Friday 13 December 2019

Crookes Valley Park Crookesmoor Sheffield - Twentieth Century Postcards

I came across these three postcards on a well known auction site the other day. All are images of  Crookes Valley Park Crookesmoor Sheffield  dating from the early twentieth century 
The first is circa 1914 and focuses on the bowling green that is still there to this day, 



The second photograph was possibly taken after the first world war, possibly circa 1927 whilst the third and final photograph was taken circa 1935






The park really has not changed in terms of layout since these photographs were taken. The main  difference is that the trees and shrubbery have grown especially around the perimeter of the park. On the third photograph you can clearly see the backs of the houses on Harcourt Road but these nowadays are partly obscured especially in summer 

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