Putting these three small Sheffield sites together as they don't merit a report in their own right
1. Regency Products (November 2024)
Thank you to @tarkovsky for the heads up on this small place. And ironically, I didn't manage to get a single calendar shot!
Pretty much a one-room operation, there was nothing too much to see here.
Regency Products were founded in the early 1990s as a family-run business based in a small workshop in Sheffield, just opposite from Sheffield Arena, specialised in the fabrication of wrought-iron gates and railings. In 2015 they relocated to Shiregreen and their former premises lay abandoned
You’d sort of expect nice gates to their premises, right?
Externally there’s not too much to get excited about:
And we’re in:
The two fabrication machines are the most interesting bit:
Other than that…
There’s these old stamping plates:
An old copy of The Daily Star:
And a few other bits and bobs:
And this old fireplace:
2. Acorn Rifle Range (June 2024)
Very little info around on this place and certainly not enough to merit a stand-alone report, but an interesting spot all the same. This small rifle range is located on the floor of a former quarry and first appears on O/S maps in 1920, although it is likely to date back to World War One.
As the range appears on a 1930 O/S map:
The range was in use during World War II and up to 1950 but on a 1970 edition of the O/S map is in disuse.
You first come to the ranges end wall or butts:
And the remains of the trench where the target changers would shelter:
Walking down the range:
You come to the 200m firing position:
1. Regency Products (November 2024)
Thank you to @tarkovsky for the heads up on this small place. And ironically, I didn't manage to get a single calendar shot!
Pretty much a one-room operation, there was nothing too much to see here.
Regency Products were founded in the early 1990s as a family-run business based in a small workshop in Sheffield, just opposite from Sheffield Arena, specialised in the fabrication of wrought-iron gates and railings. In 2015 they relocated to Shiregreen and their former premises lay abandoned
You’d sort of expect nice gates to their premises, right?
Externally there’s not too much to get excited about:
And we’re in:
The two fabrication machines are the most interesting bit:
Other than that…
There’s these old stamping plates:
An old copy of The Daily Star:
And a few other bits and bobs:
And this old fireplace:
2. Acorn Rifle Range (June 2024)
Very little info around on this place and certainly not enough to merit a stand-alone report, but an interesting spot all the same. This small rifle range is located on the floor of a former quarry and first appears on O/S maps in 1920, although it is likely to date back to World War One.
As the range appears on a 1930 O/S map:
The range was in use during World War II and up to 1950 but on a 1970 edition of the O/S map is in disuse.
You first come to the ranges end wall or butts:
And the remains of the trench where the target changers would shelter:
Walking down the range:
You come to the 200m firing position:
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