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.

CENTRAL SHEFFIELD

Just up the hill from Sheffield Interchange is Fitzalan Square, once a bit of a hub for Sheffield's trams. Here's a bit of trackwork going on.

 

Trams through the years at this location.

The "new" Supertram also serves Fitzalan Square. Here are a couple of them in early Stagecoach livery in 2006.

The bowstring girder bridge over a busy road intersection is in the background of the above photo. In this one, a tram in its smart new colours is about to pass over it in 2016.

Opposite the tram stop was a short lived micropub, the Drink Inn, seen in 2017.

Plenty of Sheffield's buses pass Fitzalan Square. Here's a SYPTE example.

The early 1980s saw SYPTE have a vehicle crisis and various buses were hired in, including this example from Hull, seen in Fitzalan Square in 1981.

The entry from Market Hill into Fitzalan Square provides plenty of opportunity to photograph buses. Mainline, in 1993, were operating "bendibuses" around the city centre.

It's a good place to capture the vehicles of Firstbus. The bus in the lower photo is painted into the old Doncaster Corporation "purple stripe" livery.

Stagecoach buses can also be seen here.

Passing the tram stop in 2022 is a Powell's bus on a tendered service.

A short distance away is Castle Square tram stop, conveniently situated by a Wetherspoons, the Bankers Draft.

Come out of the back door of the 'Spoons and there's the Dove & Rainbow.

The next tram stop is Cathedral. 

Here's the cathdral itself, seen around 1970.

Two more famous Sheffield buildings - the Town Hall (above) and the City Hall (below). 

Next to a small city centre shopping centre, a pub (now Greene King) called The Museum.

Sheffield's trams could be seen throughout the city centre. 

Pinstone Street was a good place to find them.

A few SYPTE buses in the city centre, plus a Leicester Leyland Atlantean on hire.

Not all buses served Pond Street/Interchange. Ladyline was an example.

Another good city centre pub is the Brown Bear, owned by Sam Smiths.

That leads us to Fargate, once served by trams.

Here's Fargate in 1969.

Another of Sheffield's major throughfares was The Moor. Here's the first tram, in 1899.

The Moor suffered terribly during the Blitz of 1940.

Much of The Moor is now pedestrianised, as seen in this postcard of the late 20th century.

That's it for now. Next time, we'll look at the fringes of the city centre.