A MEGA PUB CRAWL OF SHEFFIELD

Yes, it's time to look at a few of Sheffield's pubs, mostly just off the city centre itself. We start down by the River Don, where we see Yorkshire Traction's no. 645 in 1980.

Behind the above bus can be seen part of the old Tennant's Brewery, taken over by Whitbread and later closed. Here's a close-up in 1980.

Not far away, the Tap & Spile. It's due to reopen soon (2027) as the Bull & Mouth.

Overlooking the river, the Harlequin, an excellent boozer.

Like all cities, there's continual redevelopment.

Leopold Street was the site of one of Sheffield's tram depots and a good place to photograph them.

Right, back to the pubs! Next up, the famous Bath Hotel, not to be missed.

The Brewhouse closed in 2016.

Another loss, the Denison Arms, which barely made it into the 21st century.

The modern Devonshire Cat closed in 2020 - a great shame.

It's not all doom and gloom. The Dog & Partridge is still going strong.

The historic pub Fagan's still attracts plenty of customers.

The Foundry & Firkin is now renamed as the Beehive (no real ale).

The Frog & Parrot. Once a Whitbread brew pub, now it's owned by Greene King.

The Grapes, on Trippet Lane, retains its cask ales.

Henry's Bar had a great range of beers. It has since closed.

The Norfolk Arms seems to be still in business.

The Swan seems to have vanished into the ether. A shame, as it had a wonderful Tomlinson's Brewery tiled exterior.

Another one gone - The Hop.

Three former Wards pubs worth visiting; the Red Deer, the Red Lion and the Roebuck.

Time for a Wetherspoons; the Sheffield Waterworks Company.

The Old House has changed hands and is now called Vocation & Co.

The West Street Arch, celebrating a Royal visit in 1905.

West Street is a popular area for its night life. The Hallamshire Hotel has a wonderful exterior, though it is all open-plan inside.

At the top end of West Street was a Wetherspoons, the Swim Inn, since closed.

Not far away, the University Arms, a decent free house.

Our next stop is the lovely Crow Inn.

It's just a short downhill walk to the next pub, passing some fine industrial buildings en route.

West Bar is at the bottom of the hill and there was a micropub here called Bar Stewards. Its since changed hands, been renamed and has no cask beer now.

Never mind, just across the road, the not to be missed Shakespeares, a former Ward's pub, now with some great independent beers.

That seems like a good place to conclude this post. Next time, Shalesmoor, Kelham Island and Neepsend.

IN WHICH WE SEE THE CANAL BASIN, NUNNERY, VICTORIA STATION AND T'WICKER (BUT NO OPEN PUBS)

Just a short tour of the northern edges of Sheffield city centre (the map here will give you an idea of where we are), starting at the canal basin and terminus of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, seen here around 1910.

By 1992 it was all a bit derelict.

The area was refurbished in the early 21st century and here are a few views from 2006, with the straddle warehouse back to its full glory.

Hidden beneath is Nunnery Main Line Junction, still in use today, though the signal box has gone. A spur from here climbs up from the Midland line to the Great Central.

A the top of the spur, the former Nunnery Single Line Junction signal box, of MR design, seen after closure, 1978.

There was a LNWR loco shed close by, closed just after the Grouping of 1923.

Nunnery Colliery was also in this area. Hunslet no. 2 (786-1902) is seen here.

The Sheffield Supertram cars are based at nearby Nunnery depot (Foulger Rail Photos CC).

Jumping across the River Don, we arrive at the Norfolk Arms in Carlisle Street, a Tetley house (formerly Gilmour's), long closed now.

The Norfolk Arms would once have served the workers from Wicker Goods station, the original terminus of the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway. All gone now.

Next, up on a viaduct/embankment was Sheffield Victoria station. Here's the interior when it had an overall roof.

Here are a couple of GCR locos.

Both the LNER and LMS served Victoria station, the latter using running powers from Penistone.

In BR days, electric locos were a common sight here, plus the odd diesel hauled freight working.

There were signal boxes at either end of Victoria station.

The derelict station in 1979 and de-electrified in 1984.

At the north end of the station the railway crosses The Wicker by this famous arch.

A busy scene on the Wicker in tramway days.

The Wicker was once home to a good number of pubs, but they've all gone now, including the Viaduct, seen behind SYT's towbus attending a dead Ailsa in 1986.

I'll leave you here for now. Sorry about the lack of beer. We'll make up for it in the next post, I promise.