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School Road, SHEFFIELD, S10 1GR

Typically, the roads run steeply out of Crookes. This one drops down to Commonside and the route from Intake to Walkley, a former tramway.

The doorway and step height has been raised. Probably makes it easier to load and offload bags of plaster.

To the right, is Willson & Dowling Decorative Plasterers Ltd. This works has seen other trades including garage, upholstery and joinery.

Present day use for this old works, is Willson & Dowling Decorative Plasterers Ltd. It's seen a variety of professions, from garage, to upholstery and joinery. A friend tells me that it started life as, The Model Dairy Farm. A date stone reads, MODEL DAIRY FARM 1892. The lane runs from Crookes, down to the wooden fence and then does a ninety degree turn to School Road, so it can be approached from two directions. This has an advantage in that a rear side entrance door http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1148713 can be reversed up to for loading and offloading. Not a lot of room for manoeuvring though.

An area of mainly student housing

The church stands on the site of the former Sheffield Corporation Tram Depot http://www.chrishobbs.com/pickmererd.htm The six–road depot serviced a part of the fleet of about 400 vehicles. It lasted until the whole tramway service was withdrawn on 8th October 1960.

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The relief work on the pub wall says: – NOAH’S ARK TENNANTS’ CELEBRATED ALES & STOUTS. The small single–storey building below the sign is, Superior Student Accommodation, which in the ‘60s used to be P M Hopkinson, Tobacconist.

Between Wesley Lane and School Road is the Noah's Ark, one of the many pubs in the area. Above Wesley Lane is The Works, Beauty Studio – Noah’s Ark, Public House – Superior Student Accommodation, Local Letting Agent – R Hayman, Butcher’s Shop. Back in the sixties, The Works used to be C Thomas Ltd., Bakers and next door to that, before it became a part of the Noah’s Ark, was Winfield & Sons Ltd., Decorators. The property above the pub was P M Hopkinson, Tobacconist. The corner shop has remained a Butcher’s Shop, but back then, it belonged to F Burrows & Sons. The pub is opposite a path to the Church of St Thomas.

Above Wesley Lane is The Works, Beauty Studio – Noah’s Ark, Public House – Superior Student Accommodation, Local Letting Agent – R Hayman, Butcher’s Shop. Back in the sixties, The Works used to be C Thomas Ltd., Bakers and next door to that, before it became a part of the Noah’s Ark, was Winfield & Sons Ltd., Decorators. The property above the pub was P M Hopkinson, Tobacconist. The corner shop has remained a Butcher’s Shop, but back then, it belonged to F Burrows & Sons.