Transport history landmark gone? (Read 826 times)

[hjdary]

I have just seen today something was made me so sad.

A year ago I was on Albert Road, in a customers house, who told me that some builder had bought the old horse tram depot at the bottom of the road, and was intending to build flats on the site. (theres a novelty for Sheffield!)

I said it would be a shame to loose the arch way with the old Sheffield Tramway Company legend on it but she quite proudly said the locals had protested and the council had got the frontage listed..."they can only build the flats if they incorporate the archway" she said and furthermore..."the builder said he was going to restore it a bit"

This was the scene last year....

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So this morning when I saw that I had Mrs Laidler on my sheet again I thought I'd have a look down the bottom of the road again to see how the arch was doing. I nearly wept....look....

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Mrs Laidler told me that the builder claims that the arch was in a bad way and fell down in the middle of the night.

Now I'm sure that the builder being a reputable trader is as gutted as me. And the rumor is the council has told him to stop all work until the arch is re-instated but this type of thing seems to happen time and again.

Think back to Queens road depot....the frontage of that was meant to be saved.

A friend of mine who works for a demolition company once told me that if they were on a site with something like this in the way they would leave it til the weekend and flatten the offending building late on a Saturday when no one was around. Then by Monday report it as a accident.

While I stress, I'm sure this is not whats happened here its still makes you wonder.

This must serve as a timely reminder....take a photo now...before its gone.

R.I.P. another Sheffield landmark.

[tox0114]

Aww it's a real shame, it was a shame to see the old leadmill road depot go, but at least they kept the front of the building with the flats behind, it's a real shame, let's just hope it can be replaced.