Anyone still around from Springfield School.Mr Kinman Headmaster,with teachersMr Allen,Mr Boyes,Miss Benson,Miss Ludlam,Miss Crossland and many others,oh Mr Wood a veteran of WW1.Any other memories.Harlan Senior known then as Ginger.

yea i went to springfield school but a bit later but my family went there and st silas school as well

I believe my Mum went to Springfield school - you would have known her as Irene Thorpe.

Can anyone remember my father Albert Mitchell or his sister Elizabeth Mithcell. We had a family reunion recently and Springfield School was mentioned.

My brother, sister & I went to Springfield in the 50's. I was one of the first, 1st years to go to Tapton. My brother is Tony Grayson and my sister is Pamela. They still live in Sheffield but I don't.

hey i was at spring onions in the fifties, my brothers and sisters went there before me.
i knew a girl called s grayson, i went to tapton too. did you have black hair? it was a good school, the dinner lady (at springfield) used to ration out the toilet paper as i recall. the headmaster and his wife were mr and mrs holdsworth. we had to go right up abbydale to some playing fields to do sports, and she took us to her house as a surprise one day.

Hello suzyoo

Yes I did have black hair and I remember Mr Holdsworth but not much else at Springfield. At Tapton I remember Mr North the headmaster, Mr Wainright, Mrs Taylor and Miss Church. We lived in Ecclesall Road.

I went to spring-onions from 1943-1953, my dad went there as well.
Also my brother and two sisters, the younger Linda went onto Tapton.
Have'nt been been able to contact anyone from my years there.
John Dukes.:thumbsup:

hiya all my name was wibur or willybite at school
i went to springfield school from 1943-53. i remember john dukes how are you ok i hope i see you live in chesterfield, a school pal went to live there barry bartholomew remember him? my daughter lives there as well we often visit the family i have seven g/children three boys and four girls daughter is forty six this year and son is forty four.
i met your brother some 50 years ago he came in my local pub i think he worked with a mate of mine his name was jack barber, he worked at shearstone peters and dunne opposite hendersons relish factory.
do you remember these teachers i was in each of their classes
miss tate
miss radford
mrs draper
miss barratt
miss hall
mr hewson
mrs taylor
mr price(1)
mr price(2)
mr allen
mr boyce

which springfield school? i went to springfield junior on carver st (nr west st) in the late 70's when there was Mrs.Roe, Mr.Knowels, and Mr wareham (wacker wareham) hehe them were the days. When kids had respect for the teachers.

ooops just read it was 1936 -1944 little b4 my time hehe

hiya anyone remember miss tate's class it was the first one at springfield school it was the one at the corner of cavendish street and bolton street i remember at the side wall were either one or two bunk beds one of the things we were first shown in this class(it was 1943) was to be given a tour of the air raid shelters which were built in the school yard under the older girls playground upstairs, then there was miss radford later mrs brown she married one of the teachers who taught in a junior or senior class.i can remember a little from all my classes at school really i dont understand as during lessons at school i had a memory like a sieve.

ps mister brown i think took over mr hewson's class

hello i remember john dukes i think he lived on or near broomspring lane i lived on bath street just below the school i see you live in chesterfield did you know barry bartholomew
lived there as well i met his brother at a school reunion some years ago and he told me
i have a son and a daughter she also lives in brimington. she has a family of four two boys two girls my son has two girls and a boy.i worked with ray clarkson at laycocks for some years have seen paul davison a few times over the years.my nickname was wilbur or willybite at school

If you lived on Bath St did you know or can you remember the Savage family? Charlie and Nellie and their three children Peter Rita and Stewart,,went Springfield school.

Hi Willybite, cant say i remember you by that name you'll have to let me know your true one, i used to live on Gloucester st at the top of Broomspring lane. Eric Bower lived acoss the road an Jimmy White lived a bit further on, and Servor Khan lived at the end of the street, Servor died last year whilst visiting his family over here, he maried a German girl and lived over there.Yes i remember all the people you mentioned particulary Ray Clarkson here are a few more i remember;
Ernest Parkes.
Ted Kenyon.
Alan Turton, last saw him when i was in Aden.
Richard Turton.
Terry Rome.
Peter Serles.
Peter Rose.
David Duckinfield.
Maureen Harrison.
Brenda Wells.
Terry Paramore, and his sister Pat
Doreen Coyles.
Terry Constantine.
? Frost.
Bob Young
Not bad after 56 years.
John (Jack) Dukes.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

willybite here hiya i've been a user of s/f for a few days but can't always get things right when sending letters on the web site, i think i shall ask my 9 year old grandson to spare me some of his time he uses it as second nature mind he's been at it longer than me. i tried to answer john d about class mates at our school 1943/53 i remembered some more names john, there were ray jackson.barry bartholomew,fred wright,doug jaffrey,brian green,ron ives,terry frost, ron gregory,harry mills, terry polky terry oats,barry green, mick crossley,
fred knight,gordon fell. also highnote asked if i remembered the family named savage i do very well they lived in the yard opposite where i lived their neighbours were next door gordon hall then bill born,wife and daughter barbara, at the other side of the entry was an empty house then bob endersby,wife daughter pamela and son,not foregetting old mr hancock's many rabbits

Bob Endesby had been a POW in Germany for many years,captured in 1940 I think,walked with a stiff leg as a result of war wounds,whilst in captivity the British surgeon wanted to amputate his wounded leg but the German surgeon said no he could save his leg,and did. A very good friend of my dad and Charlie Savage,before the war he was an exibition high diver at Butlins in Skegness,can you remember Bob being repatriated and the crowd on Bath St waiting to welcome him home?Peter Savage and I went home from Springfield School in the afternoon and could not believe the crowd, we could hardly get to Petes house.
We had some very happy times with the Savage family during the war.
Did'nt Norman and Raymond Bartholomew live on Bath St?

hiya highnote have just read your note about bob endesby he did have a stiff leg but i only knew that he had been a pow. as for norman and raymond bartholomew also dennis and barry they did for a time live on bath street up the yard where bill harrison the bookmaker stood they lived at 8ct 3 i lived at no 6
next door to frank broadhurst at no 7 my gran lived at no 8 no 5 was spud smith who lived with his mother after the war.during the war at no1 was old mr mrs hudson no2 lived ginny curtis nee bentley with her mum no 4 cliff sheldon no 9 sam drabble and wife n o 10 mrs peat. no 11 mrs fiander and son alfred( tops) no 12 mrs blyth and elsie also mrs yeardly.in fact i could name most of people on bath street at that time willybite

p.s when i remember back i think norman & raymond bartholomew lived at the end of bath st i think it was the last house before dean lane,then they moved in a house in our yard,then it was fitzwilliam st, then it was off to manor park on harborough avenue, i remember as barry was a mate before we left school.their house on bath st was where the weatheralls lived later( ron, brian, joan i remember their dads name was john)

hiya john dukes willy bite bill(y) white here sorry i've not answered your enquiries not knowing me by willy bite, i dont know if you remember but a fad went round at school something like a secret code of talking you took the first letter of first word and swapped it with the first letter of the second word e.g. willy bite
you would have sounded like don jukes .some kids could put whole sentences together but not this one, a few years ago i was in the darnall liberal club and i saw someone from schooldays when i said if it isn't gordon fell he said it's michael crossley isn't it when i said no its billy white he said i always mixed you both up, sadly he passed away along with a few more over the years
ernest parks,terry paramore, terry constantine, fred wright, doug jaffrey, all r.i.p i worked at laycocks with terry constantines brother tony he was into spiritualism and used to tell us some stories, which he must have been good he turned out to be a medium.ps you woudn't have known him from school as he went to st silas. all the best talkers of that earlier fad i now remember were in the year above us. any-way john all the best

p.s there were five gingers in our class terry paramore, terry constantine,sheila marshall, sheila moorhouse she left our school age 11, me.

hiya highnote
have been thinking about the families who lived on bath street whose children went to springfield school there were my mother and her three brothers jim,jack,walter.and sister ann. howarth. broadhurst's annie irene,maureen,frank. elsie blythe, brian brooke,charlie eckardt,lewis hancock, ridges arnold,francis,connie,ken,frank, ron,doug, jean went to maud maxfield's school,apart from jean and doug ridge, all were older than me. in one of your letters you mentiond mr wood i remember seeing him chatting to my dad on the corner of cavendish st and broomspring lane, i though oh no what have i done now, when i reached them my dad introduced me to mr wood,it appears he was dads sports teacher at western rd school and they were just talking about old times.i didn't have mr wood as a teacher he had retired two or three years before, we had peter price who i think took over his class. another two names have come to me one was robert oakley, the other was billy houseden.

Wow Willybite what of my memory banks have you released!!!,Frank Ridge was a great mate of mine for many years probably because he and I had the same ginger nut,and Charles Eckardt,who by order of his mother had to be called"Charles"not Charley,or Chas,nor Charley Wag,and if his mother heard you call him any of these names she would be down on you like an avenging angel.
I was in Mr Woods class and he was well known for his prowess with the cane, a WW1 veteran he had suffered with trench foot and his toes were permanently upturned which affected his walk, he also took us for sports,but as it was war time these were very restricted, he lived at Crosspool,and I remember when one day he had forgotten some papers or something he sent me to collect them, with a note from him in my pocket to say I was'nt playing truant.
Peter Price was at the school as a pupil,very star pupil when I was but higher than us lot,and well known athelete,particularly swimming if I remember correctly, and water polo.
My mate Peter Savage had a cousin,Esther Hukin who lived in the corner house of Bath St and Thomas St diagonally opposite the pub,was it the Bath Hotel?, and I was a bit sweet on her so when there were family get togethers and such like I always made sure I was sitting near Esther!.
You may be interested to know a few weeks ago I was invited to my youngest grandsons school to give a talk to his class on "Going to School in War Time", and I had a lovely time,the children showed great interest and asked loads of questions,even the teacher took notes,and asked questions on various points.
Right opposite where the Savages lived was a wide entry,did you live anywhere near there?This entry was the favourite hang out for the "Bookie" when off course betting was illegal, and the police used to dress up as workman and carry tools to try and catch him,but he received plenty of warning from his clients when they were about.
Happy,happy days,thanks for awakening those memories mate

As you were,re above it should read the corner of Bath St and Headford St,the memory banks are are bit rusty!

hiya high note
was just reading your reply when i was scratching my head about the pub when i read your p.s.. the pub you were on about was the dog and gun. our first house was the corner of thomas street and bath street bang opposite to george turtons off licence.on the other corner was old mr bartholomew's sweet shop.
do you remember the scrap yard(skeltons),and smythes,maurice, jimmy,i dont think you'd have known kevin and their sister bunty. do you remember the sidalls dairy up monmouth street their son ron became a policeman and i remember he had some fun with the bookies that stood at the bottom of our yard i once saw him standing by the side of bartholomews shop he at once took his helmet off before looking around the corner, another time he went into the albert pub on broomhall st to ask if he coulld use their toilet he then climbed over the wall to end up in a yard on bath st. while i'm here do you remember the morgans i only knew the name from the house when i was small the house on its own was known as morgans house.

p.s i lived on bath street from1940/1 to 1961 we lived in house after the browns,jack,ken,sylvia,ann, their cousin was raymond higgins on edgerton street,remember lew lindenstruth, and cliff glaves they were a bit older than me.

Hello again Willybite,
Once again very many thanks or you comments,which have opened more memories that have been tucked away for many many years.
I remember Lew Lindenstruth, and seem to have it in my mind he had some sort of disability?,however another name was Harold Broadhurst who did have a very severe disability,and when we picked sides for football we always"picked" Harold in and so he did not feel left out,and whoever's side he was on always put him in goal.
Mr Sidall was our milkman,we lived on Upper Hanover St nearly opposite the top of Aberdeen St, and when he was delivering milk with the milk float as he walked down the street a word from him and the horse moved on to the next stop.I seem to remember he had some cows at the back of his premises in Monmouth St for the milk supply,can you imagine that these days,Mr Sidall was very proud when his son was accepted into the police.
I remember the scrapyard, and also a collect it yourself coal merchants somewhere around the Headford St area, where small amounts of coal could be bought and for a small deposit have the use one of their small barrows, and my sister Joy and myself often went for coal when we were running short during the war.
I remember Clifford Glaves very well,he and his cousin Peter,who lived in Aberdeen St were members of our group(I think gang is a dirty word these days!) another was Ron Lindsay who went on to become famous as Jimmy Crawford.
Another big mate of mine from those days was Norman Bartholomew,who sadly died some months ago,a good footballer but he did have proper football boots, as you well know times were hard in those days,but I had a pair of boots,and I mean BOOTS,lace up to the ankle with big too caps big nail in leather studs,so when Norman was selected to play for the school he always used my boots as he and I were the same size more or less,and what is a size or two between friends.
The name Frank Broadhurst seems familiar but nothing else,As yet!!!

i have been reading the posts in reguards of pubs closeing down and the reasons why, i've been jogging my grey cells, when i was younger in the 40s /50s there wasn'ta lot of money about or things to spend any you had on never the less ,there were quite a few pubs to give you an idea of the amount there were, i remember these pubs within 15 minutes walk of where i lived maybe some of you will remember them, and some i may have missed.
near enough springfield school.
1. poplar.2.aberdeen.3,bath (broomhall st) 4 albert.5 broomhall tavern 6 bath (victoria st)7 red deer9(pitt st). 8 beehive. 9 mailcoach 10 raven 11 trafalgar 12 grey horse. (chester st) 13 washington (my first legal pint) 1956;;14 peacock. 15 two steps (known as )16 hodgson. 17 milton. 18 brunswick.19 scarborough.20. gilchrists(known as) 21.dog and gun;plus 5 off licences in the same 15 minutes walk. and chip shops there were in this area were 7. when i talk to my grand children about cobblers they have no idea what they were, there were 3 within 5 minutes walk, there were 5 butchers in same 5 minutes. of course they had no competition from the big supermarkets the first tv i watched was my aunts in laws set about 1950 i think at that time transmition started at 7 30pm and finished at 10pm HIGH NOTE;; have just read your letter above,i worked with harold broadhurst he worked at laycock engineering he was a tool and cutter grinder, he once told me he was quite a good goalie as it was the only position they would let him play. lew lindenstuth did have a slight limp. as for cliff glaves, i knew his brother brian better, i see that you lived on upperhanover street well frank broadhurst along with his mom and dad and his siblings moved from bath st around 1947 they lived further down upperhanover st from where you lived oppoasite the scout rooms their house was the first house on from the laundrey im not 100% about the laundrey was it on one corner and on the other three there were a paper shop, st silas church ,and richards, before they moved down to moore st around 1950.around 30 years ago i was parked on the dale at woodseats when i heard somebody say hiya i said howdo it's ernest thornhill isnt it i'd said the first name to come to me i knew he was a really good swimmer,he said no, as soon as he said no, i knew i was wrong, it was jack fletcher from aberdeen st. i think he said he lived in dronfield at the time. another blast from the past i was talking to an old pro footballer friend of mind and mentioned a footballer who lived around about our area i could only remember his name was les and he played for derby county he said you mean les moore, he said les wasn't very old when he died.

Here we go again,with some wonderful memories thanks to you Willybite,I remember Les Moore, lived on Monmouth St,his cousin was my best mate,Kenneth Wild who lived a few doors away from us,Ken,or Curly as he was known was my soul brother for about 10 years until he joined the Navy and subsequently during his service got married,some years ago through my sister Joy who regularly met up with Les Moores widow I was able to have a lovely reunion with Ken just before he died for which I am eternally thankful.
Back to Les Moore I saw him play for Derby County at Hillsborough,and then he went to Lincoln City, he was player/manager for Buxton,and the last time I saw him he was playing on a monthly contract with Lockheed Leamington, and well into his forties.The funny thing about Les was when we young and playing football he could not play for toffee!, no ball sense,no skills but went on to become a pro.
Jack Fletcher was in the same class as my sister.
What about all those lovely pubs,all well remembered too,a very good mate of mine from those days,and still is,had an uncle who lived on Egerton St and his local was the Scarborough, and we always went there on Sunday dinner for a couple of pints with him,a game of darts or solo.The landlord was a man called Bardwell,and his son Kenneth was the featured singer with the Ken Mackintosh Big Band, he worked with the name Kenny Bardell.
The Broomhall was another favourite watering hole,a mate of mine was Frank Oldale who lived in Aberdeen St, he was little older than me and had finished his National Service before me so when I was on leave we would have a few pints in the Broomhall, and when I was demobbed we always enjoyed some great times there.
The Aberdeen was on the corner opposite where we lived and during the war the landlord was Horace Machin,who when there was an air raid always opened the pub because I don't think he wanted to be on his own
The laundry was on the corner opposite Richards,on the other corner was and still is I think St Silas Church,and you are correct a paper shop.
The name Broadhurst rings a bell but that is all, I shall have to consult my sister with one or two of these names,she is younger than I am,I do know one of her schoolmates was lad called Dennis Groves who served in Korea and had a very hard time when he was taken POW.
I lived on Upper Hanover St from 1935 until 1964 whenI got married and met and knew some wonderful people and friends with memories I shall keep for the rest of my life.Keep themcoming please!!!!!

hiya highnote willy bite here again i have a few more names for you to log on to but first have read your last letter and i remember the name of dennis groves, and your sister may remember maureen broadhurst i think she was around jack fletchers age any how its getting a bit harder for me as i am now 71 and the names we've passed on i have in some cases have known their siblings better,Right then a few more that i remember do you remember billy, and ken dean from headford street,or the shores from headford street, cliff ransom broomhall street,harry cotten headford street.the websters and the humphries from cavendish street, and one that has just come to me was billy telfer,do you remember the walkers from clarence street ernest was a bit older than me i knew derek better, and there was the baldwins david and peter broomhall street the naylors michael and raymond, from the bottom of aberdeen street their dad was in the fire brigade during the war and after, there was graham axe he went in the navy i think his sister was shirley ray paramore rip i knew all his siblings, terry and pat were in my year at school

Hi Willy,do you remember Brian Dean, a good swimmer. I think he swam for the Sheffield Dolphins with Peter Price (our school teacher). And did'nt Dereck Walker keep a pub somewhere in town.

hiya jackd i've just read your letter you've written about brian dean he was the best swimmer in our year at school you were right about him swimming for the dolphins also peter price. i used to see peter price the odd time at the bookies where we live although i hav'nt seen him for about seven years as that was the last time i had a bet, the first time we bumped into each other i said you don't remember me do you, we were at springfield school together, but you were the teacher and i was the pupil. he asked me who were in my year at springfield, i said two or three names ernest parks,brian dean, terry constantine, he remembered all the names then he asked me my name when i said white he said billy white i remember you you used to bowl funny at cricket, i didn't think i did, my uncle worked as a groundsman at bramhall lane and he would ask for tips from the likes of johnnie wardle,and other yorkshire players then pass it on to me,it was around 30 years ago was when i met peter price and i asked him if he was still teaching he said no, he hadn't taught for twelve or thirteen years, the kids were not like when you lot were in my class you lot would do as you were told i said i remember when we did wrong you would say "get my size eleven slipper out of the cupboard".ernest parks died at eighteen and terry constantine when he was around twenty or twenty one.i do sometimes go to chesterfield with my wife and if any time you're out and about look out for a motorized scooter as i have to use one as my legs arn't working very well,it would be great to shake your hand and say hallo. you asked about derek walker, he had the golden ball at the corner of townhead street his mate at school was do you remember david baldwin, he had the parkhead at eccleshall rd south then the omega resteraunt. terry room had a pub around maltby.

jackd do you remember the name barry cheswick he was in the year higher than our year he lived near gell street and upper hanover street he had a relative called derek ash and something at the back of my mind was the name freddie hodgson. well i was reading an ex pats website some while ago and it said he was an ex pupil, he lives in australia and is was an hospital church-man
.HIGHNOTE do you remember kenneth carr from broomspring lane he lived in the first house down from victoria street he emigrated to australia then came back just before one of his parents died he has since gone back again, . willybite

Hi there
My dad was born in 1932 and went to Springfield about that time, His name was Bill Wait and had sisters called Joan, Kath, Dorothy and Sheila. I think they lived on Monmouth Street then. I went in the seventies and remember all the teachers including my favourite Mr Wareham

hiya john d i was talking to my cousin last week and was telling her about being in touch with your letters,as soon as i mentioned your name was dukes
she said a girl in her class was ... dukes i dont recall her christian name her name was elaine burgess, she had a sister called jacqueline and one called ann, elaine was born in sept 1944.
ps jack do you remember these names marie birks,margaret bowen, arthur waymouth
brian nussey,colliers,( CHIMNEY SWEEP) what was the family name of the tatooist on wilkinson st, yospurs ben, gordon.

Hi Willy, yes i have a sister called Linda who was born in 1944,
Marie Birks lived across the road from me, and Gordon, Ben Yosper lived a few doors away, that was on Gloucester street. Arthur (titch) Weymouth lived across from where the Hallamshire hospital now stands. Brian Nussey used to live on Ruth square of Dorset street,and the name of the tattooist i think was Johnson. You'r digging some old memories up mate.
All the best, Jack.

Hi Willy, yes i have a sister called Linda who was born in 1944,
Marie Birks lived across the road from me, and Gordon, Ben Yosper lived a few doors away, that was on Gloucester street. Arthur (titch) Weymouth lived across from where the Hallamshire hospital now stands. Brian Nussey used to live on Ruth square of Dorset street,and the name of the tattooist i think was Johnson. You'r digging some old memories up mate.
All the best, Jack.

hiya jack one or two names for you, can you remember the hadley's was it brian, the timm,s, peter and audrey i recall, the dawber's doris,john. just remembered pamela marrison, she married harold broadhurst, who i worked with at laycocks.
ps peter bullock. another name just come to me
pps. just thought was it kenneth hadley not brian.

Hi Willy, remember Doris Dawber, Pam Marrison's dad had a butchers shop at the top of Broomspring Lane. I think i've run out of names to remember now, that i was at school with. My dad was at springfield school, and i've got a photo of him and his class, i reckon taken about 1926 ish.

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Hello Willybite,here I am back again after one or two delays,yes I do remember Kenneth Carr very well, and where he lived on Broomspring Lane,and one of the things I remember about that part was the lovely array of window boxes on the downstairs window ledges.
Ray Parramore,well remembered is also another name I remember,he died at a very early age,Ben and Gordon Yosper too.Just below where Ken Carr lived towards the school was a lad called Frost,Frosty of course,cannot remember his first name,John maybe,and a good mate of mine was Gordon Wood who lived in Aberdeen St,same yard as Peter Glaves.
You say you have difficulty in remembering at 71,what's my excuse at 79!
We are out of the country for the next two weeks so don't think I have left this life,I do not intend to,Yet!

Hi Willy, remember Doris Dawber, Pam Marrison's dad had a butchers shop at the top of Broomspring Lane. I think i've run out of names to remember now, that i was at school with. My dad was at springfield school, and i've got a photo of him and his class, i reckon taken about 1926 ish.

hya jack just read your last last post ive also just about run out of school names, mind you i dont think we've done too bad for 71 year olds do you,when i read some letters in other posts some have trouble with the 70s/80s so our schooling can't have done us any harm can it.when i read your letter of your dad being at springfield school in 1926 my mum and her brothers were there at that time my uncles were jim,b1914,jack b1917 walt b1919 mum,b1916 so the odds are they were at springfield school at the same time
now then j d having used up our school mates names we could start on theirs.
ps jack i'm only kidding

hiya jack one or two names for you, can you remember the hadley's was it brian, the timm,s, peter and audrey i recall, the dawber's doris,john. just remembered pamela marrison, she married harold broadhurst, who i worked with at laycocks.

Hiya - I read with interest of your reference to "the timms, peter and audrey"; peter timm is my father and audrey [who later married tom downes] is my aunt. It is many, many years since I have walked round Springfield School and heard my father tell me tales about when he was a lad there. Would like to know of anymore you or anyone else might remember. My father lived in back to back houses in Lawson Street [demolished after the war] near the city centre, and his family was re-housed on Brunswick Street [Broomhall].

Does anyone have any photos of classes from Springfield School that would include either my father [Peter Timm] or my Aunt [Audrey Timm]? :):

Hiya - I read with interest of your reference to "the timms, peter and audrey"; peter timm is my father and audrey [who later married tom downes] is my aunt. It is many, many years since I have walked round Springfield School and heard my father tell me tales about when he was a lad there. Would like to know of anymore you or anyone else might remember. My father lived in back to back houses in Lawson Street [demolished after the war] near the city centre, and his family was re-housed on Brunswick Street [Broomhall].

Does anyone have any photos of classes from Springfield School that would include either my father [Peter Timm] or my Aunt [Audrey Timm]? :):

hiya just read your letter reguarding your dad, he was in the class below me at school, i knew their family lived up broomspring lane way but not exactly where.
the reason i remembered their name was by coinsidence i saw your aunt audrey some 25 years ago in our local shop she was on a checkout and i asked her if she was the sister of peter timm she said yes so i said i went to springfield school at the same time, i was in the same year as pat and terry parramore,doreen coyle,. he maybe cant remember me but i still remember a few of his class mates,there was alf lockwood,keith pepper, gordon foster,terry smith,john farmer,gerald martin,philip heliwell,eric milner,tony millington, your aunt always says hello when we see each other but i havn't seen her for a few years.i was telling my wife jean about your letter and she said she sees audrey sometimes in the hairdressers but hasn't seen her lately, hope your dads ok say hello. ps a few more names i remember michael stevens, peter goodhead, john gibbs,,tony wall,jack mitchell,ken green.

Hi Willy,here's a photo taken of my dad at Springfield circa 1926, well he was born in 1916. He's 5th from the left second row up, maybe some of your family are on there.

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Hi Willy,here's a photo taken of my dad at Springfield circa 1926, well he was born in 1916. He's 5th from the left second row up, maybe some of your family are on there.

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hiya jack
would be great to see the photo as my mum was born in 1916 too can you tell me how to download it as the file names and numbers are a bit confusing it is probably me would be grateful, if i should use them my daughter will explain thanks again willy

Hello again Willybite,
Once again very many thanks or you comments,which have opened more memories that have been tucked away for many many years.
I remember Lew Lindenstruth, and seem to have it in my mind he had some sort of disability?,however another name was Harold Broadhurst who did have a very severe disability,and when we picked sides for football we always"picked" Harold in and so he did not feel left out,and whoever's side he was on always put him in goal.
Mr Sidall was our milkman,we lived on Upper Hanover St nearly opposite the top of Aberdeen St, and when he was delivering milk with the milk float as he walked down the street a word from him and the horse moved on to the next stop.I seem to remember he had some cows at the back of his premises in Monmouth St for the milk supply,can you imagine that these days,Mr Sidall was very proud when his son was accepted into the police.
I remember the scrapyard, and also a collect it yourself coal merchants somewhere around the Headford St area, where small amounts of coal could be bought and for a small deposit have the use one of their small barrows, and my sister Joy and myself often went for coal when we were running short during the war.
I remember Clifford Glaves very well,he and his cousin Peter,who lived in Aberdeen St were members of our group(I think gang is a dirty word these days!) another was Ron Lindsay who went on to become famous as Jimmy Crawford.
Another big mate of mine from those days was Norman Bartholomew,who sadly died some months ago,a good footballer but he did have proper football boots, as you well know times were hard in those days,but I had a pair of boots,and I mean BOOTS,lace up to the ankle with big too caps big nail in leather studs,so when Norman was selected to play for the school he always used my boots as he and I were the same size more or less,and what is a size or two between friends.
The name Frank Broadhurst seems familiar but nothing else,As yet!!!

p s i recall the sidalls delivering milk for us at home during the war and remember the daughter,in the mid sixtys she had an haberdashery shop just past the red lion at heeley, and do you remember a delivery girl called eva,i've remembered these two for over sixty six years.

Hi everyone, I think my Dad George Lucas went to Springfirld School, he lived at 24 Fitzwilliam Street in 1936 I believe it was a shoe repaires shop.

Hi everyone, I think my Dad George Lucas went to Springfirld School, he lived at 24 Fitzwilliam Street in 1936 I believe it was a shoe repaires shop.

hiya i lived just a bit lower down from springfield school on bath st i do remember the cobblers shop at the top of fitzwilliam st the name lucas dosn't ring any bells. from the top riight side from west st was on the corner pollards( the smell of their coffee roasting i can still smell it now) then a shoe shop, an optitians, then the raven( harvey floods) then freeman oakes(austin showroom}then a bespoke tailor, then your cobblers, below was a row of houses one of which a school mate lived(freddie wright his dad was a miner)lower down was the back of surmanco, then ernest hills( nesthills) at the top on the left hand side on the corner was a tobacconist(found out years later it was an hair-dressers in 1895.)whose grandson i worked with at laycocks a jack thompson.

hiya i lived just a bit lower down from springfield school on bath st i do remember the cobblers shop at the top of fitzwilliam st the name lucas dosn't ring any bells. from the top riight side from west st was on the corner pollards( the smell of their coffee roasting i can still smell it now) then a shoe shop, an optitians, then the raven( harvey floods) then freeman oakes
(austin showroom}then a bespoke tailor, then your cobblers, below was a row of houses one of which a shool mate lived(freddie wright his dad was a miner)lower down was the back of surmanco, then ernest hills( nesthills) at the top on the left hand side on the corner was a tobacconist( found out years later it was an hair-dressers whose grandson i worked with at laycocks a jack thompson.

Hi Ya Willy, Freddie Wright, thats a name from the past. Have'nt seen him for over 50 years.

Hi Ya Willy, Freddie Wright, thats a name from the past. Have'nt seen him for over 50 years.

hiya jack i've just read your letter regarding freddie wright, sorry to tell you fred died some years ago, ray clarkson when we worked together would keep me informed. i wrote some others on on earlier post. the earliest was ernest parkes at eighteen .then terry constantine his was an accident on a buildingf site at around twenty one then there were doug jaffreyand gordon fell, i forgot to mentionbefore richard turton lived below us around 1963/4 his wife had triplets, we used to see him outside the city hall with his hot dog barrow in the 50s.

Hi Willybite The Paul Davison you knew, did he live up Broomspring lane, just above Gloucester st he had a sister and his father was a AA moter bike driver.

This brings back a lot of memmories for me. I went to Springfield School from 1942 to 1950 and I lived at 32 Thomas Street. I am Derek Ash and my brothers one older who is 76 George and Kenneth who is 66 and I am 74. My best friend at School was Harold Goodison. My cousin is Barry Cheswick and we both live in Australia. I remember a lot of the names you have mentioned Do you remember Alan Stocks who lived behind us in the yard in Thomas Street. Alan has been dead for 24 years and we have now lost track of his wife Pam. I also was good mates with Terrence Choice. I was also friends with Brian Brooks on Bath Street. Also Keith Pepper in Thomas Street. Can't wait to get a reply. My cousin Barry has told me about this site.

Hi Willy, i remember Ray Clarkson and Richard Turton. Do you remember Alan Turton he lived next door to Ted Kenyon in the same yard as Terry Constantine. I last saw him whilst serving in Aden,we just bumped into each other, that was around 1959.

Hi Willybite The Paul Davison you knew, did he live up Broomspring lane, just above Gloucester st he had a sister and his father was a AA moter bike driver.

hiya arthur my paul davison lived in clarence st on the opposite side to viners just below egerton st sorry, but his grandmother lived in broomspring lane up one of the entries above the school.( she was his mums mum) ps your name rings a bell somewhere.

ps the paul davison i wrote about was an only child, his father was a buffer his name was freddie,

This brings back a lot of memmories for me. I went to Springfield School from 1942 to 1950 and I lived at 32 Thomas Street. I am Derek Ash and my brothers one older who is 76 George and Kenneth who is 66 and I am 74. My best friend at School was Harold Goodison. My cousin is Barry Cheswick and we both live in Australia. I remember a lot of the names you have mentioned Do you remember Alan Stocks who lived behind us in the yard in Thomas Street. Alan has been dead for 24 years and we have now lost track of his wife Pam. I also was good mates with Terrence Choice. I was also friends with Brian Brooks on Bath Street. Also Keith Pepper in Thomas Street. Can't wait to get a reply. My cousin Barry has told me about this site.

hiya derek i remember a few years back when you came back for a visit, i saw a report in our star newspaper i remember all your family very well (are you still cycling) i remember harold goodison he lived just below where you lived at 32,he lived in the same yard as the waites, and freemans, just over the back on egerton st lived, the browns family corner of thomas st and egerton st, then raymond higgins, his cousins were the other brown family,
jack,kenneth,sylvia,(ann, rip) then tessa rutter, then the naylors, across thomas lane lived brian white, as for terry choice i met him some 25 years ago he was a close nieghbour of my daughter's. i lived at number 20 the corner above where you lived at 32 unti i was about 2/3. i lived in the yard where the bookie stood after we moved ,didn't your family move on to edward
st flats.i remember your cousin barry i once saw a letter he'd posted on another thread in fact i've mentioned his name on one of my posts. a name also was freddie hodgson was he a relative of yours?.i had heard of alan stocks death.i met brian brooks 18 years ago he had a market stall on the moor, i asked him if he'd made anything at drum playing and he told me he'd been in various bands including the one at the city hall dances. its a small world with a computer intit all the best to you all bill white
p.s some more names for you i'm sure you're to remember the moss's coles's ,the ridge's ,glave's,ford's.kitcheman's, battersy.jack hudson.charlesworth's, crampton's.robertshaws,old mr bartholomew's sweetshop opposite no 20, turtons, (freestone's later) on the other corner.hardwicks shop below brunswick pub.

Hi Billy great to hear from you. Fred Hodgson is my Uncle. My mums brother and yes we did move to Edward Street Flats when I was 17 Our Barry moved onto the flats also before we did. I am not cycling now but have still got my bike. Did a few years racing here in Oz until I was about 60. I am now 74. I remember most opf the names you have mentioned but I am confused about no 20 because when I lived in Thomas Street the Hartley's lived there. Alan and Billy Hartley. They had sisters but I can't remember the names. This internet stuff is great my wife has to push me off the computer when she wants to use it. We have lived in Australia since 1971 and our Barry came in 1973. He is in the Church and has been for many years. My brother George is coming over in October for 4 weeks with his wife. Hope to hear back from you Cheers Derek

Hi Billy great to hear from you. Fred Hodgson is my Uncle. My mums brother and yes we did move to Edward Street Flats when I was 17 Our Barry moved onto the flats also before we did. I am not cycling now but have still got my bike. Did a few years racing here in Oz until I was about 60. I am now 74. I remember most opf the names you have mentioned but I am confused about no 20 because when I lived in Thomas Street the Hartley's lived there. Alan and Billy Hartley. They had sisters but I can't remember the names. This internet stuff is great my wife has to push me off the computer when she wants to use it. We have lived in Australia since 1971 and our Barry came in 1973. He is in the Church and has been for many years. My brother George is coming over in October for 4 weeks with his wife. Hope to hear back from you Cheers Derek

hiya derek
sorry to have confused you with the no 20 address but when i wrote the letter i wasn't thinking about the time scale,i was born on havelock square in 1938 mum and dad were in rooms at that time,they then moved to the number 20 thomas st,we left this house to live on bath st where i lived until 1961 when i got married the only thing i remember about no 20 was the day we moved a removal van wasn't needed for the short distance we moved. i suppose i must have been around 2 or 3 years old i do remember the night of the blitz we were sheltering on my grandmothers cellar steps we moved into the next door to the broadhursts who lived at 8 ct 7. my gran howarth lived at no 8, the hartley's moved in no 20 after we left, their children were as you said, alan, and billy, their two daughters were florence,and beryl sorry about the mixup . do you remember harold broadhurst he lived on egerton lane i worked with harold for many years from 1964 till 1988 he was a tool and cutter grinder, also the moss's they lived down thomas lane the other end of the double entry yard at the back of where you lived. you mentiond keith pepper, he changed his name some years back to keith powell-pepper.also john farmer and pat rip michael. donald battersby , brian harrison, bookies son, it keeps the grey cells working, also the barnsley's norma, and the allens dickie, and stella, don't think you will remember the family called varney they had a son called barry.
there are a few letters on this thread log on to willybite, look foreward to typing with you again all the best b w
ps a couple more families, remember SCOPES,joe,and roy, and CHARLESWORTH, brian i cant recall any other name of their family, although i think they were cousins of cliff .brian, glaves. brian c lived on edgerton lane near harrold broadhurst.

Hello Billy Thanks for putting me straight about No 20 Yes I remember most of the people you mentioned but unfortunately I can't remember you. It must be the age !!!!!! We didn't use to move very far did we? My wife Carol used to live down Crookesmoor Road until she was nine. The cobblestone part with the bomb buildings at the back. She alsoi came to liv e on Edward Street Flat but I didn't know her then. I met her at work at Lodestart Motor Company on Stanley Street in the Wicker. I was a cradle snatcher she was only 17 and I was 24 Talk to you again soon. regards Derek

Hello Billy Thanks for putting me straight about No 20 Yes I remember most of the people you mentioned but unfortunately I can't remember you. It must be the age !!!!!! We didn't use to move very far did we? My wife Carol used to live down Crookesmoor Road until she was nine. The cobblestone part with the bomb buildings at the back. She alsoi came to liv e on Edward Street Flat but I didn't know her then. I met her at work at Lodestart Motor Company on Stanley Street in the Wicker. I was a cradle snatcher she was only 17 and I was 24 Talk to you again soon. regards Derek

hiya i was pals with john farmer,keith pepper,terry smith, graham kay, dennis bradley,ron gregory, i had ginger hair. i remember when you got, i think,your first bike, it was the envy of us all,one of our pastimes was looking in cycle shops on sundays praying for our time to come.i remember hearing you cycling to ,bakewell,buxton, then when you got really going cleethorpes. happy times eh ha ha

Hello Billy Yes I now remember you. It just takes a bit of thought and a reminder. I was telling my I thought you had red curly hair. I used to go cycling with Alan Stocks and Keith Pepper and Brian Brookes. Yes the good old days not much money but a lot of good times. Still no money and still enjoying my life. Cheers Derek

hiya derek
got a shock about two hours ago,i was chatting about this thread to one of my neighbours and his wife about one david baldwin, derek walker and his brother ernest, the reason being that ernest is a mate of this neighbour and i was telling them what a small world it is with the internet i was telling them about being in touch on the computer with you and saying we all went to the same school albeit in different years ,i mentioned your name and your cousin barry cheswick , and they stopped me as soon as i said cheswick his wife said "barry cheswick australia" i said yes she said "thats my cousin" now then it's an even a smaller world, i said barry was a churchman, and went to australia in the seventies she said yes thats right this lady is called marion her husband is tony bellamy ex footballer. she mentioned the name chamberlin or a similar surname .i said i'd tell you when i went on this thread( we may have got a couple of converts to pc)
i think they think they're too old to learn but i used to think this ,but i took the plunge about six years ago the beauty of it is where we live we have pc teachers supplied from the local council, there are also computers in our local library to use free of charge. another name i've just remembered was ala machin (dont know the right spelling but it always sounded like this),

Having trouble just testing

G'day Billy sorry about this but I have been having trouble sending my messages I was telling you I rang our Barry and we had a good old chat about the old days and yes he is a cousin of Marion on his dads side. He doesn't remember you though. He was asking if you could post a photo but I said I don't know about that. I will make this short and sweet in case it doesn't go again. Great to keep in touch. Derek

Anyone remember Alice Hudson/froggat who had the shop next to Viners on Bath st and Ron Wetherall who lived round the corner

I remember Hudsons shop and my sister was in the same class as Ronnie Wetherall.
I seem to remember a family called Sterling?who lived on Headford St,Richard Sterling?,who was called the jubilee baby because he was born on the day it was King George the fifth's jubilee,or something like that! it was a very long time ago.
There was another popular shop on Broomhall St right opposite the top of Headford St, Stuchburys, and when Cyril went into the Army during the war his wife carried on the business.

Anyone remember Alice Hudson/froggat who had the shop next to Viners on Bath st and Ron Wetherall who lived round the corner

hiya stewpot i remember the hudsons little shop you described their son was jack i used to see jack the odd time where i used to live,i don't think he would have remembered me as he was around 4/5 years older than me when i lived on bath street up to 1961 just before the clearance.i also remember the crampton's shop their daughter was called betty, above there lived dick sterling with his mum and sister margaret, and in the last house before the wide opening to the double entry yard lived the yates, son was terry and he had a sister whose name i don't remember going back to the hudsons can you remember winter time when we had a fall of snow the sleigh was brought out for the local kids.when i start thinking of bath street the names start coming back,do you remember the shores, the saxons,the smiths,ridges, i've mentioned before, brookes, oates's, haigue's mottrams,padleys,creaser's,deans,the coles. the cottons the hibbard's who lived down headford st one house below bradley's chip shop do you remember wainers chip shop later gardials not sure of the spellings.then just round the corner of headford st and broomhall st was hayes sweetshop.the corner shop before hayse was mrs chapman grocers,across the road up the first entry lived the foulkes's further down was the maltby's, the turtons. the kenyons,roome's.the piersey's the legdons and brian whitworth who i think was a cousin of the deans and on broomhall st who could foreget the crofts,peter,allan,sister betty ??? and eric ludlam. i've just remembered i think arthur slingsby (mebby) he was i think a very good weight lifter.remember the eades,harry,derrek,ernest,lucetta,the ransomes,cliff,fay, and other siblings i think their father only had one arm..
ps the name ala machon comes to mind did you know the name also mrs robertshaws (she lived in the same yard as john farmer and lol parramore and wife joan) whose granddaughters lived in the yard behind the stirling's

Anyone remember the Welsh woman called Glyniss[?] who lived next door to the Ridges on Bath st.
We think she used to sell herself to men or that was the word on the street
Also the Harrisons who ran a back street betting shop on Bath st. and used to pay for 'lookouts' in case the coppers turned up.

Anyone remember the Welsh woman called Glyniss[?] who lived next door to the Ridges on Bath st.
We think she used to sell herself to men or that was the word on the street
Also the Harrisons who ran a back street betting shop on Bath st. and used to pay for 'lookouts' in case the coppers turned up.

hiya the only ones who i remember living next door to the ridges was arthur owen, and one of the ridges sons arnold ridge, not sure but i think arthur was mrs ridges brother, the harrison that stood at the bottom of our entry was bill, the father of brian harrison. the main one was tommy fiddler (shanks) the lookouts when i recall were,george cunningham(cunny) (not the painter) arthur owen ,fred waite ,bill waite freddie harrison (bills brother) and one called jock, it was strange as the police would get it round that they were to come round to pinch the bookie so the bookie would get a stand in,i know this happened as a relative of mine did it he was fined £5 and earned a tenner to stand.if bill h was picked up it would have cost him a lot more than 15 quid; the only lady of the night i knew lived down thomas st but she was'nt welsh.
ps imay have got the name bill waite wrong i knew that there were three brothers one worked but two shirked ithink the one on edward st was i think herbert the worker, could he have been married to a lilly hill if so she worked with my aunt when i was little.
the last time i saw freddie he was living at the salvation army hostel down fitzwilliam st many years ago.

Hello Billie I csn remember the lady of the night she was called Irene Padley and she always wore leg paint because you couldn't get nylons then. My dad knew her but not professionally!!!!!! Bill waite worked at Langsett Industries on Green Lane when I worked there. He had a wooden leg. There was a Carol Waite and her brother Brian lived on Edward Street Flats and their grandparents lived in Thomas Street in the same yard as the Freemans and Harold Goodison

Anyone remember Alice Hudson/froggat who had the shop next to Viners on Bath st and Ron Wetherall who lived round the corner

stewpot hiya
i have been puzzling about the name froggat, and something clicked with the name alice froggat i seem to remember this name being spoken of by my mum or gran, as gran lived in the same house from 1913 or so, as my uncle was born there in 1914 and mum 1916 their name was howarth.was it mrs hudsons maiden name,as the name rings a bell of a family around b/street/
h/ street

Hi Willy, Where do you get all names from? you mention a Creaser was it Raymond?, if so he was in my class. Here's a photo of Ted Kenyon (on the right) with me,we were in St Silas scouts together.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk18/jackdukes/scan0034.jpg

The mention of Jack Hudson has awakened another memory,did he not have a go at being a professional boxer,and I was in St Silas scouts, the Scout Leader was Ron Jones who held the post for many many years,me and my mate Ken(Curly)Wild had some happy times,and when Ken joined the band to play the bugle he nearly bust a gut learning,he used to live just near us on Upper Hanover St and he could be heard practising in the back yard producing all sorts of sounds,but eventually he mastered the instrument,and was able to join the scout band.Ken has gone now but always remembered as a great pal.
My siser was Akela at St Silas Cubs for many years until she got married, and went to live out of Sheffield.
Another name mentoned was Ridge,and Frank was another big mate of mine who lived on Bath St.

Hi Willy, Where do you get all names from? you mention a Creaser was it Raymond?, if so he was in my class. Here's a photo of Ted Kenyon (on the right) with me,we were in St Silas scouts together.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk18/jackdukes/scan0034.jpg

hiya jackd the name was ray creaser as you thought, he was in our class until the 11+c then he left our school, he married sylvia smith (saw sylvia only last week at crystal peaks) from bath st they went to live down netherthorpe many moons ago, as did ted kenyon. my parents lived over there as well,on the next to the top floor on the high rise flats, on the top floor lived sylvias mum and dad.there were a good few family's went to live over netherthorpe from broomhall area after the slum clearance,

The mention of Jack Hudson has awakened another memory,did he not have a go at being a professional boxer,and I was in St Silas scouts, the Scout Leader was Ron Jones who held the post for many many years,me and my mate Ken(Curly)Wild had some happy times,and when Ken joined the band to play the bugle he nearly bust a gut learning,he used to live just near us on Upper Hanover St and he could be heard practising in the back yard producing all sorts of sounds,but eventually he mastered the instrument,and was able to join the scout band.Ken has gone now but always remembered as a great pal.
My siser was Akela at St Silas Cubs for many years until she got married, and went to live out of Sheffield.
Another name mentoned was Ridge,and Frank was another big mate of mine who lived on Bath St.

hiya highnote
the jack hudson did box, i last saw jack about 6 years ago and you wouldn't have thought he was around 70,

The mention of Jack Hudson has awakened another memory,did he not have a go at being a professional boxer,and I was in St Silas scouts, the Scout Leader was Ron Jones who held the post for many many years,me and my mate Ken(Curly)Wild had some happy times,and when Ken joined the band to play the bugle he nearly bust a gut learning,he used to live just near us on Upper Hanover St and he could be heard practising in the back yard producing all sorts of sounds,but eventually he mastered the instrument,and was able to join the scout band.Ken has gone now but always remembered as a great pal.
My siser was Akela at St Silas Cubs for many years until she got married, and went to live out of Sheffield.
Another name mentoned was Ridge,and Frank was another big mate of mine who lived on Bath St.

hiya highnote
jack hudson did box, i last saw jack about 6 years ago and you wouldn't have thought he was around 70,i remember the scouts parade around the broomhall streets at easter or whitsuntide, with banners and the bugle and drum bands,with the named scouts,raymond,michael naylor,terry constantine,ted kenyon, and i think john dukes,paul davison, and of course the rev haythornthwaite, this last name remembered only because he married my mum and dad at st silas

Hello this is Derek Ash. Jack Hudson was my brother George's best mate. He was a boxer and he is the same age as our George around 76. I keep checking to see if there are any names that are familiar. Cheers

Does anyone remember my cousin Michael Farr who went to springfield school about this time,his dad kept the newsagency across from the Weston picture house.

Does anyone remember my cousin Michael Farr who went to springfield school about this time,his dad kept the newsagency across from the Weston picture house.

hiya jackd guess who? yup i remember Mick Farr from school days he was in the class above us, didn't know he was your cousin,i remember the shop opposite the weston,and later when the redevelopment was made they had a shop at the top of st philips rd. my dad was brought up further down st philips rd, it was down bellefield lane, i dont know if he knew micks dad from that time or when it was when my dad lived on mitchell street flats.the last time i spoke to mick was around 1968/9 just after his dad had died and he had taken the shop over,i seem to remember mick died just after not sure, when i went in the shop he remembered me with a ar do bill it was 16/18 years since i'd seen him.

Hi Willy, you never fail to amaze me, you'r like a telephone directory with all these names. Here's another for you, Peter Ward he lived in Broomspring Lane i think.

Hi Willy, you never fail to amaze me, you'r like a telephone directory with all these names. Here's another for you, Peter Ward he lived in Broomspring Lane i think.

hiya jack you are the same, i do remember the name peter ward i don't know where he lived only he didn't live around near me, but he was in the class below us at school.

ps i had a post from peter timms daughter after i mentioned his name on one of my post's, peter ward was in his class i think.
pps. ? just one or two more then that will be it thanks for the corespondence on this thread jack, cheers..
pps sorry jack one more robert godbehere remember him passed 11+ a year later when he was 12 years old.

I remember Hudsons shop and my sister was in the same class as Ronnie Wetherall.
I seem to remember a family called Sterling?who lived on Headford St,Richard Sterling?,who was called the jubilee baby because he was born on the day it was King George the fifth's jubilee,or something like that! it was a very long time ago.
There was another popular shop on Broomhall St right opposite the top of Headford St, Stuchburys, and when Cyril went into the Army during the war his wife carried on the business.

hiya i seem to think cyril with his wife annie had the newsagents on parkhill flats when they moved from broomhall st i think they were the first newsagents on hyde park flatsl, i do know that herbert ? (crossy) had the one on the pavement as he came from st philips rd. i remember a relative of the stutchbury's were mr and mrs jepson on bath st (he was known as snicker), two more names highnote remember ??? ayres, and peter franks broomspring lane.

Hi Willy, you never fail to amaze me, you'r like a telephone directory with all these names. Here's another for you, Peter Ward he lived in Broomspring Lane i think.

jack did you go to the swimming baths with the school i just remembered our first instructor his name was sam blatherwick when i started going i was able to swim a bit but his idea was to line us at the edge of the pool and tell you to jump in, of the ones who didn't he would gently push them in, once in we all helped each other. another one was a mr wall i met him some five years after i left school and he still remembered me and the school he was swimming teacher with peter price.
a few more names jack remember peter stringer,june lomas,shirley crawshaw,elaine white, shirley cartwright,shiela moorhouse,ray creaser, barry green, mick crossley,brian nussey,michael naylor last six i've mentioned before' they all passed the11 +
jack i can go back a bit further then that will be it i remember tony stephenson,,(steers),maureen lindley,yvonne gill,mary jones, helen white,(not elaine) ,pat streets, and pat saunders

Hi All
ive just been reading about St Silas School & all your memories,I called my mother to ask if she has similar memories to you all & she has,we`ve had a wondeful trip down her memory lane.
she is Beatrice Garrett & lived on Hodgson St & had a sister Annie & 2 brothers George & Jimmy
She says the owners of the chip shop on Young St with the monkey were the Spears & they also had a daughter.
She asks if anyone remembers the chip shop on Clarence St known as Dirty dicks & Mucky Joe`s ?
her best friend was & still is Maureen Whiehead,she is related to Terry & Pat Parramore & remembers Harold Broadhurst:)
if any of you remember my mother Id love to hear from you so I can let her know

The mention of Jack Hudson has awakened another memory,did he not have a go at being a professional boxer,and I was in St Silas scouts, the Scout Leader was Ron Jones who held the post for many many years,me and my mate Ken(Curly)Wild had some happy times,and when Ken joined the band to play the bugle he nearly bust a gut learning,he used to live just near us on Upper Hanover St and he could be heard practising in the back yard producing all sorts of sounds,but eventually he mastered the instrument,and was able to join the scout band.Ken has gone now but always remembered as a great pal.
My siser was Akela at St Silas Cubs for many years until she got married, and went to live out of Sheffield.
Another name mentoned was Ridge,and Frank was another big mate of mine who lived on Bath St.

hiya highnote, was speaking to frank broadhurst's widow yesterday, she asked me if i knew one or two people, she mentioned charles eckhardt, and told me he'd passed away some time back ,also lew lindenstruth, also she did mention dick sterling she said he was still well. also been told ron wetherall passed away a couple of days ago.

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DO YOU REMEMBER A FAMILY CALLED GILL ON WINDY HOUSE LANE

Hi All
ive just been reading about St Silas School & all your memories,I called my mother to ask if she has similar memories to you all & she has,we`ve had a wondeful trip down her memory lane.
she is Beatrice Garrett & lived on Hodgson St & had a sister Annie & 2 brothers George & Jimmy
She says the owners of the chip shop on Young St with the monkey were the Spears & they also had a daughter.
She asks if anyone remembers the chip shop on Clarence St known as Dirty dicks & Mucky Joe`s ?
her best friend was & still is Maureen Whiehead,she is related to Terry & Pat Parramore & remembers Harold Broadhurst:)
if any of you remember my mother Id love to hear from you so I can let her know

hiya i was in the same class as terry and pat parramore right through school,,and remember their siblings, ray,sheila ,rita, and a young brother and i knew and worked with harold broadhurst, he lived on eggerton lane, i lived on bath street, i went to sunday school on hodgson street and knew harry maclarrence there was a boy who had a scalded leg, didn,t get to know him at all.