: They obviously were not that all good at the anti aircraft stuff.  http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s01002&pos=6&action=zoom&id=4824  My father was on the Z battery somewhere on the Manor during WW2. Apparently they were aligned to miss the steel works and hit houses in case of malfunction !!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
old tup   30 #6 Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) My father was on the AAguns and rockets at Parkwood Springs,he told me as a kid that they did more damage to that part of Sheffield than the whole German air force managed to do!!!!. Edited April 24, 2019 by old tup missed a bit out,oops!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
carosio   185 #7 Posted April 26, 2019 As kids we used to play in the space below where the gun mounts had been, a tiled entrance, if I remember right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...