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[UncleUB]

This the church where I use to ring the bells and was also a scout troop member.What caught my eye was the cost of building it 1867-9
£3,200 

The building to the right of the church is St Marys Junior and Infant school(my dad went there),my mum and her brothers and sisters went one just down the road,the same as me and my sister.

The first place of worship to be built at the location of St Mary's church was a mission church which was constructed in 1861 on the site of an old carpenters shop at the junction of Hadfield Street and Howard Road. The mission church cost £1,000 to build and was superseded by St Mary's, construction of which started in 1867 by the Sheffield Church Extension Society. Building was completed in 1869 at a cost of £3,200, it is in the Early English decorated style and has a 90 ft (27 metre) spire. The Archbishop of York consecrated the church and the first vicar was Thomas Smith. Local dignitaries made financial contributions to pay for stained glass windows, tower, clock and the bells.
There were no schools for the general public in Walkley until the opening of St Mary's church. In 1870 the Education Act was passed and St Mary's school was built in premises adjoining the church at a cost of £2,180. The money being raised by public subscription and a government grant. The school remained attached to the church until July 1978 when it moved to the former Burgoyne Road School, between Cundy Street and Burgoyne Road. The area's other primary school, Walkley Primary School is situated on Burnaby Crescent. The former school premises at St. Mary's church are now part of the Sheffield College campus. Bole Hill Primary School on Bole Hill Road closed in the early 1990s.

[tuftedduck]

 

[UncleUB]

 

Looks like the stone cleaners have been 

[roseway]

Who knocked down the lamppost?

Is there a prize for spotting the changes?

[UncleUB]

Who knocked down the lamppost?

Is there a prize for spotting the changes?

Lampost/s(2)

aerial to right of cross

Sky alteration

possible bird removal(top left)

[tuftedduck]

Plus.......

Slight adjustment in the perspective to give tower and (especially) left hand end of wall a more verticle aspect

Dab of extra contrast using levels.

Slight colour correction using curves....(removing yellowish cast)

Then........the important, technical bit........a fiddle around. 

[UncleUB]

 :clap2:

Wouldn't fancy my chances of getting up into the belfry today   

Was awarded my scouting campanologist  badge for services rendered 

Oh and my mum and dad were married there 

[UncleUB]

A couple more..this quite old with the tram still running,they stopped running late 1950's,I can just about remember them



And a different modern view,taken from the top of my old street

[kitz]

 

Does look so much better though

[tuftedduck]

The old photo wpuld be taken prior to  1947........look, no War Memorial which is there in the newer photo.

[UncleUB]

The old photo wpuld be taken prior to  1947........look, no War Memorial which is there in the newer photo.

I never noticed tbh 

The main road(South Road)is where I use to do my mums and grandma's shopping on Saturday morning.Then at dinner time I had to fetch fish and chips,those queues 
My Saturday never started till about 1.30pm,then it was off to the pictures,Saturday matinee.....Zorro,and Gene Autry....  

[silversurfer44]

It's a good job there were no copper thieves in them days.
They pinched other stuff though. People used to leave their doors open then so people could leave some goodies for the folks who lived there.