Anyone Come From Shirecliffe [Archive]

ruswis

17-07-2008, 15:22

I've lived there all my life, schooled at Southey nursery then juniors & moved on to Shirecliffe Secondary Modern & left without qualifications like most of the others.
There have been a lot of changes along lifes path and many things dissappeared,
The fruit shop at the side of the chippy,the newsagents, CoOp Butchers, Ray's barbers, bungalows through the woods, The flicks Sat matinee show(1 would pay and then let the rest in through the fire door neer the bogs) (now tesco).
Took in Pea shooters that bloody hurt if they got you in the right place & a clip round the earhole or a thump if you got caught.

Never had school meals, always spent the money and nipped home coz Ma & Pa were at work.
Teachers I remember in junior school was only Pop Mason, I was in his class and had the job of cleaning his fishtank out.
At Shirecliffe I remember,,, Mr. Robinson (head), Mr Staley (woodwork) Mr Davidson (geography) Alf & Bill Thomas (Maths) Mr Davies (Science) Freda (Atilla the Hun) Mr Quaill (I think he ended up marrying someone in our class) Mr Smith(music) Mr Valentine (mentally impaired) Forgot the art teachers name but he spoke with a whistles in his words. Chinny ??? (Tech Drawing..a nasty piece of work!!).
Biggest rebellion was to cut the school tie up after getting my leaving report (wow, they probably stab a teacher now !!)

Been in work all my life same as my dad & his dad and raised a daughter who I am proud of.

Enuff Said

Do we know each other? Mr. Quail married Kathleen Cunningham (though I've since heard that they eventually divorced) - she was in my class. I certainly remember most of the teachers you mention, but Mr Davies (science)? Don't remember him. We had Eric Smith for Chemistry (real nice guy - him). The 'art teacher' was Mr Morton - don't know about a whistle in his words - but he had some sort of eye impediment - blinked very frequently and was often referred to as 'Blinker'. 'Chinny... (Tech Drawing)' - the only one I can think of there was Mr Fairhurst, most commonly known as 'Punch' (due to his striking resemblence to the 'Punch & Judy' puppet!). 'Freda (Atilla the Hun) ' LOL Yep, I remember her. She was our 'Form teacher' when I was in the fifth year. We'd heard rumours that she only finished up at Shirecliffe because she'd been thrown out of the Gestapo for cruelty! LOL All great memories though!

TFishcake

17-07-2008, 19:19

Hey TFishcake: are you saying that your wife is Josephine Robinson? (or, at, least I take it that you know her). She and I were in the same class on a number of occasions as we made our way through the various Shirecliffe schools (I even have a class group photo with her (and me) on - from the junior school). Tell her Mick/Michael (was in the 5th form - senior school - with her - 1969/70) sends his regards - I'm sure she'll remember me: there weren't all that many kids in that particular class - it was the first '5th-form' that they'd had at that school for many years. How is she? Hope she is well.

Hi ruswis :wave: yes that's right, we've been married 37 yrs now. You'll have to post the picture up, or e-mail it to me, cause you've got her thinking who you are now :help::hihi:

RJAY

20-07-2008, 05:53

my dads family came of shirecliffe - teynham drive i think - they were called Walton my dad was 1 of 11
Hi, was it the next to the top house on the left.

AnnH

28-07-2008, 11:01

What were The Meadows like before they turned it into a tip? And where was The Forum?

TFishcake

28-07-2008, 20:40

where was The Forum?

The Forum (or Essoldo ) was where Tesco's is on Herries Rd,

criss

05-08-2008, 15:09

What were The Meadows like before they turned it into a tip? And where was The Forum?
the meadows used to be a big playground for us,down at the bottom in front of the old cooling towers were called the black tip where allthe residue from the towers were dumped,round the corner from there there was a piggery(chap called frank rogers i think owned it).and it was knee deep in pig sh*t all the way round it,my mate once went in head first as we shinned round it.he,d still be stuck in it now if we hadnt pulled him out(very carefully)it were in his mouth,up his nose and in his ears,:gag:i have never laughed as much since,especially when we got him home,his mother took one look,said stop there,2 minutes later she chucked a bucket of water at him and shouted ,you dirty bleeder!at the back of the piggery were allotments and we used to go in the old greenhouses and bake the odd spud or two.going up towards parkwood springs were the cycle track and bowling green,up from there at the other side of the quarry(where shirecliffe college sports field were)before the houses on standish drive were built was a scrapyard that belonged to the wraggs,we got chased off there a few times,they used to live at the top of musgrave place and later moved to rutland road,though they all seemed decent lads.happy days but would keep clear these days,just a toxic dump.

AnnH

05-08-2008, 17:04

Criss, you're a born story-teller! The kids of the new Watercliffe Meadow School will love to hear about what Shirecliffe life was like for you when you were their age. If you think of any more, please share.

skippy

06-08-2008, 11:38

What were The Meadows like before they turned it into a tip? And where was The Forum?

Theres a picture of the old Forum on Sheffield pictures.
The meadows stretched from Herries Rd on the northern boundary to Rutland Rd in the south, Shirecliffe is on the eastern boundary with neepsend on the western side, it was a vast open space in the 50's.
Some poor families use to go to the power station tip at Neepsend to collect coke from the dump site for their fires, there was also a dump where we used to go and get pen knives etc that had been dumped by some factory.
We also visited the piggeries in the area, and got pig droppings for the garden, the White Bridge was a good place for train spotting, another favourite pastime in those days, there was an old cemetry north of the bridge, where bodies had been buried with all their belongings, some were found after the graves had subsided.
Another great place was the old army base at the top of Cookswood Rd, where we used to climb on the old gun stands etc, some of the huts were still standing at the time, I think they turned that area into a heliport some years later.
On the other side of Shirecliffe road from the army camp was the 7 ponds, it was an area covered in allotments, many locals went to this area to fish, we used to catch frogs & tadpoles, at the other side of the ponds was what we called the 3rd wood, it was positioned between Firshill, Norwood & the Shirecliffe estate, the 2nd wood was where Busk Meadow was built, and the 1st wood was at the other side of Shirecliffe Rd, where they built a community hall or something.
Many kids from my era went collecting birds eggs, there were hundreds of nests around at that time, one day I found a baby magpie that couldn't fly, I took it home and fed it on bread and milk, that bird used to sit on my shoulder when I walked around the woods and became a lovely pet.
One day the bird flew off, I was a bit upset at the time, but that's nature for you, about a year later, I was in the back garden when this bird came and tried to fly onto my shoulder, it then flew onto the gutter of our house, where it's mate was sitting, it flew down again onto my head, wiped it's beak on me then flew away with the other one, I never saw it again.
Every Sunday afternoon, the 1st wood became a football ground, most of the blokes from the area, who were aged between 12 & 30 years turned up for a game of footy, sometimes there were 20 on each side, anyone and everyone was welcome, I doubt you would find such a friendly bunch of blokes around the Shirecliffe these days.

criss

06-08-2008, 14:20

We used to go and play football on the atlas ground,not the academy one thats there now,it wasjust past the turn in for the academy where you turn down firshill,the groundsman (who we knew as charlie,dont know if that was his real name or the fact that he looked like he,d got a football between his shoulder blades)used to chase anyone who played football on his field,and you,ve never seen anyone run like he could for an old man,his build resembled iron maidens eddie,one particular day, we decided to see how close he could get to us before we shot off,and at the bottom of the field was a hole in the fence to the 7 ponds,as he neared us we all shot off in different directions,dont know how he managed it but as i went through the hole in the fence to join up with the others,he was waiting at the other side,i can only remember him feeling the back of my neck and as i wriggled to get away,went head first into a crop of stinging nettles,no shirt,just shorts,i can still see the old bug*er smirking now,and my parents were,nt impressed when i went home looking like the singing detective,come to think of it ,neither was i,but it would,ve got me out of dancing round the bloody maypole.

badgemush

06-08-2008, 14:42

john t

06-08-2008, 17:34

badgemush

06-08-2008, 19:32

My grandma and family moved there in 1937 until 1987. My dad went to Shirecliffe School from about 1942 to 1952.

skippy

07-08-2008, 03:15

That could have been the same groundsman that was around in the mid 50's, he gave me a thick ear for taking a short cut across the footy pitch, there were 2 pitches at that time with a dressing shed between them.
He used to blow his stack evey year when they had a fair there, because the trucks chewed up all the grass, one year after a lot of rain, it was a sea of mud, I bet that peed him off no end.
Anyone remember a big gale, when a prefab was blown right over the road and landed on the footy pitch ?
Another goal in life was to try and beat the bus on a push bike to the top of Cookswood road, did it many times, I only wish I could ride one now.

Aryan

07-08-2008, 04:35

Just wondered if anyone remembers my dad's family.
They lived on Herries Road across from the Five Archers pub.
My grandparents were George and Gladys Reed, My dad Walt and his 2 brothers George and Alan Reed.
They all went to Shirecliffe School.

I don't think i know your dads family. But did you know the Whiteheads who lived directly across from the Five Archers Pub. I used to go to Herries school with Lynne whitehead. We left School in 1984. I'd love to know what happened to her.

badgemush

07-08-2008, 07:43

I don't think i know your dads family. But did you know the Whiteheads who lived directly across from the Five Archers Pub. I used to go to Herries school with Lynne whitehead. We left School in 1984. I'd love to know what happened to her.

No sorry i don't know the Whitehead family.
I left Herries in 1979.

CINDARELLA

05-09-2008, 08:33

Hi I lived on Penrith Rd went to Shirecliffe School started in the nursery right to the seniors. left shirecliffe when i was obout 23 (1980)Then had 2 years on Miles Rd from 2000.

hi i lived on penrith rd no 15

eastbank

05-09-2008, 10:28

i lived on the shirecliffe from 1955-1968,went to shirecliffe infant/juniors and had one year at the seniors,my gran lived across from us on musgrave road,spent many hours on the tip and playing football outside the five arches....my mates were chris bartholamew,wes heywood and john gallagher plus many more......

AnnH

05-09-2008, 10:49

eastbank

05-09-2008, 12:23

Can you say a couple of things about what the tip was like?

The Five Arches is boarded up now.

The brand-new school, Watercliffe Meadow, on Boynton Road opened to parents/children for the first time today. The grounds aren't quite finished and the rain's been pouring down, but the school building is amazing - clean, modern, bright - and the kids think it's fantastic - so do their parents!

It's what the community deserves!

the tip was our disneyland,we would rummge through what sheffield was throwing away,build underground dens and have the biggest bonfire in the world...would spend all the six weeks off school either playing on the tip on the nearby railway or in the river don......happy days....and no money in our pockets..

AnnH

05-09-2008, 12:44

Thank you - brilliant! Today's kids will love to hear about your freedom. Their childhoods are very different but not all change is progress!

mr_blue_owl

16-09-2008, 12:10

Hi everybody, my grandad and grandmother used to live at no 1 Teynham Drive-George and Ivy Pearson. I was born there in 1953 my mother was Florence (sadly passed away on October 1st this year). My uncle is George Pearson and my aunt is Pauline both still living but unwell. I can remember lady with only one leg she used to get about with the aid of a crutch but I can't remember her name. I can recall a Carol Roney she was a friend of my Aunty Pauline. Used to work witha lad called Lol Bloomingstock (I think thats how they spell it) at Welded Alloys and Stainless Products opposite Wednesday's ground in the early 70's also a tall lad called Phil Hammond off Longley Avenue.

Hi Dogman,
I believe I was born next door to you (147 Longley Avenue West, house on the corner), two years earlier in 1951 I remember the family being called Pearson. I seem to remember one of them was a policemen and they were always borrowing - for some reason- vinegar.
The house on the other side (in Longley Avenue) of us were the Jamesons and they had a daughter named Maureen. We were the Marshall family, Mum & Dad were Ruth and George and the kids were me (Keith) and my sis Sylvia.
We moved to Parson Cross in 1954 I think. I remember runnng into the Jamesons drainpipe and splitting my forehead open. There was aguy across the road who had a car (about the only one on the street in those days.
He ambulanced me to the Northen Gen in his Austin 7.
I remember it so clearly even though it was over half a century ago

Best Wishes
Keith

dibsy

21-10-2008, 12:03

My nan and grandad lived at 196 Longley Avenue West, their surname was Bartholomew. They had a few kids, William, John, Winston, Sylvia, Eric, Charlie and Christopher.

eastbank

21-10-2008, 14:46

My nan and grandad lived at 196 Longley Avenue West, their surname was Bartholomew. They had a few kids, William, John, Winston, Sylvia, Eric, Charlie and Christopher.

chris was my best mate at school we got into more scrapes than i can remember....happy days

3dogman

21-10-2008, 18:22

Hello Mr Blue Owl the one you remember as a copper is my uncle George Pearson he's 73 now and not doing very well.

dibsy

21-10-2008, 18:57

chris was my best mate at school we got into more scrapes than i can remember....happy days

Chris is my Uncle, my dad is Winston.

Do you still see Chris?...if not you'll have to tell me your name and I'll mention you to him next time I see him.

lyn123

21-10-2008, 23:37

eastbank

22-10-2008, 06:52

Chris is my Uncle, my dad is Winston.

Do you still see Chris?...if not you'll have to tell me your name and I'll mention you to him next time I see him.

my name is tony i lived on musgrave road,he'll know who i am......

dibsy

22-10-2008, 06:54

my name is tony i lived on musgrave road,he'll know who i am......

I'll let him know next time I see him. :thumbsup:

Benella

30-10-2008, 20:34

i went to shirecliffe nursery through to senior school i can remember mr robinson as the head of the senior school when i mwas there and mrs steeples would love to find my old school friends i will name a few i can remember linda howard david hutley micheal smout jacqueline rastrick eric robinson i lived on herries road with my gran if these names ring a bell to anyone let me no thank you
Hi Lyn
Are you Lyn Edwards as on friends reunited. If so, I've only just found this site & looking at your comments, I'm sure I must know you.
We share the same teachers & apparantly knew the same people.
Linda Howard died some years ogo & Linda Crookes also died earlier this year (2008).
I fell in love with jackie Rastrick when I was about 12.
A few of us hold regular meetings at the Carbrook hall pub on Attercliffe Road. Those attending are Maureen Jameson, Ellen Collier, Derick Plant, Colin Stagg, Tony Ball, Roger Starkes, John Hoing, Albert kershaw, Dave Thompson, Cath Chapman, Sue Dyson, Kieth Robinson, Kieth Corbett, Tony Damms, even Clive Sanderson has turned up a couple of times.

lyn123

31-10-2008, 00:13

sorry ronnie my name was linda holden u have shocked me cos both lindas was my friends but me and jackie was always together i used to go to her house often i know most of the names u have added i lived on herries road with my gran i would love to come to carbrook hall but im not used to comin to meetings and goin to strange places even tho i would love to see u all does david hutley go as he nknows me quite well let me no when the next one is and i will see if i can pluck up courage lol

Benella

01-11-2008, 20:39

lyn123

04-11-2008, 21:16

hi ronnie plz keep me updated on meetings do u have ur partners with u or just school friends im devasted about david and the others i think its cos we are all about the same age as i say keep in touch and thank you 4 info

Benella

05-11-2008, 20:15

I will keep you informed as to the next meeting as soon as I know. Partners are welcome to come along. Colin Stagg always brings his partner as does Kieth Robinson & Albert Kershaw. If you are touch with anyone else from school, please let them know also.
Regards
Ronnie

johnwh55

15-11-2008, 20:51

i lived in five archeas pub from 1955 to 66

skippy

15-11-2008, 22:16

[QUOTE=johnwh55;4312021]
i lived in five archeas pub from 1955 to 66.

I knew your parents well John in the late 50's early 60's, named after your dad was you ? he barred me a few times, but your mother stuck up for me and he gave in, we had great times in there.

lyn123

16-11-2008, 00:02

johnwh55 where in stubbin do u live

rotherhamgir

23-11-2008, 05:15

hiya ma bfs family still live there, some on longly ave west and some off a couple fo streets off there, hes called Andrew Odea, his bro Lee Odea now bowling, and he got a sister called Sarah

joanne5600

04-12-2008, 17:15

Hi, was it the next to the top house on the left.

think it was

mistyraven

06-12-2008, 19:56

Hi My best mate lived on Boyton a few years back she also went to herries school. Beverley Quinn think she was also known as Bev Murdock.
Bev and I were very good friends she died around six yrs ago miss her so much.

She also went in to the dev pub anyone know her. Misty

nanrobbo

07-12-2008, 09:01

Thank you - brilliant! Today's kids will love to hear about your freedom. Their childhoods are very different but not all change is progress!
My memories of the tip are rather different, I used to go there, with a sack or bucket to pick coke often in the depths of winter and woe betide me if I got clinkers. The coke was usually still very hot from the ovens but we picked because it kept the homefires burning and because coal was so short. I remember a neighbour's son coming out of the RAF and I took him to the tip to show him 'how to', I was about 10/11 and of course fell in love with him as foolish young girls do, but alas he was already 'attached':(

AnnH

09-12-2008, 09:50

Many thanks, Flyin' Nan, for your different slant on The Meadow/The Tip.

I'm still collecting memories of Shirecliffe places for the community's children today.

Please share more of yours if you have the time.

AnnH

shirecliffe

14-12-2008, 10:51

eastbank

14-12-2008, 13:52

i remember playing on the tip and the bonfire was the biggest ever,i am now 53 and lived in musgrave road between 55 and 68 spending a good twelve years on the shurcliffe...has it was fondly known...taking empties back from arches to dev and dev to arches.....penny for guy outside magnet...until southey chased us back down galsworthy......whitsun showing off your new clobber.....lads i went to school with included chris bartholamew,wes heywood and john gallagher.....happy days

shirecliffe

14-12-2008, 19:27

Wes Haywood used to live across the road from me. His Dad was a small but stocky chap with Gingerish hair, everyone called him Bunny Haywood but I never found out why.
Also on the Shurcliffe can anyone recall when "Peters and Lee" the duo who won oppotunity knocks came to visit her Mother on Penrith Rd in the early mid 70s it was a real mob of kids trampling Gardens etc what fun we had.

baby tiger67

24-12-2008, 21:39

hi charlotte i too live at shirecliffe.

skippy

26-12-2008, 11:00

skippy

26-12-2008, 11:03

[QUOTE=anna lomas;2724026]hi charlotte i was born at 265 shirecliffe road.

I believe you lived around the corner from me and opposite David R ?

skippy

26-12-2008, 11:08

shirecliffe

26-12-2008, 11:25

[QUOTE=shirecliffe;4414965]Hello all, I lived at 71 Longley Avenue west corner of the Keyhole with Boynton road. [Darryl(Faz)Holland,]

From memory, the Hollands lived opposite you, corner of Boynton & Longley Ave West ?

yes thats right, Darryl was always on his chopper type cycle and then he went on to do some speedway riding as i remember. he had a brother Ian I think and a sister called Maureen. His Mum was Kath and cant for the life of me think of his dads name .

skippy

26-12-2008, 23:07

[QUOTE=shirecliffe;4455819
yes thats right, Darryl was always on his chopper type cycle and then he went on to do some speedway riding as i remember. he had a brother Ian I think and a sister called Maureen. His Mum was Kath and cant for the life of me think of his dads name .[/QUOTE]

I knocked around with the eldest boy, but can't remember his name these days, my best mate there was Mick Cunningham, he was managing the old Limes Club when I visited in 1990.

TFishcake

27-12-2008, 16:28

I knocked around with the eldest boy, but can't remember his name these days, my best mate there was Mick Cunningham, he was managing the old Limes Club when I visited in 1990.

Hi Trev, :wave: Iknow Mick very well from being in the pub trade, the wife Jose knew his sister well too as they were at school together. Mick used to come and see us a lot when we had the Roman Ridge as he was landlord there a couple before us. I last saw him a couple of years ago as he and his wife were on the same flight as us going to Rhodes, small world isn't it?

lisalee

27-12-2008, 20:52

Blimey, Shirecliffe sounds great back then, wish it was like that now :(

skippy

27-12-2008, 22:58

[QUOTE=TFishcake;4458561]Hi Trev, :wave: Iknow Mick very well from being in the pub trade,

It is a small world Terry, Mick's younger brother [Terry] worked for Hope & Anchor, which then became Charringtons at the same time as me, he went around the pubs fixing the pumps etc, probably a similar job to that other Terry we both know.
The eldest & youngest in the family were both girls, but can't remember their names, probably Kathleen & Eileen ?
Anyone would think Sheffield a small place as we both know so many of the same people, we come from that era when people used to communicate. :hihi:

TFishcake

28-12-2008, 06:43

[QUOTE=skippy;4459581][QUOTE=TFishcake;4458561]Hi Trev, :wave: Iknow Mick very well from being in the pub trade,

Mick's younger brother [Terry] worked for Hope & Anchor, which then became Charringtons at the same time as me, he went around the pubs fixing the pumps etc, probably a similar job to that other Terry we both know.
The eldest & youngest in the family were both girls, but can't remember their names, probably Kathleen & Eileen ?

Hi Trev, :wave: yes know Terry Cunningham as well as it was Bass we worked for, was telling the wife that you knew Mick, she asked your name and when I told her she said she knew you as she knocked about with Kathleen from being very young, she lived at the corner of Longley Ave. West and Teynham Drive, got an older brother called Jimmy Robinson.

skippy

28-12-2008, 09:17

I will have to be careful now if your missus knows me, :hihi: was Kath the youngest Terry ? I am a couple of years older than Frank Cunningham, the eldest of their boys.
I knew a couple of girls that lived on Teynham drive, Mavis Childs ? but I can't remember the other one who lived a bit further up on the opposite side, my cousin Pauline Webster lived on Teynham Rd, but I only saw her a couple of times in my life.
I only spent 3 years at Shirecliffe school, leaving in 1958, but lived on Boynton until I got married in 65, I lived at Crookes before that, you know my best mate from there too. :huh:

TFishcake

28-12-2008, 11:01

skippy

29-12-2008, 00:58

Right first time Terry, Jose would probably remember a bloke from school that played guitar and sang cowboy songs, Kevin Baines, he later played with the Greycats, also Harry Brookes ? that lived on Penrith Rd, almost opposite Teynham drive or road, his club name was Harry Conroy, I met up with him again some years later when he worked with Dor's.

skippy

29-12-2008, 01:05

[QUOTE=ballie;2889008]
Margarete Chew.

This would probably be the sister of John, Allan & ? they lived on the corner of Shirecliffe Rd & longley Ave where the bus stop was or still is.

businesswoma

05-02-2009, 17:47

They only knocked a few houses down because of the campaigning that my father and his team did to stop them demoloshing most of shirecliffe,and yes it does look ugly and stupid but at least some people (who didnt want to move) still have houses

I lived on Musgrave too, across from from Brian Wilson, his dog bit my daughter.. lol.. My house was demolished too, I had to move but im glad i did

Benella

07-02-2009, 20:50

To everyone who's replied to this thread & missed the post on 'General Discussion' page recently, Ellen Collier (ex-Shirecliffe School) has arranged a get together for pupils from the old school.
The meeting is at the Carbrook Hall pub, Attercliffe Road, on Saturday 21st Feb 2009.
A few of us have got together occasionally for about the last 18 months or so.
Those attending previously include Tony Ball, Colin Stagg, Dave Thomson, Kieth Corbet, Kieth Robinson, Albert Kershaw, Dereck Plant, Roger Starkes, John Hoing, Tony Damms, Maureen Jameson, Cathleen Chapman, Sue Dyson, Margaret Tew, even Clive Sanderson (the old english teacher). Appoligies to any one I've missed off the list.
If anyone recognises any of the above names & fancies a pint & a natter to put all the old myths to bed, come and have an hour with us.

bangorbelle

17-03-2009, 18:58

I Have Lived On Shirecliffe All My Life Does Anyone Else Come From The Area ?
hi i lived on shirecliffe late 40s till late fifties crumpsall drive went to longley school

mally350z

24-03-2009, 19:13

my father-in - law lived up shirecliffe whe he was younger Percy Guest

nanrobbo

25-03-2009, 02:42

[QUOTE=nanrobbo;
I remember a neighbour's son coming out of the RAF and I took him to the tip to show him 'how to.

Goodness Nan, tha dint put that very well, trust a Shercliffe kid to pick up on that. :hihi::hihi:
Oooh you cheeky monkey, I've only just noticed your remark-:suspect: might just make a trip down Wollongong to sort ya:hihi:

skippy

25-03-2009, 10:35

[QUOTE=nanrobbo;
might just make a trip down Wollongong to sort ya:hihi:[/QUOTE]

:help: :hihi:

broughts

25-03-2009, 21:53

I lived over the road from the five archers right up to around 1982, almost all my young life. It was a place far removed from today, we had the stores on Teynam shops with Quaills across the road, rays barbers, Parkins chippy and a betting shop, also the butchers,where, I believe Marti Cain used to work. I have fond memories of all of it, and the people where the making of the place.
I sometimes go to those same shops and I could cry, what a disaster, its like I would imagine a warzone to be like, and thats after the war, the pub is falling to bits the stores replaced by a jazzed up beer off, Quaills by a Chinese (I think) and God knows what else. All I can say is thank God I lived there when I did,'a sad reflection of our times'. But my parents still live there in the same house and although my time has all been spent in and around Hillsborough its always nice to go home.

nanrobbo

26-03-2009, 08:53

:help: :hihi:
Be afraid- be very afraid:evil::wave:

TFishcake

26-03-2009, 11:28

:help: :hihi:

Be afraid- be very afraid:evil::wave:

go on nanrobbo, have a trip down and teach the cheeky b*gger a lesson, :hihi::hihi::hihi:

rf2690

26-03-2009, 17:58

[QUOTE=TFishcake;4830960]go on nanrobbo, have a trip down and teach the cheeky b*gger a lesson, :hihi::hihi::hihi:[/QUOTEcan i come too:hihi:]

nanrobbo

27-03-2009, 09:18

go on nanrobbo, have a trip down and teach the cheeky b*gger a lesson, :hihi::hihi::hihi:
Wouldn't that give him a bit of a shock- I'll get me magic walker out:hihi::thumbsup:

nanrobbo

27-03-2009, 09:19

[QUOTE=TFishcake;4830960]go on nanrobbo, have a trip down and teach the cheeky b*gger a lesson, :hihi::hihi::hihi:[/QUOTEcan i come too:hihi:]
Hey I'll need back-up:hihi:

TFishcake

27-03-2009, 09:24

[QUOTE=rf2690;4832323]
Hey I'll need back-up:hihi:

You'll not need back-up against Trev nan, just go down the path waving your sticks in the air, he'll probably be off like a shot, :hihi::hihi::hihi:

nanrobbo

27-03-2009, 09:29

[QUOTE=nanrobbo;4834457]

You'll not need back-up against Trev nan, just go down the path waving your sticks in the air, he'll probably be off like a shot, :hihi::hihi::hihi:
Steady! I only need one stick or me walker- still got a good rabbit punch:hihi:

skippy

27-03-2009, 09:52

[QUOTE=nanrobbo;
Hey I'll need back-up:hihi:[/QUOTE]

Don't worry about back up Nan, I respect my elders, don't worry about those two hooligans, they would be a liability to you rather than an asset. :hihi:

nanrobbo

28-03-2009, 01:16

Don't worry about back up Nan, I respect my elders, don't worry about those two hooligans, they would be a liability to you rather than an asset. :hihi:
Good job I'm all talk and no threat then:hihi:
And who're you calling elders- you did it again:suspect::thumbsup:

skippy

28-03-2009, 10:43

[QUOTE=nanrobbo;
And who're you calling elders- you did it again:suspect::thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

You were going to the City Hall dances when I was 11 years old. :hihi::hihi:

mikal

28-03-2009, 12:41

Hi all, I lived on Longley Avenue in the 50s,I remember playing cricket across the road,hardly any cars to bother about. Going fishing up to the seven ponds,and having winter warmers when playing on the meadows. I also was a paper boy for the newsagent near Shirecliffe Road,I think it was called Bretts ! . Also collecting scrap copper cable from the tip, but never able to make any money out of it.

eastbank

28-03-2009, 14:31

tickdurpin

29-03-2009, 11:01

wow great thread is this although not from shirecliffe (longley) had many happy hours around there the tip and the graveyard used to be our playgrounds in the 70s anyone remember bishopsholme (the bish) another of our hangouts a couple of names come to mind andy west, albert thompson. anyone remember the discos at the timbertop circa 1976 great times had there .

broughts

29-03-2009, 16:24

Just wondered if anyone remembers my dad's family.
They lived on Herries Road across from the Five Archers pub.
My grandparents were George and Gladys Reed, My dad Walt and his 2 brothers George and Alan Reed.
They all went to Shirecliffe School.

I think I now who you mean I lived at 570 with my grandparents for a while when my dad was in the navy, then we moved further down the road to 612. The neighbours where, on the left Mrs Reed, (who we called Reedy), a lovely woman. I think She had a son who died in a car crash before my time, her husband was called Walt I think, he died when I was still young. Reedy had a relative who lived in the flats across the road from us called Mrs Middleton.
Next to her was a couple called Howe, dont remember much about them only that he was called Sam, on the other side was a woman called Mrs Robinson and at the side of her a couple called Robberts, a big feller if I remember rightly.

badgemush

29-03-2009, 18:14

Hi Broughts
I remenber your grandparents and your mum Mavis also your uncle Ken
Are you the P or D son if i remember your names correctly?

broughts

29-03-2009, 20:54

Hi Broughts
I remenber your grandparents and your mum Mavis also your uncle Ken
Are you the P or D son if i remember your names correctly?

Hi there, I'm Paul, our kid lives in the Tankardsley area now and me, just behind Longley Pk. Ken lives next door to my mams now, he is 70 to day. Great times on Herries Rd as a kid with lovely people, it was all so differnt than what I see today. Anyway was I talking about the same Reedy, I remember when she had the Jack Russel, Rex, he was a nightmare me and our Dave was scared to death of the thing, LoL.

badgemush

29-03-2009, 21:08

sent you a private message broughts

skippy

30-03-2009, 01:03

badgemush

30-03-2009, 06:41

[QUOTE=broughts
I think She had a son who died in a car crash ?

If this is the same kid we're talking about, it happened between 1958 & 60, he was talked into joining others when one stole a car from outside the Forum pictures [which was unheard of at that time] the car crashed around the Riverlin area, he was the only one killed.
He was a great kid and never got into any trouble, I seem to think he was still at school at the time, just goes to show what can happen when you give in to peer pressure.

Hi Skippy
The person you are talking about was Alan Reed and he was my uncle, although i never met him as he was killed before i was born, he was my dad's youngest brother. He died in 1961 2 weeks before he was 15, my mum has still got the piece from the paper when the accident was reported in the Star.
Did you live somewhere around Barrie and have something to do with motorbikes?

skippy

30-03-2009, 09:05

No badgemush, I lived on Boynton Rd, so did the driver of the car we're talking about, Allen was a couple of years younger than me but I knew him well, great kid and didn't deserve to go the way he did.

badgemush

30-03-2009, 09:22

skippy

30-03-2009, 09:35

No worries mate.

broughts

30-03-2009, 19:38

sent you a private message broughts

Thanks badgemush, (wont say your real name as I can't seem to be able to send a private message), been a long time since I have seen you, hope you are well, I will tell my mam you asked about her, take care.
ps one or two threads about your uncle Alan, I always wondered what happened. I always remember it cropping up in conversation when I was realy young, very sad you wouldn't think Reedy carried that around with her she was always so cheerful.

bullerboY

04-04-2009, 00:05

I lived on Crumpsall rd from 1946 to64 and went to Longley juniors and Shirecliffe secondary the teachers were Mr Green(herman the german) sexy Mrs Brennan,Miss may, crafty dean,Langston,Alf & bill Thomas,Mr Craig Mr Smith,miss Woodvine,Mr Molynue(bullet)Valentine,Miss Rose,Staley,Mr Wragg,Wostenholme,Sidall,Ena****.Shirecliffe in those days was brilliant,the meadows was something else we could have taught the S.A.S a thing or two.The muckhills were where all the ash was dumped from the power station,we spent hours digging tunnels in them.Anyone remeber Ivan from the graveyard,one day he scared us all to death hed been asleep in a grave and heard us lot and got out,god yerv never seen us run so fast.Yes,the coke tip ,me and my mother used to push an old barrow down there in all weathers on a Saturday morning to pick cawks,thats when we had winters it took us nearly an hour to walk home and she would be crying with the cold,that was after five twelve hour shifts as a buffer while my dad was in the pub,devonshire or arches.I must know some of you out there,I used to have a two blues Triumph which I used to ride like a looney and hung around with Terry bedell,Dave Cooper,Tommy Powell,Francis Briggs,Ann Storey Rosie Boardman,Maureen Davitt,Johnie Creek.Happy days,sometimes!!

skippy

04-04-2009, 10:35

Did you live near Dave Futter, Wilf Oates & Kevin Bloominstock ? I remember Francis Briggs & Dave Bedall rings a bell, you must have worn glasses if you thought Miss Brennan was sexy, lol.

mintar

04-04-2009, 11:08

is that the same dave futter who drinks in the dev or used to do .

broughts

04-04-2009, 13:43

Hello all, I lived at 71 Longley Avenue west corner of the Keyhole with Boynton road with my Granparents (Cottingham)family all through to being 28.
I have many fond memories of all the kids who used to play in the keyhole.
the Hammonds I still keep in touch with Steve, Maxine lacey, Julie walker,Mick Smedley,Lee Marshall,Darryl(Faz)Holland, the Carnells,Andrew Norcliffe who lived with his Auntie Mary. the kids used to come from all over to play until really late at night must have annoyed all the oldtimers immensely.
Woe betide if the football went into Jud Walkers or Mr and Mrs Merrills
pristine Gardens.
The summer days were so long playing on the tip gone all day grass sledging on peices of cardboard that were strewn around in abundance.
After tea you would wait for Yankee Boy to come for an icecream, remember the Specials small cornet with a little ice lolly sat on the top. the Icescream mans name was Don but cant recall his wifes name.
What about the games British Bulldog,tiggy gaslamp, kickcan, tiggy off'nt ground,farmers wife and my favourite hide n seek using the top gaslamp as base. I do recall the bonfires the we had on the Bloominstocks back garden we used to put corregated sheets of asbestos on the fire to watch it explode into shrapnel peices that would fly everywhere it is a wonder someone was never killed.
Were you one of them kids who spent the best years of your lives in the Keyhole. regards to all John.

I hung around and went to school with many of those guys you are talking about pal. Although I came from over the other side of Herries Rd the tip was always a majical place, always something different to do. I hung around with the likes of Pete Green, Robert(sefy) Devy, Bob Smith, Steve Pegg, Jimmy Holmes and Paul Carnall (still do) also Daz Holland who is a smashing fella and Steve Hollyhead. I remember all the dens we would make only to turn up the next day to find someone had raided us. Do you remember when Peggy got burnt, he still had the scares up to leaving school. I could go on all day, so many good times.

bullerboY

04-04-2009, 17:10

Hi Skippy
its not me who needs glasses I wrote Terry Bedell,Yeh I new Dave Futter he lived on Musgrave Place just above Dennis Hayward who had D&D tyres at handsworth with Dave Stewart who lived just below you on Shirecliffe Rd,(Eger wallace or king wellow)also lived near you.Anybody remember Janet Rodgers she lived on Boynton,her parents died in an accident,she lived opposite Barry Naylor and near eilleen cunningham well Janet has done very well for herself and is now retired and is married to a Sheffield councillor.I lived over the back of Amoses garden and their sister elsie lived two doors from me at Oughtibridge.Yeh Georgie lill always drove an imaginary bus when he was young,very good on the brakes!! remember his older brother who was in the navy,Iknew Maureen Cottingham.Who remembers Mrs King what would we have done without her,no drainpipe trousers no cut down clothes,God she kept most of us dressed at one time or another.

skippy

04-04-2009, 23:33

Who could forget egar Wallace, only spent 3 days at school one year, he spent all his time at a piggery on the Meadows, I saw him years later in the Sicey pub after they had moved over that way.
Don't remember a Dave Stewart, but there was a bloke in that area that had a Talisman twin motorcycle, would that have been him.
There was a bloke called Bedall who knocked about with a Terry Fletcher from Boynton, who was a couple of years older than me, I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong.
What year did you leave school ?

skippy

04-04-2009, 23:59

is that the same dave futter who drinks in the dev or used to do .

Most probably is, I left Shirecliffe in 65, and left the UK in 70, so only have memories.

bullerboY

05-04-2009, 20:34

Hi skippy
The guy with the talisman was Johnie Creek and I still see him ,ugh hes a millionaire now and it all started from willie warmers.Terry Bedell did knock around with Terry Fletcher . Was eger wearing his wellies in the Sicey?its gone now its gonna be flats,that is if they dont burn em down before they move in.I left shirecliffe school in 1957.

skippy

05-04-2009, 23:01

Ha ha, the wellies had gone but he still looked the same, I left school a year after you, [1958] you must have known Terry Thompson, Cliff Cattell & May Wood.
I visited Shirecliffe in 92, the majority of people I had known had moved away, it wasn't the same place I remembered.

bullerboY

06-04-2009, 11:29

Hi skippy
I knew Fred Thompson he moved to Hillsboro and was on the postlast time I heard.Cliff was a year older than me but I knew him well.May Wood was in the same class as me I think we both went to longley as well.Afraid shirecliffe is not the same place we knew.Did you know Lowthers on the corner of crumpsall and L.A.W.Vincent Lindley lived there after.

skippy

06-04-2009, 12:45

[QUOTE=bullerboY;May Wood was in the same class as me. [Vincent Lindley]

May lived opposite me, Vincent Lindley sounds familiar, but I can't put a face to the name, I knew Cliff Rouse very well and worked with his brother in law and eldest sister when I first left school.

bullerboY

06-04-2009, 13:00

Skippy
would that be Pauline.

skippy

06-04-2009, 13:05

Skippy
would that be Pauline.

No it was Joan, her and hubby worked at Gillotts bakery and lived on the Flower Estate at the time.

bullerboY

06-04-2009, 13:20

skippy
didnt know Joan only Cliff and Pauline,they live on the bottom of Musgrave,I wih id a quid for evertime ive chased cliff to crack him but I could never catch him.

skippy

06-04-2009, 13:28

Joan must have been at least 20 years older than Cliff.

sezlez

08-04-2009, 17:21

Not read this thread for a while but was happy to see it is still going.I have noticed a few names that I remember...........

Firstly if anyone remembers Gordon smith (my brother) who lived on Musgrave road for donkeys years then it is with sadness that I have to tell you he passed away last December on his 54th birthday. If you went in any of the pubs around Shirecliffe then you would know him.although he spent the last 8 months of his drinking life in the fortyfoot
A tribute to him is on my website here,

http://www.sezlez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/les/gord.html

The house at 81 Musgrave road that I was born in has always been in our family since it was built and was sold 2yrs ago when my mother Emily died a few years after my dad Les, I have lived on the Shirecliffe for all but 2yrs of my life, 21yrs on Musgrave and the rest (30+) on Miles road.
On musgrave rd those I have known/know past and present are :-
Mrs Cheetham no.83 ,, The Howarths,,The Bullivants...The Thompsons.... Joan & Ralph Mitchell + son darren & daughter susan who was tragically killed in an accident involving a bus on shirecliffe road.
Raymond,Stuart & Philip Parker (Philip sadly died a few years ago) their mum still lives on Musgrave rd.
Doug & Jean Brookes (My aunty & uncle) + son Harold & daughter jean their mum still lives on musgrave and her son lives 2 doors away.
Troy Duckworth ... lives next to my mothers old house and we have been friends a long time.
John Hammond ...... family ties to mable that owned the fruit and veg shop on longley ave west years ago.Saw & spoke to him in Timbers last sunday.
Karen & Karl Rastrick ...I've not seen them for over 30yrs
Jim Witherford .... Used to drink in the Timbertop, lost a hand at some point in his life but never did find out how.

On miles rd those I have known/know past and present are :-

Stuart & Cath Murfin No.10 & sons Karl (Stuarts) & Nathan & Claire.
Doreen Stocks (my aunty) No.12
Derrick & June Duckworth and the lads
Andy Duckworth
Troy Duckworth
Dale Duckworth
Scott Duckworth
I drink with Derrick most sundays dinners in the Timbers & know the lads well.
Colin & Jean Early ... I see Colin in the Timbers most Fri nights.
Terry & Margaret Stokes & daughters Dawn & Lynne... our families have been friends for years, terry & me go back a long way ..another Timbertop drinker.
Mick & Jean Dudley... Mick has passed away and Jean has gone to live with her daughter. Mick loved darts and we would play most nights, sadly when
they altered the pub interior and moved the board those nights playing died out.
Dennis & Jean Lindley, Denis passed away years ago but they both used to drink in the Timbers, Denis drove HGVs & when that ended he used to deliver curries for our local takeaway on longley ave west.
George Lymer & Wife Had 2 sons george & paul & a daughter called Margaret... George passed away some years ago & I knew him all my life, he was a class 1 driver and could turn you the longest artic round on a sixpence, he was one of the nicest people I have ever met, as kids when it snowed heavy he would attempt to get the lorry up miles rd and we would try to help by throwing ashes onto the road. In thos days he used to park it up outside his house (you have a job finding room to park a car these days !!) but it would usually end by him giving up and parking it outside our house on musgrave road. George loved to be with his mates in the timbers and I,m proud to say I,ve shared many an hour in his company and on the Timbertop fishing matches.

Skippy(not had an e.mail from you for a while hope you are o.k) you mentioned Dave Futter, I know him well and worked with him in the forge for a few years, He is retired now but still drinks in the Dev & Timbertop, he is in our lottery syndicate, you can see him in a video of us both dropstamping that is on my website.

http://www.sezlez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/les/forge.htm

Some more names:-
Billy Brookes .... Shirecliffe school (saw billy the other day, he drinks in the Dev)
Johnny Brookes ...... Not seen him since he had a pub in the Wicker.
Joe & Mick Cox .... Shirecliffe school ..... (Joe worked at Burgon & Ball Holme Lane same as me years ago)
Paul gregory (legger) .... Shirecliffe school ..lived Longley Ave West.....Older than me but knew him from shirecliffe school, saw him about 6 months ago.
Alan Sidall Boyton road I see Sid often, he drinks in the Dev & now looks after his mum god bless her (drank in the timbertop with him for years)
Trev Sidall Boyton road....... School mate at Shirecliffe......he trained to be a plumber ...not seen Trevor for years..... a few of us were over the tip one day, we would have been about 14yrs old and in the distance some other lads had a bonfire going and they had put a 40 gallon oil drum on it,,, well by
the time we twigged and had turned to run, we couldn't have covered more than a few yards when the thing exploded and sent the top of the drum flying towards us,it caught Trev on the leg throwing him in the air and he landed badly on his arm breaking it.He was lucky he didn't lose his legs.

Kevin Harrison...Shirecliffe School ... Last saw Kev driving a taxi at least a couple of years ago.
George Ingram (Gud)..Older than me...Shirecliffe School ...Now sadly passed away, I last saw him at his pub the Roman Ridge
Pete Makey.... Shirecliffe School... Boyton Road...not seen him for a while

Lol Bloominstock...... I've known Lol years. He married Jaqueline West who is the sister of :-
Steve West ... Southey I used to take him boozing when I was 18. We went to see Mungo Jerry at the Mucky Duck (Black Swan)
Andy West.... He lives next door to my brother Rob (Bob) on Shirecliffe Road.
Trev West .....Musgrave road. Me & Rob get together with him occasionally for a pint & a curry.
Kevin West..... Saw him at Gordons Funeral.
Debra West .... Lives just down the road.
Vanessa West ..... Not seen her for over 20yrs
They all lived on Musgrave place with mum & dad Ray & June before flying the nest.

Stan & Alan Hall.....Penrith road ...... Stan no longer lives in Sheffield & I haven't seen Alan for years .Their dad Stan & mum Maggie used to drink in the 5 arches

Des Winters ...Shirecliffe School ...lived on Shirecliffe road, I've known Des and his family most of my life and see him from time to time.... Drank together with him & his dad in the Timbers for years, Des now drinks in the Dev and his sister Marie is married to Pete Bartholamew

Malc Scott ..Shirecliffe School ...Musgrave Crescent, His dad Fred was a Postman & drank in the Timbers.
Malc was friends with Barry Walton(ginger hair) who lived on shirecliffe road and we would all play on the 7 ponds and oer tip.Not seen malc for years but saw barry the other day outside Tesco (aka eseldo cinema)
Dave Lacey........ Shirecliffe School... in my class.. I see him on the odd occasion
Martin Walker ..... Shirecliffe Road (used to live in house next to timbertop)
Kenny Oldham ..... Shirecliffe School... At Gordons funeral ... drinks in fortyfoot
Steve Andrews ..... Shirecliffe School.. Married Janet Broadbent, last time I saw them together was with Gordon in timbertop

Alan Barnes ... Timbertop ...landlord
Gordon Wildgoose... Timbertop ...landlord
Jean & Tricky dicky Fothergill ...landlady
Roger Willis ...landlord
Terry & Josie ...landlord/landlady
Paddy .... landlord
Tracey .....landlady
Mick Cunningham . Timbertop ..... sister cathlene was in my class
Derrick Guite ... Timbertop
Alf Surplus ... Timbertop
Phil the hod ... Timbertop
Pete Davis ... Timbertop
Malc Tatts ... Timbertop
Hanna ..worked behind bar ... Timbertop..went back to Malta I think.

There are lots more names but lets see if anyone remembers the ones I've listed

eastbank

08-04-2009, 17:46

Not read this thread for a while but was happy to see it is still going.I have noticed a few names that I remember...........

Firstly if anyone remembers Gordon smith (my brother) who lived on Musgrave road for donkeys years then it is with sadness that I have to tell you he passed away last December on his 54th birthday. If you went in any of the pubs around Shirecliffe then you would know him.although he spent the last 8 months of his drinking life in the fortyfoot
A tribute to him is on my website here,

http://www.sezlez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/les/gord.html

The house at 81 Musgrave road that I was born in has always been in our family since it was built and was sold 2yrs ago when my mother Emily died a few years after my dad Les, I have lived on the Shirecliffe for all but 2yrs of my life, 21yrs on Musgrave and the rest (30+) on Miles road.
On musgrave rd those I have known/know past and present are :-
Mrs Cheetham no.83 ,, The Howarths,,The Bullivants...The Thompsons.... Joan & Ralph Mitchell + son darren & daughter susan who was tragically killed in an accident involving a bus on shirecliffe road.
Raymond,Stuart & Philip Parker (Philip sadly died a few years ago) their mum still lives on Musgrave rd.
Doug & Jean Brookes (My aunty & uncle) + son Harold & daughter jean their mum still lives on musgrave and her son lives 2 doors away.
Troy Duckworth ... lives next to my mothers old house and we have been friends a long time.
John Hammond ...... family ties to mable that owned the fruit and veg shop on longley ave west years ago.Saw & spoke to him in Timbers last sunday.
Karen & Karl Rastrick ...I've not seen them for over 30yrs
Jim Witherford .... Used to drink in the Timbertop, lost a hand at some point in his life but never did find out how.

On miles rd those I have known/know past and present are :-

Stuart & Cath Murfin No.10 & sons Karl (Stuarts) & Nathan & Claire.
Doreen Stocks (my aunty) No.12
Derrick & June Duckworth and the lads
Andy Duckworth
Troy Duckworth
Dale Duckworth
Scott Duckworth
I drink with Derrick most sundays dinners in the Timbers & know the lads well.
Colin & Jean Early ... I see Colin in the Timbers most Fri nights.
Terry & Margaret Stokes & daughters Dawn & Lynne... our families have been friends for years, terry & me go back a long way ..another Timbertop drinker.
Mick & Jean Dudley... Mick has passed away and Jean has gone to live with her daughter. Mick loved darts and we would play most nights, sadly when
they altered the pub interior and moved the board those nights playing died out.
Dennis & Jean Lindley, Denis passed away years ago but they both used to drink in the Timbers, Denis drove HGVs & when that ended he used to deliver curries for our local takeaway on longley ave west.
George Lymer & Wife Had 2 sons george & paul & a daughter called Margaret... George passed away some years ago & I knew him all my life, he was a class 1 driver and could turn you the longest artic round on a sixpence, he was one of the nicest people I have ever met, as kids when it snowed heavy he would attempt to get the lorry up miles rd and we would try to help by throwing ashes onto the road. In thos days he used to park it up outside his house (you have a job finding room to park a car these days !!) but it would usually end by him giving up and parking it outside our house on musgrave road. George loved to be with his mates in the timbers and I,m proud to say I,ve shared many an hour in his company and on the Timbertop fishing matches.

Skippy(not had an e.mail from you for a while hope you are o.k) you mentioned Dave Futter, I know him well and worked with him in the forge for a few years, He is retired now but still drinks in the Dev & Timbertop, he is in our lottery syndicate, you can see him in a video of us both dropstamping that is on my website.

http://www.sezlez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/les/forge.htm

Some more names:-
Billy Brookes .... Shirecliffe school (saw billy the other day, he drinks in the Dev)
Johnny Brookes ...... Not seen him since he had a pub in the Wicker.
Joe & Mick Cox .... Shirecliffe school ..... (Joe worked at Burgon & Ball Holme Lane same as me years ago)
Paul gregory (legger) .... Shirecliffe school ..lived Longley Ave West.....Older than me but knew him from shirecliffe school, saw him about 6 months ago.
Alan Sidall Boyton road I see Sid often, he drinks in the Dev & now looks after his mum god bless her (drank in the timbertop with him for years)
Trev Sidall Boyton road....... School mate at Shirecliffe......he trained to be a plumber ...not seen Trevor for years..... a few of us were over the tip one day, we would have been about 14yrs old and in the distance some other lads had a bonfire going and they had put a 40 gallon oil drum on it,,, well by
the time we twigged and had turned to run, we couldn't have covered more than a few yards when the thing exploded and sent the top of the drum flying towards us,it caught Trev on the leg throwing him in the air and he landed badly on his arm breaking it.He was lucky he didn't lose his legs.

Kevin Harrison...Shirecliffe School ... Last saw Kev driving a taxi at least a couple of years ago.
George Ingram (Gud)..Older than me...Shirecliffe School ...Now sadly passed away, I last saw him at his pub the Roman Ridge
Pete Makey.... Shirecliffe School... Boyton Road...not seen him for a while

Lol Bloominstock...... I've known Lol years. He married Jaqueline West who is the sister of :-
Steve West ... Southey I used to take him boozing when I was 18. We went to see Mungo Jerry at the Mucky Duck (Black Swan)
Andy West.... He lives next door to my brother Rob (Bob) on Shirecliffe Road.
Trev West .....Musgrave road. Me & Rob get together with him occasionally for a pint & a curry.
Kevin West..... Saw him at Gordons Funeral.
Debra West .... Lives just down the road.
Vanessa West ..... Not seen her for over 20yrs
They all lived on Musgrave place with mum & dad Ray & June before flying the nest.

Stan & Alan Hall.....Penrith road ...... Stan no longer lives in Sheffield & I haven't seen Alan for years .Their dad Stan & mum Maggie used to drink in the 5 arches

Des Winters ...Shirecliffe School ...lived on Shirecliffe road, I've known Des and his family most of my life and see him from time to time.... Drank together with him & his dad in the Timbers for years, Des now drinks in the Dev and his sister Marie is married to Pete Bartholamew

Malc Scott ..Shirecliffe School ...Musgrave Crescent, His dad Fred was a Postman & drank in the Timbers.
Malc was friends with Barry Walton(ginger hair) who lived on shirecliffe road and we would all play on the 7 ponds and oer tip.Not seen malc for years but saw barry the other day outside Tesco (aka eseldo cinema)
Dave Lacey........ Shirecliffe School... in my class.. I see him on the odd occasion
Martin Walker ..... Shirecliffe Road (used to live in house next to timbertop)
Kenny Oldham ..... Shirecliffe School... At Gordons funeral ... drinks in fortyfoot
Steve Andrews ..... Shirecliffe School.. Married Janet Broadbent, last time I saw them together was with Gordon in timbertop

Alan Barnes ... Timbertop ...landlord
Gordon Wildgoose... Timbertop ...landlord
Jean & Tricky dicky Fothergill ...landlady
Roger Willis ...landlord
Terry & Josie ...landlord/landlady
Tracey .....landlady
Mick Cunningham . Timbertop ..... sister cathlene was in my class
Derrick Guite ... Timbertop
Alf Surplus ... Timbertop
Phil the hod ... Timbertop
Pete Davis ... Timbertop
Malc Tatts ... Timbertop
Hanna ..worked behind bar ... Timbertop..went back to Malta I think.

There are lots more names but lets see if anyone remembers the ones I've listed

i lived on musgrave road at number 23 before we moved off the estate in 1968,went to school with chris bartholamew,wes haywood and john gallagher..also remember lol....born 1955 spent a good 13 years on shurrcliff...remember the meadows(tip) and playing in river don and parkwood springs....hated going home when it was dark from speedway through that maze that led from owlerton to the white bridge then home....happy days

sezlez

08-04-2009, 19:17

Yeah,,, for about a year I lived on burnell road opposite the dog track and I used to visit ma on musgrave and when it was dark I would head home over the tip down past the back end of what is now the dumpit site ,skirt along the back of the houses on penrith then down the narrow path to the white bridge.At this point it got very eerie as the graveyard was to your right and you could get to the black bridge by taking a righthand path past the graves.
Once over the white bridge the path was protected by iron railings on both sides.
Facing down the path if you looked left all you saw were the black heaps of power station residue silhouetted in the moonlight and looking to your right were all the resting places of the dead, their final homes marked by the overgrown stones that bear the names of the long forgotten.
The path zigzagged so you could not see the end and your nerves were seriously tested.
If hammer house of horrors ever needed a good location then this was it.
Once you got to the end you could follow the don to the bridge below the scrapyard and then you were back on the road and in 5 mins you were on penistone road feeling mighty cocky because you made it.
My daughter is 34yrs old and she can remember me carrying her on my shoulders through the path.
Happy days eh !!!

TFishcake

08-04-2009, 19:35

Not read this thread for a while but was happy to see it is still going.I have noticed a few names that I remember...........

Firstly if anyone remembers Gordon smith (my brother) who lived on Musgrave road for donkeys years then it is with sadness that I have to tell you he passed away last December on his 54th birthday. If you went in any of the pubs around Shirecliffe then you would know him.although he spent the last 8 months of his drinking life in the fortyfoot
A tribute to him is on my website here,

http://www.sezlez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/les/gord.html

The house at 81 Musgrave road that I was born in has always been in our family since it was built and was sold 2yrs ago when my mother Emily died a few years after my dad Les, I have lived on the Shirecliffe for all but 2yrs of my life, 21yrs on Musgrave and the rest (30+) on Miles road.
On musgrave rd those I have known/know past and present are :-
Mrs Cheetham no.83 ,, The Howarths,,The Bullivants...The Thompsons.... Joan & Ralph Mitchell + son darren & daughter susan who was tragically killed in an accident involving a bus on shirecliffe road.
Raymond,Stuart & Philip Parker (Philip sadly died a few years ago) their mum still lives on Musgrave rd.
Doug & Jean Brookes (My aunty & uncle) + son Harold & daughter jean their mum still lives on musgrave and her son lives 2 doors away.
Troy Duckworth ... lives next to my mothers old house and we have been friends a long time.
John Hammond ...... family ties to mable that owned the fruit and veg shop on longley ave west years ago.Saw & spoke to him in Timbers last sunday.
Karen & Karl Rastrick ...I've not seen them for over 30yrs
Jim Witherford .... Used to drink in the Timbertop, lost a hand at some point in his life but never did find out how.

On miles rd those I have known/know past and present are :-

Stuart & Cath Murfin No.10 & sons Karl (Stuarts) & Nathan & Claire.
Doreen Stocks (my aunty) No.12
Derrick & June Duckworth and the lads
Andy Duckworth
Troy Duckworth
Dale Duckworth
Scott Duckworth
I drink with Derrick most sundays dinners in the Timbers & know the lads well.
Colin & Jean Early ... I see Colin in the Timbers most Fri nights.
Terry & Margaret Stokes & daughters Dawn & Lynne... our families have been friends for years, terry & me go back a long way ..another Timbertop drinker.
Mick & Jean Dudley... Mick has passed away and Jean has gone to live with her daughter. Mick loved darts and we would play most nights, sadly when
they altered the pub interior and moved the board those nights playing died out.
Dennis & Jean Lindley, Denis passed away years ago but they both used to drink in the Timbers, Denis drove HGVs & when that ended he used to deliver curries for our local takeaway on longley ave west.
George Lymer & Wife Had 2 sons george & paul & a daughter called Margaret... George passed away some years ago & I knew him all my life, he was a class 1 driver and could turn you the longest artic round on a sixpence, he was one of the nicest people I have ever met, as kids when it snowed heavy he would attempt to get the lorry up miles rd and we would try to help by throwing ashes onto the road. In thos days he used to park it up outside his house (you have a job finding room to park a car these days !!) but it would usually end by him giving up and parking it outside our house on musgrave road. George loved to be with his mates in the timbers and I,m proud to say I,ve shared many an hour in his company and on the Timbertop fishing matches.

Skippy(not had an e.mail from you for a while hope you are o.k) you mentioned Dave Futter, I know him well and worked with him in the forge for a few years, He is retired now but still drinks in the Dev & Timbertop, he is in our lottery syndicate, you can see him in a video of us both dropstamping that is on my website.

http://www.sezlez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/les/forge.htm

Some more names:-
Billy Brookes .... Shirecliffe school (saw billy the other day, he drinks in the Dev)
Johnny Brookes ...... Not seen him since he had a pub in the Wicker.
Joe & Mick Cox .... Shirecliffe school ..... (Joe worked at Burgon & Ball Holme Lane same as me years ago)
Paul gregory (legger) .... Shirecliffe school ..lived Longley Ave West.....Older than me but knew him from shirecliffe school, saw him about 6 months ago.
Alan Sidall Boyton road I see Sid often, he drinks in the Dev & now looks after his mum god bless her (drank in the timbertop with him for years)
Trev Sidall Boyton road....... School mate at Shirecliffe......he trained to be a plumber ...not seen Trevor for years..... a few of us were over the tip one day, we would have been about 14yrs old and in the distance some other lads had a bonfire going and they had put a 40 gallon oil drum on it,,, well by
the time we twigged and had turned to run, we couldn't have covered more than a few yards when the thing exploded and sent the top of the drum flying towards us,it caught Trev on the leg throwing him in the air and he landed badly on his arm breaking it.He was lucky he didn't lose his legs.

Kevin Harrison...Shirecliffe School ... Last saw Kev driving a taxi at least a couple of years ago.
George Ingram (Gud)..Older than me...Shirecliffe School ...Now sadly passed away, I last saw him at his pub the Roman Ridge
Pete Makey.... Shirecliffe School... Boyton Road...not seen him for a while

Lol Bloominstock...... I've known Lol years. He married Jaqueline West who is the sister of :-
Steve West ... Southey I used to take him boozing when I was 18. We went to see Mungo Jerry at the Mucky Duck (Black Swan)
Andy West.... He lives next door to my brother Rob (Bob) on Shirecliffe Road.
Trev West .....Musgrave road. Me & Rob get together with him occasionally for a pint & a curry.
Kevin West..... Saw him at Gordons Funeral.
Debra West .... Lives just down the road.
Vanessa West ..... Not seen her for over 20yrs
They all lived on Musgrave place with mum & dad Ray & June before flying the nest.

Stan & Alan Hall.....Penrith road ...... Stan no longer lives in Sheffield & I haven't seen Alan for years .Their dad Stan & mum Maggie used to drink in the 5 arches

Des Winters ...Shirecliffe School ...lived on Shirecliffe road, I've known Des and his family most of my life and see him from time to time.... Drank together with him & his dad in the Timbers for years, Des now drinks in the Dev and his sister Marie is married to Pete Bartholamew

Malc Scott ..Shirecliffe School ...Musgrave Crescent, His dad Fred was a Postman & drank in the Timbers.
Malc was friends with Barry Walton(ginger hair) who lived on shirecliffe road and we would all play on the 7 ponds and oer tip.Not seen malc for years but saw barry the other day outside Tesco (aka eseldo cinema)
Dave Lacey........ Shirecliffe School... in my class.. I see him on the odd occasion
Martin Walker ..... Shirecliffe Road (used to live in house next to timbertop)
Kenny Oldham ..... Shirecliffe School... At Gordons funeral ... drinks in fortyfoot
Steve Andrews ..... Shirecliffe School.. Married Janet Broadbent, last time I saw them together was with Gordon in timbertop

Alan Barnes ... Timbertop ...landlord
Gordon Wildgoose... Timbertop ...landlord
Jean & Tricky dicky Fothergill ...landlady
Roger Willis ...landlord
Terry & Josie ...landlord/landlady
Tracey .....landlady
Mick Cunningham . Timbertop ..... sister cathlene was in my class
Derrick Guite ... Timbertop
Alf Surplus ... Timbertop
Phil the hod ... Timbertop
Pete Davis ... Timbertop
Malc Tatts ... Timbertop
Hanna ..worked behind bar ... Timbertop..went back to Malta I think.

There are lots more names but lets see if anyone remembers the ones I've listed

Hi Les, this is Terry , used to be landlord of Timbertop, myself and Josie are sad to here of the loss of Gordon, he was a good laugh,( though he could be a bit of an handful sometimes when he was over exubarant :hihi:) but he was a good lad really and will be missed by all, of course we know most of the people mentioned, and Jose remembers you from school, as she was off Teynham Drive, our condolances go out to you and family, as for Gud Ingram, we didn't know about him either, I didn't know he had The Ridge, (that was our first pub) the last we heard of him he had the pub at top of Norfolk Park,(can't for the life of me remember the name, it'll probably come to me when I least expect it :hihi:) remember Jose and myself to any you see, and once again our thoughts are with you. :thumbsup:

bullerboY

08-04-2009, 19:44

Hi sezlez
I lived four door below Colin Early mention motor bikes and he will know who I am instantly,ask what we used to get up to,then tell him to tell Alfie Surplice we go back to 1943 when he lived at the corner house on pollard,he know lives in Revells old house,I ,lived two doors down and Ive still bikes,Harley and a BMW.I dont know any one else you mentioned,the ones I know from musgrave are;Pat Battey June Brockley Sandra Nuttall Ernest Reece Jack Sampson Brian Gray Don Simpson Pauline Simpson Roy Needham Eric Bates the two french fammily girls and the two Lunns Evonne and elaineand Vera Walker and fred Tipper Billy Green there must be more I lived On Crumpsall Rd from1946-1964 but my family were there till 1990 I only went in the Timber tops twice pointless when Idont drinkI can assure you I aint boring.

sezlez

08-04-2009, 20:03

I will be seeing alf and colin on friday so I'll print your comments and show them and get back to you on here.

sezlez

08-04-2009, 20:15

Ey Up Terry
Thanks for the comments.If you followed the link to the website you will have seen what killed gordon...what a waste !!.
You and Jose do crop up from time to time when we are talking about old times,we were happy when you got it and sad when you left, the place is going down hill fast and if it stays open another year we will be suprised.
They have just put the drinks up 10p a pint and the stella that I drank went up 20p which they can now shove where the sun don't shine
They are cutting their own throats.
I will double check on friday about gud and the pub.

skippy

09-04-2009, 00:30

Gday Les, I know what you mean about it being a bit scary near the White Bridge at night, we used to walk home from the speedway that way every week.
I used to knock around with Jack Siddall, I think he was the eldest boy.

bullerboY

09-04-2009, 09:38

Heyup skippy
its live uns I used to worry about,do you rember the grave which was dug up and bits hung off trees and coppers coming to school asking questions,if you ever looked at the graves there are some well known people in there,I know its sad but me and a few friends sometimes go for a look round.The bridge across the river has gone,washed away inthe2007 flood,so has the white bridge they are pinching our memories.

skippy

09-04-2009, 13:15

I remember the cops coming to school between 1955-58 because kids had been stealing stuff from graves that had subsided, some people in that graveyard had been buried with all their possesions, I remember a kid getting something that looked like an old roman helmet amongst other things.
It's a shame that the bridges have now gone, we used to have some fun down on the Don, it was great fun on the black bridge when the steam engines went under too.
Do you remember the school cross country run, down to the Wednesday ground, along the side of the Don, over the White bridge and then up the hill on the meadows back to the school, I didn't go to Shirecliffe school until I was 12 & I came 3rd in the whole school on the cross country when they had the annual sports day, all that runs these days is my nose.

sezlez

09-04-2009, 19:08

bullerboY

09-04-2009, 19:29

heyup skippy

I remember It well,I once got caught taking a shortcut over black bridge and got the big stick Id done it a few times so I couldnt complain

skippy

10-04-2009, 10:34

heyup skippy, I once got caught taking a shortcut over black bridge and got the big stick Id done it a few times so I couldnt complain

I think we all did from time to time buller, old Herman's stick was as thick as a broom handle, and he used to love giving punishment, some of the women teachers used to send us to him for the cane as they didn't like to do it themselves.
Went for a virtual tour of the Shirecliffe & the city centre on the Google street thing today, it's a lot different in places to what I knew, even got lost a few times, :hihi:

bullerboY

11-04-2009, 19:49

heyup skippy
you dont want to get lost on there these days your loved ones may never see you again I was walking up LAW a few weeks ago just below Winston Bartholamews house and two coppers were bashing the door in to let two social workers in.We dont get much of this in Rotherham an thats a dump.

skippy

12-04-2009, 01:53

[QUOTE=bullerboY;4896627]heyup skippy
you dont want to get lost on there these days your loved ones may never see you again QUOTE]

You've just made me think buller, instead of coming back for a look next year, I may buy a new boat & car instead & enjoy my life in the sun. :hihi:
This thread has made me think of some of the people I knew from the Shirecliffe in the 50's and what they got up to, unfortunately I can't put the memories on here, they may have finally got their act together.
I'll send you a PM.

eastbank

12-04-2009, 10:27

skippy

04-06-2009, 01:25

[QUOTE=skippy;
Harry Brookes ? that lived on Penrith Rd, almost opposite Teynham drive or road, his club name was Harry Conroy, I met up with him again some years later when he worked with Dor's.[/QUOTE]

It's sad, but just heard that Harry passed away 3 weeks ago, he was a great boy suprano and a great singer and entertainer later on.
RIP Harry.

Caz1

05-06-2009, 22:49

hi charlotte iwas born at 265 shirecliffe road in jan 1960.
Hi, i was born in 1962 and at the time my mum and dad lived with dads parents at 323 shirecliffe road.

cod2gamer

03-08-2009, 16:54

does any body know troy duckworth

jewls29

03-08-2009, 21:51

jewls29

03-08-2009, 22:13

Hi Les, this is Terry , used to be landlord of Timbertop, myself and Josie are sad to here of the loss of Gordon, he was a good laugh,( though he could be a bit of an handful sometimes when he was over exubarant :hihi:) but he was a good lad really and will be missed by all, of course we know most of the people mentioned, and Jose remembers you from school, as she was off Teynham Drive, our condolances go out to you and family, as for Gud Ingram, we didn't know about him either, I didn't know he had The Ridge, (that was our first pub) the last we heard of him he had the pub at top of Norfolk Park,(can't for the life of me remember the name, it'll probably come to me when I least expect it :hihi:) remember Jose and myself to any you see, and once again our thoughts are with you. :thumbsup:

the pub at norfolk park was captive queen dont think he had owned it i think someone called mick and gloria had it and he worked for them he died age 34

123local

04-08-2009, 09:12

Did the Lockwood family live on boynton Road ?

badgemush

04-08-2009, 20:48

did you know the ingrams george and lillian

Hi
Yes i remember my grandma and my dad mentioning the Ingrams.
They lived nextdoor but one to my dad's family i think, sharing the path with Mrs Howe.
Was'nt George on the commitee at the Southey Club at some point?
I also remember Mr and Mrs Shepard, they bred budgies, my Dad bought me one when i was about 10......happy days :)

jewls29

04-08-2009, 21:17

Hi
Yes i remember my grandma and my dad mentioning the Ingrams.
They lived nextdoor but one to my dad's family i think, sharing the path with Mrs Howe.
Was'nt George on the commitee at the Southey Club at some point?
I also remember Mr and Mrs Shepard, they bred budgies, my Dad bought me one when i was about 10......happy days :)

it was jack ingram who was on the commitee at southey club and that was my dad my aunt lillian who lived on herries road got killed on the crossing near the arches

TFishcake

05-08-2009, 08:47

the pub at norfolk park was captive queen dont think he had owned it i think someone called mick and gloria had it and he worked for them he died age 34

Hi jewls29, if I'm not mistaken the Mick Georgie worked for was Mick Cunningham, both good friends of mine, but Jud did go on to be landlord of Captive Queen, he did not own it, he was a manager, he had the same area manager as I did when I was in the trade, I remember he had a lot of trouble with drug users while he was there.

TFishcake

05-08-2009, 08:52

it was jack ingram who was on the commitee at southey club and that was my dad my aunt lillian who lived on herries road got killed on the crossing near the arches

Hi again, my wifes uncle was steward at Southey Club for quite a while, Ted Robinson, my wife also worked behind the bar before we had our own pubs.

jewls29

10-08-2009, 16:50

Hi again, my wifes uncle was steward at Southey Club for quite a while, Ted Robinson, my wife also worked behind the bar before we had our own pubs.

irene and ted and arlene was good friends with us my sister jane bless her worked behind the bar for years but she died age 39 maybe you knew her can you reveal your name

TFishcake

10-08-2009, 17:20

irene and ted and arlene was good friends with us my sister jane bless her worked behind the bar for years but she died age 39 maybe you knew her can you reveal your name

My wife says she remembers working with Jane behind the bar, sorry to here she has passed away, my name is Terry and the wife Josie, we used to have the Timbertop.

jewls29

10-08-2009, 18:14

My wife says she remembers working with Jane behind the bar, sorry to here she has passed away, my name is Terry and the wife Josie, we used to have the Timbertop.

cant put a picture to you two but my memory is not good at moment what year was that i havent been in there for a long time

TFishcake

11-08-2009, 05:27

cant put a picture to you two but my memory is not good at moment what year was that i havent been in there for a long time

About 88/89.

Me Superbi

12-08-2009, 15:23

bangorbelle

13-08-2009, 16:38

bullerboY

16-08-2009, 15:30

bangorbelle
sent you a pm hope you got it if not let me know on here.mel

sawadee

18-08-2009, 00:38

Nuttalls had the Victoria in Grimesthorpe before they took the Fortyfoot. I went to school with their son Terry and new him quite well. He would probably be about 63 or 64 now I would think. I didn't know that they had a son called Jeremy. They had two little girls but one died when she was only a baby. The other ones name was Kim I think but I'm not sure.
Dors.

I remember Kim, she went to oakwood collegiate school on norwood road, up to the age of 11, me too,

ruswis

08-10-2009, 15:35

Hi :wave: my wife's family moved into that house when your family left, the Robinsons, children, Jimmy, Josephine and John.

Hey TFishcake - are you still there? I now have several Shirecliffe school photos that I'm sure Jose would like to see - plus she may be able to help in identifying a few of the people on them. How can I e-mail the pics to you? Is there any way you can provide me with your e-mail address (is it safe to give your actual e-mail address on this forum?).

Regards,

Ruswis.

CalifBlade

08-10-2009, 18:13

Lived in Longley but all my friends were from Shirecliffe....Herries lad here too. graduated in 86.

bernette

08-10-2009, 18:17

Lived in Longley but all my friends were from Shirecliffe....Herries lad here too. graduated in 86.
Lived ont Cross, is that any good? Graduated in 84.
Lived in Culver City left in 06.
How's SoCal at 11:15 am?

CalifBlade

08-10-2009, 18:38

It's a nice sunny day Bernette.....but it may sound crazy but I do get sick of not having the seasons

bernette

08-10-2009, 18:48

It's a nice sunny day Bernette.....but it may sound crazy but I do get sick of not having the seasons

Oh tell me about it, baby!
One of the reasons I moved from Culver City to Tennessee was to see the seasons change, for goodness sake!
I went to SD once for a Smooth Jazz concert one Sunday. One of the clarinet players invited me, and it was great but SD is so HOT!
2 hours up the I5 and LA seemed a different world.....
Tennessee 's climate is beautiful, hot summers, frosty winters, but right now in Fall is my favorite time.:D

CalifBlade

08-10-2009, 18:51

bernette

08-10-2009, 19:02

LA is another world...don't venture there too much..or try not too.

Tennessee huh?...hmmm, I heard the south has some nice area's...but isn't it humid?

San Diego is a beautiful city to live but I am considering trying something new.....was thinkin about Arlington TX or Charleston SC.

TN certainly is somewhat humid in summer, like all the South, but not as bad as FL! This is as far north as I would want to live for sure.
Nashville is quiet after LA, but the clubs and honky tonks are legendary. Music City USA ....I love it!:love::love::love:
My gf comes from Charleston, she'll have you move there given half a chance!

CalifBlade

08-10-2009, 19:14

Sinc ebeing here for 12 years I've become much more of a laid back kinda guy..so the rat race that is California is getting old. Need to find somewhere a little slower and quiet....38 going on 60 I guess lol.

So, what do you miss most about living in England?....for me, its the food, the Blades but most of all I miss the people..the sense of humour that seems to go right over the head of my friends here.

joanne5600

12-10-2009, 18:47

my dads family came of shirecliffe - teynham drive i think - they were called Walton my dad was 1 of 11

told the house number was 28

bullerboY

15-10-2009, 16:55

joanne5600 I went to shirecliffe school with Terry Walton.

joanne5600

15-10-2009, 22:50

that was my uncle unfortunately he died a couple of years ago

ruswis

17-10-2009, 17:22

Hey Tfishcake: did you get the 'private' e-mail that I sent you? And did you manage to view the pics I uploaded to Photobucket? Just wondered as I haven't heard from you since. Hope Josie's not still scratching her head wondering who I am!!! ;^)

Regards,

Ruswis.

Stockers

18-10-2009, 20:59

Malc Scott ..Shirecliffe School ...Musgrave Crescent, His dad Fred was a Postman & drank in the Timbers.
Malc was friends with Barry Walton(ginger hair) who lived on shirecliffe road and we would all play on the 7 ponds and oer tip.Not seen malc for years but saw barry the other day outside Tesco (aka eseldo cinema)

Malc Scott is my uncle.

He lived on Mugrave Cres (the Family home), my mum is his sister Susan, he also has 2 brothers, Derek who lives in Oz and Alan and a sister Beryl.

My grandad was Fred (who as you correctly say was a postman) and my gran Edith worked in the 'naughty boys home' - not sure where that was but i always got threatened with been sent there if i misbehaved as a child :)

Malc lives up Chapeltown now.

bullerboY

19-10-2009, 20:19

RJAY

20-10-2009, 16:22

Malc Scott is my uncle.

He lived on Mugrave Cres (the Family home), my mum is his sister Susan, he also has 2 brothers, Derek who lives in Oz and Alan and a sister Beryl.

My grandad was Fred (who as you correctly say was a postman) and my gran Edith worked in the 'naughty boys home' - not sure where that was but i always got threatened with been sent there if i misbehaved as a child :)

Malc lives up Chapeltown now.
The naughty boys home was the large house on the left. at the top of Cooks Wood Rd, end of Shirecliffe Rd.

Stockers

20-10-2009, 17:34

Hi stockers
I went to school with Derick Scott who lived in the crescent I remember him well,did'nt know he was in oz,I took the morning and evening newspapers round the cres in 1955 to 57 Ithink Derick had a mate at the top called Barry Twigg.

Derek moved to Oz before i was born (1977), i've been over there a few times to see him and the family all still keep in contact with him. I think he's been over there about 35yrs now, he moved over when it was £10 a flight.

He lives in Brisbane, nice house by close to the beach, no kids, just loves his fishing and his XXXX :) - you can take the lad out of Sheffield eh!!

Jade87

23-08-2010, 11:16

Can any1 tell me what musgrave crescent is like? we r thinking of private renting a house we have seen on there but unsure as i dnt know the area.

RJAY

23-08-2010, 20:45

greasychipbu

05-09-2010, 18:45

my name is tony i lived on musgrave road,he'll know who i am......

Hi there Tony, i knew your friends, and i bet i know you .Are you Tony Cronshaw goalkeeper of the school football team?

eastbank

06-09-2010, 12:50

Hi there Tony, i knew your friends, and i bet i know you .Are you Tony Cronshaw goalkeeper of the school football team?

yes mate....that was a long time ago about 1966....bringing a book out about my time growing up on the shirecliffe and the fun we had has kids....did you play in the school team....vic spencer was the manager...only had one year in the seniors before i shipped off to the birley estate....happy days...i take it with your sig that your a blade and the only blade i knew at school was called glen.....

greasychipbu

06-09-2010, 20:14

yes mate....that was a long time ago about 1966....bringing a book out about my time growing up on the shirecliffe and the fun we had has kids....did you play in the school team....vic spencer was the manager...only had one year in the seniors before i shipped off to the birley estate....happy days...i take it with your sig that your a blade and the only blade i knew at school was called glen.....

I don,t think you will remember me Tony as i was in the year below you,but for some reason i played for the year above as well as my year.The last time i saw you i was on a bus going to the match and you were giving me stick for being a blade,and you didn,t remember me then(i was still at school ),butyou had probaly been left Shirecliff a few years then.
Do you remember playing in a 7 a side competition and the team photo was in the Green un ?
See if you can guess who has that photo in front of him as he writes
I am just trying to grab it back while the rest of the family are all laughing hystericly.
I can name them bar one, and its killing me ,He,s small jet black hair i remember him being a good player and seem to think his name is Glyn or Glen but cannot for the life of me remember his name.
Top Left IAN BOOT, TONY CRONSHAW.RAYMOND CARLTON,JOHN GALLIGER,
Bottom myself,STEVE CANTER,GLEN,WESLEY HEYWOOD.
Any way iam going to scan it into the computer and see if i can figure out how to put it on the website, or email it to you ,it will crack you up mate,

eastbank

07-09-2010, 07:37

I don,t think you will remember me Tony as i was in the year below you,but for some reason i played for the year above as well as my year.The last time i saw you i was on a bus going to the match and you were giving me stick for being a blade,and you didn,t remember me then(i was still at school ),butyou had probaly been left Shirecliff a few years then.
Do you remember playing in a 7 a side competition and the team photo was in the Green un ?
See if you can guess who has that photo in front of him as he writes
I am just trying to grab it back while the rest of the family are all laughing hystericly.
I can name them bar one, and its killing me ,He,s small jet black hair i remember him being a good player and seem to think his name is Glyn or Glen but cannot for the life of me remember his name.
Top Left IAN BOOT, TONY CRONSHAW.RAYMOND CARLTON,JOHN GALLIGER,
Bottom myself,STEVE CANTER,GLEN,WESLEY HEYWOOD.
Any way iam going to scan it into the computer and see if i can figure out how to put it on the website, or email it to you ,it will crack you up mate,

his name was glenn fearn...and a blade....and yes he was a good footballer...this is now doing my head in because i cannot remember you...i am working on this new book called kid of steel about my childhood and would love a copy of that photo....
this will be my third book...not bad for a kid from shirecliffe.....loved those days....did you live locally.....and if you fancy a beer and a chat get in touch..

greasychipbu

12-09-2010, 08:58

his name was glenn fearn...and a blade....and yes he was a good footballer...this is now doing my head in because i cannot remember you...i am working on this new book called kid of steel about my childhood and would love a copy of that photo....
this will be my third book...not bad for a kid from shirecliffe.....loved those days....did you live locally.....and if you fancy a beer and a chat get in touch..

Hi eastbank
Yes Glen Fearn,
You wrote two books .and a third on its way? that,s tops that mate.
I was born on Donavon road ,then moved onto herries road 100m up from the Five Archers,but later moved to Foxhill and still went to school at shirecliff.I was in the year below you at school so didn,t see you in the senier school,
You mentioned Cob in an earlier thread, i saw him a few years after we left he was recovering from a broken neck.
My old pal Ian Boot moved to Foxhill about the same ,my sister saw his brother a couple of years ago i was stunned to find Ian was no longer with us.
I still seem to come across Steve Canter from time to time.
Anyway i have finaly scanned the photo onto the computer(the scanner just didn.t want to play for whatever reason)
Not sure how to put it on the website ,but i,ve just realised your email add is on the site(marks out of 10 for observation skills 2)
I have a couple more photos in the senier school team but you must have left then,but you will know all the lads.I came across the old photos in my parents loft whil i was working on their kitchen lights.
plees egscews minur speling mistakes,let me know if you get the photo,
cheers

eastbank

12-09-2010, 13:18

Hi eastbank
Yes Glen Fearn,
You wrote two books .and a third on its way? that,s tops that mate.
I was born on Donavon road ,then moved onto herries road 100m up from the Five Archers,but later moved to Foxhill and still went to school at shirecliff.I was in the year below you at school so didn,t see you in the senier school,
You mentioned Cob in an earlier thread, i saw him a few years after we left he was recovering from a broken neck.
My old pal Ian Boot moved to Foxhill about the same ,my sister saw his brother a couple of years ago i was stunned to find Ian was no longer with us.
I still seem to come across Steve Canter from time to time.
Anyway i have finaly scanned the photo onto the computer(the scanner just didn.t want to play for whatever reason)
Not sure how to put it on the website ,but i,ve just realised your email add is on the site(marks out of 10 for observation skills 2)
I have a couple more photos in the senier school team but you must have left then,but you will know all the lads.I came across the old photos in my parents loft whil i was working on their kitchen lights.
plees egscews minur speling mistakes,let me know if you get the photo,
cheers

was your surname bingley...the good looking kid on the front row...i was missing from that other photo..with vic spencer it must have been the time i had broken my arm....
only had one year in the seniors before i moved to birley....in my first year we won the radley cup...and ron reid was our teacher...think he moved to herries...used to run the academy at the lane...me and wes used to parade around the lane selling stuff off those trays...we made a right killing..
thanks for the photo...
wes is now a paramedic,john g runs the queens at mosborough and the last time i saw cob he was security at nottingham races...
i also do a did of the old extra work..and can be seen this january playing ronnie the betting shop minder in a sit com called white van man with will mellor...also been in the film cass and four lions...and married single other on itv....anyway if you fancy a beer i think wes and john still go down town now and again....

Tara Misu

08-03-2011, 16:38

patto

08-03-2011, 16:51

Lived on the east side of Herries Road, Barrie Crescent. We called ourselves Southey Green. Went to Shirecliffe schools 1953-1965. Spent many happy hours in Five Arches and Timbertop. Emigrated to Walkley 82.

sawadee

08-03-2011, 17:58

Hi there. Does anyone remember the very big house on Shirecliffe Road(I think) which had some modern houses built in their front garden. When I was young it appeared to be a mansion. I think there were three of them. The last time I went up to look it had massive electrically operated gates on. I had a relative renting this property in the 1950's and swear it was haunted.

The Wroblewski's used to live in one of the big houses there, i used to play with the kids when younger in the mid sixties, was a massive house with large cellars, quite spooky.

Tara Misu

08-03-2011, 18:51

It would have been round about 1958 when I used to visit, and I have no doubt at all that it was haunted. There were three cellars running in a line and at the end were three stone steps which had been sealed off. This seemed to end in one of the sitting rooms, and this room was very strange in that each morning when Margaret got up the sofa had been moved from the wall and the fingers were off the clock. Two couples shared the house and although there were two children, baby cries were heard coming from the same room when the children had been taken out. The family's three boxer dogs would never enter this same room. There was a banquet hall and a front room with a grand piano and still loads of room. Wonder if the people living there now have experienced anything strange.

eastbank

12-03-2011, 13:51

has anyone got any photos of the shirecliffe area, the nursery school buildings those that were painted white, garages on longley avenue west, school photos 1955-1966....nearly completed a book about my time living on the shirecliffe....thanks

Owls6

12-03-2011, 23:14

Hi Charlotte, I lived on Morgan Road from 1941 to about 1950. I attended Shirecliffe School juniors/seniors until 1950. Loved the area and have many happy memories.
Teachers I remember- Miss Cox Juniors head, Mr Winnerah, Mr Ross, Miss Collins PT Mr Siddall was seniors Head I think -can't think of more at the moment. Regards

My dad lived on Morgan Avenue, went to Shirecliffe too he was born 1940. Michael Byrne.

bullerboY

13-03-2011, 18:18

My dad lived on Morgan Avenue, went to Shirecliffe too he was born 1940. Michael Byrne.I was born on Morgan Ave and knew Mick and Emmie,Maurice,Brian and mick Jnr,I lived 4 houses below them and went to school with Mick.:D:D

bullerboY

13-03-2011, 18:22

Forgot to ask,has Mick still got a split lip?I bet this has got him guessing.

Owls6

13-03-2011, 23:15

Forgot to ask,has Mick still got a split lip?I bet this has got him guessing.

Tell me more, he hasnt mentioned this to me.

bullerboY

14-03-2011, 17:49

Tell me more, he hasnt mentioned this to me.
Mick always had a split in his bottom lip,it was just there.Has he guessed who I am yet? Some more names,Malcolm Gascoine,Gordon Helliwell,Alf Surplice,dinks Riley,Malcolm Wood,pheobe Santhouse.maurice had the Hare and hounds on Nursery St,I went in a couple of times with my dad in the 70s.I think my family and the Byrnes came from Old Attercliffe/Brightside.Mick knows me very well!
oh and Violet Waters,this will get him thinking,I go in Hillsbro every week but not bumped into him yet.

Owls6

14-03-2011, 21:42

Mick always had a split in his bottom lip,it was just there.Has he guessed who I am yet? Some more names,Malcolm Gascoine,Gordon Helliwell,Alf Surplice,dinks Riley,Malcolm Wood,pheobe Santhouse.maurice had the Hare and hounds on Nursery St,I went in a couple of times with my dad in the 70s.I think my family and the Byrnes came from Old Attercliffe/Brightside.Mick knows me very well!
oh and Violet Waters,this will get him thinking,I go in Hillsbro every week but not bumped into him yet.

Hi been talking to him tonight he cant think who you are mentioned loads of names so give me a clue. He is always in Rawson Springs Friday teatime with my mum.

bullerboY

15-03-2011, 16:47

I lived next door to Violet Waters,ask him about the big lumps of blue glass in her garden and see if he remembers them.

Owls6

15-03-2011, 20:25

I lived next door to Violet Waters,ask him about the big lumps of blue glass in her garden and see if he remembers them.

Its really getting to him now who you are? He is racking his brains!

bri bloomer

15-03-2011, 21:30

My dad comes from Shirecliffe, he lived at 58 Longley Avenue West.
I remember as a kid staying there with my gran and going across to the beer off shop, i think it was called mabel hammonds? my dad is Graham Hoole. Great area then when i was growing up in the 70's and 80's, doesn't look too good now though. sad really.

Hi Lee did your dad work at Brass Founders Brian loomer,

bri bloomer

15-03-2011, 21:31

bri bloomer

15-03-2011, 22:09

My cousin Bob Marshall lived on Shirecliffe Rd.Peter Price ,and Barry Twigg,they lived there before the 2nd.world war .my Aunt Lill lived into her 90,s

Owls6

17-03-2011, 07:28

I lived next door to Violet Waters,ask him about the big lumps of blue glass in her garden and see if he remembers them.

You have stumped him can you let me know who you are and i will put him out of his misery.

bullerboY

17-03-2011, 19:22

Let him suffer a bit longer but tell him he still owes me a tenner for when I fixed the mini!

suesher

20-03-2011, 00:01

skippy

21-03-2011, 04:15

Are you related to Sam Sadler ?

warday

21-03-2011, 12:55

hi everyone.
i lived on boynton road from 52 to 79
i lived with my gran mrs sadler
and my name wassusan harris
its brilliant readin about old times but things arnt the same now
i still liveon shirecliffe and i still see some old school friends
dont blame the estate its the people that they put in it !
but i still wouldnt move anywhere else!

Hiya, my first post on this forum only just found it, very interesting.

Hi suesher, you might know my late wife & in-laws, the Lockwoods who lived on boynton cresent.

warday

21-03-2011, 15:45

Did the Lockwood family live on boynton Road ?

No there lived on boynton cresent.

suesher

21-03-2011, 21:08

Are you related to Sam Sadler ?

yes he was my uncle !

suesher

21-03-2011, 22:44

Hiya, my first post on this forum only just found it, very interesting.

Hi suesher, you might know my late wife & in-laws, the Lockwoods who lived on boynton cresent.

hello
i remember flo little lady used to have a drink in the dev with my aunt and uncles

warday

22-03-2011, 09:15

hello
i remember flo little lady used to have a drink in the dev with my aunt and uncles

Hallo suesher, yes thats right, she would have a couple of halfs in the afternoon & go in the evening a couple more & 2 pints of drafe to take home for hubby tom.

skippy

22-03-2011, 09:48

yes he was my uncle !

Sam lived about 10 houses down from me and married a girl I used to go to Shirecliffe school with, can't remember her name now though, you must have lived there when I did, as I moved to no 61 in 1955 aged 12, and moved in 65 when I got married.
I used to knock around with Mick Cunningham who's grandparent's and uncle Sonny lived next door to you, Sonny and Sam were good mates back then, Fred Thompson lived on the other side of you from memory.

britrose

22-03-2011, 18:18

Stockers

23-03-2011, 09:24

warday

23-03-2011, 12:35

Flo was my Mom, a regular at the Dev, in fact she worked there washing glasses for a while, my name is Lilian Lockwood, I moved away [ overseas]
many years ago, I also played in the woods a nd seven ? ponds
My Dad Tom was the car park guy at the forum, he used to have a fire in an old can, I thought at the time that was a big deal. hi Frank

Hallo Lily. Nice to see you found this forum & posted a reply so quitley. I'm sure you will get plenty of threads of interest on here. Unlike you i'm not a shirecliffe guy but did live on the est for a number of yrs. Have you red the previous pagers & threads, theres plentie of names i'm sure you'll know?.

Keep threading it will bring back some good memorise & times you had
here.
love frank x.

warday

23-03-2011, 12:45

I don't suppose Flo was a good friend of Gert Fowlers was she?

Flo had loads of friends that i did't know by name, but i'm sure some one on here will.

britrose

23-03-2011, 18:33

britrose

23-03-2011, 18:48

I am Lily Lockwood, I know many of these names on these pages, lived on Boynton Crescent, my brother is Tom lockwood, sister was Sheila.
I had a brother Albert who died at 11 years old.
some names I know , Middletons, Straws, Pearsons,Stewarts , Kershaws [ almost family to me]
Jud Mills, was a close friend to my brother,Rileys,ThompsonsHowarths , these lived on the crescent , except for Jud mills.
Any one remember buying home made toffee , and apples from a woman about two streets from me, they were the best,[ treacle toffee. I can see it but can not rember her name or street...

Stockers

23-03-2011, 19:05

i have heard the name fowlers, don.t know if my Mam sat with them in Dev...she sat with two sisters , they may have been twins, they were all small , they all wore head scarfes, they were good friends of my mams, But I am bad with names.
My Dad Tom, was also the local window washer, carrying a big heavy ladder around the estate , till he could not do it amy more.
And before that he [ I was very young]
he worked for my uncle selling fruit and veg, from a horse and cart...I remeber that but a bit vaugue.

I'll have to ask my mum.

My mum lived on Musgrave Cres, my grandad was the local postman (Fred Scott). Gert was a good friend of my Grans (Edith Scott) and years after both my Grand Parents had passed away my mum kept in contact with Gert Fowler who used to come up to our house for Christmas Dinner (mid nineties) and she started bringing her friend Flo who also came for a few years. Flo must have been in her nineties at the time.

warday

23-03-2011, 19:48

I'll have to ask my mum.

My mum lived on Musgrave Cres, my grandad was the local postman (Fred Scott). Gert was a good friend of my Grans (Edith Scott) and years after both my Grand Parents had passed away my mum kept in contact with Gert Fowler who used to come up to our house for Christmas Dinner (mid nineties) and she started bringing her friend Flo who also came for a few years. Flo must have been in her nineties at the time.

Im Lily's brothe in law, 4 to 5 yrs older, you mention a Flo in your thread this flo would't be the same one related to us, our flo died in 1986.

Stockers

23-03-2011, 21:54

Im Lily's brothe in law, 4 to 5 yrs older, you mention a Flo in your thread this flo would't be the same one related to us, our flo died in 1986.

Thanks for clearing that up, I spent many a weekend up at my granddads in the late 70's and 80's and have fond memories of Shirecliffe.

suesher

26-03-2011, 21:08

Sam lived about 10 houses down from me and married a girl I used to go to Shirecliffe school with, can't remember her name now though, you must have lived there when I did, as I moved to no 61 in 1955 aged 12, and moved in 65 when I got married.
I used to knock around with Mick Cunningham who's grandparent's and uncle Sonny lived next door to you, Sonny and Sam were good mates back then, Fred Thompson lived on the other side of you from memory.

sams wife is called vivien.
fred thompson died about two years ago
myuncle jim sadler married fred thompsons sister joyce
youmust have lived near the makeys
the dip in the road has gone now and the first wood
there is a brand new school there now

skippy

27-03-2011, 00:23

bullerboY

27-03-2011, 18:32

Sorry to hear about Fred Thompson,we were in the same classes at Longley and Shirecliffe schools.Also sad to read about the recent death of Winston Bartholamew who went to Shirecliffe as well,R.I.P.

suesher

28-03-2011, 22:49

Hi Suesher, the Makey's moved in next door to us after the Kelly gang moved away, I visited the old neighbourhood in 92 and didn't think much to it, Peter M and his family had moved into his grandparents house at that time.
I've seen the area on Google maps, it's no longer the place I remember, do you remember Christine, Diane, and ? Mills, they lived with their grandparents about 7 houses from you, other names I recall are the Mulcrones, Siddalls, Fletcher.
Yes Vivian, she often wore hooded tops before they became fashionable, how is she and Sam?

hello uncle sam passed away a couple of years ago
but vi is ok i still see diane mills nearly every day as she comes in my place of work.i also see alan siddall he still lives with his mom whos totally blind but they moved down longley where the playground used to be.
christine mills has been very ill but shes getting there !

suesher

28-03-2011, 22:55

hello uncle sam passed away a couple of years ago
but vi is ok i still see diane mills nearly every day as she comes in my place of work.i also see alan siddall he still lives with his mom whos totally blind but they moved down longley where the playground used to be.
christine mills has been very ill but shes getting there !

i can remember a lady who lived next door to makeys but i cant remember her name but i know she remarried and her husbands name was jim was she any relation to you?

skippy

29-03-2011, 09:22

i can remember a lady who lived next door to makeys but i cant remember her name but i know she remarried and her husbands name was jim was she any relation to you?

My mother Mary Powell married Jim Noble who used to drink in the Dev, but she had moved to the Longley Farm estate at that time.
My name is Trevor P, so give my regards to Vi and Dianne when you see them, my wife came from near where Christine Mills boyfriend [Geoff] lived and they used to catch the same bus to come up to Shirecliffe.
I last saw Christine when they had a shop around the Upwell St area, glad to hear she's on the mend.

Earwiggo

30-03-2011, 18:16

I think I now who you mean I lived at 570 with my grandparents for a while when my dad was in the navy, then we moved further down the road to 612. The neighbours where, on the left Mrs Reed, (who we called Reedy), a lovely woman. I think She had a son who died in a car crash before my time, her husband was called Walt I think, he died when I was still young. Reedy had a relative who lived in the flats across the road from us called Mrs Middleton.
Next to her was a couple called Howe, dont remember much about them only that he was called Sam, on the other side was a woman called Mrs Robinson and at the side of her a couple called Robberts, a big feller if I remember rightly.

Herries Road, (the Southey side) was considered Parson Cross. (Late 50's through 60's)

Near junction of Galsworthy Road - - Mr & Mrs Dawes, with sons Derek and (Terry ??)

596 Herries Road - Mrs Lucas

594 The Walkers - Daughter Christine went to Shirecliffe same time as me.

592 Don't remember who lived here.

590 Albert, Jean, Susan and Sharon Leeks

588 The Bucieris

586 Mrs Hawksworth

584 The Coltons. Later, a Somalian called Derek. Possibly first black man on PX. ??

582 Ada, Lewis, Norma, Alan and Graham Shepherd

586 Harry Bailey. Later, the Faulkners. Mick and Pauline, kids Mark, David and Jennifer.

578 George, Lilian, Barbara, Les, Jud, and Derek Ingram

576 Ron and Mrs, Ron Jnr, Tony, Susan and Gordon Burgin ..... and another daughter ..?

574 Sam and Mrs, Billy and Mick Howe.

572 Mrs Reed and son Alan (mentioned earlier killed in stolen car aged 14)

570 The Extalls - Can't remember sons name(s)

568 Mrs Robinson and sons, one named Keith.

566 The Roberts - I only remember one name, Derek

Nearer to Longley, (before Barrie Road/Crescent) but not sure which number :-

I think there was family called Whitehead on this stretch as well?

558 ? The Whites. Son Tony

556 ? The Weatherstones. Daughter Julie

Over the road in the posh private houses, The Gorings, and the Bingleys

Ron Burgin Jnr died in his late 20's as I remember.
Jud Ingram died aged 32, not 34 as said earlier.