Anybody remember the late great Harry Bendon at the mucky duck the only comic who got paid 2 days before he performed,no wonder terry steeples,the pub manager ,never made it to milionaire status.Wet mondays was a great time for us building workers ,rained off and straight to the mucky duck for a session.

Fat Terry and Harry who's claim to fame was the fact he passed wind down the Mike while it was down his trousers, it was a toss up which was the worst Harry's jokes or Terry's beer, they were both worth a laugh though. What was the name of the bar down stairs that you had to go outside to get into ? they made it into a barbers shop after a while.
ps Harry's jokes were less watered down than Terry's beer..lol.

owdlad.

yeah me & my bricklayer brother went down to the MD on thursday payday,when we worked on the Roe Lane site Shirecliffe in the early 70s,we had some laughs.

i am quite offended regarding the comment about terry steeples, my father. He was a very good landlord and made sam smith brewery more money than any of there landlords ever. If the beer was watered down why did you bother to go drinking there, as there were many other pubs in the area. and for the record he is not longer over weight.

Originally posted by smiler4689
i am quite offended regarding the comment about terry steeples, my father. He was a very good landlord and made sam smith brewery more money than any of there landlords ever. If the beer was watered down why did you bother to go drinking there, as there were many other pubs in the area. and for the record he is not longer over weight.
Quite Right, Terry was a Gent he always was well mannered and polite and when my mates and I went in the Swan to watch some of the excellent bands that he booked..like The New Formula and O'haras Playboys, He always welcomed us...and when he got rid of his weight I was very impressed co's I know how hard that is to do.

Originally posted by smiler4689
i am quite offended regarding the comment about terry steeples, my father.


Whoops! Gentlemen, gentlemen.. there you go! It just shows that you never know who is listening to your pub-talk!

There is a lesson for us all! I'm never going to mention members of Sheffield Council on this forum again.


... well until the next time ;)

Originally posted by smiler4689
i am quite offended regarding the comment about terry steeples, my father. He was a very good landlord and made sam smith brewery more money than any of there landlords ever. If the beer was watered down why did you bother to go drinking there, as there were many other pubs in the area. and for the record he is not longer over weight.

Smiler I wasn't trying to offend you but that's just the way most of us said it, and he used to laugh about it too. As for the beer Sam Smiths was and still isn't my favourite beer I still think it's the poor relation in Tadcaster, and by the way your old man must be a good age now, how old is he ?
owdlad.

Sorry Smiler, as a fan of Sam Smiths I have to say that the pint in the Swan was awful but then to be fair the ale was disgusting in most city centre pubs at that time(I once had to leave half a pint in the Stone House as it was completely undrinkable)
On the plus side I once saw Status Quo for 50p and it was a top notch venue for bands

Places like the Albert were rare exceptions when it came to decent beer.

Originally posted by owdlad
Fat Terry and Harry who's claim to fame was the fact he passed wind down the Mike while it was down his trousers, it was a toss up which was the worst Harry's jokes or Terry's beer, they were both worth a laugh though. What was the name of the bar down stairs that you had to go outside to get into ? they made it into a barbers shop after a while.
ps Harry's jokes were less watered down than Terry's beer..lol.

owdlad.

It was called the Merrie England I also had a mispent youth was there every weekend,good fun though

I was a weekend regular in The Swan in the early-to-mid seventies. The atmosphere was electric. It was a fantastic place.

I spent most of my wages in that place!

Originally posted by Ned Ludd
Sorry Smiler, as a fan of Sam Smiths I have to say that the pint in the Swan was awful but then to be fair the ale was disgusting in most city centre pubs at that time(I once had to leave half a pint in the Stone House as it was completely undrinkable)
On the plus side I once saw Status Quo for 50p and it was a top notch venue for bands

Places like the Albert were rare exceptions when it came to decent beer. Is the "Albert" still standing..Co's it was my Saturday night regular, to get tanked up with Dutch courage before going to the City Hall for Dancing..It was there at the City Hall I met my Wife 39 years ago.

Terry Steeples was one of the best, a very friendly and jovial man
I'm glad to hear he's well, but Sam Smiths was only okay if you could get the first three down your gullet-seemed to kill your taste buds.

Originally posted by Timbuck
Is the "Albert" still standing..Co's it was my Saturday night regular, to get tanked up with Dutch courage before going to the City Hall for Dancing..It was there at the City Hall I met my Wife 39 years ago.
Fraid it sustained structural (bomb damage) in the War which was only identified in the 1970's. It was demolished.
It was an open car park for several years before that whole end of Cambridge St was redeveloped. It's all nondescript modern alcohol dispensing units now or bars or whatever they call these things now.
Don't come back to look (or even worse, drink!) Remember The Albert as it was at a time when locally brewed Whitbread Trophy could be a superb pint. A place with character.

I bet you used to nip down to the Barleycorn as well Ned .....lol.only joking mate.

As a matter of fact me and a mate frequently did when we got back from an away match. The beer was crap but it had an excellent juke box. It was also full of, err, very interesting and entertaining characters. There were vague rumours of what went on upstairs but we didn't get to the bottom of that mystery (and probably didn't want to. ) Henry's certainly wasn't the same...... it had more effiminates and poseurs as customers for a start!

The town center pubs of the 60,s are sadly now history but what great memories and the characters that used them.Pubs that I used were the Elephant in fitzalan square,The Bell Fitzalan Square,The Bell up the entry on High St,Red Lion West St was it the Wharncliffe opposite also The Foresters,The Abert,The Saddle,What was the name of the pub halfway down the Moor that sold Newcastle Brown Ale?.What great nights in summer touring round all these and many more town pubs drinking halves of best bitter.

Originally posted by robo
The town center pubs of the 60,s are sadly now history but what great memories and the characters that used them.Pubs that I used were the Elephant in fitzalan square,The Bell Fitzalan Square,The Bell up the entry on High St,Red Lion West St was it the Wharncliffe opposite also The Foresters,The Abert,The Saddle,What was the name of the pub halfway down the Moor that sold Newcastle Brown Ale?.What great nights in summer touring round all these and many more town pubs drinking halves of best bitter.

Would the pub half way down the Moor have been The Nelson, which is still there....although I hasten to add not for the likes of me these days.

Originally posted by robo
The town center pubs of the 60,s are sadly now history but what great memories and the characters that used them.Pubs that I used were the Elephant in fitzalan square,The Bell Fitzalan Square,The Bell up the entry on High St,Red Lion West St was it the Wharncliffe opposite also The Foresters,The Abert,The Saddle,What was the name of the pub halfway down the Moor that sold Newcastle Brown Ale?.What great nights in summer touring round all these and many more town pubs drinking halves of best bitter. Ah Yes..West street on a Friday night after work, all the lads heading anti-clockwise up the street visiting all the pubs..and the lasses going clockwise the other way to meet as many lads as possible..drinking halves of beer..Buddy Holly singing "Rave On" on the juke boxes.."Best years of my life".

Saw some top bands in the 60s, I think Monday night was a favourite. One of us used to pay to go in and get a pass out where the back of your hand was stamped. We all used to wait outside,wet our hand and copy the impression, It never failed....happy days...Joe Cockers greaseband.Vinegar Joe with Elkie Brookes and Robert Palmer and many many more...

Originally posted by owdlad
Would the pub half way down the Moor have been The Nelson, which is still there....although I hasten to add not for the likes of me these days.

The Nelson pub was originally above some shops at a point where The Moor joined Pinstone Street. You went up a straight flight of stairs and if you looked out the window you would see the Queen Victoria (?) Statue and the tram stop where you walked halfway across the road to board. On the other side was the end of Button Lane. Sheffield girls in those days would parade around town on Saturday afternoons with their hair in curlers covered by a headscarf then turn up at the Nelson at night looking tres glam. Many times have I fallen base over apex down those stairs. Can't remember what ale they sold. Stone's was a 'fighting beer' in my time. Another killer was brewed near the Wicker. It was a Barley Wine sold in a 'nip bottle' which was slightly smaller that a half pint. Can't remember the brewer but I bet it'll come to me as soon as I log off. Whitbreads took the firm over and all the originals went except the barley wine which was then sold nartionally - but as the water didn't come from the Don it never kicked you the same. Any one remember Richdales for Rich Ales brewery at the bottom of Bramall Lane. ANTHONY.

ANTHONY
Tennant's was the brewery that made Barley Wine. I can't say I have heard of Richdales,although there were enough breweries in and around Sheffield at that time that there would always be the odd one we missed...lol

Hello says me laughing as a young girl I worked next to the Barley Corn at George Binns. clothiers. Too young to understand the (*goings on) there. I do remember Russian Edna who used to go in there. She was murdered in High Hazels Park.
Remember the pie shop too next to Geo. Binns. Are these buildings still there.
Aussie Friend

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Originally posted by vhopkinson
Hello says me laughing as a young girl I worked next to the Barley Corn at George Binns. clothiers. Too young to understand the (*goings on) there. I do remember Russian Edna who used to go in there. She was murdered in High Hazels Park.
Remember the pie shop too next to Geo. Binns. Are these buildings still there.
Aussie Friend
i remember reading a book which was not so long ago. i think it was called the sheffield murders. and it stated that the last man to be hung was william smedley who murdered russian edna.
also the first man to be hung was also called william smedley. what a coincidence. i think she murdered on spring street.

i'm told the sex pistiols played in the swan in 1976,don't know if its true though

Originally posted by kirky
i'm told the sex pistiols played in the swan in 1976,don't know if its true though

True.

They were supported by the Clash who were making their gig debut.

i am quite offended regarding the comment about terry steeples, my father. He was a very good landlord and made sam smith brewery more money than any of there landlords ever. If the beer was watered down why did you bother to go drinking there, as there were many other pubs in the area. and for the record he is not longer over weight.

Greetings to you smiler4689, I posted a question on another thread regarding your dad, what happened to him, I bumped into a comedian in a hotel in Leicestershire earlier this year, a small round man with curly hair who'd been in a band 'Frankenstiens Monsters' I think and I'm sure he told me your dad had moved away to the coast or maybe abroad.

I have fond memories of the Mucky Duck and your dad from the early seventies, if he's still around tell him an old customer sends his regards

Terry Steeples was a true character one of the best landlords ever in Sheffield City Centre, does anyone remeber Mick Nolan the last landlord of the old Mulberry? it closed in about 1975 and was redeveopled the new pub being opened by Mick Lee in late 1976. I worked for all three of these guys and it was a privelidge.

The town center pubs of the 60,s are sadly now history but what great memories and the characters that used them.Pubs that I used were the Elephant in fitzalan square,The Bell Fitzalan Square,The Bell up the entry on High St,Red Lion West St was it the Wharncliffe opposite also The Foresters,The Abert,The Saddle,What was the name of the pub halfway down the Moor that sold Newcastle Brown Ale?.What great nights in summer touring round all these and many more town pubs drinking halves of best bitter.would that pub be the angel on the right hand side going down the moor or the travellers on the left ?

terry steeples mucky duck merry england gave every body a brilliant time out in sheffield.fantastic guy god bless you terry.

I remember Tery Steeples chucking a bloke out of the Penny Black one dinner time. The place had just had a brand new carpet down in the it was a thick pile axminster and these two blokes walked in who had just been to the tackle shop in the wicker Cacotts ???? anyway one of them decided to check on the maggots he`d just bought and was struggling with the lid. You can guess the rest maggots everywhere nestling down in the 2 inch thick pile He went crackers, can`t say I blame him either

The Mucky Duck, back in the late 60s, must have sold the vilest pint of bitter in Sheffield. You could see the barmaids catch all the slops and top your pint up with them :gag:

It was very popular because it had all the top acts on but the beer was disgusting - not even fit to put on your chips.

Been in to town today - first time for a while and have noticed the black Swan is no more but something called the Broadwalk. I wonder what happened to the statue of the swan in front of the door?

My cousin neville ford (cosmo) used to sing at the swan he was killed when he fell off the roof at daniel doncasters,does anyone remember him:)

Mucky Duck, anybody remember O'Hara's Playboy's?

Terry Steeples was a proper landlord not like the faceless mannagers you get in the pubs today.Most of them seem to have had a personality bypass

The Mucky Duck, back in the late 60s, must have sold the vilest pint of bitter in Sheffield. You could see the barmaids catch all the slops and top your pint up with them :gag:

It was very popular because it had all the top acts on but the beer was disgusting - not even fit to put on your chips.

I worked partime in the evenings in the 60's there and we didn't use slops. And for your information the cleaning regime after closing was very strict. Terry and his wife were strict but good to work for if did the job properly

Is the "Albert" still standing..Co's it was my Saturday night regular, to get tanked up with Dutch courage before going to the City Hall for Dancing..It was there at the City Hall I met my Wife 39 years ago.

HI Timbuck Just seen this post of yours, l could repeat it word for word except for the 39, l would have to put 67, about the last time l was in the Albert was during the war, l was in a scuffle with an American, we were both ordered out, he was drunk, and was dancing the wrong way and bumping into everyone, l said to the girl l was dancing with ,if he bumps into us i'll dot him one, she said you would'nt, l said yes, the inevitable happened, yes, he did, and not to show face, l did, and got a dot from him, anyway, we met going up the stairs and we both burst out laughing and ended back to the Albert where he insisted paying for all the drinks, we made it up, and promised to meet on the monday night ,but he did'nt show,l often think what happend to him, but in those days one never knew. Cheers Arthur Fearn.

Hi Arfur. That's an interesting item you brought up, 'dancing the wrong way.' I'd forgotten about that. There was some unwritten rule about everybody dancing in the same direction, was it clockwise or anti ?

Fat Terry and Harry who's claim to fame was the fact he passed wind down the Mike while it was down his trousers, it was a toss up which was the worst Harry's jokes or Terry's beer, they were both worth a laugh though. What was the name of the bar down stairs that you had to go outside to get into ? they made it into a barbers shop after a while.
ps Harry's jokes were less watered down than Terry's beer..lol.

owdlad.

I worked in this downstairs bar during the mid 60's it was known as The Sportsman Bar. It always had a great set of customers with good banter. I might also add that Terry Steeples was one of the best pub bosses you could work for, enthusiastic, straight as a die and showed respect to all his staff, unless you tried to pull one over him-then you got what you deserved

I worked in this downstairs bar during the mid 60's it was known as The Sportsman Bar. It always had a great set of customers with good banter. I might also add that Terry Steeples was one of the best pub bosses you could work for, enthusiastic, straight as a die and showed respect to all his staff, unless you tried to pull one over him-then you got what you deserved

Hi jonceebee I know most of the posts are of a few years ago but i see you have just added to them i believe that Terry Steeples RIP passed away a few years ago Was the Sportsmans bar the small lounge bar at the bottom of the stairs at the main entrance "revolving door" and NOT the Merry England Bar which was further down the hill and used to be the snooker room before renovation into the Merry England do you also remember SLIM the doorman who lived i believe at the top of Myrtle rd area also known as Mexican Slim i come across a lot of people who cant remember there ever been a lounge bar down stairs at the Duck but i know their was because i was a regular in there on Sat nights all the lads of my area met there before the Sat night town session and Top Rank bop :huh: .

If I remember rightly, it was the Swan that had striptease on Friday Lunchtimes. We are talking early seventies here. For a sixteen year old kid it was great.

As a matter of fact me and a mate frequently did when we got back from an away match. The beer was crap but it had an excellent juke box. It was also full of, err, very interesting and entertaining characters. There were vague rumours of what went on upstairs but we didn't get to the bottom of that mystery (and probably didn't want to. ) Henry's certainly wasn't the same...... it had more effiminates and poseurs as customers for a start!

The Albert had a much better juke box, and the customers were all characters. I remember so many of the regulars... Silence, Spook, Petal, Sam, Big Dave from Barnsley, Basher... I was the barmaid there in 1970 and I went on to be the barmaid at the Nelson a couple of years later when Don and Marion (Albert managers) moved down the road to manage the Nelson. Mick (surname escapes me) did the murals and I used to work in the 'dive bar' with Andy. Marion is still a close friend. Unfortunately, Don died 5 years ago after a very long illness. For those regulars, I was the one they used to throw in Barkers pool after hours.... such memories!