does anyone remember the magnet pub at southey green?? closing it down......was it a good or bad choice???

Not sure about whether it was a good idea or not but they could have done something with the space instead of leaving it for the kids to play smash the bottle on :rolleyes:

does anyone remember the magnet pub at southey green?? closing it down......was it a good or bad choice???

Was my Dads second home, edit: first home.

i dont really remember that much apart from going in with my family for the easter bonnet parade when we were kids.oh yeah and the trouble and police raids nearly every weekend.i remember one police dog being kicked to death in a raid there.......

I used to deliver the newspapers there in 1955, I remember going in for a pint when I turned 18 & it was like dishwater, just like the rest of the John Smiths brew.

does anyone remember the magnet pub at southey green?? closing it down......was it a good or bad choice???


Yes, it was great in the 40s & 50s.My father was the bookmaker there.Later on it became a den for drug pushers and was closed down because of that.

whilst clearing my mum in laws house (departed last saturday bless her) yesterday came across a lot of old photographs, includedin these were some snaps of the outside and inside, my fater in law always used to stand at the top end of the bar near the poolroom (this used to be the take away off license bit) anyone remeber him, alf walton.

Apparantly one night a gang walked in there and wheeled away the bandit in front of everyone and no one said or did nuffin......enuff said

Was my Dads second home, edit: first home.


We used to sit on the step outside the pub,waiting for our dad to bring us a packet of crisps out. No pub lunches in those days.

I used to go in there from time to time during the late 70s early 80s. It was a loud rowdy place but I bloody loved it in there.
From what ive heared, the locals all go to the white horse or the forty foot now? Is that right?

I used to go in there from time to time during the late 70s early 80s. It was a loud rowdy place but I bloody loved it in there.
From what ive heared, the locals all go to the white horse or the forty foot now? Is that right?


What year exactly was it pulled down Jabbers, do you know?.I didnt think it was there in the 80 s.But I maybe wrong.

I think it went down in the late 80s... Im not 100% sure on that though, I didnt live far form there but I rarely ventured into that area.

I think it went down in the late 80s... Im not 100% sure on that though, I didnt live far form there but I rarely ventured into that area.


Its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.

Yeah it always had a seedy reputation.
It improved once I started to frequent the place though. Really it did! :D

Yeah it always had a seedy reputation.
It improved once I started to frequent the place though. Really it did! :D


I can just see you in The Magnet somehow.It was a magnet for seedy little men.!! :hihi:

I can just see you in The Magnet somehow.It was a magnet for seedy little men.!! :hihi:
The magnet was NOTHING compared to the other boozers i used to haunt! I used to love the dives, they have my kind of scum in them :D

The magnet was NOTHING compared to the other boozers i used to haunt! I used to love the dives, they have my kind of scum in them :D


And youre still duckin & divin to this day.! :D

Im too old to duck and dive now.

These days I just lay prone.

Im too old to duck and dive now.

These days I just lay prone.


Thats what I mean youre prone to duckin & divin. :thumbsup:

What year exactly was it pulled down Jabbers, do you know?.I didnt think it was there in the 80 s.But I maybe wrong.
was definately there in the 80s into at least mid 90s

was definately there in the 80s into at least mid 90s


Thanks, I wonder if anyone has any old photos to post on here,of The Magnet.

I remember in the early 80s a bikers funeral starting off from the magnet. A work mate of mine went to it and all the bikes went along moonshine lane where i worked.
Beautiful.

I remember around about 1947 or so I fetched a Jug of beer nightly for an old chap across the road (Morgan). I used to run up Galsworthy Rd get the jug filled from the Magnet beer-off and then race down so the beer didn't go flat. If the beer was flat he didn't give me the halfpenny for fetching it. I was ten at the time and wonder however did I get served?

That was in the good times nanrobbo, before racism & drugs, aren't we lucky ?

Too right skippy and safe, think of a ten year old girl fetching beer nowadays?
How lucky were we?

mangnet was pulled down around 1992 i think. the story about the gang running off with the bandit is true.my dad was there that night.some close friends of my family used to practically live in there and are very well known in this area for obvious reasons and most of the stories i know of the magnet come from them.thats probably cos half the mischief was caused by them!!!!!!! not the bad stuff though.

PS- Mind you I had really long legs. ;)

Its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.


towards the end it did become a haven for drugs, main gang used to come from manchester untill the gang from pitsmoor found out, shotguns used nobody killed though.
after it closed most people started frequenting the southey social club, that was a good place at one time but alas how times change, on a saturday and sunday you had to be in early to get a seat nowadays you can sit anywhere, they have bouncers on a sunday night and if you fancy a smoke you can always nip upstairs to the back room, not a family place anymore, i'm afraid it's days are numbered just like the old magnet.

I remember in the early 80s a bikers funeral starting off from the magnet. A work mate of mine went to it and all the bikes went along moonshine lane where i worked.
Beautiful.


i think that was a guy called Jack frost (frosty)

Apparantly one night a gang walked in there and wheeled away the bandit in front of everyone and no one said or did nuffin......enuff said

i remeber that , they returned for the television as well , they did wait untill the racing had finished though

WAS IT YOU WHO TOOK THE TELLY???HEHEHEHE
FUNNY THING WAS THOUGH, THE BANDIT HAD BEEN EMPTIED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR BEFOR THEY TOOK IT.:hihi: :hihi: :hihi

EASTER BONNET PARADE THERE WAS CLASS.I REMEMBER WINNING A BOTTLE OF PANDA COLA AND A CADBURYS CREAME EGG FOR MY BONNET.

nah not me, working behind the bar at the time for a chap called big terry and i mean big, then for a chap called alan and his wife linda good days, a typical estate pub, bookies next door, i remember the bookies runner but cannot for the life of me remember his name oh thats it "beigy" i still see him from time to time not changed at all.

yep. paul baige.hes famous round here. why i dont know.i think it must be cos every bugger knows him for one reason or another.

either that or its because he's a wednesday nutter, i see him from time to time int club, he's married now and she certainly wears the trousers.
another character was and still is joe savory theres some good stories about that bloke, another ex magneteer

are you from s5? do you frequent the southey club? my dad and uncle used to spend a lot of time in there until recently. maybe you know them..............

I think the funniest story ever about the Magnet was when the Wednesday first team kit got stolen one day from the Wednesday ground. Made front page news in the Star. They found it in an upstairs room at the Magnet!

Does Southey Green end at lane top ?

Its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.
The Southey Working Men's Club is still there, or at least it was an hour ago when I passed:rolleyes: :)

The Southey Working Men's Club is still there, or at least it was an hour ago when I passed:rolleyes: :)


as i said earlier "it's days are numbered" this is due to the minority that's going to spoil it for the majority, but as per usual the very weak and frightened members will still allow them to carry on with their dodgy dealings.

I think the funniest story ever about the Magnet was when the Wednesday first team kit got stolen one day from the Wednesday ground. Made front page news in the Star. They found it in an upstairs room at the Magnet!

think the star got it wrong again, the kit was originally hidden in the cellar before someone moved it, trust me i know!!

are you from s5? do you frequent the southey club? my dad and uncle used to spend a lot of time in there until recently. maybe you know them..............

afraid so, someones got to live there, must have upset someone in a former life, still it's not a bad area.
the southey , yes my second home, who's your dad and uncle? why did they stop going in?

I think the funniest story ever about the Magnet was when the Wednesday first team kit got stolen one day from the Wednesday ground. Made front page news in the Star. They found it in an upstairs room at the Magnet!

I used to play football for a team at Warren, and our kit suffered a similar fate. It too was recovered from the Magnet!!!

Jim:thumbsup:

Thanks, I wonder if anyone has any old photos to post on here,of The Magnet.

The Travellers Rest was on that site before The Magnet.

The Travellers Rest (http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=zoomWindow&keywords=s07050&prevUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZrZXl3b3Jkcz1hbGwlM0JNQV RDSEVTJTNCJTI4JTVFJTdDKyUyQiUyOVRyYXZlbGxlcnNfUmVz dCUyOCUyNCU3QyslMkIlMjkmYWN0aW9uPXNlYXJjaA==)

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classic pictures! i know it was a dump but at least it looked better than what it does now.

God, this place was like a second home to my dad too! Derek Malkin, anyone know him?

God, this place was like a second home to my dad too! Derek Malkin, anyone know him?

No skala don't know him, my Dads name was Jack Kynes.

i used to live a stones through from the magnet, i went in a a few times, the wapantake was always my haunt. i do remember the magnet always reminded me of the slaughtered lamb in american werewolf in london. on the occations i went in it was a locals pub to be sure, but then i guess it went down hill

does anyone remember the magnet pub at southey green?? closing it down......was it a good or bad choice???
i remember once went to play an individual darts match
match put of someody had stolen the dart board

Doesn't anyone remember the strippers on Sunday dinners ?? :gag: or shall we keep them quiet,, now I know where they got the lyrics from when they sang "who let the dogs out"
Never knew what a caesarean scar looked like till then :hihi:

Lots of locals bent as nine bob notes when I boozed there.

P.S Anyone want to buy a fag machine.... arf arf

I have just been reading all the comments on the magnet, and i have to say it brought back great memories. I use to work behind the bar in the early 80's, some of the names of the customers mentioned had me laughing. The night the T.V was stolen was so funny, but there was no mention of the the night a fella went behind the bar and tryed to steal the till. The barman (Patrick) stopped the fella but got his arm broken. Someone mentioned Jack Frost, he always use to play the pinball machine and have his pet snake around his neck. One great charector who has not had a mention was the legendary Annie Fogg, what a great lady. She was my favourite customer and had me laughing all evening, she was'nt shy at telling people what she thought of them.

I used to play around there when I was a lad in the 1930s. A fair used the ground behind it every year where I once found 3 tortoises in a tyre outside a caravan which I promply took home. I gave two away and each one was painted a different colour so we could recognise them while they were racing.

When we needed a few pennies we would climb the wall of the Magnet or the WMC and borrow some bottles which the landlord would pay us for by returning them. Apart from that we were in a pain in the neck, nearly drowned in a lime pit when they were building Parsons Cross.

what a pub, shame.

What year exactly was it pulled down Jabbers, do you know?.I didnt think it was there in the 80 s.But I maybe wrong.
they shut it for the last time in 93,pulling it down a few years later i believe,if they had catered for local needs rather than trying to pull in punters from different areas,maybe it would still be there.

God, this place was like a second home to my dad too! Derek Malkin, anyone know him?
malkin...any relation to the late,great kev malkin????

i think that was a guy called Jack frost (frosty)
dave"jack" frost, 1 night,him & the recently deceased frank vaughn(yes, really) were pulled over by the cops,asked their names...both being arrested when they gave em,released without charge about 2am when it was established they were telling the truth!!!

I have just been reading all the comments on the magnet, and i have to say it brought back great memories. I use to work behind the bar in the early 80's, some of the names of the customers mentioned had me laughing. The night the T.V was stolen was so funny, but there was no mention of the the night a fella went behind the bar and tryed to steal the till. The barman (Patrick) stopped the fella but got his arm broken. Someone mentioned Jack Frost, he always use to play the pinball machine and have his pet snake around his neck. One great charector who has not had a mention was the legendary Annie Fogg, what a great lady. She was my favourite customer and had me laughing all evening, she was'nt shy at telling people what she thought of them.
patrick taylor...still looks the same. bomber used to greet him with the cry"ugly taylor".... bomber was the werewolfs younger,uglier,less talented brother!!! well...thats what reg taylor told me!!!!

The only decent photo I have left of my Dad is of him sitting outside the Magnet

i remember once went to play an individual darts match
match put of someody had stolen the dart boardi remember someone completly emptying the cellar of all the booze:suspect:

I belive the land was sold at auction in September so maybe something will happen soon (http://www.markjenkinson.co.uk)
I remember the pub from being little, I still remember the area just left of the chip shop, an right of the Magnet, It looked like such a big drop an thought all sorts of treasure must be down there.

I did hear that a mine dropped by parachute by the Germans during the Blitz was hanging from a tree outside some cottages opposite the Magnet.

I did hear that a mine dropped by parachute by the Germans during the Blitz was hanging from a tree outside some cottages opposite the Magnet.
dont know about that,but its well documented that a mine exploded on southey hill,blowing windows out in the surrounding area,taking a few houses out on southey hill.

Was my Dads second home, edit: first home.

was my dads first home too :hihi:southey social club is now :hihi:

What year exactly was it pulled down Jabbers, do you know?.I didnt think it was there in the 80 s.But I maybe wrong.think the magnet was demolished in 93? could be a year out:suspect:

dont know about that,but its well documented that a mine exploded on southey hill,blowing windows out in the surrounding area,taking a few houses out on southey hill.


That's right. It made quite a mess.

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I did hear that a mine dropped by parachute by the Germans during the Blitz was hanging from a tree outside some cottages opposite the Magnet.

I don't rember a landmine in the trees but rember one dropping on Southey hill opposite St Bernards church.At that time 1941? I was living on Northlands rd where the roof of our back bedroom was blown off.I was 14 yrs old at that time.

does anyone remember the magnet pub at southey green?? closing it down......was it a good or bad choice???

We went to live at Southey Green in 1929 so I remember the Magnet Hotel very well.It had a 9 hole golf course at one time.It had a beautiful long bar made of magohany and was privately owned by a man called Bradshaw.The pub built there previoosly was called Thr Traveller's rest.When we left Southey Green in 51 Iwould have said that it was a bad choice,but visiting the area in later years,Iwould say that it was avery good choice.

I did hear that a mine dropped by parachute by the Germans during the Blitz was hanging from a tree outside some cottages opposite the Magnet.

I don't rember a landmine in the trees but rember one dropping on Southey hill opposite St Bernards church.At that time 1941? I was living on Northlands rd where the roof of our back bedroom was blown off.I was 14 yrs old at that time.

Can anyone remember the "hot dog" man in the early 60s? He used to turn up in something like an A40 van, open the back doors, and there inside was the food. He had a big tub of what I think was sausage meat and onions mixed together, and used to spread it onto a breadcake. Looking back, I don't recall a lot of hygiene being practised, and if today's food police came across anything like that now they'd shut it down. However, it was quite tasty, and as far as I know he never killed anyone!

Can anyone remember the "hot dog" man in the early 60s? He used to turn up in something like an A40 van, open the back doors, and there inside was the food. He had a big tub of what I think was sausage meat and onions mixed together, and used to spread it onto a breadcake. Looking back, I don't recall a lot of hygiene being practised, and if today's food police came across anything like that now they'd shut it down. However, it was quite tasty, and as far as I know he never killed anyone!
no,but i remember the old blue chip wagon,before hansons opened.

I used to play around there when I was a lad in the 1930s. A fair used the ground behind it every year where I once found 3 tortoises in a tyre outside a caravan which I promply took home. I gave two away and each one was painted a different colour so we could recognise them while they were racing.

When we needed a few pennies we would climb the wall of the Magnet or the WMC and borrow some bottles which the landlord would pay us for by returning them. Apart from that we were in a pain in the neck, nearly drowned in a lime pit when they were building Parsons Cross.

is your first name LOL by any chance, my dad always told me as a lad about his mate Lol who almost died in a lime pit up parson cross

my great grandma n grandad practically lived there and when they passed away thats were there ashes went. x

im on about at the magnet

there was nowt wrong wiv magnet was a good place an it wasnt as bad as some pubs ..all pubs had reps ..this was no diff ..loved it lol

I remember in the early 80s a bikers funeral starting off from the magnet. A work mate of mine went to it and all the bikes went along moonshine lane where i worked.
Beautiful.

We were in the procession for Jack, a sad loss to us all. At the funeral the police went round all the bikes and nicked the owners for the most ridiculous reasons, there was in excess of 500 bikers.
There has recently been a reunion of the Magnet lads and will be another in about 6 months.

I have just been reading all the comments on the magnet, and i have to say it brought back great memories. I use to work behind the bar in the early 80's, some of the names of the customers mentioned had me laughing. The night the T.V was stolen was so funny, but there was no mention of the the night a fella went behind the bar and tryed to steal the till. The barman (Patrick) stopped the fella but got his arm broken. Someone mentioned Jack Frost, he always use to play the pinball machine and have his pet snake around his neck. One great charector who has not had a mention was the legendary Annie Fogg, what a great lady. She was my favourite customer and had me laughing all evening, she was'nt shy at telling people what she thought of them.

Other names from Jack's era, Mo n Nelly, Russ, Phil Picroft (deceased) Frank, Tony, Wiggy, Baz n Julie, Jinx ( with top hat) and Cowboy to name but a few..... happy days:hihi:

I remember sitting on Magnet wall, mid summer with a nice pint of lager. The car-park used to be full in the summer all sat on the wall, getting, well, ******.

Good times.

I remember sitting on Magnet wall, mid summer with a nice pint of lager. The car-park used to be full in the summer all sat on the wall, getting, well, ******.

Good times.

I only have two photos of my Dad now, one in hospital and the other sitting on the Magnet wall with a pint around 1950s.

I've got two photos taken outide the Magnet. It's a coach trip for Sheffield Wednsday. Would have been 1950. I'm in it and I'm about 9. There's a lot of the locals in it and maybe your father but I cant put the photos on the Forum. Any body got any ideas? JACK SYDNEY

I've got two photos taken outide the Magnet. It's a coach trip for Sheffield Wednsday. Would have been 1950. I'm in it and I'm about 9. There's a lot of the locals in it and maybe your father but I cant put the photos on the Forum. Any body got any ideas? JACK SYDNEY

My Dad was a bookmaker back then, had us picking up his bets on our bikes and taking them home before the police could catch him (again), he didn't want "his men" to get caught, so he used us kids :roll:

Here 's two of the pics from 1950 coach trip for Sheffield Wednesday football match. I am there with many of the locals who visited the Magnet pub. Thanks to "skippy" for showing me how to do the photos. I am sat at the feet of a bookie. Maybe its your dad. My dad and uncles and grandad are also in the photos. hope it brings back good memories JACK SYDNEY

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/sydneyozz/?action=view&current=MagnetCoach2.jpg
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/sydneyozz/?action=view&current=MagnetCoach1.jpg

It was a reyt dive!!

Walk through the door and come out through the window! :hihi:

Here 's two of the pics from 1950 coach trip for Sheffield Wednesday football match. I am there with many of the locals who visited the Magnet pub. Thanks to "skippy" for showing me how to do the photos. I am sat at the feet of a bookie. Maybe its your dad. My dad and uncles and grandad are also in the photos. hope it brings back good memories JACK SYDNEY

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/sydneyozz/?action=view&current=MagnetCoach2.jpg
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/sydneyozz/?action=view&current=MagnetCoach1.jpg

Great photos sydney, you must be that little tot with blonde hair, cute! no my Dad would never leave the Magnet long enought to go on any of those trips... waste of good drinking time, he would stick us on the coaches and take off......also my Dad wouldn't be seen dead in a "cap", he was too much in love with his slicked back hair :roll:

Those pics reminded me of a word I havent heared or used in decades.

"Sharrabank" or "Sharra" As in `Quick, get on the sharra, its leaving!`

I bet its spelled wrongly.

Those pics reminded me of a word I havent heared or used in decades.

"Sharrabank" or "Sharra" As in `Quick, get on the sharra, its leaving!`

I bet its spelled wrongly.

I always thought it was "SharrabanG' :confused:

I always thought it was "SharrabanG' :confused:

It probably is, Ive never seen it spelled out, I only ever heared it spoken, usually by drunk adults when I was a kid.

It probably is, Ive never seen it spelled out, I only ever heared it spoken, usually by drunk adults when I was a kid.

Yes, I do think i'm right, it's Sharrabang, hic!

My dads family lived on Southey Green Road, throughout childhood (Ted, my father, was born 1928) his brother Albert Jenkinson lived there most of his life and never married or left home until he was in his 80's. He had to move out due to a burglary (whilst he was asleep), which was terrible and forced him to move to a flat.

Ted and Alberts brother Frank Jenkinson used to frequent the Magnet and we once joined him for a pint on Boxing Day, just before they pulled it down. It was full of travellers and we got some looks that day.:hihi: sadly both Frank and Albert are no longer with us.

I am going to show the pics to my dad as I am sure he will know someone on them.

My dads family lived on Southey Green Road, throughout childhood (Ted, my father, was born 1928) his brother Albert Jenkinson lived there most of his life and never married or left home until he was in his 80's. He had to move out due to a burglary (whilst he was asleep), which was terrible and forced him to move to a flat.

Ted and Alberts brother Frank Jenkinson used to frequent the Magnet and we once joined him for a pint on Boxing Day, just before they pulled it down. It was full of travellers and we got some looks that day.:hihi: sadly both Frank and Albert are no longer with us.

I am going to show the pics to my dad as I am sure he will know someone on them.

Looking forward to seing photos of your Dad Gemima.

Poppins the bloke just left of me has no hat on and has black hair. He was a booky in those days. HANSON was a runner for him in 1950.

Yes, I do think i'm right, it's Sharrabang, hic!

Think the correct spelling is 'charabanc' Don't ask me what it means though

Think the correct spelling is 'charabanc' Don't ask me what it means though

jmdee, I just Goggled sharrabang :) came up with >Coach Bus.

Syd, your photo buckets not working this time, i'll try again later, I should have printed out the photo yesterday.

[QUOTE=poppins;2946643]jmdee, I just Goggled sharrabang :) came up with >Coach Bus.


Just took the trouble to look it up. The word 'charabanc' is an English name given to a bus, commonly open topped in the 1920's. The word itself comes from the French, 'char' meaning coach, or buggy, and the word 'banc' meaning rows of seats. Guess it depends ont which dictionary one looks at.

[QUOTE=poppins;2946643]jmdee, I just Goggled sharrabang :) came up with >Coach Bus.


Just took the trouble to look it up. The word 'charabanc' is an English name given to a bus, commonly open topped in the 1920's. The word itself comes from the French, 'char' meaning coach, or buggy, and the word 'banc' meaning rows of seats. Guess it depends ont which dictionary one looks at.

I like your explanation better jmdee, sounds posher :)

Poppins the bloke just left of me has no hat on and has black hair. He was a booky in those days. HANSON was a runner for him in 1950.

No thats not my Dad sydney, he was dead good looking, ladies man :roll: my Dad use to emcee at some of the dance halls too.

Any Body Remember Jipsy Jess The Biker And His Missis Pat

God, this place was like a second home to my dad too! Derek Malkin, anyone know him?

was kevin related to you

kev malkin, an old pal of mine,sadly died of a heart attack aged just 29.

Jhon Jessop Jipsy Jess

The Magnet used to be a good pub, when I was a kid there used to be a tossing ring on a sunday and the spivs would pay some of the young lads to look out for the coppers and if one was around everyone would scarper like double quick.It was a pub for older people no disrespect to anyone where the young ones wernt bawlin and shouting,thats when Ted Catlin had it, he used to play for Wednesday.He retired and the looneys took over and the police were always too busy,ugh. whats new.When we were young Southey club would run a trip to Cleethorpes for the day,the only holiday most of us got .apple orange bag of crisps bottle of pop great we all wanted a pee after five miles and a ticket for fish and chips when we got there.We were supposed to queue up yerv never seen as many feights in yer life. My mother was always a steward so ide swop tickets so I wernt on her coach its marvelleous I always came home with more bruises than I went with!!The coaches lined up from the Magnet right down to the White horse, not anymore,have we all gone mad in this world today full of PC.

The Magnet used to be a good pub, when I was a kid there used to be a tossing ring on a sunday and the spivs would pay some of the young lads to look out for the coppers and if one was around everyone would scarper like double quick.It was a pub for older people no disrespect to anyone where the young ones wernt bawlin and shouting,thats when Ted Catlin had it, he used to play for Wednesday.He retired and the looneys took over and the police were always too busy,ugh. whats new.When we were young Southey club would run a trip to Cleethorpes for the day,the only holiday most of us got .apple orange bag of crisps bottle of pop great we all wanted a pee after five miles and a ticket for fish and chips when we got there.We were supposed to queue up yerv never seen as many feights in yer life. My mother was always a steward so ide swop tickets so I wernt on her coach its marvelleous I always came home with more bruises than I went with!!The coaches lined up from the Magnet right down to the White horse, not anymore,have we all gone mad in this world today full of PC.

Nice memories, i use to go on those trips to Cleethorpes with my Dad, i remeber getting an orange and a bag of crisps on the coach, you could tell the posh kids, they had socks on, only thing we all had in common was a snotty nose :hihi:

popins
thart rieght theyr lass/lad an aar still carnt tork reight!

dave"jack" frost, 1 night,him & the recently deceased frank vaughn(yes, really) were pulled over by the cops,asked their names...both being arrested when they gave em,released without charge about 2am when it was established they were telling the truth!!!

Yes this is a true story! And Jack was also known to have bitten a police dog when he was arrested I think at the Penthouse! Sad to hear that Frank has also died so young, we went to watch Wednesday all over the country together in the early 80's and knocked around getting drunk at the Magnet, Wap and Rebels. Lost touch over the years as you do.

RIP Frank, we had some great times! xxx




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Other names from Jack's era, Mo n Nelly, Russ, Phil Picroft (deceased) Frank, Tony, Wiggy, Baz n Julie, Jinx ( with top hat) and Cowboy to name but a few..... happy days:hihi:

+ Max, Joe, Mick (Riley) Jeff, Carole

what about jack kemp (fantastic voice) john cassinneli, vic hargreaves.

Yes this is a true story! And Jack was also known to have bitten a police dog when he was arrested I think at the Penthouse! Sad to hear that Frank has also died so young, we went to watch Wednesday all over the country together in the early 80's and knocked around getting drunk at the Magnet, Wap and Rebels. Lost touch over the years as you do.

RIP Frank, we had some great times! xxx




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Bit a police dog :hihi:

is your first name LOL by any chance, my dad always told me as a lad about his mate Lol who almost died in a lime pit up parson cross

No my name is Doug Kay my brother Geoff was a bit of a scroundral, he and his mates who were about 12 Y.O. would bully me into going to a newsagents and tell them I had put money in the fag machine and nothing came out. The girl always went out to the machine and of course no coin was stuck but she gave me a packet of 5 woodbines and a box of matches and I got the penny change.

Does anyone remember the Brown shirts marching around the terminus.

When I lived on Southey Hall Rd, we would go round the back of the pub which dropped quite a few feet over a wall from rd level (if memory serves correctly) and pinch some of the empties to take back for the deposit. Very naughty for those days.

God, this place was like a second home to my dad too! Derek Malkin, anyone know him?hi skala did ya dad live on southey hill

its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old southey green working mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from southey will know.

the magnet was for down to earth people i had a sister who worked there and southey club and my brothers worked ther too it was rough at times but not like these days there would be a punch up then that be it not carry things on like these days

nah not me, working behind the bar at the time for a chap called big terry and i mean big, then for a chap called alan and his wife linda good days, a typical estate pub, bookies next door, i remember the bookies runner but cannot for the life of me remember his name oh thats it "beigy" i still see him from time to time not changed at all.

what is your name do you know the ingrams

yep. Paul baige.hes famous round here. Why i dont know.i think it must be cos every bugger knows him for one reason or another.

aw bless him

Any Body Remember Jipsy Jess The Biker And His Missis Pat

they live in skegness now

yep. paul baige.hes famous round here. why i dont know.i think it must be cos every bugger knows him for one reason or another.

aw bless him he used to chase me all over

Any Body Remember Jipsy Jess The Biker And His Missis Pat

i remember pat and jess they live in skeggy now lovely couple i knew them lond b4 they met cant think of pats sister who was married to scotch jock as they called him there mum was annie fogg she was a lovely woman bt the way he wasnt a gypsy his mum used to work in kirks shop southey green rd

The Magnet used to be a good pub, when I was a kid there used to be a tossing ring on a sunday and the spivs would pay some of the young lads to look out for the coppers and if one was around everyone would scarper like double quick.It was a pub for older people no disrespect to anyone where the young ones wernt bawlin and shouting,thats when Ted Catlin had it, he used to play for Wednesday.He retired and the looneys took over and the police were always too busy,ugh. whats new.When we were young Southey club would run a trip to Cleethorpes for the day,the only holiday most of us got .apple orange bag of crisps bottle of pop great we all wanted a pee after five miles and a ticket for fish and chips when we got there.We were supposed to queue up yerv never seen as many feights in yer life. My mother was always a steward so ide swop tickets so I wernt on her coach its marvelleous I always came home with more bruises than I went with!!The coaches lined up from the Magnet right down to the White horse, not anymore,have we all gone mad in this world today full of PC.

those were the days when i was a child i used to be a stewardess sometimes for the skegness trip few years later with my own children

Its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.

yeah ,the working mens club is still across the road .

As for the Magnet , it was a blessing in disguise ,the day they pulled it down .it was on a par with the Castle in town ,which has been closed down by the police .

The Magnet was a very apt name for the pub ,as it was a magnet for petty criminals and trouble makers.

Great photos sydney, you must be that little tot with blonde hair, cute! no my Dad would never leave the Magnet long enought to go on any of those trips... waste of good drinking time, he would stick us on the coaches and take off......also my Dad wouldn't be seen dead in a "cap", he was too much in love with his slicked back hair :roll:

yes thats me must have been about 9 or10 lived adlington went to southey green pop kay .boris any body remmember Ivy o brien. joe hobson .alan scott .alan bolsover.peter green.the one i would really like to find david pool.:)

i think i remember ivy o brien, did she have a daughter called collette and a son called terry ?

i think i remember ivy o brien, did she have a daughter called collette and a son called terry ?

hi vickyleigh dont realy know ivys family went to school with her she would be 68 now i saw her a few times after that in the magnet nice to make contact jack

hi jack, not sure if its the right ivy, last time i saw her if its the right person, she lived at top of southey hill, and she passed away about 18 months ago, vicky.

hi jack, not sure if its the right ivy, last time i saw her if its the right person, she lived at top of southey hill, and she passed away about 18 months ago, vicky.

it was cath o brien who lived on southey hill daughters maxine collette husband terry son terry

Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.

Yes it's still there pat. :)

Anyone remember the Field family and the Smedleys?
Think they were in there alot back in the day

Anyone remember the Field family and the Smedleys?
Think they were in there alot back in the daysteve and billy?

Yes steve (DAR) and billy there is also Cliffe, Dougie There my uncles they told me alot of storys about the magnet

Yes steve (DAR) and billy there is also Cliffe, Dougie There my uncles they told me alot of storys about the magnetstill have a pint with them now and again dont see mick much these days though (hursty)

do any of you remember alan & mick heywood that use to go in, i think alan worked behind the bar at 1 stage i havnt seen him for a year or so, i still see mick evry week

i went in the magnet a few times mid eighties i lived at brightside but knew a couple of lads from there

Our mick lives in rotherham now, Dont really see him, only see him when all family meets up now and again.

Our mick lives in rotherham now, Dont really see him, only see him when all family meets up now and again.HAD A PINT WITH MICK LAST NIGHT saw dar friday at pigeon club will see billy later at st johns green beer off :hihi::hihi:

I have spent many of summer, sat on maggie wall with a cool pint. I remember as a kid looking into the Magnet and thinking what an exciting place, when I grow up thats for me. Well I was naive then, but joking apart had many a good night in there. Even pulled a few ladies. (Yes I did say LADIES) Excellent memories, and yes these ladies will now like me, be slightly older, in their 40's. Damn the aging process. Give me back the Magnet and my youth anyday. I can but dream. As said i was naive.

Why did they pull it down ?

well in the end it got a really bad reputation. I really myself personally think that the Southey Club, just really took all its Business. All the sensible drinkers went were beer was cheaper and entertainment better (southery club) and well lets say the less sensible ones stayed in the magnet. Thus its bad reputation. But why pulled magnet down, well when the magnet was closed down, the empty building was set on fire, thus making re-opening impossible. Hence pulled down. That's my opinion for whats it's worth.

well in the end it got a really bad reputation. I really myself personally think that the Southey Club, just really took all its Business. All the sensible drinkers went were beer was cheaper and entertainment better (southery club) and well lets say the less sensible ones stayed in the magnet. Thus its bad reputation. But why pulled magnet down, well when the magnet was closed down, the empty building was set on fire, thus making re-opening impossible. Hence pulled down. That's my opinion for whats it's worth.

The Southey Social Club would be able to sell beer cheaper wouldnt they ?

Pattricia, has your probably aware all working mens clubs have much cheaper beer prices, and back in 80's and 90's the entertainment was, well lets say 'entertainable'. Well i saw some great acts, but then i'm easily pleased.

Pattricia, has your probably aware all working mens clubs have much cheaper beer prices, and back in 80's and 90's the entertainment was, well lets say 'entertainable'. Well i saw some great acts, but then i'm easily pleased.

Yes, I am aware that working mens clubs sell beer cheaper. Ive had many a pint in The Walkley Working Mens club havent I ?:hihi:

Yes, I am aware that working mens clubs sell beer cheaper. Ive had many a pint in The Walkley Working Mens club havent I ?:hihi:

I don't know have you. I have read some of your posts in the past and I had you has a wine drinker, and well very educated. So i'm not correct, lol

I don't know have you. I have read some of your posts in the past and I had you has a wine drinker, and well very educated. So i'm not correct, lol

No, I like my red wine, but like a pint of Fosters or Carling. Do they still have strippers on a Sunday afternoon in the Working Mens Clubs ? Well educated ? Yes, I went to the university of life didnt I ?

No, I like my red wine, but like a pint of Fosters or Carling. Do they still have strippers on a Sunday afternoon in the Working Mens Clubs ? Well educated ? Yes, I went to the university of life didnt I ?

Wow you shock me. Thought you was a lady. Strippers? I saw belters in the magnet, in fact nearly pulled one that had me up. Good days. (cream comes to mind) Bloody magnet.

Wow you shock me. Thought you was a lady. Strippers? I saw belters in the magnet, in fact nearly pulled one that had me up. Good days. (cream comes to mind) Bloody magnet.

Yes, those were the days my friend
We thought thed never end.......................:hihi::hihi:


Wonder why cream comes to mind ?:huh: Ah, yes, got it havent I ? Rub it all over , ya ? :D

ok, pattricia, so the picture of you, isn't really you is it? You let the cat outta of the bag, lol. As you say they did end, (them days) but the fire still burns inside, the old me, is waiting to ingnite.

ok, pattricia, so the picture of you, isn't really you is it? You let the cat outta of the bag, lol. As you say they did end, (them days) but the fire still burns inside, the old me, is waiting to ingnite.

Really ???????????? I shall go to bed a happy woman now wont I ? :hihi::hihi:

does anyone remember the magnet pub at southey green?? closing it down......was it a good or bad choice???

From 1967 to 1970 I think we had our dinnertime there most days.That is PWD employees based at the Southey Depot.
Dinnertime was 12.00 to 12.30.The bitter served was ,and I quote,"Like nectar"

We used to play darts, a game of " Life" and the pot could each 7shillings and sixpence or I think now 37.5p. Quite well worth winning then.

I never did win,but I do remember the great times we had and the comradeship of the lads I worked with back then.


Chris Hines Plumbeer ex PWD

:|remember the the Magnet at Southey with great memories.

From 1967 to 1970 we had our dinnertime there most days.12.00noon until 12.30 was our lunch break.Every day I remember we played darts."Life was the game and at times the pot would reach 7 shillings and sixpence(37.5p I guess today)Back well worth winning.


The bitter was great,just the one pint,but the Magnet was even better,a peeny or tuppence dearer...!!!!!

On Fridays they even let us bring in Fish and Chips.Try doing that today

Great pub, greta memories.

Kittyper.

My nickname comes from when I worked on Morgan Avenue.I was asked by lovely Mongol boy "Whats your name?" my reply was Christopher..!!!! To which he replied "Kittyper?" That is how I have been Known ever since.

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yesthe magnet cannon both great pubs and all on the wicker great times

i worked there as a barmaid. had some good times and any1 remember annie?she supped more than the men and gave as well!lol.alot of my family drank there to.my mother was a regular.good times.known to be ruff but you were ok if you new peeps and you were ok

Anyone remember the sponsered STAY AWAKE when we slept in the best side of the magnet all night??. It was around mid to late 80s, I can't remember was it was in aid of though.

Anyone remember the sponsered STAY AWAKE when we slept in the best side of the magnet all night??. It was around mid to late 80s, I can't remember was it was in aid of though.it was to buy some choclear ear plants for a customers little girl who was deaf ,it was 1986/87:hihi:

it was to buy some choclear ear plants for a customers little girl who was deaf ,it was 1986/87:hihi:

I can't fault it!!. It wasn't that bad a place was it.

What a pub,not many left now

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magnet pub was a right dump when i went in there was a big barmaid covered in tattoos it was a right spit and sawdust place, you were almost scared to look at anyone in case they thumped you.

magnet pub was a right dump when i went in there was a big barmaid covered in tattoos it was a right spit and sawdust place, you were almost scared to look at anyone in case they thumped you.
---------- HI TEENYWEENY, I LIVE IN SOUTHEY HILL IN 80s
AND WE YOU TO DO OUR SHOPPING ROUND THERE AND IN CO`OP.
WHAT A DUMP IT IS NOW AND ALL SHOPS WITH SHUTTERS, WE DIDN`T GO THAT MUCH IN SOUTHEY GREEN PUB AS IT WAS A DIRTY HOLE. YAK.
YOUNGTERS GOOBING ON FLOOR AND DRUGGED UP KIDS.

---------- HI TEENYWEENY, I LIVE IN SOUTHEY HILL IN 80s
AND WE YOU TO DO OUR SHOPPING ROUND THERE AND IN CO`OP.
WHAT A DUMP IT IS NOW AND ALL SHOPS WITH SHUTTERS, WE DIDN`T GO THAT MUCH IN SOUTHEY GREEN PUB AS IT WAS A DIRTY HOLE. YAK.
YOUNGTERS GOOBING ON FLOOR AND DRUGGED UP KIDS.

yer it was a right dive in there.best thing they did closing the place,loads have been singing its praises on here..i have no idea y..it was a scruffy hole..

Its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.

yes the club is still there but it tends to get some of the magnet mob in trying to run it down ps. isnt every pub a drugs place these days you ether go inj or you dont

In the early 70's I worked in the building trade, I must have been 26 year old, and the Magnet pub had the finest beer in Sheffield. Those days I was working out at Dore as a building labourer and I used to catch a bus at Southey into town and then walk and catch the no 50 bus to Dore. I started work at 8 am until 5 pm and after a hard day's navvying I used to arrive at the Magnet at 6 o'clock. I used to have 2 quick pints and then sit down. Then another 2 quick pints and go home to a big cow pie.

Yes, I am aware that working mens clubs sell beer cheaper. Ive had many a pint in The Walkley Working Mens club havent I ?:hihi:

walkley club......then you must know the legend that is kenny hunter ,and his good lady wife lillian?

i would say 90,ies deffo ,, i wos a bikers pub for years wen i used to go in ,, and as bein a biker i thort it wos great ,, is tim walton on here ????????

i would say 90,ies deffo ,, i wos a bikers pub for years wen i used to go in ,, and as bein a biker i thort it wos great ,, is tim walton on here ????????

Is this a new kind of language?

Can anyone remember the "hot dog" man in the early 60s? He used to turn up in something like an A40 van, open the back doors, and there inside was the food. He had a big tub of what I think was sausage meat and onions mixed together, and used to spread it onto a breadcake. Looking back, I don't recall a lot of hygiene being practised, and if today's food police came across anything like that now they'd shut it down. However, it was quite tasty, and as far as I know he never killed anyone!

I remember this bloke.and those sarnies.but it was outside the Meadow on Meadow Street,where I used to get them..yum yum..:love:

Does anybody remember Alan and Carol Mitchell had a daughter called Jane?

Does anybody remember Alan and Carol Mitchell had a daughter called Jane?yes,i do,unfortunately old alan died of cancer.

I remember when they put camera's up.. Soon got pulled down by the dealers..

I used to go to school with the landlords son in the fifties. his name was Gary ------ cant for the life of me remember what his surname was. Can anyone remember??:help:

i would say 90,ies deffo ,, i wos a bikers pub for years wen i used to go in ,, and as bein a biker i thort it wos great ,, is tim walton on here ????????

A deffo candidate for this years worst speller.:rolleyes:

A deffo candidate for this years worst speller.:rolleyes:

Get a LIFE

This is why I stopped coming on here.

Is the spelling and grammer within your standards, silly sod.

Get a LIFE

This is why I stopped coming on here.

Is the spelling and grammer within your standards, silly sod.

Say it aint so.

yeah.my mom was with carol s bro for many years until he died. i know donna best. shes one of their daughters.

yeah.my mom was with carol s bro for many years until he died. i know donna best. shes one of their daughters.

Yeah I remember Donna last time I saw her was in the wadsley bridge club a couple of years ago.I still see Angie Grubb who works at the Lazy Codling.

Did you know that The site of the pub used to be a "Tossing Ring" (Odds & Evens) back in the twenties. The other one was on the Wybourn. They were controlled by the Mooney and Park gangs and were illegal betting rings.

there was also a tossing ring in the 40s and 50s.

Can anyone remember ted and irene been landlord and landlady and the barmaid jane ingram ? Haha it were the southey club

Can anyone remember ted and irene been landlord and landlady and the barmaid jane ingram ?

I can remember Gwen Salmon think ran it in the late 80s.

I can remember Gwen Salmon think ran it in the late 80s.would that be gwen jama that was?

would that be gwen jama that was?

Yeah thats right her sister died in a car accident near longley park.

Yeah thats right her sister died in a car accident near longley park.

Yes thats right. Her name was Anab, we went to school together.
Lot's of the Jama family still live in the area.

I once came a poor second to a bloke in the car park, he'd be about thirty odd and had a ford zepher covertable with lepard skin covers, never forget that car or him, I was seventeen, I'd love to have a rematch now 'cos he'll be
in his eighties now if he's still livin, mind you he might ****in win again oh happy times

I once came a poor second to a bloke in the car park, he'd be about thirty odd and had a ford zepher covertable with lepard skin covers, never forget that car or him, I was seventeen, I'd love to have a rematch now 'cos he'll be
in his eighties now if he's still livin, mind you he might ****in win again oh happy times

With a car like that it sounds like Del Trotter.

yes i do and i think it was a total waste and we all still call it magnet lol

I remember in the early 80s we used to sit on the wall outside it used to be packed.

Can anyone remember ted and irene been landlord and landlady and the barmaid jane ingram ? Haha it were the southey club

Know Julie Ingram

Yes thats right. Her name was Anab, we went to school together.
Lot's of the Jama family still live in the area.

I know this family too. I can remember the accident too such a sad loss.

yes thats me must have been about 9 or10 lived adlington went to southey green pop kay .boris any body remmember Ivy o brien. joe hobson .alan scott .alan bolsover.peter green.the one i would really like to find david pool.:)
joe hobson remember his colourfull teddy boy siutes allso dave pool lives in woodhouse

Its not very often they just pull a pub down like that. I heard it was a drugs place, is that true.? Is the old Southey Green Working Mens club still across the road.? Maybe someone from Southey will know.

I left Sheffield in 1968 even i know southey w m c is still up & running cheers

I remember in the early 80s we used to sit on the wall outside it used to be packed.
i once went there to play a darts ind match went int darts room sombody had pinched darts board

I left Sheffield in 1968, but when I was younger eg 8 ish, my sister and I used to go to the off license with 2 Tizer bottles for 2 pints of mild for my grandad. Use to be poured througha brass funnell. I never saw the Tossing Ring but think the same grandad used to be part of it at some time in his past.
I always wanted to sit outside with my friend with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps, but neither dad nor mum went in the Magnet.

yes i do and i think it was a total waste and we all still call it magnet lol

My OH has often told me hes "waitin fot bus ont magnet" when hes been up there visiting family :hihi:
He says it was definitely still up until AT LEAST 1991, as he used to play on there as a kid.

yes,i do,unfortunately old alan died of cancer.
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Hi okismoki, Not sure if you know your whereabouts around southly hill
just up from shops, few years ago there was a childrens home on the
right near the church, i'am trying to know what was the home called as
my sister had one off her children put into care there.
I remember it was up from the magnet pub on right.:help:

Apparantly one night a gang walked in there and wheeled away the bandit in front of everyone and no one said or did nuffin......enuff said

My hubby was a wrought iron man and got the job there to manaufacture a
device to stand the bandit on so it could be wheeled away at night to be locked up!

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Hi okismoki, Not sure if you know your whereabouts around southly hill
just up from shops, few years ago there was a childrens home on the
right near the church, i'am trying to know what was the home called as
my sister had one off her children put into care there.
I remember it was up from the magnet pub on right.:help:

Know it well mate,it was Northlands or North Hill...my in laws lived on Southey Hill,more or less across from it.Across from the home was a health centre,a couple of pre-fabs,these came down in the late 70`s/early 80`s,the home got demolished in the 90`s
I remember Danny and Dougie Green,2 mixed race brother living in the homes in the 60`s,both went to Southey School same time as me.

My OH has often told me hes "waitin fot bus ont magnet" when hes been up there visiting family :hihi:
He says it was definitely still up until AT LEAST 1991, as he used to play on there as a kid.It closed for the last time in 93

What year exactly was it pulled down Jabbers, do you know?.I didnt think it was there in the 80 s.But I maybe wrong.

I came to Sheffield in 1995 and the pub was definately still there then. If my memory serves me correctly it was early 2000's (2002/03) I think it was when it was pulled down as I moved back to this side of the city around that time and it was shortly after that.

I still refer to that round about as the Magnet Roundabout and most of the bus drivers know exactly where i mean :D

the tossing ring in the Magnet car park on sunday afternoons after closing was what i remember ,every now and then the police would raid ,cop cars would come in all directions ,with people scattering all over the place ,

I remember it as a children's nursery school, if it's the same place. This was before the new church was built, the old one being more or less a wooden hut. The bricks for the new church were piled up on the land for may years before building got underway.

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Hi okismoki, Not sure if you know your whereabouts around southly hill
just up from shops, few years ago there was a childrens home on the
right near the church, i'am trying to know what was the home called as
my sister had one off her children put into care there.
I remember it was up from the magnet pub on right.:help:

Hi,Bryan 1941,this is your old mate sooty.okismoki was right, it was northlands,and it was next to st.bernards church.my wife lived right across the street from it,she is sister of okismoki's father-in-law.The church by the way burnt down on our wedding day 29-3-1958.we will be home for a visit soon,in april,not long now!! cheers,clydesdale.

Hi,Bryan 1941,this is your old mate sooty.okismoki was right, it was northlands,and it was next to st.bernards church.my wife lived right across the street from it,she is sister of okismoki's father-in-law.The church by the way burnt down on our wedding day 29-3-1958.we will be home for a visit soon,in april,not long now!! cheers,clydesdale.:suspect: change of username I think!!!!" Let me know when you come over,I will have a dripping cake waiting.

hi,okismoki,i'm going to hold you to that dripping cake,lovely!yes i changed servers and all hell broke loose,couldn't get on to the forum,(talk about withdrawal symptons) my daughter kay came over and got it all sorted for me.cheers,see you soon. ( family gathering i believe)clydesdale

Know it well mate,it was Northlands or North Hill...my in laws lived on Southey Hill,more or less across from it.Across from the home was a health centre,a couple of pre-fabs,these came down in the late 70`s/early 80`s,the home got demolished in the 90`s
I remember Danny and Dougie Green,2 mixed race brother living in the homes in the 60`s,both went to Southey School same time as me.
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Hi okismoki, Now your spot on its come back to me soon as i saw your
thread and a big thanks.
Although i live on southey hill myself in the 70/80 it was bottom end
where i lived passed that phone box on the right as the bus goes down.
Thanks mate.

Hi,Bryan 1941,this is your old mate sooty.okismoki was right, it was northlands,and it was next to st.bernards church.my wife lived right across the street from it,she is sister of okismoki's father-in-law.The church by the way burnt down on our wedding day 29-3-1958.we will be home for a visit soon,in april,not long now!! cheers,clydesdale.
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Hi ya clydesdale, Not sure if i know you ( sooty )
but that info regards the church st, bernards i hadn't heard about the fire
so is it down to the ground. :huh:
The kids home was that of northlands, cheers.

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Hi okismoki, Now your spot on its come back to me soon as i saw your
thread and a big thanks.
Although i live on southey hill myself in the 70/80 it was bottom end
where i lived passed that phone box on the right as the bus goes down.
Thanks mate.You will know old Doris Lawrence and the Palfreymans then????
They lived on the "Hill" near where you used to live,also the Gillot family....

Hi,Bryan,i worked with you at riley's,i remember when you started there,also in1971 ,i got a lift with with you from the "troway" cafe on the M1,down to park royal,i was on my way to visit the ex-landlady of the noah"s ark,intake(riley"s drivers local)nancy and husband george in surbiton.You had a bloke with you ,who was retired from daniel doncasters.I was visiting from canada at the time.cheers clydesdale.(sooty)