IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Abbeyfield Road, SHEFFIELD, S4 7AW

Taking this photo thirty five years ago you would have seen a continuous retaining wall, broken only by a gated foot-entrance where you could turn either left or right to ascend either of two two-flight steps which doubled back on themselves to meet together at the top. Behind standing about ten feet above the level of the road and about fifteen feet back was the Hall at the end of the single storey original school building, which for the last years of the college's life formed the Library.

The wooden gates and small sub-station to the left mark what was the entrance to De La Salle College; A catholic grant maintained grammar school founded in around 1921. The core of the teaching staff consisted of about six members of the De La Salle brotherhood. In 1977, following the full "comprehensivisation" of catholic secondary education in Sheffield, the school was merged with the largest catholic secondary school in Sheffield - St Paul's together they became All Saints and before long the De La Salle site was sold-off. Despite a desperate petition organised in my last year at the school (1976) the outstanding contribution of the De La Salle brothers to education in Sheffield is now no more.

Heading south west.

This pond was originally created as an ornamental feature for Crabtree Lodge in the 19th Century. Crabtree Ponds, recently designated as a statutory Local Nature Reserve is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham. Rudd, roach, perch and eels can be found in this pond. Another smaller pond, known as The Sink can be found nearby.