as i parked my car near the Link pub, i thought i was visiting modern day Beirut. Sheffield, 1988. The Cremorne, London Road, is an early nineteenth-century pub. Both are topless: Tony in red tracksuit bottoms and Martin in little grey shorts, his knees knocked together as he mirrored his uncles crossed arms. Sheffield Everybody seemed to work and lived with both parents in those days and it was a thriving community. With a lake, a meadow, horse rides and over 4,000 trees its easy to forget that youre in the middle of London. The Red Lion, Hyde Park, Sheffield. Bill was accepted onto the course and in the beginning of the third year he had a tutorial from regular visiting lecturer and photographer Paul Hill. Park Hill is a housing estate in Sheffield within the Manor Castle ward. Construction began in 1957 with MP Hugh Gaitskell officially opening the first part of the Bill was nominated for the Fox Talbot Award organised by the National Media Museum, Bradford for this work. The Dram Shop Having 2 Doors, 1 either end and the Bestroom only the 1. [3], Hyde Park consisted of four blocks A, B, C and D, with each block having a public house, these were namely, The Earl Francis, The Target, The Samuel Plimsoll and The Crows Nest, there were shops, clinic, tenants hall, youth club and a launderette.[3]. Drove past Park Hill a few months ago at night and it didn't look like a soul lived in them. Yvonne Bland It was before it opened that I went into some of the flats with a group of Rangers (Girl Guides). At that time the Wards had a daughter (possibly 2). One of our members worked in the housing dept. the Sheffield high-rises that were home sweet home - The Not already a member? Due to me moving to live abroad in 1975, I cant give exact dates of this next bit. By 1838 nine newly-erected houses had been constructed, one of them a large public-house, a coaching inn beside Porter Brook, with an archway that led to a stable yard behind, and this was called the Matilda Tavern. The flats were Grade II* listed in 1998 so they cannot be demolished. With that information I presume(d) Cath had left Ron. File; File history; Hyde Park, Sheffield; 1991 Summer Universiade; List of tallest buildings and structures in Sheffield; Brutalism in Sheffield; Usage on www.wikidata.org Q15227307; it, is to put a rule lengthways along the centre of an shoe box and the back half will be in mid-air. 20 feet in the air above the 'Mezzanine' (between Ground & Pavement levels) car park/unloading/delivery bays & roadway which served the back doors of the (Pavement's) shops. Since 2017 we have published and exhibited photography from established photographers, as well as unearthing and giving a global platform to photography that has been previously unseen. Are you looking forward to its future or do you think it should have been knocked down? To maintain the strong sense of community, neighbours were re-homed next door to each other, old street names were re-used (Gilbert Row, Long Henry Now, Norfolk Row and so on) and cobbles from the terraced streets were used to surround the flats and pave the pathways down the hill to Sheffield station and tramlines. Children wave flags at Sheffield's Hyde Park flats on June 23, 1966, during the Queen Mother's visit. (modern). It was a great place to live in the sixties and early seventies. We accept that Park Hill has its flaws but we believe, warts and all, it's better than a lot of the mediocrity that is defining our cities. The Link on Park Hill had some colourfull characters. Doing an excellent job at imitating the London Underground, this was Charles Street Station, pictured in 1983.