This time last year: 1.SHEFFIELD Ski Slope, 22/01/20 - 5683+685+692

A series of pictures to follow now that this year has got underway and the Lock-down is 3 weeks old and set to continue for at least another 3. This series will look back to the date, as near as can be managed, to the date the pictures are posted. This set of 3 were taken on an amble around the Parkwood Springs area of north-west Sheffield where now, as has been reported, the site will come under development for a new Sports facility. Some of the shots were featured in the Landscape video, up-loaded in April of last year, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/49796455413/
when the UK went under its 1st Corona Virus Lock-down and we are now in the third and things look much grimmer than they did back then. With lineside photography not that easy to do at present through lack of interesting traction, lack of will and concerns over mixing and distancing, the series presented here will just be a hark back 1 year to what was available before the traumatic events full unfolded in 2020. Not least among these events was the ousting of one of the most odious characters in the USA, which saw an end to his 4-year reign of tyranny and a new, more competent President elected in November and inaugurated last week.
In the left picture, the view is almost directly north towards Shirecliffe with the massive gates of the 'Ski Village' area closed and locked with the bed of the Ski Slope itself, visible in the background. Apart from odd heaps of old detritus from the Ski Slope installation, the area is now over-grown and the closed gates haven't prevented the fly-tipping of large piles of rubbish, piles being dumped at various places on the site over the years. A series of fires were also set which ultimately destroyed the place, the main building being destroyed by fire in April, 2012. Various pieces of equipment were stolen and there were more fires after the initial one with a grass fire on adjacent land sweeping through the place in September, 2018, see-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Ski_Village
Some idea of a small portion of the material fly-tipped on the site can be seen in the centre and right pictures and this is in addition to a large amount of old, very large tyres, caravans at one stage and other more noxious materials all of which will one day have to be cleaned up by someone...
MAybe not the best example of how to start the new year with a look back 12 months, but this matched the date, so there we are..

Taken on: January 22, 2020

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