anyone out there remember pyebank infants from the 50's, I was Elaine Roebuck, and moved onto the Manor Estate in 1960.
My parents were George and Edith , my brother George and sister Mavis.

Hello Elaine.

I went to Pye bank from 1963 to 1970 though it was after your time I lived on Andover Drive which was built after you left the area.

Our son went to pye bank infants, in the mid 1980's.

At that time we lived opposite the woodside community centre, on Andover Drive, across from the school. (yes, cycleracer, our proprty was on Andover Drive, too! 1984/5 onwards))

It was excellent, our lad only had to roll out of bed, and he was at school! ( LOL )

Back then there was a nice scence of community around there. it was okay, generally. (only the odd pockets of trouble, even in those days)

It was a huge shock the other day, when My OH drove us to a friends house, off verdon street. We could see across to the site of the maisonettes on Gray Street, Andover Street and Andover drive. It was all demolished!

I havent seen the pitsmoor road/pye bank road side of woodside estate, are they demolished, too? I remember they were cleared, not too long after they had been refurbished, just like the kelvin, and norfolk park. they had recieved new cladding on the exteriors and new windows, etc. Typical council wastes of money!

It was also peculiar to see my friends' house. he has a smart new property on a small road off the spital hill side of verdon st, and I remember the maisonettes there, too.... it's all change!

PT

Pitsmoor Road / Pyebank Rd is now almost gone, see my thread Pyebank is gone.

I left Andover Drive in 1976 so you arrived there in the start of the decline but it was a different place in the early days PT.

My best mate lived there at 29 until a couple of years ago, he had been in there since it was built.

I also went up there a couple of weeks ago and found Andover Drive was no more which inspired me to write the above thread but as luck would have it i filmed the whole area about 18 months ago which included the inside of my old home No67 and although the council came up to let me in and film it, it brought back a lot of memorys from my childhood being in the place i lived in from 1963 to 1976.
I went in my parents bedroom (now both gone) and my brothers bed room and my old bedroom, the same old banister at the top of the stairs i spent hours on playing at horses was still there.

I now have the film , and thank God i went to film it before it all disapeared.

I am finding it incredibly wierd seeing so much of my childhood haunts, and places I have lived in as I have got older dissapearing:-
I lived on Andover drive, that's gone,
I lived on the bigest block of Hyde park, that's gone
beldon road tower block... gone
constable road ("Hemsworth County Primary") school... Flattened
the little old terraced house I lived in, just off london road:- demolished in 1979 and, 20 years on, replaced with new housing.
the area around the sheffield arena was terraced housing, where my mother's parents lived, and her grandparents on the next street. I remember that area so well. It feels really peculiar, to see the arena car park where my grandparents' and great grandparents' home used to be

We did not get close enough to the area of demolition at pitsmoor to see clearly, but it appeared that the old school building had boarded up windows. I would have thought that there would be enough children in the housing around (like the redeveloped Marcus drive), to have kept the school open.

PT

I agree, the old school is going to waste.
Pye Bank school was buillt in 1875 and had a total external sandblast in 1970.
I can't see them knocking this building down as it has stood the test of time through the old Pitsmoor before Woodside was built and has withstood the later area as well.
I would be gutted if this building went, maybe because it holds a lot of memorys for me.
I would be disapointed if the building was kept open and the internal updated, because it would loose its original charactor.
The toilets have gone at the back on the rec which were attached to the shool although they may have been a part of the rec and taken down when they altered it in the late 80s.
The Loco club was a packed haven were all the locals would meet for there Sat night out and during the 60s it got packed to the brim.
The smell of Mackison from the empty bottles in the yard would hit you when you walked past the club.
Woodside could be another good area if some thought went into it to make it a good local community area as it was but its a must to keep out un- desirables which as caused this decline in the first place.
The Council are there own worst enemies and they allowed the destruction of this once friendly area to go under and now they are counting the cost.
I would never live there again because the love of the area is now a memory but it could become another Woodside like its predicessor before it, just put in nice familys and monitor the people that live there but have a zero tolerance on drug users, prositutes and criminals and more importantly anti social neighbours.

I think I remember you Elaine I was there from about 1955. can you remember any classmates?

my step mum used to be a dinner lady there about 10yrs ago (ish), she lived on pyebank road.
note to PT: I agree bout all the old haunts been pulled down, mine are also beldon road, lived on the 10th floor bout 8yrs ago
damn awful hike wen the lifts were O.O.O, and i'd jus dun all the shopping!!
that was b4 the concierge system, and broomhall, too thats all gone now, only thing left standing now is the infants/junior schools.
how sad i am now :cry:

I started PyeBank Infants 1954 . I think I remember a Miss Temperton. I lived in a back to back on Brunswick Rd,nice place, toilets all in a row down the bottom of the shared yard. one or two of them had doors on, the rest had been stolen for firewood. Newspaper hung on a nail [unless somebody had nicked it.]
My playmates were Paul Webster,Kieth Hobson,Trevor Elliss and Christine Acus. My neighbour was called Mrs Nelson-she had a son called Billy.
My address was No 10, Court 4, Brunswick Rd


Happy Days.

Hi. Nimrod I lived on Brunswick Rd. about that time I remember Christine Acus she had a brother called Brian. Do you remember anyone called John Boyle, Graham Earnshaw, Tony Bannister Tony Saunders John Earnshaw, Colin Saunders, Clifford Buck, Malcomn Buck, Dennis Buck, Mick Cashmore, Dave Cashmore, Peter Campbell, Dave Campbell, Jimmy Campbell, Mick Campbell and Richard Pascoe. Any of these names ring a bell? can you recall any more.

Hi pitsmoorboy. I remember Susan Crookes and a boy at Pyebank school called Charles Street. I also remember a playground we used to go to- we called it Wembley, but I cant remember where it was.


Happy days.

Originally posted by pitsmoorboy
Hi. Nimrod I lived on Brunswick Rd. about that time I remember Christine Acus she had a brother called Brian. Do you remember anyone called John Boyle, Graham Earnshaw, Tony Bannister Tony Saunders John Earnshaw, Colin Saunders, Clifford Buck, Malcomn Buck, Dennis Buck, Mick Cashmore, Dave Cashmore, Peter Campbell, Dave Campbell, Jimmy Campbell, Mick Campbell and Richard Pascoe. Any of these names ring a bell? can you recall any more.

Hi Pitsmoorboy
I remember John Boyle, the Cashmores, saw David recently, the Campbells, saw David recently and Richard Pascoe and the Bucks
Siren

Originally posted by Nimrod
Hi pitsmoorboy. I remember Susan Crookes and a boy at Pyebank school called Charles Street. I also remember a playground we used to go to- we called it Wembley, but I cant remember where it was.


Happy days.
Charlie Street was in my class at Pye bank school in the late 50's The Wembley play ground was on Marcus St.

Hi. Nimrod & Siren Where on brunswick Rd. did you live? I lived near the Merry Heart pub. Do you remember it?

Pitsmoorboy
Yes I remember the Merry Heart I used to live in the Burngreave Liberal Club amongst other places.
Siren

Yep, the old school is going to waste

Hi Pitsmoorboy,
I lived in the yard on the corner of Brunswick Rd and Bramber St [an old derelict beer off shop was in the corner of the yard] There were no floors left in the old shop they had been taken for firewood. I think we moved out of Pitsmoor in 1957.

my x mother in law was a teacher ther in the 80s mrs goddard

I remember Pyebank School. Went there 1940/1941 until it was hit by one of Hitler's bombs. We were living on Montfort Road then and they sent us to St. Catherine's Junior School.

Hi Elaine, I certainly remember Pyebank School, I started in the Infants there in 1938! A long time ago right? I lived on Fox St and later in Wooside Lane. Funny about advancing years, the long term memory gets keener. In the blitz, a bomb dropped and exploded right across the road from the school and blew all the windows out,so the authorities farmed all us kids out into peoples front rooms. I finished up with a few more kids at the top of Fox St. Later they moved us to Pitsmoor School, just below the Bay Horse. I hated it there, one big room, with a pot bellied stove in the middle and furthermore they made you knit ! I lasted no time at all. It was sad to read all the replys to your question, about the area and that, I haven't been to Sheffield for almost 50years so I guess things have changed big time.

i lived in andover street across the road from a lady called mary flannagan my name was janet houlston i had sisters called wendy ,pamela.my mother was betty and my father ronald.

Originally posted by pitsmoorboy
Charlie Street was in my class at Pye bank school in the late 50's The Wembley play ground was on Marcus St. Was that the play ground at the side of the railway near the firey jack tunnel.

Hi Siren Just been looking through this post again and it just struck me that your name could be Sirone or Cirone and did you have a brother who was in the police force?

Pitsmoorboy
You should be in the police force yourself
Siren

I was there from 1967 through to 1974
I can remember all my form tutors
Miss Thompson (Very old)
Miss Smith (Very Young)
Miss Hancock (very fit)

Miss Singleton was the Headmistress

Miss Chalmers (very strict but kind)
Miss Hammerton ( Stricter Loved the ruler)
Mr Hussey (Loved the hockey stick)
Mr Chambers (top bloke)

Mr Cook was the Headmaster

All in all a great school that taught discipline and to respect others that I hope I still value to this day

Hi Elaine :wave:

I was in the same classes as you at Pye Bank School. I was there from 1958 and I left in 1965 to go the Hadfield House Lane Comperhensive School. My Maiden name was Linda Siddall. It is great to read everyones memories of the old place.

my x mother in law was a teacher ther in the 80s mrs goddard

Did Miss Goddard teach at Hinde House in the early 70s.

anyone out there remember pyebank infants from the 50's, I was Elaine Roebuck, and moved onto the Manor Estate in 1960.
My parents were George and Edith , my brother George and sister Mavis.

Hi there Elaine
I went to Ellesmere Primary in the seventies. Two sisters called Joanne and Michelle Roebuck attended at the same time they lived near Burngreave school...............

Hi Pitsmoorboy,
I lived in the yard on the corner of Brunswick Rd and Bramber St [an old derelict beer off shop was in the corner of the yard] There were no floors left in the old shop they had been taken for firewood. I think we moved out of Pitsmoor in 1957.

Hi,

Did you know a family called Fleming who lived on Brunswick Road, almost at the corner of Bramber Street? Their house was next to a derlict shop on the corner and opposite a pub, I think called The Vine. They were there in the 1940's and at least the early 50's

They had a son called Leslie and a daughter called Dawn. I went to Pye Bank and Burngreave schools with Leslie.

Regards

Hi,

Did you know a family called Fleming who lived on Brunswick Road, almost at the corner of Bramber Street? Their house was next to a derlict shop on the corner and opposite a pub, I think called The Vine. They were there in the 1940's and at least the early 50's

They had a son called Leslie and a daughter called Dawn. I went to Pye Bank and Burngreave schools with Leslie.

Regards

I remember the Websters, Trevor Ellis, Christine Acas and Kieth Hobson but not anyone called Fleming. My parents would probably remember them but they've both passed away.

my x mother in law was a teacher ther in the 80s mrs goddard

I went in the 80's. I remember her I think.

A girl I went to King Ecgbert School with went to Pye Bank. She left in 1964and her namew is Barbara Smith if anyone remembers her.

Pye Bank was my old Junior School - 1970-1975

Kids I remember were: Harris Hamilton, Wayne Birdip, Andrew Young, Paul Young, Simeon Sparks, Christopher Goff, Lisa Johnson

Teachers - Mr Frazier or Fraser, Cook the head, that old school teacher who was a bit tasty with the old fists and slaps(Andrews was it?), Mr Farley I think his name was - gave you the cane with a curled stick and always maintained that when he first took the wood from the tree, it was perfectly straight! Mr Bezant, Mrs Brown and Mrs Semp - aaaah....who could ever forget Mrs Semp!

Struggling to remember the names...I am getting an old get!!

I went to Pye Bank from January 1942 to July 1948.

Started out in the infants with a teacher called Miss Fielding who then became Mrs Jeavons. Can't remember much else about the down stairs.

When we went upstairs in to the juniors, I did two years with Miss Braun and the last two years in Hilda Smith's class.

Regards

I believe in the early days, not sure how far back Pye Bank was a segragated school with girls in one playground and boys in the other.
The outside toilets were misarable.
Bezant was there in the 60s when i was at the school, Andrews was the one to be feared.
Wallace, Singleton and Garratt are a couple that spring to mind.

I believe in the early days, not sure how far back Pye Bank was a segragated school with girls in one playground and boys in the other.
The outside toilets were misarable.
Bezant was there in the 60s when i was at the school, Andrews was the one to be feared.
Wallace, Singleton and Garratt are a couple that spring to mind.


Hi,

The classes were mixed in my day but the boys and girls plagrounds were seperate.

Ref. the toilets. Every school I ever went to had bad, bad, toilets. Always outside, they usually froze-up in winter. In the winter of 1946-47, it was so cold the boys toilets at Pye Bank kept freezing up. Eventually, I think they shut them down and drained the system.

Slightly off-topic, but in the same bad winter, the boiler at Pye Bank broke. They said it would take 3 weeks to fix but managed the repair in 10 days or so. They didn't close the school so we all sat there in our coats. Mercifully, most of the days were sunny so there was bit of warmth but it was cold first thing in the morning.

Regards

I believe in the early days, not sure how far back Pye Bank was a segragated school with girls in one playground and boys in the other.
The outside toilets were misarable.
Bezant was there in the 60s when i was at the school, Andrews was the one to be feared.
Wallace, Singleton and Garratt are a couple that spring to mind.

Now come on cycleracer, what have I told you about talking about SHE who is to be feared, still cringe at the sight and sound of her name. Don't think I will ever forget her.
Mr Bezant was one of my fave teachers. Names I remember Janet Harkness (she went to live in OZ) the Robinsons, The Longleys, Stensons, Sharps, Dobsons, comleys, Hills, Moffats Hobsons, copsons, Mcdonalds, Taylors, Burgins and of course you there are more but wont go on LOL
On the subject of the outside toilet, we were told the 4th one was haunted by a Mr Jenkinson wondered who started that :confused: but I agree they were horrid

i went to pye bank infant and junior school, must have been early 80s, i remember mrs goddard from the infant school and from the juniors miss chalmers and mr bezant, mr lingard was the head there at the time. i saw miss chalmers again in the early 90s when she was teaching at my sisters school, she was strict but she was nice if you were good.

I believe in the early days, not sure how far back Pye Bank was a segragated school with girls in one playground and boys in the other.
The outside toilets were misarable.
Bezant was there in the 60s when i was at the school, Andrews was the one to be feared.
Wallace, Singleton and Garratt are a couple that spring to mind.

Hi

You also mentioned Garratt. Was that Mr. Garratt, who may have come over from Burngreave ? The Mr. Garratt I knew at Burngreave was a very good singer - operatic and church.

Regards

My mum went to pye bank - pamela pyne....not sure of the years - shes 72 now - she had a twin brother called jack, and older sisters connie and betty, younger sister lorna and younger brother called tony. they lived on stockton street for 20+ years i think.....before moving to firth park (at least my gran did - no3 merlin way :) )

My mum went to pye bank - pamela pyne....not sure of the years - shes 72 now - she had a twin brother called jack, and older sisters connie and betty, younger sister lorna and younger brother called tony. they lived on stockton street for 20+ years i think.....before moving to firth park (at least my gran did - no3 merlin way :) )

Hi,

Was Pyne your Mums married name? I knew someone called Jack who lived on Stockton Street in the 1940's and some of the 50's. His last name was, I think, Acres (?)

Regards

Hi

You also mentioned Garratt. Was that Mr. Garratt, who may have come over from Burngreave ? The Mr. Garratt I knew at Burngreave was a very good singer - operatic and church.

Regards
No, Garratt was a Miss.
I think she tought art but can't quite remember.
She was quite strict though not as strict as Miss ' you know who ' Peppermint.

Now come on cycleracer, what have I told you about talking about SHE who is to be feared, still cringe at the sight and sound of her name. Don't think I will ever forget her.
Mr Bezant was one of my fave teachers. Names I remember Janet Harkness (she went to live in OZ) the Robinsons, The Longleys, Stensons, Sharps, Dobsons, comleys, Hills, Moffats Hobsons, copsons, Mcdonalds, Taylors, Burgins and of course you there are more but wont go on LOL
On the subject of the outside toilet, we were told the 4th one was haunted by a Mr Jenkinson wondered who started that :confused: but I agree they were horrid

I remember someon coming screaming out of the toilets claiming seeing Mr Jenkinson.
Janet Harkness, yes I remember her to, her Father remained here and lives or lived in this area somewhere.
have not seen hin for about 7 years.
Janet went to Oz with her Mother and Brother, who's name was Paul I think, could be wrong there and they left about 1967/68.

Our yard was on the corner of Brunswick Rd and Bramber St and Paul Webster lived on the side backing on to Bramber St. I remember his mothers name was Iris. I last saw them in 1956-no idea where he is now.

I remember someon coming screaming out of the toilets claiming seeing Mr Jenkinson.
Janet Harkness, yes I remember her to, her Father remained here and lives or lived in this area somewhere.
have not seen hin for about 7 years.
Janet went to Oz with her Mother and Brother, who's name was Paul I think, could be wrong there and they left about 1967/68.

Not spoken to Janets dad in years,think it was in the Highway.Told me she had married an aussie soldier,don't know if i'd recognise him now if i saw him...Thats if he's still alive....

john

thanks nimrod i cant remember Pauls dad but my parents knew his parents.Can you remember his gran living with them.Would the houses in Bramber Street have been demolished when they moved out.Do you know what area they might have gone to in 1956.


I seem to remember Paul's dad being some sort of musician but I dont think he lived with them at the time I knew them. I dont remember Paul's gran living with them. Dont know when demolition took place, we moved into a 'pit house' at Highgreen when my dad started work as a coal miner.

Charlie Street was in my class at Pye bank school in the late 50's The Wembley play ground was on Marcus St.

Did this Charlie Street have a brother named Roy?If so I worked with them both at Fletchers Bakery between 1972-74

Did this Charlie Street have a brother named Roy?If so I worked with them both at Fletchers Bakery between 1972-74

Charlie would be about 57 years old now, I know he had a younger brother who lost a leg, late 50's early 60's. I can't recall his name, or the circumstances, for the loss of his leg. If I recall correctly they lived on Neville St. untill the area was redeveloped.

The Charlie Street I knew will be 57 this year, but I didn't know his brother.

does anyone remember the busy room that was run by a teacher call Mrs Catelle?
I went to Pye Bank very briefly for 2 weeks in 1971 ish, while iwas there i spent alot of time down in the busy room and went on a trip to the countryside :)

Was that the play ground at the side of the railway near the firey jack tunnel.

Yes, although the play ground was actualy on Oborne St. wich runs off Marcus St.

When I started Pye bank infants about 1954, I remember some of my classmates were called Charlie Street, Ken Savage, Ronnie Taylor, Maxwell Richardson, (timid kind of lad with blond hair and glasses) Geoffery Burke, Peter Campbell (we were best mates for years until his death in 1993, god bless him) Frankie Lemmons (another one gone some years back) Paul Bradley (I have heard he has passed away some time ago but don't know for sure) Philip Biggins, Jennifer Russel, Jannet Woodward , Vicky Udall and I seem to remember a couple of Elaine's but not sure, time play's trick's on the grey matter. Just remembered a red haired girl Called Vallarie Roxborough? no doubt more names will come flooding back the moment I shut down. would love to know what has happend to them all.

vicky udall name rings a bell does anyone remember kath and charlie belk who in the fifties lived i think on the same road as vicky and had a son called steven and a daughter called susan

When I started Pye bank infants about 1954, I remember some of my classmates were called Charlie Street, Ken Savage, Ronnie Taylor, Maxwell Richardson, (timid kind of lad with blond hair and glasses) Geoffery Burke, Peter Campbell (we were best mates for years until his death in 1993, god bless him) Frankie Lemmons (another one gone some years back) Paul Bradley (I have heard he has passed away some time ago but don't know for sure) Philip Biggins, Jennifer Russel, Jannet Woodward , Vicky Udall and I seem to remember a couple of Elaine's but not sure, time play's trick's on the grey matter. Just remembered a red haired girl Called Vallarie Roxborough? no doubt more names will come flooding back the moment I shut down. would love to know what has happend to them all.

A couple more names, Roy Gregory, Dennis Longley, Richard Pascoe, Clifford Buck, Alan Kelsey, George Littlewood. (it's all fading again)

Charlie would be about 57 years old now, I know he had a younger brother who lost a leg, late 50's early 60's. I can't recall his name, or the circumstances, for the loss of his leg. If I recall correctly they lived on Neville St. untill the area was redeveloped.

Whre about s and which era did you live in pitsmoor?

Whre about s and which era did you live in pitsmoor?
I lived on Champs Hill. (Brunswick Rd.) untill I was about Sixteen, then Pye Bank Rd. for about Five years.

When I started Pye bank infants about 1954, I remember some of my classmates were called Charlie Street, Ken Savage, Ronnie Taylor, Maxwell Richardson, (timid kind of lad with blond hair and glasses) Geoffery Burke, Peter Campbell (we were best mates for years until his death in 1993, god bless him) Frankie Lemmons (another one gone some years back) Paul Bradley (I have heard he has passed away some time ago but don't know for sure) Philip Biggins, Jennifer Russel, Jannet Woodward , Vicky Udall and I seem to remember a couple of Elaine's but not sure, time play's trick's on the grey matter. Just remembered a red haired girl Called Vallarie Roxborough? no doubt more names will come flooding back the moment I shut down. would love to know what has happend to them all.

Frankie Lemmons, derek Longley and George Littlewood I know to.
There now in there early 50s although George may be older and Frankie lemmons is no longer around, they used to live opposite me.
Frankie was a decent bloke.

I lived on Champs Hill. (Brunswick Rd.) untill I was about Sixteen, then Pye Bank Rd. for about Five years.

Hi,

Which side of Champs Hill did you live on? There was a lad in my class at school lived on the same side as Whitby and Chandlers. His name was Alan Murdouch (?) This would be in the late 1940's, early 50's.

On the other side of the street (what used to be called the Mill Houses) was a family called Page. My mother used to know Mrs. Page. Can't remember the names of any of the other families - used to know them all at one time.

Regards

Frankie Lemmons, derek Longley and George Littlewood I know to.
Frankie was a decent bloke.

I also knew Frankie Lemmons and yes he was a good bloke. We used to play footie on the rec. Very sad when I heard he'd left us.

Frankie Lemmons, derek Longley and George Littlewood I know to.
There now in there early 50s although George may be older and Frankie lemmons is no longer around, they used to live opposite me.
Frankie was a decent bloke.

Frankie Lemmons passed away some years back, Derek Longley is Dennis's younger brother, George Littlewood & Dennis Longley are in there LATE 50's and so would Frankie Lemmons be if he was still with us, god bless him.

Hi,

Which side of Champs Hill did you live on? There was a lad in my class at school lived on the same side as Whitby and Chandlers. His name was Alan Murdouch (?) This would be in the late 1940's, early 50's.

On the other side of the street (what used to be called the Mill Houses) was a family called Page. My mother used to know Mrs. Page. Can't remember the names of any of the other families - used to know them all at one time.

Regards
I lived on the opposite side to Whitby & Chandlers further up near the Merry Heart. I don't remember any one called Murdouch or Page from that area. But I do remember Peter Campbell & Brian Bamford (should have remembered him in my earlier post) they lived opposite to Whitby & Chandler's.

I lived on the opposite side to Whitby & Chandlers further up near the Merry Heart. I don't remember any one called Murdouch or Page from that area. But I do remember Peter Campbell & Brian Bamford (should have remembered him in my earlier post) they lived opposite to Whitby & Chandler's.

Hi,

The name Bamford strikes a bell but can't remember anybody else.

Does the name Walton mean anything to you? Bill and Mabel Walton (nee Hayes) lived close to you, in the set of four terraced houses just before the yard. Opposite the end of Marcus Street.

I was in the Cubs at Holy Trinity Church. Mabel ran the pack during the war while Bill was in the army. Mabel passed away a long time ago and of course, the houses have long since gone. Don't know what happened to Bill.

If you lived near the Merry Heart, you will remember Langley's green grocers shop across the street. I went to school with David Langley.

Remember the corner shop across from the Merry Heart: corner of Spital Street and Brunswick Road. In my childhood, it was run by a couple called Brewster. Then Walter Pollit and his wife took over. When the area was redeveloped, the Polllit's took a new shop down Spital Street: facing Spital Hill.

Small world.

Regards

I also knew Frankie Lemmons and yes he was a good bloke. We used to play footie on the rec. Very sad when I heard he'd left us.

Yep, Ian his brother was more my age and used to play footie on the rec to.
You lot were past it when we played on there :hihi: .
You must have been part of the Reville, Gunstone and Whitham mob.
Us younger mortals were Manto, Mudge and Barney. ( Materfield, Keyworth and Barratt.)
I was always in the goal cause I was crap on the field.

Hi,

The name Bamford strikes a bell but can't remember anybody else.

Does the name Walton mean anything to you? Bill and Mabel Walton (nee Hayes) lived close to you, in the set of four terraced houses just before the yard. Opposite the end of Marcus Street.

I was in the Cubs at Holy Trinity Church. Mabel ran the pack during the war while Bill was in the army. Mabel passed away a long time ago and of course, the houses have long since gone. Don't know what happened to Bill.

If you lived near the Merry Heart, you will remember Langley's green grocers shop across the street. I went to school with David Langley.

Remember the corner shop across from the Merry Heart: corner of Spital Street and Brunswick Road. In my childhood, it was run by a couple called Brewster. Then Walter Pollit and his wife took over. When the area was redeveloped, the Polllit's took a new shop down Spital Street: facing Spital Hill.

Small world.

RegardsMight be a couple or so years before your time Falls, but I remember a kid by the name of Bamford, first name Barry. Went through the Pye Bank and 'Burny' experiences together, he went into the Merchant Navy straight from school but didn't stay in. I lost track of him when I went in the Army. Anyhow he lived somewhere around the area you've been speaking of.
Could be a relation.

Hi,

The name Bamford strikes a bell but can't remember anybody else.

Does the name Walton mean anything to you? Bill and Mabel Walton (nee Hayes) lived close to you, in the set of four terraced houses just before the yard. Opposite the end of Marcus Street.

I was in the Cubs at Holy Trinity Church. Mabel ran the pack during the war while Bill was in the army. Mabel passed away a long time ago and of course, the houses have long since gone. Don't know what happened to Bill.

If you lived near the Merry Heart, you will remember Langley's green grocers shop across the street. I went to school with David Langley.

Remember the corner shop across from the Merry Heart: corner of Spital Street and Brunswick Road. In my childhood, it was run by a couple called Brewster. Then Walter Pollit and his wife took over. When the area was redeveloped, the Polllit's took a new shop down Spital Street: facing Spital Hill.

Small world.

Regards

Brian Bamford had Two younger brothers who were twins.
Not sure about the Waltons. But I think the yard you describe was occupied by a family called Pascoe, I went to school with Richard, he had a younger sister,forgot her name. I remember a family in that yard the husband was a small bloke with white hair. The grandson made frequent visits, and we got to be mates. I forget his name but I know he lived somewhere up Bellhouse Rd. He could be a member of the Walton family.

I remember the Langley's Two lads. The youngest was called Graham, there grandmother lived on Nottingham St. above Bells chippy, also remember Brewsters. Pollits, and on the opposite corner Gowers, later to become the betting shop. and further up Spital St. Booths, Green's butchers shop, Bottomley's newspaper shop, Bentley's Shop the Cromwell View pub.

You lot were past it when we played on there :hihi: .
You must have been part of the Reville, Gunstone and Whitham mob.
Us younger mortals were Manto, Mudge and Barney. ( Materfield, Keyworth and Barratt.)
I was always in the goal cause I was crap on the field.

Gunstones, Vaughn and Colin I remember. Also remember Martin ? Manterfield. But Reville? Whitham? The old brain needs some assistance there.
As for being past it, long ago my body and brain disagreed on the subject of whether I could still play football. Body won.

Gunstones, Vaughn and Colin I remember. Also remember Martin ? Manterfield. But Reville? Whitham? The old brain needs some assistance there.
As for being past it, long ago my body and brain disagreed on the subject of whether I could still play football. Body won.

Kevin Revelle I think his name was, also Derek Witham and did you know Gary " ding dong " Bell.

Kevin Revelle I think his name was, also Derek Witham and did you know Gary " ding dong " Bell.

The names don't ring a bell (sorry for the pun). I must have had a close circle of friends. there was me , machin, mathews, gunstone, royston, wainwright, creamer, and a few others.

Brian Bamford had Two younger brothers who were twins.


I remember the Langley's Two lads. The youngest was called Graham, there grandmother lived on Nottingham St. above Bells chippy, also remember Brewsters. Pollits, and on the opposite corner Gowers, later to become the betting shop. and further up Spital St. Booths, Green's butchers shop, Bottomley's newspaper shop, Bentley's Shop the Cromwell View pub.

Hi,

My mother bought all our greens, etc. from Langley's and most of our meat from Ken Green.

I just remember Ken's father when he ran the business. Ken wasn't around at that time and may have been in the forces.

Regards

Hi,
Did you know a family called Fleming who lived on Brunswick Road, almost at the corner of Bramber Street? Their house was next to a derlict shop on the corner and opposite a pub, I think called The Vine. They were there in the 1940's and at least the early 50's
They had a son called Leslie and a daughter called Dawn. I went to Pye Bank and Burngreave schools with Leslie.
Regards

My husband, Keith Skelton [skelly] lived at 38 Bramber street, 2 doors down from the shop on the corner. he has a photo of the dog named Rex from the vine. Do you remember the Wards who lived on Bramber street, and the- Scotts [Freddy]. Do you remember Val and Sandra summerhayes who lived at 60 Bramber street and who went to Pye bank then on to Burngreave school. Do you remember all the bombed buildings opposite side to pye bank school and the bombed buildings which were back of Bramber street. Did you ever go to Lopham Sunday School especially when we all had to wear white clothes.

I lived on Champs Hill. (Brunswick Rd.) untill I was about Sixteen, then Pye Bank Rd. for about Five years.

Hi pitsmoorboy, my father-in-law used to lived on champs hill in the house above the stables just above on the opposite side of the road to the bullrocks,[william skelton]. in the 1940's my husbans [keith] used to sledge down champs hill when there was no traffic.

My husband, Keith Skelton [skelly] lived at 38 Bramber street, 2 doors down from the shop on the corner. he has a photo of the dog named Rex from the vine. Do you remember the Wards who lived on Bramber street, and the- Scotts [Freddy]. Do you remember Val and Sandra summerhayes who lived at 60 Bramber street and who went to Pye bank then on to Burngreave school. Do you remember all the bombed buildings opposite side to pye bank school and the bombed buildings which were back of Bramber street. Did you ever go to Lopham Sunday School especially when we all had to wear white clothes.

Hello Juliediane,

What kind of time frame are we talking about.

I started at Pye Bank (infants) in Jan 1942 and left the juniors in 1948 to go to Burngreave. I left Burgreave in December 1951. Is this about the right time?

If your husband is about my age, then its possible that I knew him. I remember a Ward at Pye Bank and think he lived somewhere in the Brunswick Road/Bramber Street area but its only a guess.

Val and Sandra Summerhayes and the Scotts I don't remember.

There was a girl called June Morwood in my class at Pye Bank. She was the only person I knew that lived on Lopham Street (up near Montfort Street).

I remember the bomb crater opposite Pye Bank School.

I grew up in the Wicker area, so I went to Holy Trinity SS, not Lopham Street SS. I knew the area through the kids at school and because my grandparents lived at 72 Nottingham Street. Their house was on the corner of Nottingham Street and Monfort Street: diagonally across from the Co-Op.

Did your husband know lad called Charles Hallewell. He went to Firshill, rather than Pye Bank and then to Burngreave. He lived in house that faced onto Brunswick Road (opposite the bottom of Stockton Street) It must have been in a court at one time, before they removed the houses in front. The house would have been end-on to Bramber Street and must have been right behind where your husband lived.

Small World

Regards

Hi pitsmoorboy, my father-in-law used to lived on champs hill in the house above the stables just above on the opposite side of the road to the bullrocks,[william skelton]. in the 1940's my husbans [keith] used to sledge down champs hill when there was no traffic.

About Ten years before my time.

The names don't ring a bell (sorry for the pun). I must have had a close circle of friends. there was me , machin, mathews, gunstone, royston, wainwright, creamer, and a few others.

I know all the Machins, Mick, bubbles, Diane, Carol and Joan.
The Wainwrights I know to, including Billy Creamer and Harry Mathews.
Used to go fishing with Harry.


[[[[[[My husband, Keith Skelton [skelly] lived at 38 Bramber street, 2 doors down from the shop on the corner. he has a photo of the dog named Rex from the vine. Do you remember the Wards who lived on Bramber street, and the- Scotts [Freddy]. Do you remember Val and Sandra summerhayes who lived at 60 Bramber street and who went to Pye bank then on to Burngreave school. Do you emember all the bombed buildings opposite side to pye bank school and the bombed buildings which were back of Bramber street. Did you ever go to Lopham Sunday School especially when we all had to wear white clothes.]]]]]]

Are you related to Suzanne Skelton Juliiedianne.

Juliediane are you related to Suzanne Skelton

The names don't ring a bell (sorry for the pun). I must have had a close circle of friends. there was me , machin, mathews, gunstone, royston, wainwright, creamer, and a few others.

I know the Machin's, which one did you hang around with?

I lived on Andover Drive,Denholme Close and Pye Bank rd before moving to longley.
Both myself, my elder sister as well as all my cousins went to the old Pye Bank school.
I have memories of always running past an old painting in one of the corridors because it was supposed to be haunted.I think the picture was of a man and it was rumoured the eyes moved as you walked past - scary stuff to 7 year olds.
I was at Pye Bank when they celebrated the centenary and the school put on a big play (I was one of the bumbling victorian gymnasts).
I seem to remember that the play was filmed by a local TV station and broadcast throughout Sheffield, can't remember the name of the station but I know we couldn't receive it.
Where any others on here part of the play? Does anyone know what the tv station was called.It would be great to try to locate the film.

I lived on Andover Drive,Denholme Close and Pye Bank rd before moving to longley.
Both myself, my elder sister as well as all my cousins went to the old Pye Bank school.
I have memories of always running past an old painting in one of the corridors because it was supposed to be haunted.I think the picture was of a man and it was rumoured the eyes moved as you walked past - scary stuff to 7 year olds.
I was at Pye Bank when they celebrated the centenary and the school put on a big play (I was one of the bumbling victorian gymnasts).
I seem to remember that the play was filmed by a local TV station and broadcast throughout Sheffield, can't remember the name of the station but I know we couldn't receive it.
Where any others on here part of the play? Does anyone know what the tv station was called.It would be great to try to locate the film.


It was called cablevision and it broadcast in black and white.
The centenary was in 1975.
I to lived on Andover Drive and Pye Bank Rd.

It was called cablevision and it broadcast in black and white.
The centenary was in 1975.
I to lived on Andover Drive and Pye Bank Rd.

Centenary was 1974

I remember the cable vision stuff - they came to film us playing football on the reck and then at the Methodist church.......forgot all this until today! :thumbsup:

Centenary was 1974

I remember the cable vision stuff - they came to film us playing football on the reck and then at the Methodist church.......forgot all this until today! :thumbsup:
Well it was built in 1875, it says so on the stone work, maybe they had it a year early.

Well it was built in 1875, it says so on the stone work, maybe they had it a year early.

I stand corrected Cycleracer...I was.....having a senior moment:huh:

Gunstones, Vaughn and Colin I remember. Also remember Martin ? Manterfield. But Reville? Whitham? The old brain needs some assistance there.
As for being past it, long ago my body and brain disagreed on the subject of whether I could still play football. Body won.
Used to hang around a lot with Colin and Martin also a couple of lads called Graham Beachell and Bob Chappel spent many a happy night in the Crazy daisy getting drunk. As for the other lad I thought his name was Steven Revell but we are talking a lot of years ago. Anybody remeber Frankies brother Ian and his mate Tony Wilde? Remember Martins dad being a bit of an electrical wiz, if your radio or stereo went bust he could ususally fix it.

Used to hang around a lot with Colin and Martin also a couple of lads called Graham Beachell and Bob Chappel spent many a happy night in the Crazy daisy getting drunk. As for the other lad I thought his name was Steven Revell but we are talking a lot of years ago. Anybody remeber Frankies brother Ian and his mate Tony Wilde? Remember Martins dad being a bit of an electrical wiz, if your radio or stereo went bust he could ususally fix it.

Hang on, the mist's clearing a little, Graham Beechill (Beachell) yep, Steven Revill yep, Tony Wilde I think so, but they were all a year or two younger than me.
Problem is all that beer in the Loco and Fox & Duck's rotted the old brain cells and started with the name remembering section. Anyone else come up with names from the mid 60s to mid 70s?

my x mother in law was a teacher ther in the 80s mrs goddard

i remember mrs goddard.i think she taught me but cant be sure.i was at pye bank from 1984

i was in mrs goddards class too in the infant school, about 1982ish:)

the headteacher at the juniors was mr lingard, and i was in miss chalmers and mr bezants classes.

I was at Pye Bank fron 59 to 66. I remember Mr Cook, also Miss Wheeler (she was really old), and of course the infamous Mrs Andrews (was she called Miss Hayward when she arrived, and then married a teacher from Hinde House, or is the memory playing tricks?)

hI

i WENT TO PYE BANK INFANT AND JUNIOR SCHOOLS LEFT 1980. MRS CHARMERS WAS MY TEACHER...VERY SCARY. lOVELY MEMORIES LIVED ON GRAY STREET

Crikes all this talk about the old teachers and the haunted toilets is so bringing back the old memories ....
I was there in the early 70's and went onto Pye Bank Trinity. Didn't Mr Bezant become the headmaster after Mr Brittain left?

Pitsmoor Road / Pyebank Rd is now almost gone, see my thread Pyebank is gone.

I left Andover Drive in 1976 so you arrived there in the start of the decline but it was a different place in the early days PT.

My best mate lived there at 29 until a couple of years ago, he had been in there since it was built.

I also went up there a couple of weeks ago and found Andover Drive was no more which inspired me to write the above thread but as luck would have it i filmed the whole area about 18 months ago which included the inside of my old home No67 and although the council came up to let me in and film it, it brought back a lot of memorys from my childhood being in the place i lived in from 1963 to 1976.
I went in my parents bedroom (now both gone) and my brothers bed room and my old bedroom, the same old banister at the top of the stairs i spent hours on playing at horses was still there.

I now have the film , and thank God i went to film it before it all disapeared.
i lived at num 3 pye bank rd in 83-86, i regularly dream im stil livin there, at least once a wk,the spooky thing is my daughter was visiting sheffield last yr and a few days b4 she went i dreamt that all the houses were being knocked down, i did not know she was going to sheffield and when she told me she'd been and visited pye bank,she sed guess what?i sed dont tell me, they are being knocked down?....what is in their place now? i couldn't find yr thread 'pye bank is gone'

Hello Juliediane,

What kind of time frame are we talking about.

I started at Pye Bank (infants) in Jan 1942 and left the juniors in 1948 to go to Burngreave. I left Burgreave in December 1951. Is this about the right time?

If your husband is about my age, then its possible that I knew him. I remember a Ward at Pye Bank and think he lived somewhere in the Brunswick Road/Bramber Street area but its only a guess.

Val and Sandra Summerhayes and the Scotts I don't remember.

There was a girl called June Morwood in my class at Pye Bank. She was the only person I knew that lived on Lopham Street (up near Montfort Street).

I remember the bomb crater opposite Pye Bank School.

I grew up in the Wicker area, so I went to Holy Trinity SS, not Lopham Street SS. I knew the area through the kids at school and because my grandparents lived at 72 Nottingham Street. Their house was on the corner of Nottingham Street and Monfort Street: diagonally across from the Co-Op.

Did your husband know lad called Charles Hallewell. He went to Firshill, rather than Pye Bank and then to Burngreave. He lived in house that faced onto Brunswick Road (opposite the bottom of Stockton Street) It must have been in a court at one time, before they removed the houses in front. The house would have been end-on to Bramber Street and must have been right behind where your husband lived.

Small World

Regards


Hi

My Dad is Charles Hallewell 70 next week you are right on all of the above-he married Rita Taylor had three daughters and now lives in Chapeltown.His older brother was Grenville,sadly past away 9yrs ago.You seem to know him well,can I help.

:D :P

Regards
WAGSLASS

I lived on Champs Hill. (Brunswick Rd.) untill I was about Sixteen, then Pye Bank Rd. for about Five years.

WOW i have always assumed that this road was called TRAMPS HILL lol this road is now closed, pitsmoor is a hell hole to live in and continues to decline
THANKS again to sheffield city council :thumbsup: and tony blair :thumbsup:

WOW i have always assumed that this road was called TRAMPS HILL lol this road is now closed, pitsmoor is a hell hole to live in and continues to decline
THANKS again to sheffield city council :thumbsup: and tony blair :thumbsup:
Thats it blame tony blair, he's responsible for everything....Get real.
The City council do have a big part of the blame for the decline by putting in problem familys but its the problem people that have caused its decline.

Juliediane are you related to Suzanne Skelton
Hello Paul,

no. sorry. SKELTON is my name by marriage, my own maiden name was originally LONG and then changed to Johnson.

Can you remember the name of the people who lived at number 40 Bramber Street in late 40s/early 50s.

Hello creswick.
sorry , but i dont,

Thats it blame tony blair, he's responsible for everything....Get real.
The City council do have a big part of the blame for the decline by putting in problem familys but its the problem people that have caused its decline.
Have you never wondered who the problem people are mr tansley and where they come from? well you did leave in 1975. its now 2006 who else do we blame ? you get real

Thanks for the PM
yes I am not oblivious to the main cause of the problem.
I may have left in the mid 70s but my family remained there into the mid 90s and as a visitor to the area I have seen it decline.
Your pM gives a reason which I will keep to myself as I don't want to set off the PC brigade but though it hasnt helped you cant blame the government.
The Sheffield council has a big part to play in its demise but its been declining since the late 70s before they were put in the area and its the social problems that really started the area to go down hill.
Zetagi, I don't know how long you have been in Pitsmoor but familys change and have changed through the generations and that is whats happened down there as all the decent familys left, died off or whatever the reason they were replaced by a new, modern 2nd generation, call them what you like family who's way off raising a family has changed since there parents brought them up.
You look an age were you to have been brought up with the decipline of good parents, so was I but all that went out of the window when the new laws came through and decipline when through the window which is showing its scars today.

Thanks for the PM
yes I am not oblivious to the main cause of the problem.
I may have left in the mid 70s but my family remained there into the mid 90s and as a visitor to the area I have seen it decline.
Your pM gives a reason which I will keep to myself as I don't want to set off the PC brigade but though it hasnt helped you cant blame the government.
The Sheffield council has a big part to play in its demise but its been declining since the late 70s before they were put in the area and its the social problems that really started the area to go down hill.
Zetagi, I don't know how long you have been in Pitsmoor but familys change and have changed through the generations and that is whats happened down there as all the decent familys left, died off or whatever the reason they were replaced by a new, modern 2nd generation, call them what you like family who's way off raising a family has changed since there parents brought them up.
You look an age were you to have been brought up with the decipline of good parents, so was I but all that went out of the window when the new laws came through and decipline when through the window which is showing its scars today.
Well said Paul, for all it's faults, and there were many, Pitsmoor was a decent place to live, until as you say, all the decent families were moved away.I remeber how we, and I include you in that, used to play on the rec until late(ish) into the night without a worry,when the policeman whose name I can't remember used to talk to us and we would call him sir.Walking home from Town on a weekend a bit worse for wear and not feeling at all threatened.It's a shame that If I went back now it would be pretty much a no go area,but then again isn't that the way for a lot of places

Well said Paul, for all it's faults, and there were many, Pitsmoor was a decent place to live, until as you say, all the decent families were moved away.I remeber how we, and I include you in that, used to play on the rec until late(ish) into the night without a worry,when the policeman whose name I can't remember used to talk to us and we would call him sir.Walking home from Town on a weekend a bit worse for wear and not feeling at all threatened.It's a shame that If I went back now it would be pretty much a no go area,but then again isn't that the way for a lot of places

Was the PC named Bill Ward, quite a good bloke, kept us in check.

Was the PC named Bill Ward, quite a good bloke, kept us in check.
That was the bloke The other name I thought it might have been was White.

Yeah. PC Ward. what a decent bloke he was.
He seemed to be there for ever, he was a policman with a conscience in a time where you could still get a clip from them.
PC Ward I believe lived in Handsworth and would like to hear from anyone who knows him today.

obviously not

obviously not
Obviously not what sir ?

Thats it blame tony blair, he's responsible for everything....Get real.
The City council do have a big part of the blame for the decline by putting in problem familys but its the problem people that have caused its decline.
Paul I grew up in a neighbouring suburb Grimesthorpe, and I am a few years your senior.
I think the decline as been caused by numerous things, although as a Tory I could blame Blair.
I lived in South Africa for 15 years and the biggest thing I noticed,on arriving back was apart from the litter
litter,the lack of respect the young had for anyone older,many of the problem families are not helped by being one parent families without a father influence and some discipline, ladies who bring up kids on there own I am not having a go at you ,drugs are a huge problem,the biggest problem of all is political correctness , Muslims can preach and brainwash their fanatics and
preach hatred,and alsorts of crap,against people in authority,even claiming the Pope should die because of recent statements,which may have been ill avised , but as the time come to mount another crusade against Islam?
The Christians once as barbaric as the Moslems have moved on,whereas the moslems are still barbaric. Another Crusade would not happen ,we are by and largea secular state and religion does not play a major role in our lives.
Yet by statute
the Church of England as some considerable say,but they are ignored.The state still supports far to many people on benefit I was amazed and disgusted when going around Meadowhall to see so many men with walking sticks,they could obviously walk OK,but claiming benefits.Sheffield could not have coped with the gang wars today.In those days thet got police from Scotland and all over,grabbed them outside the pubs and hit them with truncheons the politically correct would have had a birthday just like the lawyers today.

Hi David

That is exactly the view I take that the decline has been brought on by bad families, though I held back the logistics which you have just displayed our view is the same.
Muslem views I will only discuss one to one and I have my views on them to but the point that the right honerable Mr Zetagi said the decline was because of the immigrants.
I have my view on them to but can't agree that the area's demise is through them, it goes back way before that and drugs bad parents and the lack of decipline is the root cause.
I realise there is a heavy influx of immigrants in the area but they were not there in the early 80s which is when the area started to slide downhill.

Hi David

That is exactly the view I take that the decline has been brought on by bad families, though I held back the logistics which you have just displayed our view is the same.
Muslem views I will only discuss one to one and I have my views on them to but the point that the right honerable Mr Zetagi said the decline was because of the immigrants.
I have my view on them to but can't agree that the area's demise is through them, it goes back way before that and drugs bad parents and the lack of decipline is the root cause.
I realise there is a heavy influx of immigrants in the area but they were not there in the early 80s which is when the area started to slide downhill.
I was not implying that the area's decline was due to immigrants,and certainly not the Muslims, although we are more tolerant of there religion than they are of other religions.

I was born in Pitsmoor in the 60's. Went to Pye Bank I&J and then onto Pye Bank Trinity. I moved out in the late 80's to set up home etc but my parents stayed in the area. I have recently moved back and, although, BNDFC are doing what they can it will not bring back the old spirit of the place.
Although I cannot say that its residents now are not helpful as I have some excellent neighbours there's not the sense of togetherness that there used to be. We used to sit out at night till all hours just having a natter. Have xmas/whitsun parties at the old community centre on Pye Bank, school trips when all the mothers used to come along too.

Crikey those were the days!

I was not implying that the area's decline was due to immigrants,and certainly not the Muslims, although we are more tolerant of there religion than they are of other religions.

You wasn't but the PM I had was...:thumbsup:

Hi David

That is exactly the view I take that the decline has been brought on by bad families, though I held back the logistics which you have just displayed our view is the same.
Muslem views I will only discuss one to one and I have my views on them to but the point that the right honerable Mr Zetagi said the decline was because of the immigrants.
I have my view on them to but can't agree that the area's demise is through them, it goes back way before that and drugs bad parents and the lack of decipline is the root cause.
I realise there is a heavy influx of immigrants in the area but they were not there in the early 80s which is when the area started to slide downhill.
1st Please do not refer to me as the right honerable, i don't like that
2nd immigrants have been in the area since the 60's, maybe not on the scale of today. lots of asians and jamaicans etc came in the early 60's,
3rd i did not imply that the cause of the problem started by the immigrants.
i did say the problems today are immigrant related because its true.
i live there i know exactly what goes off.
Of course in 30 years people change, places change everything changes its natural, its ok to have enjoyed your childhood and have fond memories of it. but why insist on going on and on and on and on and on and on about pitsmoor, burngreave andhow it used to be. and what it is now.
i happen to know who you are, i also know your brothers, mother, aunty's uncles and the rest of em so i know all what your saying is true.
i'm not the only person who is bored with your boring mundane comments try somthing new hey :thumbsup:

1st Please do not refer to me as the right honerable, i don't like that
2nd immigrants have been in the area since the 60's, maybe not on the scale of today. lots of asians and jamaicans etc came in the early 60's,
3rd i did not imply that the cause of the problem started by the immigrants.
i did say the problems today are immigrant related because its true.
i live there i know exactly what goes off.
Of course in 30 years people change, places change everything changes its natural, its ok to have enjoyed your childhood and have fond memories of it. but why insist on going on and on and on and on and on and on about pitsmoor, burngreave andhow it used to be. and what it is now.
i happen to know who you are, i also know your brothers, mother, aunty's uncles and the rest of em so i know all what your saying is true.
i'm not the only person who is bored with your boring mundane comments try somthing new hey :thumbsup:
Mr Zetagi.
Let me put you right because you seem to be talking double standards here.
right, first of all you PMd me with a stropy reply to a posting I answered on here.
Your words where " Mr Tansley you get real, of course its changed since you left in 1975 and went on to blame the immigrants for its decline not the people who the council put in there".
Now your saying you didn't say it.
Unfortunately I have since emptied my PM box so cannot send you back your words " unless a Mod says different " so I can't proove what you actually did say.
Anyhow, going back on the subject of immigration, yes West Indians and Asians have been in the area since the 60s and why is it then it did not go to rack annd ruin while the 80s.
Its because of the bad families that have been put in there which has caused deprevation, fueled by drugs and other crime that still goes on today.
Immigration is not the root cause of the demise of Pitsmoor, when I say Pitsmoor I mean Woodside.
Mr zetagi, perhaps you could PM me again and tell me who you are as you know me and maybe we can debate this instead of you fowl mouthing my views which as a forum member I am entitiled to express, as are you.
If you are really bored with my mundane comments, try inputing some more interesting ones yourself and debate the subject instead of putting mine down.

Hang on a bit. Zetagi.....I've just been looking at your profile and would like to know how you would know what Pitsmoor was like in the 60s, you weren't born until 1975.
Leave the history to those of us what were there at the time instead of your Dad told you.

Zetagi,

I would ask you to be slightly more considerate of other users on here - if you can't be civil to people, then you will simply be removed from the Forum.

Please debate these issues in a reasonable manner.

Thanks.

Hang on a bit. Zetagi.....I've just been looking at your profile and would like to know how you would know what Pitsmoor was like in the 60s, you weren't born until 1975.
Leave the history to those of us what were there at the time instead of your Dad told you.
i do not have a dad so don't assume anything Mr Tansley
i can think of several area's "longley being one of them" that are declining and continue to do so, so why not talk about that ?
older generations tend to dwell on the past :hihi: so on that note. i will leave you get on with it.

i do not have a dad so don't assume anything Mr Tansley
i can think of several area's "longley being one of them" that are declining and continue to do so, so why not talk about that ?
older generations tend to dwell on the past :hihi: so on that note. i will leave you get on with it.
I wouldn't say dwell, we/I remember them with fondness and there is nothing wrong with that.
Longley is declining but tell me any council area in sheffield that hasn't.
Its a sign of the times which is why Pitsmoor went the way it did.
There is a lot of upgrading going on in Longley council propertys at the moment which is thanks to the Northern housing society rather than the council.
I have or would never say longley is perfect, it ain't, we have our fair share of thieves and vagabonds but I do know Pitsmoor as much as you and the history of Pitsmoor more than you cause I was there.
Zetagi, can I ask you were you were born in Pitsmoor in 1975.

yes was born in 1975 i was born at the northern general hospital i think thats firth park :hihi:

yes was born in 1975 i was born at the northern general hospital i think thats firth park :hihi:

Why be elusive, I do not know anyone who knows me from pitsmoor your age unless you are part of my family. Your PM states to me that you must be part of my family.
If you are who I think you are then get in touch, I don't bite.
Your Pm to me virtually tells me who you are, don't hide on here, get in touch
Paul.

well all i can say on this matter is what the bladdy hell has happened to the area, i drove through the wicker the other day, and spital hill is one big work site :gag:

Hi

My Dad is Charles Hallewell 70 next week you are right on all of the above-he married Rita Taylor had three daughters and now lives in Chapeltown.His older brother was Grenville,sadly past away 9yrs ago.You seem to know him well,can I help.

:D :P

Regards
WAGSLASS

Hello Waglass,
Did your uncle Grenville live on Northlands Rd. and did he have Two daughters Tina, and Leslie (your cousins). If so I used to live next door No 35? I forget his wifes name, but I knew she fell ill some years ago. We moved away around 1978.

I remember a Mrs Parker at Pye Bank who started out as a teacher and then went on to be the head.

vicky udall name rings a bell does anyone remember kath and charlie belk who in the fifties lived i think on the same road as vicky and had a son called steven and a daughter called susan
Hi
Just found this site and cannot believe the memories its brought back.
Im the above mentioned Vicky Udall as was before marriage.
Thought I had forgotten all the names of the kids in my class at Pye Bank 1954 but its amazing how it all comes flooding back. Kath & Charlie Belk did live in the same road as me, Haywood Rd just off Pitsmoor Rd . They lived in the caretakers house of the old disused chapel. My Mum ,Eva was good friends with Kath and I used to play with Steven and Susan. Have got good memories of those days in Pitsmoor ,great sense of community not a lot of money but good neighbours. Strong links to the area ,grandparents,great grandparents, aunts,uncles,cousins all lived in Fowlers Street,Reginald St.
Will sign off now and try to remember more names and places.

When I started Pye bank infants about 1954, I remember some of my classmates were called Charlie Street, Ken Savage, Ronnie Taylor, Maxwell Richardson, (timid kind of lad with blond hair and glasses) Geoffery Burke, Peter Campbell (we were best mates for years until his death in 1993, god bless him) Frankie Lemmons (another one gone some years back) Paul Bradley (I have heard he has passed away some time ago but don't know for sure) Philip Biggins, Jennifer Russel, Jannet Woodward , Vicky Udall and I seem to remember a couple of Elaine's but not sure, time play's trick's on the grey matter. Just remembered a red haired girl Called Vallarie Roxborough? no doubt more names will come flooding back the moment I shut down. would love to know what has happend to them all.
Hi Pitsmoorboy
Am new to this site but I remember all the names mentioned above. Im Vicky Udall as was before marriage. Can remember it all like yesterday.Used to live in Marshall St then moved to Hayward Rd. Went on to Burngreave Sec. but then all the family and relatives moved from Pitsmoor in slum clearance. I can remember my mum and grandma not wanting to leave even for the prospect of better housing, they had good friends and neighbours. I left Sheffield with my family in 1985 but still visit relatives. This is a great site,glad I found it.Shall certainly be visiting again.

Hi Pitsmoorboy
Am new to this site but I remember all the names mentioned above. Im Vicky Udall as was before marriage. Can remember it all like yesterday.Used to live in Marshall St then moved to Hayward Rd. Went on to Burngreave Sec. but then all the family and relatives moved from Pitsmoor in slum clearance. I can remember my mum and grandma not wanting to leave even for the prospect of better housing, they had good friends and neighbours. I left Sheffield with my family in 1985 but still visit relatives. This is a great site,glad I found it.Shall certainly be visiting again.

Hi Vicky.
You may remember me My name is Colin Saunders. We were sweethearts at School, (Pye Bank infants) We used to hold each others hand. It's good to hear from you after all these years. I still live in Sheffield, Wincobank to be more precise. Where are you living now?

Can any of you help me out? I've arrived here because I'm looking for info re The Cromwell View. You often mention the pub but thereare never any details. My wife's grandfather grew up in that pub. That is all we know and we'd like to add to it.

Penge97

Hell Penge97.
I remember the pub well, when I hear people talking about the old day's in pitsmoor they often mention the "Cromwell", and I alway's correct them with the proper name of "Cromwell View". I have a photo somewhere of my mother and some other local's having a knees up in the pub. By the look's of it it was taken at easter time during the 50's. If my memory serves it was located corner of Verdon St. / Spital St.

Hi Vicky, and anyone who knows me.
I'm Steve Belk from Haywood Rd, in days of yore!! I remember Pitsmoor very well and lots of the people who lived there. I never heard of this site until my mum told me. Unfortunatly my dad died 6yrs ago. When we left Pitsmoor in 1959 we came to live in Gleadless Valley along with many families from that area. There was the Owens, Drabbles, O'Brians.
I have 3 lovely sons, aged 14,15 and 18, and 2 great stepsons who have families of their own.
I worked for Sheffield Council for 20yrs as a Housing Officer, before retiring with ill health a few months ago. I worked in the Parson Cross area, and had to drive through Pitsmoor every day from Chesterfield, where I now live. I would sometimes go and look at the old Pye Bank School which is about the only building left of the old days.
When we moved to Gleadless I gained two brothers, Michael and David, as well as our Susan. She remembers you very well and so do I. I think I can remember you passing your 11+. Anyway I hope you get a chance to read this. I will tell my mum I have replied to this forum. Steve Belk. :thumbsup:

:thumbsup: Thanks Pitsmoorboy, its good to know there's info out there. Your memory is good the pub was on that corner. I've found out that it had two addresses - 80 Spital St. and 19 Verdon St. Its nice you've got a picture of your mum don't lose it. Do you know where I can get pictures of the locality in the olden days? I've been thro' the files in Sheffield library but they only have pics of the clearances.

Hello penge97.
Look on here. They may be something of interest to you.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/database_search.php

PS. just noticed I missed the o from Hello when I answered your post. made me laugh..

Hi Vicky.
You may remember me My name is Colin Saunders. We were sweethearts at School, (Pye Bank infants) We used to hold each others hand. It's good to hear from you after all these years. I still live in Sheffield, Wincobank to be more precise. Where are you living now?

Certainly do remember you Colin and all the other names you mentioned from Pye Bank. I have a class photograph somewhere but Im still trying to find it.
Moved South in 1985, now live in a village in Hertfordshire with my family and try to visit Sheffield when we can. Must go now to try to find this old photo and see if it jogs the memory a bit more.

That's one hell of a pseudonym you've got there cookingfat. I'm not a contempory of yours, quite a bit older I should imagine, but I remember a family, name of Drabble. They lived top end of Rock Street, near Hancocks shop. I went to Pyebank same time as one of the lads called Dougie.
And the Owens, there was a family name of Owen lived top of Hayward Road, but maybe not the same one of your memory.

Certainly do remember you Colin and all the other names you mentioned from Pye Bank. I have a class photograph somewhere but Im still trying to find it.
Moved South in 1985, now live in a village in Hertfordshire with my family and try to visit Sheffield when we can. Must go now to try to find this old photo and see if it jogs the memory a bit more.

Hello Vicky.
I hope you find that photo. It may be the same one I lost many years ago, it was taken in the small yard at the very top of school board hill. I would give the earth to see it again. I tried making enquireies some years back in relation to getting a copy, but to no avail.

Hi Vicky, and anyone who knows me.
I'm Steve Belk from Haywood Rd, in days of yore!! I remember Pitsmoor very well and lots of the people who lived there. I never heard of this site until my mum told me. Unfortunatly my dad died 6yrs ago. When we left Pitsmoor in 1959 we came to live in Gleadless Valley along with many families from that area. There was the Owens, Drabbles, O'Brians.
I have 3 lovely sons, aged 14,15 and 18, and 2 great stepsons who have families of their own.
I worked for Sheffield Council for 20yrs as a Housing Officer, before retiring with ill health a few months ago. I worked in the Parson Cross area, and had to drive through Pitsmoor every day from Chesterfield, where I now live. I would sometimes go and look at the old Pye Bank School which is about the only building left of the old days.
When we moved to Gleadless I gained two brothers, Michael and David, as well as our Susan. She remembers you very well and so do I. I think I can remember you passing your 11+. Anyway I hope you get a chance to read this. I will tell my mum I have replied to this forum. Steve Belk. :thumbsup:

Hi Steven, well this is really a blast from the past after all these years.
I wasnt sure that you or Susan would remember me, its all so long ago.
I left Sheffield 1985 and deserted to the South. Live in Hertfordshire now with my family ,a daughter and 2 grandchildren.
Sorry to hear about your Dad. Both my parents died many years ago.
Still visit Sheff to see relatives and am always surprised at how it is changing. Anyhow give my regards to your Mum. Bye the way I didnt pass the 11+, not one of the brightest at school, late developer, thats my excuse.

That's one hell of a pseudonym you've got there cookingfat. I'm not a contempory of yours, quite a bit older I should imagine, but I remember a family, name of Drabble. They lived top end of Rock Street, near Hancocks shop. I went to Pyebank same time as one of the lads called Dougie.
And the Owens, there was a family name of Owen lived top of Hayward Road, but maybe not the same one of your memory.
H Texas pretty sure the Drabbles and Owens are one of the same family I know the Drabbles and Owens moved to Gleadless Valley at the same time as us (I'm 55yrs old born in 51)in fact they were nieghbours of ours for years I still see one of the Drabbles aroud the valley and his name is earneat and i think one was called Phil

That's one hell of a pseudonym you've got there cookingfat. I'm not a contempory of yours, quite a bit older I should imagine, but I remember a family, name of Drabble. They lived top end of Rock Street, near Hancocks shop. I went to Pyebank same time as one of the lads called Dougie.
And the Owens, there was a family name of Owen lived top of Hayward Road, but maybe not the same one of your memory.
the name cookingfat comes from my gorgeous cat called by that name but we call her cookie :)

vicky udall name rings a bell does anyone remember kath and charlie belk who in the fifties lived i think on the same road as vicky and had a son called steven and a daughter called susan
Hi I am Steve Belk we lived there in the 50s me and my sister Susan we left there in 59 moved to Gleadless Valley where we gained towo brothers Michael and David our mum Kath is still alive and lives in Gleadless valley unfortunatly dad died 6 years ago i would love to contact vicky again after all thes years i now live in Chesterfield changed a bit sinse those days lost most of my hair like dad put on lots of wieght not like my silph like figure of old but then who does look the same as well as vicky udall i can remember a girl called elaine davenport lived next to chippy on pye bank rd is she still around

Hi Steven, well this is really a blast from the past after all these years.
I wasnt sure that you or Susan would remember me, its all so long ago.
I left Sheffield 1985 and deserted to the South. Live in Hertfordshire now with my family ,a daughter and 2 grandchildren.
Sorry to hear about your Dad. Both my parents died many years ago.
Still visit Sheff to see relatives and am always surprised at how it is changing. Anyhow give my regards to your Mum. Bye the way I didnt pass the 11+, not one of the brightest at school, late developer, thats my excuse.
Hi again Vicky sorry to hear about your parents glad your doing well dispite not passing your 11+ but neither did I but have done ok. doing a bit of the good life at the moment keep a few chickens free range organic and have a small allotment hope you keep in touch through this site and i could send you my e-mail address bye bye Steve x

Can any of you help me out? I've arrived here because I'm looking for info re The Cromwell View. You often mention the pub but thereare never any details. My wife's grandfather grew up in that pub. That is all we know and we'd like to add to it.

Penge97

Hiya Penge
Try this:-
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l304/Telegonus/Cromwell0001.jpg

A big thank you to Capricorn II that photo is just what I'm looking for. You Pyebank persons are coming good for me, and I only ended up in this place because I don't know what I'm doing. I think I will start my own thread because that will surely bring me lots of Brightside stuff. Thanks again.

oooh brightside!

My aunt and uncle lived on fleet street. I have a brilliant photograph of me and my sister (I was about 3, she was about 1) playing on the step of my aunt's terrace on fleet street.

Hiya Penge
Try this:-
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l304/Telegonus/Cromwell0001.jpg
great pic of the pub there and I know the exact spot at present.
I remember visiting a barbers down there on Bramber Street as a child and remember Cromwell Street in the area to, was the pub named after the street.

oooh brightside!

My aunt and uncle lived on fleet street. I have a brilliant photograph of me and my sister (I was about 3, she was about 1) playing on the step of my aunt's terrace on fleet street.
Hi Plain Talker you've got me foxed already. I realise that I didn't tell you- I'm not from Sheffield. That is why I am finding this site so entertaining; it is like arriving in another country where you know all the words but non of the references. Fleet Street, where is Fleet Street? My modern map of Sheffield, bought at Woodall Services on the 28th Dec, doesn't show a Fleet Street. Is there a way that users can share photos on this site?

Hi

My Dad is Charles Hallewell 70 next week you are right on all of the above-he married Rita Taylor had three daughters and now lives in Chapeltown.His older brother was Grenville,sadly past away 9yrs ago.You seem to know him well,can I help.

:D :P

Regards
WAGSLASS

Hi,

Sorry about the delay in responding. My wife and I left home on Sept. 13 ( just before your message arrived) for a trip and we didn't get back until Jan 6.

Yes, I remember your dad. He worked at W & T Avery when he left school but don't know if he stayed with them. In addition to being at Burngreave day school your Dad, another lad called Malcom Taylor (no relation)and I, all signed up for Burngreave night school together. That would be Sept. 1951. Does your Dad remember this? The last time I saw your Dad, (and Mum) was on a Gleadless bus sometime around the summer of 1960.

I only knew your mum slightly but your mum's sister, Ann (?), was in my class at Pye Bank. I think your mother's parents ran a shop at the corner of Montfort Street and Thistle Street. All before the redevelopment.

I was 70 on Jan 7. If you want to hear more recollections, please send me a PM

Regards

Hi Plain Talker you've got me foxed already. I realise that I didn't tell you- I'm not from Sheffield. That is why I am finding this site so entertaining; it is like arriving in another country where you know all the words but non of the references. Fleet Street, where is Fleet Street? My modern map of Sheffield, bought at Woodall Services on the 28th Dec, doesn't show a Fleet Street. Is there a way that users can share photos on this site?

Fleet Street no longer exists...

you see the map, here? (click on the linky)

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=437000&Y=389500&width=700&height=400&gride=434873&gridn=387064&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=5000&right.x=1&right.y=144

where Newhall Road meets Brightside Lane, to the right of it, there's Sanderson St. as you progress toward Hawke St.

Fleet Street was in that vicinity, it was demolished in the early 1970's, (definitely pre 1972/3, as my aunt and uncle were moved to arbourthorne, to clear the area, and the move was before my cousin was born in 73)

What was Fleet Street is now an industrial estate. it's not far from the PDSA petaid "hospital" which is approx on the lower, left hand junction of newhall road with brightside lane.
sorry it's a bit of a convoluted explanation, trying to describe where that street was.

a P.S

just found these pictures on picturesheffield of the Fleet street area.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s01026

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s12953

the second picture is taken from the junctions of alfred road with stamford St, looking toward fleet st, so I suspect that FS is the small cul de sac with no name a little way along the street.

HTH

Hi pitsmoorboy. I remember Susan Crookes and a boy at Pyebank school called Charles Street. I also remember a playground we used to go to- we called it Wembley, but I cant remember where it was.


Happy days.
that will be the red wreck.....

that will be the red wreck.....


The Wembly playground was on Orborn St. off Marcus St. Where is the "Red wreck"?

The Wembley was at the bottom of sutherland road.

The Wembley was at the bottom of sutherland road.

That's a different play ground to the one in question. The Wembley NIMROD is looking for was on Oborn St. off Marcus St.

I never knew it as the "red wreck" just the wreck.
It was near the high rise flats at the top of Andover St, next to the first Pye Bank school.
I remember watching may day celebrations on their as well as being evacuated during fire drills in Pye bank school (back then we always used to say it was a bomb scare to make it more exciting).

That's a different play ground to the one in question. The Wembley NIMROD is looking for was on Oborn St. off Marcus St.
Ok mate, sorry about that. I use to play in the one on sutherland road as a kid.

I never knew it as the "red wreck" just the wreck.
It was near the high rise flats at the top of Andover St, next to the first Pye Bank school.
I remember watching may day celebrations on their as well as being evacuated during fire drills in Pye bank school (back then we always used to say it was a bomb scare to make it more exciting).


Hi,

When I went to Pye Bank School, we used to have "Gas Mask" and "Air Raid Shelter" practices. We did have to go in the shelters a couple of times when they thought we were under attack from V1's but nothing happened.

Those shelter were so disgusting, you needed to have your gas mask just to avoid throwing up. I think the Dept. of Ed. stopped the practices as soon as they heard the war was over - about 1948!!

Regards

Ok mate, sorry about that. I use to play in the one on sutherland road as a kid.

No problem mate, I forgot that was called wembley as well. and I didn't know the wreck at the back of Pye Bank school was refered to as the "Red Wreck" In my day it was just "the wreck"

I never knew it as the "red wreck" just the wreck.
It was near the high rise flats at the top of Andover St, next to the first Pye Bank school.
I remember watching may day celebrations on their as well as being evacuated during fire drills in Pye bank school (back then we always used to say it was a bomb scare to make it more exciting).

the rec you are referring to is what we knew as Nottingham Street / Gray St rec, if it was the one beside Pye Bank School.

Used to go on the Rec every day during nice weather, there was a Hut / shed there that was just the right size for a goal.

Used to go on the Rec every day during nice weather, there was a Hut / shed there that was just the right size for a goal.
Just got on to this thread. Visited me dad last week and I had a look at the old rec. It's still there, and I can remember when it had a park-keeper to look after it. What did he do all day? (I'll tell you - when me and Pete Guest climbed over the wall from Pye Bank school the parkie caught us and took us to see Cookie. Must have been 1964 or 5.)

'Little' Wembley near Marcus Street was nearer to where I lived opposite the stores (co-op) on Nottingham Street - along Montfort Stree past Marshalls and down that steep pathway to Marcus Street. It was great for getting on to the railway line - you could climb a low wall and walk along as far as fiery Jack tunnel and those concrete water holders full of pond-skaters. The other good thing about Little Wembley was the flying plank. No guard rails, no safety notices, just half a ton of wood with kids hanging on to it. My mother told me she broke her arm when it bashed into her when she was little, but she probably just wanted me to keep away from it. That place had a parkie as well.

I went to Pye Bank School from about 67-71 (ish) Names I recall are Carla Somerset, she was born a day after me, Wendy Butterfield, David Darling, who if I remember correctly changed his surname. Of course there was my cousins the Jows, and the next door neighbours the Cryans on Pye Bank Road. My Grandparents lived on the high rise next to the School and either my, or my brothers or sisters Godmother was the woman who ran the hairdressers on the shops.

Some good memorys of my time there, but we moved to Netherthorpe and a whole new era started :)

*Smiles*

Angi (Angela Bland) :o)

I went to Pye Bank School from about 67-71 (ish) Names I recall are Carla Somerset, she was born a day after me, Wendy Butterfield, David Darling, who if I remember correctly changed his surname. Of course there was my cousins the Jows, and the next door neighbours the Cryans on Pye Bank Road. My Grandparents lived on the high rise next to the School and either my, or my brothers or sisters Godmother was the woman who ran the hairdressers on the shops.

Some good memorys of my time there, but we moved to Netherthorpe and a whole new era started :)

*Smiles*

Angi (Angela Bland) :o)


I'm still intouch with the Summersets..Deby,Nigel,and of course Carla..Mum lynn,there dad passed away a few years back now..The woman who ran the hairdresser's was her surname Flanagan..if so..i'm still in touch with them also.

Carla Summerset married John Etches,and has a couple of kids and live up just past Swallownest,round the corner from her mum actually...I know your cousin as well i think..was his name Kevin Jows.?

jt

In my younger days i was very good friends with Chris and Deby Axe,they lived on 3 Grey Street,the old upside down houses,right at the side of the steps to Bottomley's.

They moved to Gleadless in the late 60's i think...i bumbed in Deby years later in Sheafvalley Baths..but never got her address..(way before mobiles came out..lol)..

Last i heard, and again its going back along time, was that her dad had lost a leg.!

Would be nice to hear from them...or some one who Know's then......

jt

I'm still intouch with the Summersets..Deby,Nigel,and of course Carla..Mum lynn,there dad passed away a few years back now..The woman who ran the hairdresser's was her surname Flanagan..if so..i'm still in touch with them also.

Carla Summerset married John Etches,and has a couple of kids and live up just past Swallownest,round the corner from her mum actually...I know your cousin as well i think..was his name Kevin Jows.?

jt

Yep

My cousins are Kevin and Philip.

*Smiles*

Angi

I'm still intouch with the Summersets..Deby,Nigel,and of course Carla..Mum lynn,there dad passed away a few years back now..The woman who ran the hairdresser's was her surname Flanagan..if so..i'm still in touch with them also.

Carla Summerset married John Etches,and has a couple of kids and live up just past Swallownest,round the corner from her mum actually...I know your cousin as well i think..was his name Kevin Jows.?

jt

OOps

Forgot to say I'm not to sure on the surname of the hairdressers, although for some reason I have Gloria in my head, though that could be for another reason LOL

*Smiles*

Angi

Forgot to add....i remember the Butterworths..and i know all the Cryans...

Do you know Lisa Gale....The iceslips, And the Hallams from the upside down houses that where at the bottom of Pye Bank Rd

jt

Forgot to add....i remember the Butterworths..and i know all the Cryans...

Do you know Lisa Gale....The iceslips, And the Hallams from the upside down houses that where at the bottom of Pye Bank Rd

jt

Can't say Lisa Gale rings a bell, or the other names to be honest, although I remember the upside down houses. Our block was next to the bridge and I remember many a happy day spent swinging upside down on the railings leading to the bridge, or waving at cars that went under. I was young LOL

As for the Cryans, as I said they were next door neighbours (literally), we lost touch when we moved, then I got back in touch again in my mid/late teens, then Dean came and did a repair on my flat some months ago. Unfortunately he had the upper hand, he wouldn't tell me who he was LOL ....... sheesh, took me about half an hour to weedle it out ......... then spent a lotta time reminising .........

I even remember going to the school kitchens at Pye Bank and we all had a turn at stirring the Christmas pud to make a wish, there was even money in it!! Only time I ever ate Christmas pudding, OR had 2nds <ugghhhh>

*Smiles*

Angi

Hi Angi..have you by any chance got a sister called Deby Bland.?

Just spoke to Lisa Gale, and she says she remembers her./

lisa will be around 39/40 now.....

jt

I lived on Champs Hill. (Brunswick Rd.) untill I was about Sixteen, then Pye Bank Rd. for about Five years.

did you know the Wellbornes,Marshalls,Whittakers,Dempseys,Barnetts & Philliops?

Hi Angi..have you by any chance got a sister called Deby Bland.?

Just spoke to Lisa Gale, and she says she remembers her./

lisa will be around 39/40 now.....

jt

Nope ~~

Sorry, I don't know a Deby Bland. Strangely enough when I started secondary school (KES) there was a lad with the same surname and everyone assumed we were twins coz of it!!!!:suspect: :suspect:

*Smiles*

Angi

did you know the Wellbornes,Marshalls,Whittakers,Dempseys,Barnetts & Philliops?

Actually I tell a lie I moved on to Handley St. When I was about 11. or 12. before moving to Pye Bank Rd. Wellbornes rings a bell what era are we talking?

hi pitsmoorboy. 1942 -1966 I lived on Johnson St. off Nursery at this time & we played with these people as children.Marshalls & whittakers lived in the yard next to Whitby & Chandlers.This factory was where my dad got the old machine belts from to sole our shoes with.

I grew up with a Whitticker family..they has a son older thsn me called Derek..i was born in 1961..He was more my older brothers age who born in 1955...

jt

p.s. forgot to add the Whitticker family i new lived on Andover drive.!

jt

I grew up with a Whitticker family..they has a son older thsn me called Derek..i was born in 1961..He was more my older brothers age who born in 1955...

jt

p.s. forgot to add the Whitticker family i new lived on Andover drive.!

jt

The one I knew was called Kenny & he must have been born in the 1930s.

My dad worked at Pyebank school for a while in the early 60's. He is called Eric Evans. Anyone remember him?

I grew up with a Whitticker family..they has a son older thsn me called Derek..i was born in 1961..He was more my older brothers age who born in 1955...

jt

p.s. forgot to add the Whitticker family i new lived on Andover drive.!

jt

Funny that, coz the Whittaker family (Derek et al) I knew lived on Fawcett Street. Weird huh??

*Smiles*

Angi

hi pitsmoorboy. 1942 -1966 I lived on Johnson St. off Nursery at this time & we played with these people as children.Marshalls & whittakers lived in the yard next to Whitby & Chandlers.This factory was where my dad got the old machine belts from to sole our shoes with.

I was born 1949. The Wellbornes I knew lived at 50? Brunswick Rd. First house on Right going up hill from Railway bridge.

I was born 1949. The Wellbornes I knew lived at 50? Brunswick Rd. First house on Right going up hill from Railway bridge.

Yes they are the ones.They had a girl called Freda.

A couple more names, Roy Gregory, Dennis Longley, Richard Pascoe, Clifford Buck, Alan Kelsey, George Littlewood. (it's all fading again)
Hi Colin, It was agreat read,but you missed a few names, my names Dennis. Heres some more, Howard Snape,Mick Laver,Paul Stringfellow,Mick Leary, George Bramall,John Whitworth, Angela Mish, Susan Pilgrim,Sandra Bluff, Jeniffer Coulson,Pamala Cutts,Catherine Marshall,. We used to have some good times aound Pitsmoor in them days,plenty of laughs,. I now live in Rotherham.

Hi Colin, It was agreat read,but you missed a few names, my names Dennis. Heres some more, Howard Snape,Mick Laver,Paul Stringfellow,Mick Leary, George Bramall,John Whitworth, Angela Mish, Susan Pilgrim,Sandra Bluff, Jeniffer Coulson,Pamala Cutts,Catherine Marshall,. We used to have some good times aound Pitsmoor in them days,plenty of laughs,. I now live in Rotherham.

Hello Dennis,
Are you Dennis Longley?

I was born 1949. The Wellbornes I knew lived at 50? Brunswick Rd. First house on Right going up hill from Railway bridge.

Hello,

Weren't all the houses on the right of Brunswick Road, going up, know as the Mill Houses? I assume because of some connection with Wigfalls Flour Mill behind them. Just before the first house, there used to be a passagway (possible steps as well) that went down into the mill property. Remember that?

When you think about it, there was Wigfalls Mill, Aizelwoods Mill down on Nursery Street and Ibbotson's Mill (later Ibbotson and Smith) on Alma street. I assume they are all gone now.

Regards

Yes they are the ones.They had a girl called Freda.

They also had a girl called Anne? The Wellbournes had grand kid's called Campbell, Michael the oldest Jimmy, David, and Peter. all lived at the same address. I went to school with Peter we were mates up to his death in 1993. Freda Married a guy called Hobson, forget his first name. They celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary some years back, but Freda died a couple of years after that. Anne died some Twenty or so years ago, could be more.

Hello Dennis,
Are you Dennis Longley?
Yes i am, we havent seen each others for years,. Do you remember that teacher Mr Shirt we used to call him shirtlap and make jokes of him. Colin do you remember what tricks we used to get up to, I think id better mention my brothers names, Ken,Derek,Brian,Paul,and my sister Janet, they all went to Pyebank School. After we left 96 Fowler Street in 58/59 went live on maner estate,we werent there long, we came back to Number 33 Fox Street,. I left Sheffied in 92, ive been married twice, now have a partner who looks after me. Me and my first wife had four kids two boys / two girls,. Colin it would be great to be able to talk to you properley,..

Hello,

Weren't all the houses on the right of Brunswick Road, going up, know as the Mill Houses? I assume because of some connection with Wigfalls Flour Mill behind them. Just before the first house, there used to be a passagway (possible steps as well) that went down into the mill property. Remember that?

When you think about it, there was Wigfalls Mill, Aizelwoods Mill down on Nursery Street and Ibbotson's Mill (later Ibbotson and Smith) on Alma street. I assume they are all gone now.

Regards

Aizlewoods Mill on Nursery St. is still there & it has now been developed into offices & I think they have done a good job on them, they look good.Most of the area around the Bull Rocks & Champs Hill has been flattend to make way for the new ring road.The ramp that ran from opposite the Manchester Hotel(now the Harlequin)up to the Bridgehouses goods yard has been demolished also.From Nursery St. you can now see where Marcus St. used to be.Opposite the new Harlequin on the other side of the Don are new upper class flats.

Yes i am, we havent seen each others for years,. Do you remember that teacher Mr Shirt we used to call him shirtlap and make jokes of him. Colin do you remember what tricks we used to get up to, I think id better mention my brothers names, Ken,Derek,Brian,Paul,and my sister Janet, they all went to Pyebank School. After we left 96 Fowler Street in 58/59 went live on maner estate,we werent there long, we came back to Number 33 Fox Street,. I left Sheffied in 92, ive been married twice, now have a partner who looks after me. Me and my first wife had four kids two boys / two girls,. Colin it would be great to be able to talk to you properley,..

Hello Dennis.
I was talking to Derek? in the Staffordshire arms a couple of weeks back and I asked him how you were. He said you having trouble with your knee, hope it's better now. I live in Wincobank now, I moved from Pitsmoor 1969/70 went to live in Parkwood springs till 1974 when they knocked it all down. From there we went to Southey green till 82, have been at Wincobank since. I got married in 1969, have two boy's and Three grandkid's. It would be nice to see you again after all these years, because we were mates at school.

anyone out there remember pyebank infants from the 50's, I was Elaine Roebuck, and moved onto the Manor Estate in 1960.
My parents were George and Edith , my brother George and sister Mavis.

Hi my mum went to pyebank school did you know the broomheads on pitsmoor road,my mums name was doreen broomhead and her cousin lucy broomhead used to have a lot to do with a family call roebucks,she has recently been trying to find them.

Hi my mum went to pyebank school did you know the broomheads on pitsmoor road,my mums name was doreen broomhead and her cousin lucy broomhead used to have a lot to do with a family call roebucks,she has recently been trying to find them.

The Broomheads I knew in Pitsmoor lived in Gray St in the 70s, would it be the same family.
Also Derek Longley, just trying to sort you out from the rest of your family.
I know Janet very well and your " other Brother ", was your knick name Daddy.
Also I remember your parents, are they still around.

The Broomheads I knew in Pitsmoor lived in Gray St in the 70s, would it be the same family.
Also Derek Longley, just trying to sort you out from the rest of your family.
I know Janet very well and your " other Brother ", was your knick name Daddy.
Also I remember your parents, are they still around.

no different family broomheads lived on grove street,broomhead family on pitmoor road was my mums auntie & uncle may and harold broomhead

no different family broomheads lived on grove street,broomhead family on pitmoor road was my mums auntie & uncle may and harold broomhead

Yeah, thats the family I'm talking about.
They lived on Grove Street, as did we...There Son is also called Harrold and another called Paul.
Did you live in Groves Street.

Yeah, thats the family I'm talking about.
They lived on Grove Street, as did we...There Son is also called Harrold and another called Paul.
Did you live in Groves Street.

No i didnt live there my grandparents did with my mum,my grandparents were louisa and harry broomhead and they had 2 sons harold and peter and 2 daughters ann and doreen (my mum was doreen,the eldest)they all went to pyebank school.

just been lookin on your profile and see you were born in 59,my nan and my mum moved from grove street to the manor in 1959 so your parents probs new my mum and grandparents they lived at no 1

Hello Dennis,
Are you Dennis Longley? I can hardly walk i do have to use crutches to get about, ive also had plenty of operations in the past, havent worked since 74 due ill health. things have got worse, i also use a wheelchair. Colin i moved to Dryden Road Southey Green in January 79. My brother Brian lives on Southey Hill, Do you suffer with anything Colin, besides the grey matter, we all suffer with that in later years, i first started going grey at 30,. When i was younger i was only small i stayed small till i was about 18 then i seemed to shoot up to 6ft now have widened out . I know we were very good friends and used to have some fun,and get up to allsorts of mischief, but can you remember who knocked about with us,. Last year i took my partner June through to Pitsmoor and i was amazed nothing left only Pyebank School boarded up, then went towards Spital Hill but got lost because of road works around that area. Colin are you on the phone.

Derek Longley, just trying to sort you out from the rest of your family.
I know Janet very well and your " other Brother ", was your knick name Daddy.
Also I remember your parents, are they still around.

Hi Derek

You may have missed this insertion..

Paul

Hi Derek

You may have missed this insertion..

Paul

Paul..think that's Brian your thinking about..He lives or did live on top of Southy area..Seen him now and again going to the Southy WMC..

john

i used to go in the highway for years70s / 80s still knock around with same mates from football team tony + brian redders pete naretti we all go in the staff /oak on gower st now you can take the man out of pitsmoor,but you can,take pitsmoor out of the man still love it to bits.(absolutley great thread)

think you mean "you can't take pitsmoor out of the man" swervin. get editing.

had some good pals over the years from the pyebank area. a few sadly no longer with us mark woodhead, mick williams, wayne creaser, pie eye,

also good pals with dean creaser, keith bullimore, bert wilson, john mcguiness, graham green, and ashamedly swervin.

used to play football for francis butlers saturday team used to train in pye bank school hall early 70's. packed it in when he told us we had to buy wendy shirts to get in the team.

you can take the man out of pitsmoor,but you can,take pitsmoor out of the man still love it to bits.(absolutley great thread)

Nar den Mr Baxter, wot skool did dar gu ter? Garry spotted your deliberate mistake straight away, Ten house points to that man. If you read this Bladebloke where were you going Mon morning when I saw you walking down our St.?

think you mean "you can't take pitsmoor out of the man" swervin. get editing.

had some good pals over the years from the pyebank area. a few sadly no longer with us mark woodhead, mick williams, wayne creaser, pie eye,

also good pals with dean creaser, keith bullimore, bert wilson, john mcguiness, graham green, and ashamedly swervin.

used to play football for francis butlers saturday team used to train in pye bank school hall early 70's. packed it in when he told us we had to buy wendy shirts to get in the team.

Hi Bladebloke, you know our Smerv and I know all the ones you have mentioned above both alive and dead.
You mentioned Pie Eye, his name sprang out streight away but coudn't put a name or face to him.
Did they call him Tony.

Hi Bladebloke, you know our Smerv and I know all the ones you have mentioned above both alive and dead.
You mentioned Pie Eye, his name sprang out streight away but coudn't put a name or face to him.
Did they call him Tony.

Ah, just realised who he was now it was Pete Moffatt, big family them.
When did Pete leave us Blade.

Wasn't there 2 moffett familie's.1 on grey street,and 1 down by Denholm close,near to the old park..Now demolished.

I went to a mates wedding a few years back..And i'm sure one of the Moffetts was there,not sure wich tho.

Altho i do remember he had a good head of hair..and it was his pride and joy.!

Think he was related to Wendy and John (can't remember there surname)..who lived on grey Street.! near to the greasby's.!

John

Wasn't there 2 moffett familie's.1 on grey street,and 1 down by Denholm close,near to the old park..Now demolished.

I went to a mates wedding a few years back..And i'm sure one of the Moffetts was there,not sure wich tho.

Altho i do remember he had a good head of hair..and it was his pride and joy.!

Think he was related to Wendy and John (can't remember there surname)..who lived on grey Street.! near to the greasby's.!

John

Actually there were 3 Moffatt families,though a slight difference in spelling may have distinquished them, Moffatt, Moffett and I went to school with Pamela Moffatt sadly no longer with us and her younger sister Gillian.

The Moffatts down on Marcus/Neville were Graham and Lesley brothers who I also went to school with and then the Moffatts on Gray Street.

Pamela died about 10 years ago in her mid 30s not sure of what became of Gillian, however Graham worked at the town Hall many years ago and I bumped into him in Crookes where he lived.

Nar den Mr Baxter, wot skool did dar gu ter? Garry spotted your deliberate mistake straight away, Ten house points to that man. If you read this Bladebloke where were you going Mon morning when I saw you walking down our St.?


caseing the joint

Ah, just realised who he was now it was Pete Moffatt, big family them.
When did Pete leave us Blade.


yep it was pete. don't know exactly but at a guess i'd say around 20 years ago.played truant with him a couple of times when we were kids.

now then col i miss 1 poxy t out and i get caned for it (pye bank,burngreave,herris) not bad for a novice eeh

now then col i miss 1 poxy t out and i get caned for it (pye bank,burngreave,herris) not bad for a novice eeh

its herries mate.

caseing the joint

You can case all day if you want Gaz, I've got F*%$ all worth nicking. I've even binned the wig, cos I don't think we will be needing it now.

its herries mate.

Looks like you are going to get caned again Merv. Nothing gets past that Beany.

now then col i miss 1 poxy t out and i get caned for it (pye bank,burngreave,herris) not bad for a novice eeh


Now then Merv....get your das done then you can come out and play with the big boys.!

Once mick gets the bug with biddy's scooter, he'll want to do his as well!

my x mother in law was a teacher ther in the 80s mrs goddard

I was taught by Mrs Goddard around '76-'80. Where is she now?

Lisa.

anyone out there remember pyebank infants from the 50's, I was Elaine Roebuck, and moved onto the Manor Estate in 1960.
My parents were George and Edith , my brother George and sister Mavis.

Hi Elaine,

My dad, Michael Darling remembers you, and your brother and your sister Mavis. His brother Keith, my uncle probably will too. This forum is great, ive found a lot of their school mates. Do you keep in contact with anyone they'd know?

Regards,

Lisa :D

anyone out there remember pyebank infants from the 50's, I was Elaine Roebuck, and moved onto the Manor Estate in 1960.
My parents were George and Edith , my brother George and sister Mavis.

Hello elaine,

MY dad Michael Darling remembers you and your family, do you remember him and his older brother Keith?

Lisa :D

Re message of Bluebird62
My husband, Keith Skelton [skelly] lived at 38 Bramber street, 2 doors down from the shop on the corner. he has a photo of the dog named Rex from the vine. Do you remember the Wards who lived on Bramber street, and the- Scotts [Freddy]. Do you remember Val and Sandra summerhayes who lived at 60 Bramber street and who went to Pye bank then on to Burngreave school. Do you remember all the bombed buildings opposite side to pye bank school and the bombed buildings which were back of Bramber street. Did you ever go to Lopham Sunday School especially when we all had to wear white clothes.

REPLY

My mother, Shirley Marshall remembers Lopham Sunday School. She says that Mrs Oyes ran a knitting circle called the ‘Fire Fairies’. Mom was a member. She remembers that Cathleen Wooley was the May Queen at the chapel one year. Cathleen lived on Nottingham Street, as did my mother (no 2 opposite the Merry Heart Pub). Mom remembers going into the tunnel under Bullrocks when the air raid sirens sounded. Mom also remembers the train ‘Fiery Jack’ coming through the tunnel occasionally. Also remembers Jean Millership, father a footballer. Had a pub near the Wembly playground. Mom (Shirley Marshall) went to Pye Bank in the late 1930s. When the war started, she remembers classes being switched to small groups in private houses. She went to a house higher up Nottingham Street. She went on to Burngreave after the war. She is currently trying to find (there are posts in another forum) her pals Margaret Stocks, June Woodhouse, Dorothy Shirley, or anyone else who remebers Shirley Marshall (parents John and Elizabeth - Betty). Thanks.

Hi my mum went to pyebank school did you know the broomheads on pitsmoor road,my mums name was doreen broomhead and her cousin lucy broomhead used to have a lot to do with a family call roebucks,she has recently been trying to find them.
Hey Landrover 109, I remember the Broomheads. Eric, Lucy, and she had a younger sister called Minnie. They were always, Lucy and Minnie that is, trying to organise backyard concerts, on Hayward Road. They were always singing and dancing and trying to get other kids to join in.
Eric was a couple of years older than me, but he was always around little Hayward Road for the football etc. If I remember right they lived in the first house after the little gate going down into the Chapel. Going up to their back door from Fowler Street was like climbing Mount Everest.
I knew of a family called Roebuck, lived in Fox Street.

A couple more names, Roy Gregory, Dennis Longley, Richard Pascoe, Clifford Buck, Alan Kelsey, George Littlewood. (it's all fading again)
Before you fade away completely the name George Littlewood. Can you remember if he was a heavily built kid with black hair and had a sister called Margaret?

George Littlewood lives down the road from me...and i think yes, he has a sister called Margaret..

jt

Hello Elaine.

I went to Pye bank from 1963 to 1970 though it was after your time I lived on Andover Drive which was built after you left the area.

Hi Paul,

did you know David Darling?

Lisa.

Before you fade away completely the name George Littlewood. Can you remember if he was a heavily built kid with black hair and had a sister called Margaret?

Hi,

My dads cousin Alan Shaw married a lady called Joy Littlewood, is it the same family I wonder?

lisa.:?

Hi Paul,

did you know David Darling?

Lisa.
I did ....... know him that is lol

Before you fade away completely the name George Littlewood. Can you remember if he was a heavily built kid with black hair and had a sister called Margaret?

Not sure about the Sister, but the description of George is pretty accurate. But I suspect the hair is a different colour now.

George Littlewood lives down the road from me...and i think yes, he has a sister called Margaret..

jt

Are you in regular touch with George? if so ask him if he want to Pye Bank school in the late 50's. And where is down the road from me? I have not seen him for many a long year now, he will be in his late 50's same as me. wouldn't mind chewing the fat with him.

did you know the Wellbornes,Marshalls,Whittakers,Dempseys,Barnetts & Philliops?


which marshalls do you mean? also does any one remember margret, june and jacqueline whitty from clun road in the 50's?

Are you in regular touch with George? if so ask him if he want to Pye Bank school in the late 50's. And where is down the road from me? I have not seen him for many a long year now, he will be in his late 50's same as me. wouldn't mind chewing the fat with him.

yes, im good mates with George, he and my dad used to work together many years ago.!

He lives in s5...just down the rd from me...Lol..

Best pm me who you are, and i'll go and tell him..

jt

Now I'm confused. The Littlewood I clearly remember as being tall, heavily built, dark, with a sister called Margaret, would now be in his 70's.

Now I'm confused. The Littlewood I clearly remember as being tall, heavily built, dark, with a sister called Margaret, would now be in his 70's.


Thats def George, i know he's getting on abit....but he's def not in his 70's.!

jt

Well let me put it this way john t, I am in my 70's and the Littlewood in question was in my class in the infants and juniors at Pye Bank. Could be that smack upside my head by Miss Glass put me in a time warp.

Well let me put it this way john t, I am in my 70's and the Littlewood in question was in my class in the infants and juniors at Pye Bank. Could be that smack upside my head by Miss Glass put me in a time warp.


Could george have anothr brother, but with senior ? Gearge littlewood snior, junior...type thing...i will ask him when i next see him.!

but i also know his sister as well....so every thing but the age thing rings true.!

jt

Hi Paul,

did you know David Darling?

Lisa.

Sorry Lisa to be honest I don't....

Now I'm confused. The Littlewood I clearly remember as being tall, heavily built, dark, with a sister called Margaret, would now be in his 70's.

Texas......George would now be touching pension age as John says his mid 50s John you will be suprised how old George actually is,, he worked with my Dad over 30 years ago, though that could still make him mid 50s I would think george is about 65.

Got another name to conjure with. Anyone remember the name Shirley Patrick?

Got another name to conjure with. Anyone remember the name Shirley Patrick?

Hiya Texas,
Yes I remember Shirley Patrick, she was in my class at Pye Bank. Lived next to the chip shop at the bottom of Fitzalan Street near to the railway footbridge. She had lovely platinum blonde hair and went on into show business. She perfomed under the name of Sheree Winton and is the mother of Dale Winton. Not bad going for a Pitsmoor lass eh?
regards Capricorn_11

Hiya Texas,
Yes I remember Shirley Patrick, she was in my class at Pye Bank. Lived next to the chip shop at the bottom of Fitzalan Street near to the railway footbridge. She had lovely platinum blonde hair and went on into show business. She perfomed under the name of Sheree Winton and is the mother of Dale Winton. Not bad going for a Pitsmoor lass eh?
regards Capricorn_11

You've got it Cap, I didn't want to go any further has she had such a sad ending.

Hiya Texas,
Yes I remember Shirley Patrick, she was in my class at Pye Bank. Lived next to the chip shop at the bottom of Fitzalan Street near to the railway footbridge. She had lovely platinum blonde hair and went on into show business. She perfomed under the name of Sheree Winton and is the mother of Dale Winton. Not bad going for a Pitsmoor lass eh?
regards Capricorn_11

Maybe you knew Brian Day then. He lived at the shop opposite the chip shop on the corner.

Got another name to conjure with. Anyone remember the name Shirley Patrick?

Did she have a brother? his name escapes me at the moment.

Maybe you knew Brian Day then. He lived at the shop opposite the chip shop on the corner.

Yes I sure did, lived at bottom of Railway Street, I think he was a year younger than me. He was a good swimmer if memory serves me right and he swam competetively for Sheffield City.

Yes I sure did, lived at bottom of Railway Street, I think he was a year younger than me. He was a good swimmer if memory serves me right and he swam competetively for Sheffield City.

I believe he swam in the Olympics if my memory serves me right.You will also remember Tommy Tate the bookie.

Hello Elaine.

I went to Pye bank from 1963 to 1970 though it was after your time I lived on Andover Drive which was built after you left the area.doyou think they will ever demolish ?it would be a shame thats fo sure Cheers Arthur.

doyou think they will ever demolish ?it would be a shame thats fo sure Cheers Arthur.

I persume you mean the school Arthur.
It was built in 1875 and would have seen many changes to the area.
I hope they never will knock down this building, surely it must now be listed .
I'm not sure what they could actually use this building for today, it needs extensive work and maintainance as it has been deralict for some years now, so maybe they will demolish it in time.
Hope not though, its a landmark.

Did she have a brother? his name escapes me at the moment.
Can't help you there pitsmoorboy.

Does anyone remember, from the 40's, a kid called Terry Ellis? Had ginger hair.

Can't help you there pitsmoorboy.

If I remember right, she had a younger brother, or could be cousin moved on to pye bank Rd. in the 60's. He was a big lad, at a guess he would be in his mid to late 60's now

I persume you mean the school Arthur.
It was built in 1875 and would have seen many changes to the area.
I hope they never will knock down this building, surely it must now be listed .
I'm not sure what they could actually use this building for today, it needs extensive work and maintainance as it has been deralict for some years now, so maybe they will demolish it in time.
Hope not though, its a landmark.Hi Paul you hit the nail on the head about demolishing it in time, thats what has happened to many fine buildings in the past they will wait for an excuse. Cheers Arthur.

I spoke to someone yesterday who also remembered a lad named Littlewood but he convinced me I was wrong with the Christian name. He believes it was Harry. The description was correct though and the fact that he had a sister called Margaret. And they lived on Spital St.

Just got on to this thread. Visited me dad last week and I had a look at the old rec. It's still there, and I can remember when it had a park-keeper to look after it. What did he do all day? (I'll tell you - when me and Pete Guest climbed over the wall from Pye Bank school the parkie caught us and took us to see Cookie. Must have been 1964 or 5.)

'Little' Wembley near Marcus Street was nearer to where I lived opposite the stores (co-op) on Nottingham Street - along Montfort Stree past Marshalls and down that steep pathway to Marcus Street. It was great for getting on to the railway line - you could climb a low wall and walk along as far as fiery Jack tunnel and those concrete water holders full of pond-skaters. The other good thing about Little Wembley was the flying plank. No guard rails, no safety notices, just half a ton of wood with kids hanging on to it. My mother told me she broke her arm when it bashed into her when she was little, but she probably just wanted me to keep away from it. That place had a parkie as well.


Jim I've just seen this - did you have 4 sisters, was your dad Taffy ?

Iwas at pye bank from 55 to 62 a few names that come to mind are BRIAN AGUS(agi),BARRY SMITH(whiffer),CARL WILKINSON(winks), PAUL SHORT, ARNOLD DONSTON, AND KEITH SCHOFIELD.Mr COOKE was the head master at the time,and the teacher that stood out for me was Mr JENKINSON and his inch thick cane, I had that on a few occasions, but he was a nice bloke get him talking about WW2 and that was it for the rest of the lesson. I didnt move out of pitsmoor till i was ninteen, having married a local girl. I was born on oborne st bang opposite the old wembly,then moved to the top of the road on to marcus st, then over to brunswick rd,and lastly grey st.across from the school. Does anyone remember these names,KEITH,LYNE and SUE KIRK,TERRYand DOREEN SCOTT,DEREKand MICK BROWN, ALAN CRUMP,RICHARD and MARK JONES,STEVEN SCERONE(BONEO),KEN and KEITH THORPE,DAVE and PATRICK LENNON,(babs),DAVE SIDEBOTTOM, SANDRA KENNY.

my wife knows some of the names on above post her maiden name is green,she lived on verdon st untill about 68.i lived on grey st further down on the upside down houses no3

I recognise most of the names, ie. Brian Agus, he had a sister, Christine, they lived on Verdon St. And nearly all the others from Brunswick Rd.

I went to pye bank in the 80's.
I have had a good read of this thread and dont recognize any of the names of people who posters are mentioning but i do remember some of the teachers. Miss chalmers, everyone thought she was tough but she helped me pass my 10 metres swimming! i also remember a Mrs Goddard but cant picture her, also Mrs ridgeon ,Mrs Pass. Mrs Harwood who was very popular and Mrs Salvin.
From PB Trinity i remeber the headteacher Mr Lingard, Mr Atkinson,Mr Womersley, Miss Tingley and Mr Anderson.

i went to pye bank infant and junior school, must have been early 80s, i remember mrs goddard from the infant school and from the juniors miss chalmers and mr bezant, mr lingard was the head there at the time. i saw miss chalmers again in the early 90s when she was teaching at my sisters school, she was strict but she was nice if you were good.

Does any one know what happened to Mr lingard??

I went to pye bank in the 80's.
I have had a good read of this thread and dont recognize any of the names of people who posters are mentioning but i do remember some of the teachers. Miss chalmers, everyone thought she was tough but she helped me pass my 10 metres swimming! i also remember a Mrs Goddard but cant picture her, also Mrs ridgeon ,Mrs Pass. Mrs Harwood who was very popular and Mrs Salvin.
From PB Trinity i remeber the headteacher Mr Lingard, Mr Atkinson,Mr Womersley, Miss Tingley and Mr Anderson.

hi i remember all these teacher. what year did u attend pb trinity?

my wife knows some of the names on above post her maiden name is green,she lived on verdon st untill about 68.i lived on grey st further down on the upside down houses no3
I lived at number 13 next door to sue greasby also on the upside down houses,you must know me i lived there till 1971.Your wifes maiden name sounds familiar,what is her first name,and was she born in the fifties?Maybe she can remember a couple of girls from pye bank school,CAROL THOMSON, AND SYLVIA CASHMOOR.

I lived at number 13 next door to sue greasby also on the upside down houses,you must know me i lived there till 1971.Your wifes maiden name sounds familiar,what is her first name,and was she born in the fifties?Maybe she can remember a couple of girls from pye bank school,CAROL THOMSON, AND SYLVIA CASHMOOR.

I Knew John+Renie Greasby helped John with his garden when he first moved in,i moved in to number 3 grey st with my parents (new house)about 1962 also know sue,my wife's name is Margaret and we were both born in the 50s. me 56 margaret 51
we both went to pye bank ,then me to burngreave, her to abbey grange . she has 2 sisters andrea+cath i must know you

hi i remember all these teacher. what year did u attend pb trinity?
i was there 87/88 ish then we moved house

Does any one know what happened to Mr lingard??

he was still there when i left so not sure what he did after if anything, i remember some of the kids used to say he wore a wig so he got mickey took but im not sure if that was true.

I Knew John+Renie Greasby helped John with his garden when he first moved in,i moved in to number 3 grey st with my parents (new house)about 1962 also know sue,my wife's name is Margaret and we were both born in the 50s. me 56 margaret 51
we both went to pye bank ,then me to burngreave, her to abbey grange . she has 2 sisters andrea+cath i must know you
Yes thats right john greasby lived a couple of doors away,and bernard and cath from the chippy were our nieghbours,and the girl i married was sue greasbys best mate. I think i remember the greens although not to speak to, margaret is the same age as my sister bev who also went to pye bank.Is andrea or cath about 56?
i thought more my age. Iam the same age as you and also went to burngreave my first teacher was mr whitham were we in the same class. DO YOU KNOW ME

my names mel baxter i remember mr whitham i can't remember which class i was in at burngreave. andrea is margarets younger sister who is 53 ,cath is the oldest at59 i'm 52 in april you will have to give me a clue its driving me crazy i'nt it great all this ,margaret left andover dr in 1972 andrea left in about 1986/7 i await your next episode

my names mel baxter i remember mr whitham i can't remember which class i was in at burngreave. andrea is margarets younger sister who is 53 ,cath is the oldest at59 i'm 52 in april you will have to give me a clue its driving me crazy i'nt it great all this ,margaret left andover dr in 1972 andrea left in about 1986/7 i await your next episode
Ive been speaking to my mother and sister, is margarets mother called Mary green? if it is she used to sit with my grandmother in the Highway pub on the same estate her name was evelyn. Both my mother and sister remember the Baxters, they think you have brothers.I dont think we knew each other to speak to but i must
have seen you around. In 68-69 it was the mod era i had a motor scooter and knocked about with Ted Robinson,Paul Short, Brian Roberts,and Barry Richardson.DO YOU KNOW ME.

Your right with Mary + Stan Green both died in 93+94,i do have a twin brother Michael+younger brother Daren also a sister Lynne sadly past away now,and not forgetting my mum Lily still going strong i also knew
Paul Short,Barry Richardson Brian Roberts used to be so envious of you lot on your vesba's and lambretta's can you remember John Mathews Wayne Biggins
Colin Gunstone Alan Roberts younger bro to Brian, Mick + David Machin Barry Gillett Bert Jones .Still struggling with a name for you tho.I also used to go in the Highway and play football for them in the 80s I go in the royal oak gower st most weekends