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Marston Road, SHEFFIELD, S10 1HG

Abandoned Breakdown truck behind Twigg Brothers Garage, Toyne Street, Crookes.

Another abandoned breakdown truck behind Twigg Brothers Garage, Toyne Street, Crookes.

While still at school, I did the occasional part-time leaflet drop. They were handed over by the thousand and I had to shove one through every letter box until they were gone. Toyne Street, with its roadside doorways, was always my first port of call. This was also an alternative way to Western Road School, instead of going via Springvale Road.

The road is viewed from outside the former Sheffield Savings Bank and nine-roomed flat where I used to live with my parents many years ago and it leads down to my former school http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1206782 Part way down the road is the former Crookes Congregational Church, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1175483 which can be seen to the left, beyond is the city. This same view could be had from the front room and bedroom of the flat http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1232062

Springvale Road runs across the picture, Cobden View Road runs up the picture. For other views of the junction ... see ... Image Image See also ... Image

The date stone shows this mansion to have been built in 1898 ... the Black and Blue Wheelie Bins are dated a little later. See also ... Image

The pub stands at the corner of Crookes and Springvale Road. In the years that I remember it, there was a snooker room to the right of the building. A doorway facing Springvale Road led to an off-sales where customers would go and buy cigarettes, bottled drinks or even take a jug and get it filled with beer. A toothless old grandma would walk down Toftwood Road, come Sunday, resplendent in beret, with strands of wispy grey hair splaying out. She always had on a long oversized coat, with one arm tucked away inside. The returning walk would be painfully slow to avoid spilling the beer and exposing the disguise. Very occasionally her daughter would take her place and mimic the ritual. She never wore a beret, but a scarf over hair curlers and always had a cigarette drooping out of the corner of her mouth. The publican's name was Lawrence 'Lol' Wright. He was a big chap, some say ex-boxer and he was always very pleasant. There was hardly ever trouble in the pub, but one day a guy did start throwing snooker balls about. I see some of the windows are boarded up and that's what reminded me of the incident. The small building to the right is a bookies and is built on land that was vacant for years. It may have been a bombsite, but I've never heard anything to confirm that.

Springvale Road runs across the picture, Cobden View Road runs away from the photo position. See also ... Image Image