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Old Chesterfield / Re: Blacksmith Yard
« on: March 27, 2016, 07:21:35 AM »

I found this posted on the Facebook group 'old chesterfield pics' by Bill Lowe  (y)
"Blacksmith Yard off Holywell Street, Chesterfield
 

Thanks  for  that  Fly,  first  time  I,ve  seen  that  one.  I  will   keep  searching  to  find  out  exactly  where  it  was.

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Old Chesterfield / Blacksmith Yard
« on: March 26, 2016, 10:45:46 AM »
Has  anyone  any  information  please,  about  Blacksmith  Yard  off  Holywell  Street.  I  recall  my  grandfather  talking  about  someone  he  knew  that  lived  there  around  1900  but  know  nothing  more,  other  than  it  was  not   the  one  off  Glumangate.


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General Discussion / Re: The 2016 jollies thread :-)
« on: January 16, 2016, 02:10:06 PM »
Yes Pastitman. We will be staying at the Seabank Resort + Spa in Mellieha Bay.
We're also hoping to rent a car for a few days to see as much of Malta as possible in a week. We presume the buses/local transport will be a bit thin on the ground early season.

Buses  OK  all  year  round  but can  be  crowded  at  peak  times. No  need  for  guided  tours,  easy  to  get  about. If  you  are  driving, don,t  forget  the  Maltese  highway  code,  the  shortest  book  ever  written ...  one  blank  page.
Good  car / bike  meets, most  Sunday  mornings  at  Golden  Bay  and  Qawra  (Howra)  aquarium.   Enjoy

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General Discussion / Re: The 2016 jollies thread :-)
« on: January 15, 2016, 03:57:01 PM »
Looks  hectic  bransoj  but  hope  you  have  a  great  time, We  don,t  drive  now  but  have  done  our  fair  share,  you  name  it  and  we  have  probably  been  there , over  the  years. Can,t  cope  with  todays  traffic  etc.  Spend  time  here  in  Malta,  slower  pace,  watch  the  world  go  by.

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General Discussion / Re: The 2016 jollies thread :-)
« on: January 15, 2016, 12:14:35 PM »
Just booked a weeks All Inclusive in Malta for later this year, well, in a couple of months time.  (y)

Just  read  your  post  that you  are  coming  over  to  Malta. Is  this  your  first  visit? If  so,  springtime  is  a  nice  time  to  come,  not  too  hot ....  July  /  August  very  hot.

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Fun Stuff / Re: Are you ancient? Do you remember some of these?
« on: June 19, 2015, 05:24:19 AM »
Tin  baths  in  front  of  the  range?   Last  used  ours  in  1959

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Fun Stuff / Re: Are you ancient? Do you remember some of these?
« on: June 16, 2015, 12:37:52 PM »
Metal  ice  trays  before  plastic  but  not  much  use  without  a  fridge.  Can,t  remember  anyone  around  us  that  had  got  one,  had  to make  do  with  cellars.
Bringing  topic  down  a  bit  but  what  was  worse  than  the  shiny  toilet  paper  we  had, (squares  of  newspaper  was  much  better). These  as  some  will  say,  were  the  good  old  days,  never  get  that  one  with  what  we  have  today.

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Fun Stuff / Re: Are you ancient? Do you remember some of these?
« on: June 16, 2015, 07:19:02 AM »
Had  to  think   about  it   ;)   but  got  all  14

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Where has Chesterfield gone?
« on: May 02, 2015, 05:37:34 PM »
I think the King and Miller pub had two rooms, I have seen inside photos of the pub in T.P. Woods Alamac. The bar was horse shoe shaped and one room had panelling looked really nice. Part of the facade is still there as the Halifax bank the rest as usual was cleared away.

Thanks  nicheuk, stand  corrected, main  room  and  bar  as  you  went  through  the  door. Second  room  may  be  the  cosy  one  I  remember,  could  have  been  the  panelled  one,  sorry, don,t  recall.

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Where has Chesterfield gone?
« on: May 02, 2015, 04:33:42 PM »
[quote author=Pete link=topic=5813.msg39385#msg39385 date=1430579710            This is a photo of the King and Miller yard around the turn of the century.

Looking south to the market place.
[/quote]

Great  photo  Pete,  thanks,  pub  on  the  right,  just  one  room  if  I  remember  correctly,  not  a  big  room  but  cosy.

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As  we  are  in  the  church  yard,  has  the  old  lampost  appeared  back  yet, if  not,  does  anyone  know  where  it  is  now? Seem  to  remember  it  was  damaged  and  removed  last  year? or  have  I  got  this  wrong.

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Where has Chesterfield gone?
« on: May 02, 2015, 11:04:51 AM »
  The biggest loss to Chesterfield was the demolition of the T.P .Woods side of the Market Place in the 1960s so that Littlewoods (Primark shop) could build a out of scale store their ,which resulted that one side of the square retained its character while the other lost most of its character buildings. Don't get me wrong Chesterfield has been luckily its retained what's it got but so much more could have be saved that would have made the town really interesting.

Couldn,t  agree  more,  nicheuk, ( and  don,t  forget  the  King  &  Miller  up  T. P. Woods  alley)

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Where has Chesterfield gone?
« on: May 02, 2015, 10:43:40 AM »
Isn't it what's below the Donut that makes it difficult to redevelop? To me, as an outside, Chesterfield appears to have escaped the worst of the 60-70's 'nuclear bunker' style of architecture - Casa Hotel excepted.

Not aware  of any  problems  under  the  Donut, Big  Dave, I  lived  in  that  area in  the  1950s  and  there  were  houses,  shops,  pubs,  offices,  light  industrial  yards,  garages, council  yard, Quakers  chapel  and  graveyard  etc., but  would  welcome  info., regarding  that. Initially  the  telephone  exchange  was  to  be  sited  there,  then  bus  station  and  recently  a  shopping  complex?,  nothing  happened,  still  a  car  park.
We  would  have  had  a "bunker" style  development  in  the  60s  if  (was  it  Hammersons? / council )  had  their  way,  it  would  have  obliterated  the  town  centre. Public  opinion  changed  that,  which  resulted  in  a  rethink  and  the  Pavements  as  it is  now,  was  created,  keeping  the  main  frontages.

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Where has Chesterfield gone?
« on: May 02, 2015, 06:48:09 AM »
Think is was a general thing throughout the country when tower blocks were seen as the solution to slum clearance. The decade that fashion remembers but architects would like to forget.

Slum  clearance  ok,  but  to  demolish  and  do  nothing,  what  is  now  "the  donut"  for  example,  there  were  many  interesting  buildings  in  that  area  that  could  have  been saved  and  worked  around. The  Alms  house ,  the  Peacock,  etc,  could  still  be  in  place  as  Saltergate   is  no  wider  now   than  before  "improvements"  were  made. Agree  that  architects  would  like  to  forget  the  concrete  jungles  that  was  fashion  but  still  say  that  whoever  planned  our  town  put  no  thought  whatsoever  into  preserving  what  we  had  and  the  practice   goes  on  today. The  baths  on  Markham  road,  not  many  survive  now,  so  why  get  rid,  to  build  what  is  there  now?

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Where has Chesterfield gone?
« on: May 02, 2015, 05:57:27 AM »
Co-op and Chesterfield Hotel still have buildings intact

Don, t  think  it  will  be  long  before  the  hotel  is  flat.

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