Thanks for this tram snippet. Elderly relatives of mine lived on Crabtree Lane. I remember there was great consternation when Batley Street's name was changed to the more 'upmarket' sounding Crabtree Close. That it had previously been Brook Lane is interesting. A road with an identity crisis?
Peter Harvey's 'Street Names of Sheffield' lists all the name changes over the years alphabetically by the old name - I'm not sure he noticed that Batley Street appears in both the before and after columns :)
Thanks for this tram snippet. Elderly relatives of mine lived on Crabtree Lane. I remember there was great consternation when Batley Street's name was changed to the more 'upmarket' sounding Crabtree Close. That it had previously been Brook Lane is interesting. A road with an identity crisis?
Peter Harvey's 'Street Names of Sheffield' lists all the name changes over the years alphabetically by the old name - I'm not sure he noticed that Batley Street appears in both the before and after columns :)