Mystery Hotel 1912 ????????

[Paul E]

Sometimes those initial, gut feelings are right, Joanne ...

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,43191.0.html

If only we had been so lucky with this mystery hotel.

Like you, I'm trying my best to get it out of my mind ... but this thread keeps resurfacing!

cheers

Paul

PS

Julian - I don't think I need to wander around Sheffield.  Somehow, I think I've come to know it quite intimately already!

[knightstemplar]

Lived in Sheffield all my 40 years and even I have seen parts of Sheffield I have never seen before.  I didnt even know that there was a Midland Hotel.  Loved every minute of it but my eyes have taken a battering. Must get the eyes tested, I work with computer screens all day as well.

Sue

[liverpool annie]

Well I thought I was weird ........ 

I kept thinking Southport or Rhyl !! ................. 

[dave the tyke]

ok time for some more observations
I was pleased to see the Midland Railway coat of arms did anyone pick up that a white dragon surmounted the shield whilst 2 Sea Horses supported it ?
I had another look at the shield thingy above the door (p9) Sea horse ? a Dragon ? a Nautilus ? and the word above the shield someone suggested 'Tea' to me it looks like L'eau (The water).
So I'm looking further afield than Sheffield again. There were trains which crossed the channel long before the tunnel was dug and some of the railways owned and ran their own passenger liners. Now if the Midland Railway was one of these then the 'Midland Hotel' could have been on the continent. Or at one of the Channel ports.
The shop with all the white objects in the window - could it be a milliner's supplying to the catering industry ? (I was hoping to see a French maid's outfit)

Dave

[knightstemplar]

Ok wait until I log out to drop the bombshell.  I shall read that again slowly.

Sue

[dave the tyke]

I missed a bit - Are there any places in the UK that use 2 plates for their street names ? and again are there any places in the UK where names are abbreviated ?
The 2nd half of the street name seems to be on it's own plate and is very short perhaps just 3 letters; ok so we have  ____  Way or _____ Top or ____ Row, perhaps one or two more but an abbreviation in Victorian England seems unlikely.
Dave

[Paul E]

Sue

Although we looked at the picture of the Midland Hotel in the distance, I don't think we seriously considered it, as it's clearly a grander building that our original photo.

But there seem to be so many 'Midland', 'Station' and other hotels floating about that it's easily possibly that the hotel we're looking for is a smaller one at the back of a station.

Has anyone on the Sheffield Forum ever established why the original poster of the query has not been seen on the thread for weeks / months? 

Personally, if I'd posted a query that led to such widespread discussion, I think I'd be chipping in to the debate!

cheers

Paul

[joanne56]

have investigated pub signs etc. and haven't found any yet that are shield shaped; but my own little theory at present is that there is a yorkshire rose with what looks like a rope or curled tail apon it; could the word "tea" (which I own up to not being able to see) possibly say "free" as in Free House?

[joanne56]

Another thought, In the lightened picture of the doorway on the left and the possible ticket window, the two figures standing in front of it are either children or the ticket counter is very high?