Does anyone remember the Mullen Family all fine singers..I remember Barry, Byron, and another brother Who sang like Nat King Cole, Barbara ( Sheffields Shirley Bassy)and I believe two other sisters..all were singers. Barry and Barbara fronted a Sheffield Group Known as "The Conways" other members of the group were Eddy ??( an Indian multi-instrumentlist).....Gres Earp ( guitar)...Dennis Drydon (drums)..and Me (on Bass Guitar).

I believe they were on the working mens club circuit about the 1970,s

they had the elm tree pub from about 1982 till about 86ish..i knew them very well if its the same family(which i'm pretty sure it is....i used to knock around with simon and byron,their dad barry (no longer with us) used to have a talent night in the pub sundays and tuesdays he always started the night off and he had the place packed...from the elm tree he bought his own up..it was past rivlin valley and it was set back from the main road up in the hill,i went to it once but can't remember its name.

barry had the elm tree manor top and turned it into a great pub,he sorted all the dick heads out and made it a fantastic place,he took the bath hotel neer upperthorpe,last time i saw him he had a cafe down the cliffe,he was dying of cancer,hard ******* but if you were right with him he was right with you,great singer,saturdays he would be on all night with the family in he elm tre...one of the best landlords ever to have the place

Originally posted by kirky
they had the elm tree pub from about 1982 till about 86ish..i knew them very well if its the same family(which i'm pretty sure it is....i used to knock around with simon and byron,their dad barry (no longer with us) used to have a talent night in the pub sundays and tuesdays he always started the night off and he had the place packed...from the elm tree he bought his own up..it was past rivlin valley and it was set back from the main road up in the hill,i went to it once but can't remember its name.

hi from the elm tree barry took the bath hotel on burgoyne rd

Originally posted by Timbuck
Does anyone remember the Mullen Family all fine singers..I remember Barry, Byron, and another brother Who sang like Nat King Cole, Barbara ( Sheffields Shirley Bassy)and I believe two other sisters..all were singers. Barry and Barbara fronted a Sheffield Group Known as "The Conways" other members of the group were Eddy ??( an Indian multi-instrumentlist).....Gres Earp ( guitar)...Dennis Drydon (drums)..and Me (on Bass Guitar). Come on Timbuck, no one singss like King Cole, no one.

I don't remember the group they had, but Byron formed a duo in the 70's called Smith and Weston. I remember going to a different working mens club every Sunday dinner time and watching them play, sat at the front with a bottle of orange and a bag of crisps.Byron's my dad.

Originally posted by lucababy
I don't remember the group they had, but Byron formed a duo in the 70's called Smith and Weston. I remember going to a different working mens club every Sunday dinner time and watching them play, sat at the front with a bottle of orange and a bag of crisps.Byron's my dad. Thats right Byron was in a duo, the other lad in the duo was "Neil Bridges" on guitar, who used to play in the "Whirwinds" along with "Dave Hawley" and "Jonny Ryder" the vocalist...I liked Byron he was a "good lad". also i'd like to contact "Neil" if he is still around?.

I don't know what happened to Neil. My dad might know. I printed the posts off and showed them my mum and dad today, they don't have the internet, and he did say what he thought your name was, and Ive forgot! I remember my mum said she thought it was you who married her friend Beryl? Is that you or are they thinking of someone else? The duo they were in was Scott and Weston not Smith and Weston, I was thinking of the gun. Someone posted that Barry had cancer. Barry died suddenly of a heart attack, but whether he had cancer before that I don't know.

There was a Mullens family lived in a large house,large family on Chesterfield Rd. and the side of their house had a long set of steps running up to Cliftonville Rd/St. One of the lads was in the same class as me at Derbyshire lane School during the war.

I knew Ann Pollard who married Barry Mullen, but lost all trace of them after leaving Owlerton, yonks ago.

Happy Days!

There was a Mullens family lived in a large house,large family on Chesterfield Rd. and the side of their house had a long set of steps running up to Cliftonville Rd/St.

We used to call that house Mulligan's Mansions when I was little :) It's been demolished for ages though. You can't even see there was ever a house there nowadays, all been taken over by ivy.

oops off topic, sorry. Consider it a local interest aside :P

Timbuck, what a great family that was, and all very talented too, you always got a good night out, especially if all the family were there, we used to see them in a pub regularly that overlooked the River Don somewhere near Neepsend & became good friends with Byron, he was 19 at the time.
I was about to put a thread on the site to ask what had happened to them as my wife & I were only talking about them last week but couldn't remember their surname

rubydazzler, surely there name was Mullens,I'll ring my brother and find out.

rubydazzler, surely there name was Mullens,I'll ring my brother and find out.
No, it's definately Mullen, and none of them lived around the Woodseats/Norton Lees area, I can be sure of that. I live there now, and Byron Mullen is my dad, Barry was my uncle etc.

rubydazzler, surely there name was Mullens,I'll ring my brother and find out.

I don't know who lived there. It was just what we used to call it. I don't even know if it was inhabited at the time, it was pretty spooky as I remember. I'm talking about when I was little, mid to late 50s.

No, it's definately Mullen, and none of them lived around the Woodseats/Norton Lees area, I can be sure of that. I live there now, and Byron Mullen is my dad, Barry was my uncle etc.
There was a family called Mullen who were into singing where I lived on Doe Royd Cres in the 40s. The Mum used to sing in local pubs/clubs.I think the eldest sister sang too.Our family used to play with the younger Mullens.There was Suzanne, Barbara,Terry,Barry, and I think the youngest was Byron.I know Barbara was a good singer even as a little girl. We used to hold concerts in each others gardens.I remember going to one in their garden. We used to make our own entertainment.We were all very poor so soon after the war. I often went in their house,the door was always open and they were very friendly.Suzanne married a lad called Bob Rushforth who worked at the same place as me--Gillotts Bakery on Lyons Street.I worked in the offices at 1st.Later I helped deliver bread.Bob was a mechanic in the firms garage.Suzanne became a very young widow when Bob was killed in the garage.He was burning something away as he lay under a bread van.There must have been petrol in the tank because the van caught fire, and Bob was very badly burned, and later died from his injuries.This was around 1960 I think.We were all very shocked.Suzanne came to see me not long after that event.I often wondered what became of them all. I wonder are we talking about the same Mullens?

There was a family called Mullen who were into singing where I lived on Doe Royd Cres in the 40s. The Mum used to sing in local pubs/clubs.I think the eldest sister sang too.Our family used to play with the younger Mullens.There was Suzanne, Barbara,Terry,Barry, and I think the youngest was Byron.I know Barbara was a good singer even as a little girl. We used to hold concerts in each others gardens.I remember going to one in their garden. We used to make our own entertainment.We were all very poor so soon after the war. I often went in their house,the door was always open and they were very friendly.Suzanne married a lad called Bob Rushforth who worked at the same place as me--Gillotts Bakery on Lyons Street.I worked in the offices at 1st.Later I helped deliver bread.Bob was a mechanic in the firms garage.Suzanne became a very young widow when Bob was killed in the garage.He was burning something away as he lay under a bread van.There must have been petrol in the tank because the van caught fire, and Bob was very badly burned, and later died from his injuries.This was around 1960 I think.We were all very shocked.Suzanne came to see me not long after that event.I often wondered what became of them all. I wonder are we talking about the same Mullens?Yes we're talking about the same Family..Barry and Bab's were known as "Barry and Barbara Morley" when they where singing in the clubs....Terry was well known at tallent contests around Sheffield for his Nat King Cole songs eg: "Mona Lisa"and "When I fall in Love"..Babara was often billed as "Sheffields Shirley Bassy"

Does anyone remember the Mullen Family all fine singers..I remember Barry, Byron, and another brother Who sang like Nat King Cole, Barbara ( Sheffields Shirley Bassy)and I believe two other sisters..all were singers. Barry and Barbara fronted a Sheffield Group Known as "The Conways" other members of the group were Eddy ??( an Indian multi-instrumentlist).....Gres Earp ( guitar)...Dennis Drydon (drums)..and Me (on Bass Guitar).

hello wonder if u can help me my grandfather was john mullen from glasgow who moved to sheffield with his girlfriend called barbara as far as i know they had six children my grandfather was a singer and i think barbara was too

Does anyone remember the Mullen Family all fine singers..I remember Barry, Byron, and another brother Who sang like Nat King Cole, Barbara ( Sheffields Shirley Bassy)and I believe two other sisters..all were singers. Barry and Barbara fronted a Sheffield Group Known as "The Conways" other members of the group were Eddy ??( an Indian multi-instrumentlist).....Gres Earp ( guitar)...Dennis Drydon (drums)..and Me (on Bass Guitar).

Hi Timbuck,
You missed out Bill Hogan, the brilliant pianist and original leader of "The Conways".
They started out known as "The Bill Hogan Trio with Barbara"
Barry always did a guest spot too (at least in The Burgoyne Arms, which was their regular Saturday night residency and was eventually properly incorporated into the group and the name was changed to "The Conways".

What great nights we had in the Burgoyne and also at the clubs which they played on the other nights (including many bookings along with the hilarious Bobby Knutt on the same bill).

The Mullens were certainly the most talented family I ever met, each with a different type of voice but all of them fantastic singers - such a shame that those times had to end.

hello wonder if u can help me my grandfather was john mullen from glasgow who moved to sheffield with his girlfriend called barbara as far as i know they had six children my grandfather was a singer and i think barbara was too
Hi
John Mullen and Barbara were my father and mother. They came to Sheffield and lived there until their deaths in 1960 and 1974 respectively. I have no knowledge of their life before coming to Sheffield. We know that he was originally from Ireland and she was from Scotland. I would appreciate any information you have

We used to call that house Mulligan's Mansions when I was little :) It's been demolished for ages though. You can't even see there was ever a house there nowadays, all been taken over by ivy.

oops off topic, sorry. Consider it a local interest aside :P

I knew Don Mullens years ago. He moved to The Dale but I haven't seen him around for ages. He must be a right old age now -I wonder if he is still with us?

hi hope we have the right family did your dad and mum sing in the clubs
john mullen was my grandfather my mums dad he and my gran split up and he went to sheffield with barbara the reason i know this is because my aunt managed to get in touch with himwhen she was about 18 /20 .she came down to sheffield to babysitso my grandfather and barbara could go out singing.she wrote to him c/o sheffieldwelfare club

Timbuck is referring to Barry, Barbara, Terry & Byron Mullen (all brothers & sisters) who sang in the Pubs & Clubs of Sheffield & surrounding areas in the 60's.

Hi
John Mullen and Barbara were my father and mother. They came to Sheffield and lived there until their deaths in 1960 and 1974 respectively. I have no knowledge of their life before coming to Sheffield. We know that he was originally from Ireland and she was from Scotland. I would appreciate any information you have

my grandfather was john mullen father to five kids harry mullen may mullen catherine mullen [my mum] agnes mullen and emily mullen .he used to go out singing al jonstone songs in the local picture houses in glasgow.they lived in the bridgeton area of glasgow. my aunt may used to come down to sheffield to babysit and let barbara and him go out singing.but she was told to tell the kids she was johns sister not his daughter .