2008

SK3287 : 235-239 (rear of), Crookes

taken 16 years ago, 3 km from Stannington, Sheffield, England

235-239 (rear of), Crookes
235-239 (rear of), Crookes
At the age of seven, way back in 1949, when I lived here above the former Sheffield Savings Bank Link this was a little known, but World Class cricket ground. From 1949 to the early ‘50s, many test matches were played here and many a sixer was belted out of the boundary only to fall foul of the dreaded tramcar wheels on the main road. The wickets were scrawled in chalk on the right–hand corner of the then garage. It can be seen here though that the garage doors have been removed and the garage turned into an outbuilding.
Remarkably, only one window was ever broken and that was due to substituting the rubber ball for a golf ball. I dread to think what the result would have been if it had connected with the bowler’s head.
Back then, the ground seemed so big and it was certainly in better condition. There were no Wheelie bins, only a bin for the waste bits of meat from Peat’s butchers shop. At times there was a bit of a hum from the bin, but on cold days it wasn’t too bad. The corrugated sheeting of the add–on was painted black back then and the building was a handy leg–up when the ball got lodged in the guttering.
Similarly, an outside toilet that was to the right and at the back of the fence was useful for access to the upstairs kitchen window when I came home from school and no one was in.

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Category: Yard > Yard
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Butchers Shop [11] · Sheffield Savings Bank [7] Other Photos: · The Infield and Wickets, Crookes ·
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SK3287, 181 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Dave Hitchborne   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 26 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 4 April, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 32822 87851 [1m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.1893N 1:30.4791W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 32817 87839
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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