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Hidden in plain sight

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The picture in today’s post is of Black Swan Walk, a dead-end street in the middle of Sheffield city centre. It has the air of a really old street and if you squint a little it looks almost like rows of the overhanging Tudor storefronts that you can see in places like The Shambles in York. It actually dates back to the late 19th century and, on close inspection, it really looks nothing like The Shambles.

Because it’s a dead-end, at the bottom it widens and there still exists the remains of a turntable and it’s mechanism where carriages would once be turned around so they could exit the narrow street after depositing their goods. There are also stories of ghostly carriages being witnessed entering the street before vanishing!

A place where few venture

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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At the bottom of the steps

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These steps lead up to what used to be the central post office in Sheffield. The post office closed a long time ago but the building has since been acquired by the university and now houses the art department. I think some of the students were let loose to decorate the steps..

Bottom of the steps
Art college steps

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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Outside the Winter Gardens

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I think I kinda take the Winter Gardens for granted somewhat. I don’t go in there all that often – often using it as a short-cut rather than a destination – but it’s a really nice space. Not only is there the large wood-framed glasshouse full of tropical plants, but off-shot from the main structure are the Millennium Galleries, which have a mixture of permanent and temporary exhibitions, often very interesting.

If I still worked in the city centre then I’d visit it more often.

Outside the Winter Gardens
Arc

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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Shadow lines

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These fence shadows caught my eye when walking through town early one morning. They reminded me both of a running track, and also of sheet music (without any notes). There are probably the wrong number of lines for both, but the sense of them remains.

Add notes for tunes

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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The Wave

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The Wave is the name of one of the University of Sheffield’s newest buildings. It’s pretty obvious why the name was chosen.

The building was hit by a significant delay during its construction when it was discovered that the original concrete pilings were not sufficient for the expected level of settlement when the final structure was built, and had to be demolished. This added an additional 18 months to the construction period andn the building finally opened two years ago in November 2023.

I took these three shots while walking past, but I expect there are a whole bunch of interesting pictures to be had from it.

The Wave
The Wave-3
The Wave-2

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 6 September 2025

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Zig-zag to the hospital

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The large building in today’s picture is the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. It’s a large and imposing structure visible from many different parts of the city.

This shot was one that I just happened to catch offhand. Something about the positioning of the different elements – the zebra crossing, the road, the side-street, then the houses and the hospital lead nicely through the frame. The little Fiat perched above street level is a bonus.

It’s just struck me as I type this that I can probably see the window of the room my mum was in when the cancer took her. I’ve photographed the hospital on a number of occasions before but never really thought of it in that way before now.

The Hallamshire looms

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 6 September 2025