I lived in the maisonettes on Fox Hill Avenue, what i remember most is playing out on the 'back edge' we played for hours and hours rolly pollying down the banks, wandering about the fields, picking blackberries. You could see the batchelors foods factory but we never dared go that far. I also rember Burgins food shop and going in the beer off for a pennies worth of sherbert. I believe the maisonetees no longer exist. They were very unusual in layout situated over 4 floors. Did anyone else live in these maisonettes? It would be great to read other peoples memories of living on Foxhill, good or bad. :)

I lived in the maisonettes on Fox Hill Avenue, what i remember most is playing out on the 'back edge' we played for hours and hours rolly pollying down the banks, wandering about the fields, picking blackberries. You could see the batchelors foods factory but we never dared go that far. I also rember Burgins food shop and going in the beer off for a pennies worth of sherbert. I believe the maisonetees no longer exist. They were very unusual in layout situated over 4 floors. Did anyone else live in these maisonettes? It would be great to read other peoples memories of living on Foxhill, good or bad. :)

Loui 212, did you get my private message?

I used to live on fox hill avenue, had some good time there .Where abouts did you live,? I lived near the farm .

hi, I lived at 40 Fox Hill Ave, the third block down, I remember the farm and going there for a bottle of milk when the shops were shut. Did you live in the maisonettes? I left fox hill in 1971, i went to fox hill junior school on keats rd, Mr parkin was the head teacher, how strict was he!, did you go to this school? Would love to hear any stories you have.

thanks for your reply, did you also live in the maisonettes, if so what block?looking back times were good, families were very friendly, and everyone knew each other,I left in 1971 but still visited old friends until the late seventies, it all seemed to be getting a bit rough by then, glad i was there when it was a nice place to live, thanks for you reply.

Hi there, i used to live in the flats,169 Fox Hill Ave I left there in 1986.Also went to foxhill school had some good times there as well.Nice to know someone who lived there.I now live at Wadsley Bridge which is not far went up there a few months ago all flat now what a shame .Thanks for youre reply . What is your name and how old are you i might know you ?It will be good to talk about the good old days .

Hi there, i used to live in the flats,169 Fox Hill Ave I left there in 1986.Also went to foxhill school had some good times there as well.Nice to know someone who lived there.I now live at Wadsley Bridge which is not far went up there a few months ago all flat now what a shame .Thanks for youre reply . What is your name and how old are you i might know you ?It will be good to talk about the good old days .

Hi Wardy, same question to you. I'm Mark Simmonite, lived on Foxhill Road, opposite the old cottages, I'm 53, went to Foxhill Junior and then to Chaucer Comp.

Hi Wardy, My name was Sharon Gaffney before I got married, I am 46 and I went to Fox Hill juniors till 1971 when the family moved to Chapeltown. My sister Bev was in the year above me at school she is now 48. The teachers I remember are Mr youle, Mrs Parkin [had very fat legs], Mrs Moorecroft, Mrs Pashley, Mr mawson. Do you remember going to the new school in 1970, a bit different to the old prefabs we were taught in.The zig zag path, classes seperated by the blackboards, quiet rooms.Some of the families who I remember from the maisonettes are the Womacks, very big family, had seven kids, the Cusworths, Macdonalds. What memories do you have of Fox hill school? Some names I remember from my class, Ian Worth, Elaine Bottom,Chris Done, Pamela Bennet, Elaine Holmes, kevin Hutchinson,Michelle Bownes, Debra Bowley, Peter Angus to name but a few. Thanks for your reply, Sharon

Hi Wardy, same question to you. I'm Mark Simmonite, lived on Foxhill Road, opposite the old cottages, I'm 53, went to Foxhill Junior and then to Chaucer Comp.
Hi Kensimmo, i am Carol Gray am 47, did you live at te top of foxhill road ?. i think you would have left fox hill school when i started.

Hi Sharon, i am Carol Gray am 47 ,i remember your name but cant put a face to you ,but i remember your sister i think she was in my class at Foxhill school.In my class was Karen Lees,Debra pickering,Josephine Gibson .Did you go to Yewlands school ?.

hiya carol,
Do you have sister called Angela, if so she was in my class, I also know the names debbie pickering and josephine gibson, proberbly because of my sister. We left in 1971 and went to ecclesfield comp, but still have fond memories of fox hill and our childhood spent there.

Hi Kensimmo, i am Carol Gray am 47, did you live at te top of foxhill road ?. i think you would have left fox hill school when i started.

You would be right Carol; but I recall most of the teachers mentioned in this thread. Does anybody recall Mr Hawksworth; he was a real soft touch.

I moved to Foxhill in 1970 I think. I went to Foxhill school, it was very modern then and remember the classes being separated with the blackboards that went all the way round. Mr Parkin was the head teacher and remember Mr Youle and Mr Mawson. I also know a few of the names mentioned, but they are a few years older than me. I then went to Yewlands.

Forgot to say I had friends that lived in the maisonettes. You went downstairs to the living room. The kitchen was next to the front door. Then two flights of stairs split the bedrooms.

I remember grass sledging on plastic sheets down the back edge.

I lived at 180 Foxhill road until 1962,when I was 11,I then moved onto Winsford Road and lived in the house that was on the Fold.I remember going to Molinaris on Parson Cross Roadand pinching Tizer and Jusoda bottles ,cashing them in at George Marshes beer off and then back to Molinaris to buy Tizer lollies!I was young enough to remember the Estate being built on fields where we used to play in. They put the roads in first all over foxhill ,these were brilliant for bike or soap box riding!I went to Parson Cross school but unfortunately I passed 11 plus and ended up at High Storrs.
I remember sliding down Back Edge on cardboard,can you remember the smell of rotting peapods when they brought them up from Batchelors?

I lived at 180 Foxhill road until 1962,when I was 11,I then moved onto Winsford Road and lived in the house that was on the Fold.I remember going to Molinaris on Parson Cross Roadand pinching Tizer and Jusoda bottles ,cashing them in at George Marshes beer off and then back to Molinaris to buy Tizer lollies!I was young enough to remember the Estate being built on fields where we used to play in. They put the roads in first all over foxhill ,these were brilliant for bike or soap box riding!I went to Parson Cross school but unfortunately I passed 11 plus and ended up at High Storrs.
I remember sliding down Back Edge on cardboard,can you remember the smell of rotting peapods when they brought them up from Batchelors?

I too lived on Foxhill Road -318; and aslo recall George Marsh's shop. Like you I recall the maisonettes being built, sliding down back edge and the smell from Batchelor's peas. You are 3 years older than me; but it's possible we know each other. Were the Hinchliffe's anywhere near you-the adress rings a bell. I

Most of the maisonettes have been knocked down but there are still 3 blocks remaining on fox hill crescent, i live in one of them!! My kitchen and bathroom are on the first floor then you go upstairs to my living room and 1 bedroom and then up again to the other 2 bedrooms, its a very strange set out but its huge!

My mum used to live on Foxhill road, can't remember the number, but it was the last row of terraces next to Cowper Avenue. My mum's name was Carole Marples and she lived there until 1977 when she married my dad. My grand parents Fay and Maurice lived there into the 90's. My auntie Gaynor and Uncle's Maurice, Keith and Steve all lived there. They lived next door to Mrs Thornsby who i think still lives there. So does anyone remember my Mum?

I remember the cricket pitch and wooden pavilion where the park is now.Also at the back of the pavilion there used to be some tennis courts.This was in the 50s and early 60s.The pavilion burned down in the mid 60s I think. Spent a lot of time playing football and cricket there at the time. Also remember feeding the horse in the field at the corner of Midhurst road and buying pop and 'spice' from the beer off opposite. Then on to the back edge to slide down the hill. Great times.

I remember there used to be a racing track/speedway track on the field where the community centre is now. I left foxhill school in about 1982 then went to Yewlands.

imy wife lived up foxhill until 1989,went to foxhill school,teachers she remember mr mawson , mr riley, mrs bowie,headteacher mr holding she left 1980 went too yewlands her mum still lives in same house lived there about 35 years.:) :)

Anyone here remember John Gascoigne lived 420 Foxhill Road, my cousin - used to spend hours walking up there from Browning Drive where I lived. Once left my baby brother outside the Coop on Wolf Drive! I went to Foxhill Nursery and hated walking past the corner house between Wolf and the road to the school(was it Foxhill AVe) used to believe a witch lived there.

Did any of you lot go to yewlands school?
www.yewlandspast.co.uk is a good site to find old friends of the school.

Its great to read all these memories from all you ex Fox Hill residents, It really makes me smile to hear about all you lot who used to get a cardboard box and go sliding down Back Edge, I guess this was a favourite pastime of many of the kids who lived on Fox hill in the sixties and early seventies. I wonder if any of you who still live on Fox Hill can tell us if the Back Edge is still there, i bet there are houses now where the fields used to be. Please keep sending your Fox Hill memories to this forum.

i used to go to school with John Gascoigne, terry bell, jackie parkin, janet hattersley etc. Yes the back hedge is still there, no houses yet

My mum used to live on Foxhill road, can't remember the number, but it was the last row of terraces next to Cowper Avenue. My mum's name was Carole Marples and she lived there until 1977 when she married my dad. My grand parents Fay and Maurice lived there into the 90's. My auntie Gaynor and Uncle's Maurice, Keith and Steve all lived there. They lived next door to Mrs Thornsby who i think still lives there. So does anyone remember my Mum?

I used to live next door to your mum. She lived at 410 Foxhill Road & we lived at 412. I used to knock about with Steve Marples, Phillip Thornsby & Robert Taylor. I can remember when Gaynor was born & when Keith emigrated to Australia.

Did you all go shopping on Alf's van? Used to come round twice a day. Then Fletchers van for bread and cakes and the Alpine pop man. The pikelet man too used to come round on a Sunday with his bike selling, pikelets, crumpets and scones.

I can also remember a chip van that came round for a while. Think it was Thursday nights cos used to sit and eat them with the noise of the speedway in the background.

thats something I can clearly remember MANDI the sound of the speedway on a thursday night, we could hear it from the maisonettes on fox hill ave, couldnt get to sleep till it was over.I also remember Alfs van coming round, he sold everything but the kitchen sink, if you wanted it he had it, god bless him, is he still living i wonder? perhaps someone can tell me.

Derek is still alive and living up foxhill still. Hes the one that had Alfs van last.:thumbsup:

i lived up foxhill until 1989, went to foxhill school, i remember headteacher mr holding

Before that, in the late 1960's, the same Tom Holding was the English teacher at Colley School.

A great bloke and I hope he's now enjoying a well deserved retirement.
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Its great to read all these memories from all you ex Fox Hill residents, It really makes me smile to hear about all you lot who used to get a cardboard box and go sliding down Back Edge, I guess this was a favourite pastime of many of the kids who lived on Fox hill in the sixties and early seventies. I wonder if any of you who still live on Fox Hill can tell us if the Back Edge is still there, i bet there are houses now where the fields used to be. Please keep sending your Fox Hill memories to this forum.

Last time I went back it remained in all its former glory

Back edge still there no houses there yet. Sometimes you can find a burnt out car there.Had some great times sliding down grass on cardboard .

Although I did not live at Fox Hill ,I went to Fox Hill Junior School about 47/8.
I believe the Headmaster was Mr Hewitt(sp.)
My mother thought I had a better chance at passing the 11 plus in the Sheffield system, because at the time we lived on the new Parson Cross which was in the West Riding education system.
Alas they found me out and i was transferred to Lound School at Chapeltown.
Later about 63/4 at the time off the Sheffield gales I was working on the construction of the Maisonettes at Fox Hill'
My Father worked at British Etcheson (sp) Electrodes for a time in the late 50,Some times when he was on 'shifts' he would walk home over 'Back edge'
I remember him bringing home a mushroom the size of a dinner plate which he had found on his way home.
i guess it was not poisonous

I know a couple of you remember these times!
MY CHILDHOOD
I was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England in 1939. Sheffield, once the world centre for steel and cutlery, has a population of just over half a million. The house my parents lived in when I was born was destroyed by a German bomb in the opening hours of the Blitz. My parents and my older brother and I were moved to a brand new house in a brand new housing estate, Foxhill, almost at the top of one of the seven hills (not brand new!) of Sheffield. 97 Browning Road was the address.
From my bedroom window, I could look to the left and see across the valley to Southey Hill. Looking straight ahead, I could see for miles across another valley to the Crookes/Walkley area, with a view also of Stannington. Looking to the right was my favourite view, across yet another valley to Middlewood, which, at the time, contained what I was told was England's largest mental Asylum. It appears it is now a housing estate. The asylum, of course, was not the attraction, but behind it the hills always intrigued me. Why? I don't think there was anything there that I was excited about at the time, but I always wonder if that view started my lifelong fascination with 'what is over the next hill'.
At the end of our street, 9 houses down a very slight grade, was Foxhill Road, a narrow winding road that led from Wadsley Bridge station to the village of Grenoside, a few miles away on top of the hill. Foxhill Road was on the edge of the Foxhill estate, and contained houses that ran the gamut from small cottages to a large mansion at the end of Browning Road. On the estate the houses were mostly semi-detached, with some houses in a row of four, sometimes six, with jennels (a narrow arched passageway) between the middle houses in the row.
One of the first loves of my life lived in the mansion. Margaret Plaice was the only child of Mr and Mrs Plaice. Her father was the manager of a steel mill in Sheffield, he had a Jaguar! Of course, being the son of a steel worker, I was invisible to my love, and was not even given the courtesy of a verbal rejection. I was simply ignored, I didn't exist in this young lady's life. She warn't that great anyhow!
There was a narrow lane running past the mansion, with a dry stone wall on one side, and a fence on the other. This lane, I never knew if it had a name, made a 90 degree right turn about 200 to 300 yards from the main road, and ended just a few yards past the corner at a small orchard. This was the abode of the second 'love of my life', Christeen Chapman, who was a friend of Miss Plaice, so I'll let you figure out my relationship with this strumpet! Did a lot of scrumping for pears, apples and damsons in her dad’s orchard, though. At the corner, we used to jump over a low stile, that went over a small stream, and went diagonally across what I can best describe as a wilderness. Nettles, weeds, and other unknown species of plant life, including a weed that had a hollow stalk, was about an inch round, and when pulled out of the ground and trimmed, then dried, made the best pea shooter in the world.
The stream was only a couple of feet wide at that point, came from I knew not where, and went underground in a few feet. I suspect it stayed underground until it got to the bottom of Foxhill Road, for there a larger body of water appeared from nowhere, and emptied into a reservoir next to a large building.
I never knew what was made in this place, the building was huge, right next to the sidewalk. About four stories high, with two of them below ground level, there were large windows every few feet along the side, and, when we looked in, all we could see was machinery two floors below. There were no floors in the building other than the bottom floor.I remember there was a huge overhead crane, but I never saw it working.
Of course, to a young lad during and just after the war, this cavernous, and slightly scary place was perfect to make up stories about, just to scare the younger kids who always hung around, thwarting our plans to chat up the young ladies of our aquaintance. My favourite story was one I made up, about the place being a secret German factory for making engines for Stuka dive bombers! This was after the war, a detail I conveniently forgot when telling the story!
Back to the wilderness. The footpath through the mini-jungle came out at the end of the lane that went up to the orchard, then the lane, now a cart track, followed the wall into another field, until we literally came to the 'end of the world'. One of my mates made the analogy the first time he was allowed to come out with us older lads. As we neared the end of the footpath, we knew that it ended on top of 'the Back-edge'. To him, of course, being smaller, and not being able to see much over the small wall, there was just sky.
It was, to him, the 'end of the world'. I was always lead to believe that the back-edge was the official start of the Pennine Chain, but I don't think it was.
Starting a few hundreds yards to the left, as we came off the path, the top of the ridge went for a few hundred yards, then was bisected by a lane, that went on an angle to the right, down the hill, then followed the bottom of the ridge, until it met up with another identical lane coming from the top of what we called, logically enough, the second back edge. This lane went to the bottom of the hill to the village of Oughtibridge. We were then on the third back-edge, but never went much further, for this led to the Black Woods, and the dreaded Wharnecliffe Crags! Never seen by any of us, the name Wharnecliffe Crags would strike terror in us young lads. Why? I never knew why, but I heard lots of stories about the Earl of Wharnecliffe, who had, according to legend, (ours, anyway) a mentally deranged son, who would speed down the roads and lanes in his sports car, running over kids. I think he did indeed hit a small child some years before, and, unfortunately, never did live down the reputation.
As we would stand on top of the ridge and look down, we could see Batchelors vegetable processing plant, at the bottom of the hill.
The plant was a source of empty cardboard boxes, which we used to slide down the hill. Bisecting the first back-edge was a footpath that went from the top, on the right, to the bottom on the left. It came from nowhere, and ended nowhere, no houses, no buildings of any kind near it, although it was common just after the war, for some of the women who worked at Batchelors to walk to work. Maybe they made the path? Who knows?
There were four small cottages at the bottom of the hill, on a lane (Midhurst Road) that came from Foxhill Road to a small farm a few hundred yards along the bottom of the ridge, but they were nowhere near the path. Over the years, us kids took the cardboard boxes that we knicked from Batchelors, and slid down the grassy hill to the lane. We always forgot about the footpath, and, as we were sitting on a very thin piece of cardboard, it was sometimes a very painful ride!
When we were going for wood for Guy Fawkes night, we would walk alongside the unloading area at Batchelors, where the lorries would unload huge loads of peas, still on the vine. We always stopped and watched the machinery, and the general activity in the plant, which had no walls at that point. One day we were intrigued to see, on a steel beam, three flashing lights, red, green, and blue. There was a sign that read 'Watch for repeating sequences'. Never did see a repeating sequence, and learned many years later that the lights were put there for our benefit, courtesy of some sick, weird plant foreman.
One of our 'secret 'places was a couple of fields past the end of the lane with the cottages. We had noticed, over time, that sometimes closed dump trucks would slowly drive to the end of the lane, then proceed through a couple of fields, then return. Of course, we explored. It was a dump for all the rotten fruit and vegetables that were rejected by Bachelors.
To this day I don't believe what we did! There were a couple of ponies in the field, and we fought them for the best bad fruit. It was just after the war, you know. Bad fruit was better than no fruit!
Just behind the aforementioned orchard, was Birley Carr Methodist Church Sports Field. The field had three hard shale tennis courts, where the sons and daughters of the 'private house' people would play, allowing us to fetch the odd tennis ball that was hit by mistake over the 15 foot high chain link fence. Never knew if the fence was to keep the balls in, or us 'common lads' out.
Next to the tennis courts was the 'pavilion', where, on Saturday afternoons, during either cricket or football season, afternoon 'tea' was served, two brown bread cucumber sandwiches, two cream wafers, one Cream Cracker, and a radish, on a real china plate. Of course, no paper cups or plates back then. The mandatory tea was served in a miniscule cup, and us kids were allowed to purchase a 'set tea' for a tanner, another threpny bit if you wanted a refill.
On the other side of the pavilion from the tennis courts was a soccer pitch, with a cricket pitch on the other side of that. There was the regulation grumpy old groundskeeper, who's biggest tribulation in life was, of course, us 'estate kids.'
As my dad was the honorary trainer of the local working man's club football team, I always had a 'casey', never a T-ball, though. We played lots of games on the pitch, but we used coats for the goals, the regulation goal posts were way too big for us.
Due to what I can only assume was a mutual agreement, we never even set foot on the cricket pitch, especially between the creases. I think the old groundskeeper was content to let us play soccer on his pitch, as long as we stayed off the manicured grass of the cricket pitch. We never did play on it, either, in fact, we often chased kids from other estates off it.
My pride and joy at age 12 was a three-springer cricket bat, a present from my parents when I passed the 11 plus. Lost that sucker the first week at Firth Park Grammar School, some lad nicked it from my locker.
All in all, not a terribly deprived child hood, but we were never too far away from the sound of the steam hammers in Attercliffe and Tinsley, and could see the very bright glow from the blast furnaces when they blew at night.
I guess we were one of the posh families. On our street we had brick air-raid shelters, one for each two houses! Only trouble was, they had a six inch concrete roof! Very efficient until you got a direct hit! If the bomb didn't get you, you were crushed to death by the bloody roof!
One day a man came and painted a black square, about two feet by two feet, on the bricks on the corner of the house. He then painted the letters B.G. in white. This stood for Bomb Grabber. This was provided by some government agency, I presume. A long handle with a little lever on one end and a claw on the other. This was supposed to be used to ‘grab’ unexploded bombs! Yea, I’m sure I would have approached an unexploded bomb with a six foot stick!
Anybody remember Burdall's Gravy Salt? Burdall's buildings covered a huge area on Langsett Road in Sheffield. It used to be an army barracks in WW1. My first job was at Sycamore Repetition, in what used to be the bath house for the whole army base! BTW, in 1955, it was the only building in the whole complex that didn't have water!
I think I got one pound five a week! Smith's potato crisps was in the next building, and behind was Sheffield Stainless Steel Wire. I was just a young lad, and used to eat my lunch in the courtyard were the women from SSSW ate. One day five of them pulled down the pants of one of the apprentices, and tied some very fine wire around his penis. Elsie (there was always an Elsie, wasn't there?) lifted up her smock, and pulled down her knickers in front of the lad. Wrong thing to do! The wire was very thin, but strong.
Almost cut his penis off when his young body automatically reacted to his first view of ‘The centre of the universe’, as it were! Had to be rushed to the Royal Infirmary further down Langsett road. Elsie became a local folk hero when she told the manager to mind his own ####ing business.
The apprentice quit his job. Thought I might be next, so got a job in Ecclesfield.
Anybody else think the same as I did, that it wasn’t a ‘real’ holiday unless you went to the seaside! Allus wondered where the people who lived at the seaside went for their holidays!

Although I did not live at Fox Hill ,I went to Fox Hill Junior School about 47/8.
I believe the Headmaster was Mr Hewitt(sp.)
My mother thought I had a better chance at passing the 11 plus in the Sheffield system, because at the time we lived on the new Parson Cross which was in the West Riding education system.
Alas they found me out and i was transferred to Lound School at Chapeltown.
Later about 63/4 at the time off the Sheffield gales I was working on the construction of the Maisonettes at Fox Hill'
My Father worked at British Etcheson (sp) Electrodes for a time in the late 50,Some times when he was on 'shifts' he would walk home over 'Back edge'
I remember him bringing home a mushroom the size of a dinner plate which he had found on his way home.
i guess it was not poisonous

I recall Mr Hewitt; he was still Headmaster in 1959 when I went there. The Headmistress was Mrs Askew.

Hi Oldtimer,

Wonderfull post !!! :thumbsup:


Is this one of the mansions that you mentioned

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-14523226.rsp?pa_n=7&tr_t=buy

Edge lane is the one that is at the bottom of Steel Hill that leads down from Grenoside

Do you Fox hill people remember Dr Nicholls, I'm sure you will she was a lovely character,she has only recently passed away, about a year ago i saw it in the Star, there was quite a large piece written about her so she must have been a well known lady. I was surprised she was only in her eighties, she seemed about 80 in the sixties with her plaits and harry potter specs, she had a surgery on Browning rd and one on foxhill drive?.

Do you Fox hill people remember Dr Nicholls, I'm sure you will she was a lovely character,she has only recently passed away, about a year ago i saw it in the Star, there was quite a large piece written about her so she must have been a well known lady. I was surprised she was only in her eighties, she seemed about 80 in the sixties with her plaits and harry potter specs, she had a surgery on Browning rd and one on foxhill drive?.

Yes; I recall her; although my GP was Jack Anderson, another wonderful character. Does anyone recall him? His surgery was at the junction of Wilcox Road - Halifax Road.

[QUOTE=oldtimer;2264292]I know a couple of you remember these times!
MY CHILDHOOD
I was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England in 1939. Sheffield, once the world centre for steel and cutlery, has a population of just over half a million. The house my parents lived in when I was born was destroyed by a German bomb in the opening hours of the Blitz. My parents and my older brother and I were moved to a brand new house in a brand new housing estate, Foxhill, almost at the top of one of the seven hills (not brand new!) of Sheffield. 97 Browning Road was the address.

Oldtimer's post jogged a lot of my memory cells, but infuriatingly they are very blurry.
During the mid 50s I worked on maintenance for Marsden the butcher, he had a farm on Edge Lane, just before the road dropped down to go to Oughterbridge.
I remember working on the farm one time, Walt (cannot remember his surname)
was at the cattle market at Wadsley Bridge when his wife had an accident in the milking shed.
I pitch fork fell off the nail and went right through the palm of her hand.
someone on the maintenance gang rang the cattle market to tell Walt.
His reply was "Lig her down she'll be orl rieght"
Some people must remember this farm because of the smell.
Marsden used to dump all the old bones and leftovers from the factory at Malin Bridge
From about 50' away there was a constant sound, a sheeeeee sound and the buzzing of flies.
The sheeeee sound was thousands of maggots slithering among the rotten bones.
I was very popular with my next door neighbor when I was working on the farm. He was a fisherman

I know exactly where you mean. We as kids used to explore the derelict place which is on the bend right at the top hill, just as you get to the 2nd back edge. We were told was an old slaughter house. It must be the same place, it was later turned into houses which my sister in law used to live in with her family.

I remember Dr Anderson, plus, does anyone remember Dr Labib Botros, bottom of Browning Road?
I remember a huge eight wheeler horse box that was kept at the Marsden farm.
What was the name of the woman that had the little shop on Foxhill Rd/Edge Lane?
Where were the maisonettes? I remember a small row of shops almost opposite the Fox pub. At the bottom end was a petrol station. There used to be a small blue hut almost opposite the end of Lyminster road, you could buy fruit there, I think there was a shop there later that took its place.
I left Sheffield in 1958, only went back for a few weeks after I got out of the air force in 1964, so I hardly know of anything you are all writing about.
The mansion I wrote about was at the end of the lane opposite Browning Road

I know exactly where you mean. We as kids used to explore the derelict place which is on the bend right at the top hill, just as you get to the 2nd back edge. We were told was an old slaughter house. It must be the same place, it was later turned into houses which my sister in law used to live in with her family.

I can see why you used to call it a slaughter house, because of the bones but Marsden's slaughter house was at Penistone.
Old man Marsden, (William) used to drive a Rolls .When he called at the farm at Foxhill, if there was a sick sheep he would throw it into the boot of the Rolls and take it to the slaughter house at Penistone.
I did hear that Rolls Royce threatened not to sell him another vehicle if he continued this practise

[QUOTE=oldtimer;2266690]I remember Dr Anderson, plus, does anyone remember Dr Labib

We used to visit Dr Panniker(sp) at the junction of Parson Cross Rd and Halifax Rd
See my thread 'Payments to Dr's before NHS'
I think Dr Panniker's son joined him in practise and later committed suicide.
Does anyone have any info on this?

[QUOTE=oldtimer;2266690]I remember Dr Anderson, plus, does anyone remember Dr Labib

We used to visit Dr Panniker(sp) at the junction of Parson Cross Rd and Halifax Rd
See my thread 'Payments to Dr's before NHS'
I think Dr Panniker's son joined him in practise and later committed suicide.
Does anyone have any info on this?

Dr Panniker Eh! I recall him; hios patients were always in a flap! Seriously though; I do beleive you are correct and that his son did commit suicide; but I don't recall the details.

I am deffo going to go up to foxhill in the near future, I am dying to see the Back Edge and where the maisonettes used to be, I lived there from 63 to 71 and am looking forward to see how much it has changed, Will post back in the near future.

Hi Wardy, same question to you. I'm Mark Simmonite, lived on Foxhill Road, opposite the old cottages, I'm 53, went to Foxhill Junior and then to Chaucer Comp.
Hi Kensimmo Was your father a joiner called Jack if so Iwas a very old friend Arthur Fearnehough

I remember Dr Anderson, plus, does anyone remember Dr Labib Botros, bottom of Browning Road?
I remember a huge eight wheeler horse box that was kept at the Marsden farm.
What was the name of the woman that had the little shop on Foxhill Rd/Edge Lane?
Where were the maisonettes? I remember a small row of shops almost opposite the Fox pub. At the bottom end was a petrol station. There used to be a small blue hut almost opposite the end of Lyminster road, you could buy fruit there, I think there was a shop there later that took its place.
I left Sheffield in 1958, only went back for a few weeks after I got out of the air force in 1964, so I hardly know of anything you are all writing about.
The mansion I wrote about was at the end of the lane opposite Browning RoadHi Oldtimer Iknew Dr Botris very well ,did a lot of work for him in the late 50ties he had alot of property in Sheffield , I think he was more of a business man than a Docter, he lived at Crabtree lane he was also my docter Arthur.

I used to go to the doctors on Parson Cross Road- it was a Dr Vaughan as well as Dr Panniker. At the bottom of Browning Road was Dr Nicolson - she has just died recently I believe she was 90 ish.
Anyone remember the Old Gardens between Browning Road and the Wadsley Bridge Club.

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Hello Arthur; No, sorry my dad was Ken Simmonite.
Hi Kensimmo Was your father a joiner called Jack if so Iwas a very old friend Arthur Fearnehough

Yes; I recall her; although my GP was Jack Anderson, another wonderful character. Does anyone recall him? His surgery was at the junction of Wilcox Road - Halifax Road.

i remember jack ,always used to smile ,always had to arrive early to get in queue to see him ,no booking an appointment sometimes had to wait hours or seemed like it

I was born in 1948 and spent my early years living with my mother and father at my maternal, great grandmother, Mrs Louisa Jones' house at 175 Fox Hill. My paternal grandmother, Mrs Matthews, lived at No 12 Birley Rise Rd and my aunt lived at No 24.

Birley Carr was a little village in those days, before the maisonettes, there were just fields stretching to Grenoside. Moss and Gambles pond was a popular fishing venue for all the locals and I can remember my uncle taking me on the grass slide above the reservoir.

I remember the lane (Fox Hill) running down to Wadsley Bridge had a drinking trough by the side. I believe the hill by the side of the road was Sorrel Hill where my g-grandmother once lived, in a cottage.

I also remember, it must have been in the early fifties, looking over the Back Edge at some-one in a sports car driving around like a lunatic in the lanes below - it must have been the Earl of Wharncliffe's "mentally deranged son".

I too was a regular "customer" of Dr Vaughan and Dr Panniker (not a name to give you confidence for a doctor). When we moved to Shiregreen in 1958 they even offered to continue treating me and my sister - how times, and doctors, have changed.

I have fond memories of Fox Hill in the "good old days".

P.S. great story oldtimer.

i remember jack ,always used to smile ,always had to arrive early to get in queue to see him ,no booking an appointment sometimes had to wait hours or seemed like it

yes DR anderson.i was obout ? he had black hair and classes i think .
can see him now , i, always had ear problems, proberly because of
the [ clip around the ear i always got ]:sad::sad::sad:

hi can anybody remember the burkinshaws from the 60s

hi can anybody remember the burkinshaws from the 60s

i know john ,carl they had some other brothers and sisters cant remember the names though

Hi all, I lived in(Birley Carr) Baxter Drive just at the bottom of Foxhill Rd from 71 and went to Foxhill infants, juniors and then Yewlands. What an absolute joy it has been reading all your memories. I remember on my first day at Foxhill school I fell down the slope in the snow and finished up outside the kitchens with a broken wrist. Miss Robinson was my class teacher, she was very tall as I remember or maybe I was just small. I was then Amanda Rollitt and the Rollitt clan consisted of Roger, Melanie, Michael and Lianne, who all followed me through school. My dad used to take us up to Foxhill park every Sunday for 5 a side footy, as we were already a team. I remember the Woods family were also a numerous clan with Mandy, Adele, Julian, Todd, Heath, Clinton who is now a famous boxer!! My Dad used to have a mobile van that sold everything and he used to pick us up from school and we would do the rounds on Foxhill, I don't know if it was Alfs van, I always presumed it was John Rollitts van!!! I used to work on the Beresfords milk van before school in the morning, they lived on the street next to the church and the Post Office. I remember we had many many adventures on the Back Edge as did you all , plastic bags as sledges, not like the kids of today eh!!! My nan worked at bachelors and for a long time we lived on powdered curries that she used to give us. I remember Mr Parkin was the headmaster at Foxhill when I was there as I got caned more than once in his office, didn't he look a bit like Hitler!!!!! My first boyfriend was Howard Dean and he lived in the corner house right in front of the school gates. Names I remember!! I have a terrible memory but remember the Fletchers that lived near the school, Isabel Teasdale, The Sinclairs who lived in the maisonettes, The Woods's. Oh I have so many memories and could go on forever. I got caught nicking football stickers at Burgins once, I have never again stolen anything in my life, he frightened the life out of me. Anyway great being a part of all these lovely memories!!!!

[QUOTE=Amanda HB;4302648]Hi all, I lived in Wadsley Bridge just at the bottom of Foxhill Rd from 71 and went to Foxhill infants, juniors and then Yewlands. What an absolute joy it has been reading all your memories. I remember on my first day at Foxhill school I fell down the slope in the snow and finished up outside the kitchens with a broken wrist. Miss Robinson was my class teacher, she was very tall as I remember or maybe I was just small. I was then Amanda Rollitt and the Rollitt clan consisted of Roger, Melanie, Michael and Lianne, who all followed me through school. My dad used to take us up to Foxhill park every Sunday for 5 a side footy, as we were already a team. I remember the Woods family were also a numerous clan with Mandy, Adele, Julian, Todd, Heath, Clinton who is now a famous boxer!! My Dad used to have a mobile van that sold everything and he used to pick us up from school and we would do the rounds on Foxhill, I don't know if it was Alfs van, I always presumed it was John Rollitts van!!! I used to work on the Beresfords milk van before school in the morning, they lived on the street next to the church and the Post Office. I remember we had many many adventures on the Back Edge as did you all , plastic bags as sledges, not like the kids of today eh!!! My nan worked at bachelors and for a long time we lived on powdered curries that she used to give us. I remember Mr Parkin was the headmaster at Foxhill when I was there as I got caned more than once in his office, didn't he look a bit like Hitler!!!!! My first boyfriend was Howard Dean and he lived in the corner house right in front of the school gates. Names I remember!! I have a terrible memory but remember the Fletchers that lived near the school, Isabel Teasdale, The Sinclairs who lived in the maisonettes, The Woods's. Oh I have so many memories and could go on forever. I got caught nicking football stickers at Burgins once, I have never again stolen anything in my life, he frightened the life out of me. Anyway great being a part of all these lovely memories!!!!Looking forward to reading more!

Hi all, I lived in Wadsley Bridge just at the bottom of Foxhill Rd from 71 and went to Foxhill infants, juniors and then Yewlands. What an absolute joy it has been reading all your memories. I remember on my first day at Foxhill school I fell down the slope in the snow and finished up outside the kitchens with a broken wrist. Miss Robinson was my class teacher, she was very tall as I remember or maybe I was just small. I was then Amanda Rollitt and the Rollitt clan consisted of Roger, Melanie, Michael and Lianne, who all followed me through school. My dad used to take us up to Foxhill park every Sunday for 5 a side footy, as we were already a team. I remember the Woods family were also a numerous clan with Mandy, Adele, Julian, Todd, Heath, Clinton who is now a famous boxer!! My Dad used to have a mobile van that sold everything and he used to pick us up from school and we would do the rounds on Foxhill, I don't know if it was Alfs van, I always presumed it was John Rollitts van!!! I used to work on the Beresfords milk van before school in the morning, they lived on the street next to the church and the Post Office. I remember we had many many adventures on the Back Edge as did you all , plastic bags as sledges, not like the kids of today eh!!! My nan worked at bachelors and for a long time we lived on powdered curries that she used to give us. I remember Mr Parkin was the headmaster at Foxhill when I was there as I got caned more than once in his office, didn't he look a bit like Hitler!!!!! My first boyfriend was Howard Dean and he lived in the corner house right in front of the school gates. Names I remember!! I have a terrible memory but remember the Fletchers that lived near the school, Isabel Teasdale, The Sinclairs who lived in the maisonettes, The Woods's. Oh I have so many memories and could go on forever. I got caught nicking football stickers at Burgins once, I have never again stolen anything in my life, he frightened the life out of me. Anyway great being a part of all these lovely memories!!!!

Hey what about me SHANE! I was the middle one out of the Woods tribe.

God so many memories of Foxhill.Alf's van,( the food lifeline of the locals) lol.

We lived at 84 foxhill Ave then moved to 1 Edgewell Place,both sadly gone now.My mates were Paul Sampson,Richard Shelton,Dean Wade and many more.
Carpet sliding down the back-edge.Going down to Bass Charringtons to nick the beer bottles with a deposit on.Fletchers bakery used to give us cakes and doughnuts if they were imperfect.Going down river Don on inflatable tyres,(kindly donated by the garage on Foxhill Road)Apple scromping down Lyminster road,(they had the best trees)Bush-diving and swimming at the blue-lagoon.Hey you mentioned Howard Dean! remember him very well.

Hi all, I lived in Wadsley Bridge just at the bottom of Foxhill Rd from 71 and went to Foxhill infants, juniors and then Yewlands. What an absolute joy it has been reading all your memories. I remember on my first day at Foxhill school I fell down the slope in the snow and finished up outside the kitchens with a broken wrist. Miss Robinson was my class teacher, she was very tall as I remember or maybe I was just small. I was then Amanda Rollitt and the Rollitt clan consisted of Roger, Melanie, Michael and Lianne, who all followed me through school. My dad used to take us up to Foxhill park every Sunday for 5 a side footy, as we were already a team. I remember the Woods family were also a numerous clan with Mandy, Adele, Julian, Todd, Heath, Clinton who is now a famous boxer!! My Dad used to have a mobile van that sold everything and he used to pick us up from school and we would do the rounds on Foxhill, I don't know if it was Alfs van, I always presumed it was John Rollitts van!!! I used to work on the Beresfords milk van before school in the morning, they lived on the street next to the church and the Post Office. I remember we had many many adventures on the Back Edge as did you all , plastic bags as sledges, not like the kids of today eh!!! My nan worked at bachelors and for a long time we lived on powdered curries that she used to give us. I remember Mr Parkin was the headmaster at Foxhill when I was there as I got caned more than once in his office, didn't he look a bit like Hitler!!!!! My first boyfriend was Howard Dean and he lived in the corner house right in front of the school gates. Names I remember!! I have a terrible memory but remember the Fletchers that lived near the school, Isabel Teasdale, The Sinclairs who lived in the maisonettes, The Woods's. Oh I have so many memories and could go on forever. I got caught nicking football stickers at Burgins once, I have never again stolen anything in my life, he frightened the life out of me. Anyway great being a part of all these lovely memories!!!!

Hey what about me SHANE! I was the middle one out of the Woods tribe.

God so many memories of Foxhill.Alf's van,( the food lifeline of the locals) lol.

We lived at 84 foxhill Ave then moved to 1 Edgewell Place,both sadly gone now.My mates were Paul Sampson,Richard Shelton,Dean Wade and many more.
Carpet sliding down the back-edge.Going down to Bass Charringtons to nick the beer bottles with a deposit on.Fletchers bakery used to give us cakes and doughnuts if they were imperfect.Going down river Don on inflatable tyres,(kindly donated by the garage on Foxhill Road)Apple scromping down Lyminster road,(they had the best trees)Bush-diving and swimming at the blue-lagoon.Hey you mentioned Howard Dean! remember him very well.

Foxhill School..Mr cane-happy Youle or Mr Riley,Mr Carr,Miss Bowie.Then onto Yewlands.

Made my day reading your story,i'm sure we could elaborate even further.
Look forward to it.

Sorry Shane of course I remember you too, there were just so many of you, remember Dean Wade too. x

I remember the tyres in the Don, there was a couple on rope over a tree that we used to swing on aswell. Sometimes we would go all the way to Middlewood hospital and then get really scared incase any patients were on the loose. Didn't we have some adventures down the back edge!! We only ever went home to eat and sleep, my kids are always in on computers or games, mind you it's not safe anymore is it.
They were very happy memories the ones from my youth in Foxhill. I remember my sister Melanie broke her ankle on the Roundabout and the Fire Brigade had to get her out, they put a black asphalt floor down after that.
I'm killing myself trying to remember names, it's been so long now. I think I had a job at the speedway when I was about 11 collecting car park money on Thursday nights, it was dog night I think!! I could write a book on those days E by gum!!
Anyone else you remember Shane, you were younger than Julian weren't you, I was in his year, fancied the pants off him for years, I was always at your house back then. x

WOW OLDTIMER..
everthing you.ve said i can visualize it all.
i remember it all now.when you read it .
its like something out of a magical book. i lived on carrill road.did everything you did
i cant believe it
use to love tree climbing as well

thanks for that it was great

do you remember jackaleen hudson she lived near you .. xx

HI AMANDA! Yes i was 2 years younger than Julian. My mum n dad live at Waterthorpe.Mandy has 2 girls and 1 son and lives at Waterthorpe.Julian has 1 girl and lives with his girlfriend in Eckington.Adele has 3 sons and lives with boyfriend at Waterthorpe.Myself,i have 1boy and 1 girl and live in Scotland with girlfriend and her son.Heath has 1 son and lives with girlfriend at Waterthorpe.Clinton is married with 1 boy n 1 girl at Ridgeway.Todd has 1 girl and lives at Killamarsh with his girlfriend.

Didn't Dean Wade die of a drug overdose many years ago?

I used to knock about up Grenoside at the youth-club with our Julian he used to go out with a girl called Jannine Miller who had a sister Karla.I had a girlfriend called Jane Wragg,(she was older than me and one of our Julians cast-offs)lol! Joanne Williams and Kelly Goldman from Greno were also my exes.

If we spent our bus-fare at the youthy,we used to have to walk home. But when we got near the loonybin down the road from Greno,we used to bomb it right down near the quarry,(where i think Alf kept his vans).Then we used to sh#t our pants legging it over the quarry to get home.

Darren Pearson and Darren Mullen or was it Lee mullen used to work on Alfs van.
Can you remember Craig Smith,(miffer) He died many years ago.Or Mick O Malley, Darren Smith,Carl Varley,Garry Deakin,(fatty),Peter Honeyman,(onion)God could go on forever!!

My brothers and i have been up Foxhill over the years to reminisce and up Skew Hill to the Cow n Calf for a drink.

Used to love knocking about on the back-edge.Every summer it used to catch fire,(nowt to do with me,honest)Did you know the story of the headless horseman who used to ride up and down the back-edge at night?I used to crap my pants.Or the barn further up where we used to build dens and take the girlies in,(dirty boys)lol.

Wow! they were good times,we didn't need gadgets or money,we used to have great times and harmless fun.We used to knock on the Chinkies Takeaway door on Foxhill Road and they used to chase us down Lymister Road,(they were crazy).Can you remember Herbey Sherby,(i think that was his name)He used to live just outside Foxhill school gates.If you knocked on his door he would chase you with an hatchet,(or so we thought)

Trying to remember Julians friends..Wayne Thompson?? or what about the Bottom family and the Woodwards,(they were very poor)

Well Amanda,got to go for now.See ya soon.x

Shane and Amanda, you must have been around foxhill at the same time as me. I remember some of the names you have mentioned. We used to hang around on the garages on Edgewell Crescent. I remember Carl Varley, Chris Sampson, Jamie Young, Darren Wade, think Dean was just a young lad then. The Wragg family, Mark, Jonathan, Nick, Alison. Karen and Kevin Heppenstall, Joanne Doane, Lorraine something, cant remember her last name.

I remember Craig Smith, he was in my class

Hey, you forgot to put your name!! I remember the names you wrote too, most of these ppl can be found on Facebook now, technology has evolved sooooooooo much since we were kids eh!! I remember all 5 of us got a xmas present to share one year, it was an atari console (something like a playstation of today) that had tennis on it, it still never kept us in. Be great to have a reunion with all these long lost friends, chatting about the good old days!!

Names I remember from then are dave eyre, dave kerry ,Peter and Mick meredith,Dick dodd,Rita Noyland linda Revill,Jennifer Moss.My Dad was the policeman round there Copper Cooper.My mum also delivered the church magazine around Foxhill.I remember playing in the old farm that was were the oap bungalows are now on Foxhill rd.At the top of Birley Rise rd there used to be a steel storage place for Cox and Danks.This was a major source of attraction even though there was nothing there.Further down from there was the flat piece of land that was ideal for cricket football depending on the time of year.Though the farmer did use to let his bullocks on there from time to time,often went home covered in cowsh8t.My doctor was dr Henderson who worked for Dr Stephen who was the Wednesday Doctor.

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Here is a link to a facebook group called We grew up in Foxhill, Grenoside and Parsons Cross, a great place to find your old friends , already 500 of us xx

Oldtimer,you have just written my whole childhood.my mum and dad were bombed out and moved to 18.Wolfe rd.I was born at that address in 1941.if you don't know me then i'm sure you will know my brother and sister. Pete and Pat Hawley.i'm Mick.Here's just a few other names you may rember.shirley and barry riches.normans .mac'kenna's.needhams.stones.hardy's.ashtons.and many more. Bet it was you who got to the plum dump first and got all the best ones'ha ha.all the best Mick .

I lived on Browning Drive but now live in Cornwall and in one of those small world moments Sam Norman's wife came to one of my computer clubs.

Smary.can't remember Sams wife.but i remember .sam.terry.budgy.alf and they had a sister i think her name was brenda.not sure .but what a lovely family they where.

I think her name is Irene - my Dad knew them and he said they had lovely wavy hair. I think one of the Normans still lives on Powly(not sure how its spelt). My Uncle lived near him you may know the family Hibbert.

Could have been Irene memory is not as good these days. yes they did have lovely hair. your dads right .

Hi Wardy, same question to you. I'm Mark Simmonite, lived on Foxhill Road, opposite the old cottages, I'm 53, went to Foxhill Junior and then to Chaucer Comp. Hello Mark I also went to Foxhill Junior I am 55 and lived at 206 Foxhill Crescent, seem to remember playing football with you on the field and around the garages with Stephen Ranson and [correct me if I'm wrong] Dennis Brunt, can you recall the name of the girl who was better than all the lads at footy? she lived on the block below me, Have I got the right Mark? Im Martin Rodgers.

Did anyone go to Meynell Road after Fox Hill junior? I`m sitting here in Oz and being taken back to my youth. Thanks to all you guys for contributing. By the way does anyone know the Damm Family,joe was my best mate, that lived on Halifax Road?

did anyone know of foxhill cottage it was on a dirt lane called private lane there was a white house at the end on foxhill road a vicarage and the cottage was on the other end near the garargers next door there was thiseldome then foxhill house then dr panicers bungalow then the vicarage i lived in the cottage from 1973 to 1979 then went to live at southeygreen it stood emty for a wile then they pulled it down good times living there spent many an hour chasing my jackrussel over the feilds when she was in season yes happy times

Yes; I recall her; although my GP was Jack Anderson, another wonderful character. Does anyone recall him? His surgery was at the junction of Wilcox Road - Halifax Road.

yes jack was my doc as well he used to get photos out and tell you his life story he was great with kids always had a sweet jar its dr ian davison now i am still under thje same drs its foxhill medical center now still great drs

I Lived at 36 Edgewell Crescent till about 72 I went to Meynell school remember the house being huge went downstairs to livingroom dining room kitchen and big junk room where we kept our bikes ect I missed the space when we moved onto the cross the houses seemed really small on there

Hello Mark I also went to Foxhill Junior I am 55 and lived at 206 Foxhill Crescent, seem to remember playing football with you on the field and around the garages with Stephen Ranson and [correct me if I'm wrong] Dennis Brunt, can you recall the name of the girl who was better than all the lads at footy? she lived on the block below me, Have I got the right Mark? Im Martin Rodgers.

did dennis brunt have a sister called julie they lived on holgate rd

hi shane 39 me and my hubby know darren and lee mulen they both go in southey club lee works there so does my hubby lee and wife are good freinds with us

I Lived at 36 Edgewell Crescent till about 72 I went to Meynell school remember the house being huge went downstairs to livingroom dining room kitchen and big junk room where we kept our bikes ect I missed the space when we moved onto the cross the houses seemed really small on there

did you know the Holmes who lived on there, I went to school with Elaine, she had a sister Linda and a brother John

elaine will be 48 now

did you know the Holmes who lived on there, I went to school with Elaine, she had a sister Linda and a brother John

elaine will be 48 now

no im sorry idont recall

I went to Foxhill Junior school and left in 1960 to go to Firth Park. The head then was still Mr. Hewitt I think, and Mr. Youle taught the 4th years.

My favourite teacher was Roy Appley, who used to play the violin, (Mr. Youle played clarinet I think) and also used bring old 78's records in and play them to us. One of his favourites was the ballet Coppelia, and it's stuck with me all my life. He also used to eat yoghurt, which was unheard of at the time.

Kids I remember by name are Danny McDonagh, Malcolm Boulby, George Weldon, Pete Abrahams, Denise Thew? Brian Morton, but there are so many others whose names I can't recall.

And there was a woman who used to sell sweets from her prefab. We used to sneak out and across the road at break time to buy them.

Having read through the whole of this thread it's brought back so many memories. I used to do most of what's written about. Sliding down back edge, scrumping apples at the back of the farm, and there used to be a pond with newts in that we used to catch. It used to be wheat fields, before the maisonettes were built and I can remember we used to sit in the fields and listen to skylarks.

I also remember the reservoir lower down Foxhill Road. We used to sledge down the hill and onto the frozen res. in winter. I seem to remember 2 people drowned in it and it was later filled in.

We used to leave home in the summer school holidays with a sandwich and a bottle of water, or if we were really lucky a bottle of pop, at about 10 o'clock and go over back edge and down into Beeley Woods and sometimes to Spring Wood, climbing trees etc. and just having fun. We'd eventually get home as it was going dark, having been out all day. Not something that's likely to be allowed these days.....

I also remember Alf Pawley's van which was eventually taken over by his son Derek I think, and also the pikelet man with his bike that had a small front wheel and a big wicker basket with his pikelets and oatcakes in. Didn't he always wear a collar and tie and a trilby?

There was also Aggie's ice cream van. We used to get a basin of ice cream sometimes, and it always had ice crystals in it, unlike the super smooth Mr. Whippy stuff that came later.

Happy days they were, before we grew up and had to take on all the responsibilities of adulthood.

Do you remember the ice cream sandwich Aggie used to sell - it was wafer with jam in it. Never seen them since - she used to stop right outside my house on Browning Drive.

Do you remember the ice cream sandwich Aggie used to sell - it was wafer with jam in it. Never seen them since - she used to stop right outside my house on Browning Drive.

Yes, they were a special treat weren't they. But when you bit into them the ice cream squirted out of the sides. :hihi:

where did you live on foxhill gormy?

we lived in the maisonettes on fox hill ave till we moved in 1971

did you know the Holmes who lived on there, I went to school with Elaine, she had a sister Linda and a brother John

elaine will be 48 now

Cant recall them I remember the Wraggs they live across road from us in 1st house also remember the Gibsons they lived 3 doors away

I Lived at 36 Edgewell Crescent till about 72 I went to Meynell school remember the house being huge went downstairs to livingroom dining room kitchen and big junk room where we kept our bikes ect I missed the space when we moved onto the cross the houses seemed really small on there


OH my, I lived at 36 Edgewell Crescent from 1972 ish:D

OH my, I lived at 36 Edgewell Crescent from 1972 ish:D

i live on edgewell rise an i have done since 1980,went to foxhill and yewlands, and rememeber a few names what have been mentioned on here i used to be in leanne rollitts year at school, i knew all the woods,lee and darren mullens,dean and darren wade, carl and mick varley,i have really enjoyed reading this thread as i brought back loads of memories with sliding down the back edge on card board boxes lol eeeee them was the days wasnt they,ya cant do that these days or ya would get glass or a syringe up ya arrisss

im 54 and used to live in the maisonette top of foxhill rd,my maiden name was Lynda Fletcher and i have a younger brother Ian i went to foxhill school then hartley brook then chaucer we spent many hours on backedge sledging and we used to put shows on the drying groung it was a brill stage to us happy times

im 54 and used to live in the maisonette top of foxhill rd,my maiden name was Lynda Fletcher and i have a younger brother Ian i went to foxhill school then hartley brook then chaucer we spent many hours on backedge sledging and we used to put shows on the drying groung it was a brill stage to us happy times

where was this ?

Yes; I recall her; although my GP was Jack Anderson, another wonderful character. Does anyone recall him? His surgery was at the junction of Wilcox Road - Halifax Road.


I am Dr Nicholls (or Dr Oates') Grandaughter. We (twins) spent most of our childhood at a weekend with my Nan either at her Surgery on Halifax / Browning road or over at Fox Hill Drive when she moved there. I remember always going out on visits with her in the car (my Uncle / her youngest son had persuaded her to buy a gold Ford Capri :hihi:) many times during the weekend and patients calling at the house night and day, She never refused to see anyone at the door or refuse a visit. You don't get that with GP's today.

She died after a short battle with Leukaemia in the Hallamshire in August 2005. This was very sad as it was only a month before she would have made it to 90. There is a memorial bench to her in the grounds of Whitely Hall Hotel which we used to visit frequently.

I thought she deserved an MBE for her dedication to Medicine and her passion for helping others even after she retired but it wasn't to be.

Nice to read people remember her. I am very proud of her.

thanks for sharing that....she was our family doctor when we lived on Foxhill in the 60's, what a wonderful woman she was ....I agree she should have recieved an MBE....her dedication to helping others was second to none, when we left Foxhill in early seventies and moved to Chapeltown, she still came out to visit ...wish there were more like her these days :)

hi shaz it was on foxhill place we had a ground floor maisonette and the Kellys lived next door i used to hang round with a girl called gillian she lived further up in the other maisonette she had a sister called bridget an a brother called michael.i cant reallly remember much else

hi shaz it was on foxhill place we had a ground floor maisonette and the Kellys lived next door i used to hang round with a girl called gillian she lived further up in the other maisonette she had a sister called bridget an a brother called michael.i cant reallly remember much else

did you know the crossers who lived on ground floor of foxhill place

I was born on Lyminster Road before Foxhill was even built. I got told off by a bobby for playing in the foundations of the Fox pub. It was the most terrifying thing in my life at that time. He even took my name and address! I could see right over Back Edge for miles. Burgin's had a smallholding that grew vegetables and Raymond (the dad) used to sell them out of a wooden hut in the middle of his field before he bought the shop. I remeber ducking for apples on his son's (Stephen, I think) birthday.

Remeber the rag and bone man and the betterware man?

You've all made me feel very old now!

You will remember the Old Gardens near Halifax Road then - used to camp in there before the houses were built I think Binstead.

any body know which shops were on wolfe rd

The first shop on Wolfe was the Co-op - I remember it well, used to go for the divi. When I was 12 I left my baby brother outside and ran home to Browning Drive through the field - didn't miss the pram or the brother until I got home. Mother wasn't happy.
On the other end was the chippy and somewhere in between was the newsagents.

Did Dr Nichols move to near Cowley Lane, Chapeltown - my Dad was sure he saw her there

frannys chip shop,butchers,pakistani supermart,hairdressers,newsagent,cant remember,then co-op i think

i lived 37 fox hill avenue mid 60s toabout 76 it wer still bein built world cup wer on down rooad krauts wer campin on backedge some of my gang members kevin [jud] parkin and there ann john broadhead sharon wood [soft spot for this lass ] mick [zooney] baily adrian boulby alan surr gary [snoz] smith andy ness all macdonalds allsmiths all deakins clarkey cud go on for ever dave doan dennis [winnie] poole mark [zak] wragg remember free rides rons mobile fruit n veg van Alater took or by alfs went to fox hill junior then yewlane my name is JOHN GRAY ANYONE remember me was pretty well known for good n bad but nowt serious now livin in southey green all the best to anyone out there

sorry for not naming all me mates not enuff room on me hard drive

to richie elliot from john gray we used to go to frannys chippie

??? Alan Cusworth.......?? Pete Cooper

??? Alan Cusworth.......?? Pete Cooper

hello boozy.bird I lived next door but one to the cusworths.....sharon, marie , maureen amd alan...also lived next door to the womacks do you remember them ? steve,elaine,sandra,rena, neil, david and alison

worked at birley house 66-67. belonged to daniel doncasters and used as reasearch department. walked from magnet southey every day. great times. recently spoke to lady who lived in building where i worked. memories flooded back.

hi, I lived at 40 Fox Hill Ave, the third block down, I remember the farm and going there for a bottle of milk when the shops were shut. Did you live in the maisonettes? I left fox hill in 1971, i went to fox hill junior school on keats rd, Mr parkin was the head teacher, how strict was he!, did you go to this school? Would love to hear any stories you have.

My best friend when growing up lived at 40 foxhill ave! im not sure when she moved there but I knew her from 1978 and her family lived there until the early 90s. I lived on Keats rd, then browning close then powley rd ( my mum still lives there). I went to Foxhill and yewlands schools. I remember lots of things mentioned in these posts... grass sledging on back edge, fletchers van, alfs van, the pikelet man on his bike. I remember long hot summer holidays spent taking picnics (jam sandwiches and a bottle of barrs pop) to the fields between foxhill and grenoside only going home when we were hungry.I now never let my kids leave home without knowing exactly when they r coming home and safe in the knowledge they can keep in touch by text- how times have changed !!! I do think we were lucky being able to have such a carefree childhood when our main worry was finding a good hiding spot to play 'kick can' :)

still see steve n dave womack regular at blades matches not seen alan cusworth or pete cooper for years but did bump into maureen cusworth couple weeks ago had little chat shes o k like to here from anyone else out there all the best JOHN GRAY

anyone from old fox hill like powley wolfe browning cowper keats carril wilcox bullen or anyone from the old wolfgang dont be shy get in touch ps still miss you robert owen and alan thrush but will never forget you both love john gray

to richie elliot from john gray we used to go to frannys chippiedid u work at carrs?????cyril waller was ya mate there?

I am Dr Nicholls (or Dr Oates') Grandaughter. We (twins) spent most of our childhood at a weekend with my Nan either at her Surgery on Halifax / Browning road or over at Fox Hill Drive when she moved there. I remember always going out on visits with her in the car (my Uncle / her youngest son had persuaded her to buy a gold Ford Capri :hihi:) many times during the weekend and patients calling at the house night and day, She never refused to see anyone at the door or refuse a visit. You don't get that with GP's today.

She died after a short battle with Leukaemia in the Hallamshire in August 2005. This was very sad as it was only a month before she would have made it to 90. There is a memorial bench to her in the grounds of Whitely Hall Hotel which we used to visit frequently.

I thought she deserved an MBE for her dedication to Medicine and her passion for helping others even after she retired but it wasn't to be.

Nice to read people remember her. I am very proud of her.old ivy....remember her well.....i used to spit medicine out,old ivy persuaded me i was now a big lad,and i could have a bottle of special sweets,BUT i had to show i could swallow them,or i couldnt have them......little did i realise i was taking my medicine in tablet form....

did you know the Holmes who lived on there, I went to school with Elaine, she had a sister Linda and a brother John

elaine will be 48 now


John Holmes was a friend of my brothers, about 15 years older than me:) He had a brother similar age to me David I think.

Cant recall them I remember the Wraggs they live across road from us in 1st house also remember the Gibsons they lived 3 doors away

Did you live on the end house, next to the steps? Sorry can't remember your name if it is lol. I lived in the other end house.

anyone from old fox hill like powley wolfe browning cowper keats carril wilcox bullen or anyone from the old wolfgang dont be shy get in touch ps still miss you robert owen and alan thrush but will never forget you both love john gray

used to live on carrill road surprised you didnt mention my bro, alan :roll:

anyone from old fox hill like powley wolfe browning cowper keats carril wilcox bullen or anyone from the old wolfgang dont be shy get in touch ps still miss you robert owen and alan thrush but will never forget you both love john gray

Hi john
Last time I saw you were at Ian Crockers [CROCK] funeral.Hope your all right mate.we had some great times dint wey. From foxhill school to days in basset.
smithy thrushy crock R.I.P

I lived on the same block as the womacks,we lived on the bottom floor in the middle oh my all the memories i had a friend too called gillian used to live 2 blocks up.

I lived on the same block as the womacks,we lived on the bottom floor in the middle oh my all the memories i had a friend too called gillian used to live 2 blocks up.

I too lived on the bottom block next door to the womacks, we moved out in 1971, what years were you there ?

I am new to the forum and read all the peoples memories with interest, like
burnttoast I remember the cricket field and tennis courts. What is now a piece of open ground in front of the park was a cornfield belonging to the local farmer
Frank Marsden, another cornfield was at the back of the cricket field where the five blocks of flats are on Fox Hill Crescent, this went to the top of Back Edge. As young boys me and my mates used to walk through these fields and watch the skylarks fly into the air if we got too close to their nests.
The narrow track above Edge Well where the four cottages are used to lead to his farm, in the 50's the first cottage was a grocery come sweet shop we would go there for sherbut dips, lemon drops winter mixture on our way to Back Edge. Mr Marsden had two shire horses called Jill and Bonnie they were Mother and Daughter, each day one of the horses would be used to pull his cart to deliver milk to homes on Fox Hill and Parson Cross. Before he started selling milk in pint bottles he had four large milk churns on the cart and would ladle a pint of milk from these into whatever vessel was taken to him.
I enjoyed writing that, I have never done this before.

I am new to the forum and read all the peoples memories with interest, like
burnttoast I remember the cricket field and tennis courts. What is now a piece of open ground in front of the park was a cornfield belonging to the local farmer
Frank Marsden, another cornfield was at the back of the cricket field where the five blocks of flats are on Fox Hill Crescent, this went to the top of Back Edge. As young boys me and my mates used to walk through these fields and watch the skylarks fly into the air if we got too close to their nests.
The narrow track above Edge Well where the four cottages are used to lead to his farm, in the 50's the first cottage was a grocery come sweet shop we would go there for sherbut dips, lemon drops winter mixture on our way to Back Edge. Mr Marsden had two shire horses called Jill and Bonnie they were Mother and Daughter, each day one of the horses would be used to pull his cart to deliver milk to homes on Fox Hill and Parson Cross. Before he started selling milk in pint bottles he had four large milk churns on the cart and would ladle a pint of milk from these into whatever vessel was taken to him.
I enjoyed writing that, I have never done this before.

thats a great post welcome to the forum.....:)

enjoyed reading it too....:)

The shops on Wolfe road were built in 1953, first was the co-op then co-op butcher, seperate shop same block, then Rastricks fruit & veg then Hadfields newsagents then Adams drapery then McGilfrey butcher and finally Dennis & Carmen Francis chippy.

I was born on Lyminster Road just before the maisonettes were built. The beer-off was owned by Richard Marsh's mum and dad. The dad chain smoked Park Drive as I recall. Raymond Burgins shop started life as a wooden hut selling veg from his smallholding then he moved to the new shops on foxhill road. He had a son called Stephen. I got my name and address taken by a bobby for playing in the foundations of the Fox pub that was being built. Feel really old now!

I lived at 180 Foxhill road until 1962,when I was 11,I then moved onto Winsford Road and lived in the house that was on the Fold.I remember going to Molinaris on Parson Cross Roadand pinching Tizer and Jusoda bottles ,cashing them in at George Marshes beer off and then back to Molinaris to buy Tizer lollies!I was young enough to remember the Estate being built on fields where we used to play in. They put the roads in first all over foxhill ,these were brilliant for bike or soap box riding!I went to Parson Cross school but unfortunately I passed 11 plus and ended up at High Storrs.
I remember sliding down Back Edge on cardboard,can you remember the smell of rotting peapods when they brought them up from Batchelors?

my uncle lives there has done for years small world the house has a river in the celler

I lived at 144 Foxhill cresent in the 90s but know foxhill well from the 70s grow up on binsted. Knew the Browns O`malleys Bottoms, O`briens and Johnsons, Mcphersons, Heppingstalls,barney , Tony Sinclair. Had good memories of playing football on the fields.

I lived on first block on crescent from 1972 and my dad is still there now. Our house had a living room upstairs with a bedroom and toilet and then three more bedrooms on the top floor.

I lived on first block on crescent from 1972 and my dad is still there now. Our house had a living room upstairs with a bedroom and toilet and then three more bedrooms on the top floor.

Do you know mark Thomas ,Mark Brown, Martin Bridges, Omalleys, Heppingstall and Tony Chapman?

anyone remember Deakins or Goffins ,, lived on foxhill all thru 60"s,70"s,80"s,90"s,00"s..........

anyone remember Deakins or Goffins ,, lived on foxhill all thru 60"s,70"s,80"s,90"s,00"s..........

yes i do went to school with raymond goffin his brother tony a bit older than me still see dave deakin down hillsboro now and again saw wendy deakin in fox on my 50th three years ago old **** not seen neal deakin for donkeys years i used to work with there dad fred at r w carrs gone now god bless him a great bloke there must be loads of others from that era you remember cusworths /smiths /parkins/womacks demsies could go on for ever chuck a few names in see what happens

raymond and tony are my uncles,,dave and wendy uncle and aunty, and neil is my dad, he just moved back to foxhill, lived in lanzarote for last 10 years...my name is tony deakin, do you know my mum christine deakin(goffin)...wraggs, wades, crockers, cant think of anymore at moment, u used to work with my grandad fred, wots ur name.....

we (the Gibson's) lived in the same block as the Goffin's for years. Susan was a few years older than myself. best times in the summer sitting on communal walk ways till late all mums n dads chatting n kids playing in "washing square".

i spent the first 5 years of my life on that block, susan is my aunty, my grandma(kath) lives in rochdale now with my uncle ian, my grandad jack passed away a couple of years ago...i can remember fallin off old bin shelter roof and sprainin my neck...skatin on the ice...

i lived 37 fox hill avenue mid 60s toabout 76 it wer still bein built world cup wer on down rooad krauts wer campin on backedge some of my gang members kevin [jud] parkin and there ann john broadhead sharon wood [soft spot for this lass ] mick [zooney] baily adrian boulby alan surr gary [snoz] smith andy ness all macdonalds allsmiths all deakins clarkey cud go on for ever dave doan dennis [winnie] poole mark [zak] wragg remember free rides rons mobile fruit n veg van Alater took or by alfs went to fox hill junior then yewlane my name is JOHN GRAY ANYONE remember me was pretty well known for good n bad but nowt serious now livin in southey green all the best to anyone out there

Mr Gray how the devil are younot seen you in years mate Tash here .See Winnie and Billy Hawkes + Martin Cadet at Lane and have some contact with Dave Doane on Face Book.Occasionally see Al Cusworth via there Maureen and Twid AlBatt who posts on here is Al Battye. If your on FB check out a group called Yewlands Class of 74 some faces and names youll recognise including Benny Renshaw (remember your acid dipped heated test tube holders and his earlobes )and also do a youtube search for Yewlands match of the day it will make you giggle,get in touch mate be good to here from you

yes we moved off the block just awhile before your grandma.sorry to hear jack has passed away. remember him as a quiet nice man. can also remember your grandma coming to our house to natter with my mum (also called kath)

my mum is christine , i think i can remember gibsons,,, helen ??

yes im helen. good days!

Do you know mark Thomas ,Mark Brown, Martin Bridges, Omalleys, Heppingstall and Tony Chapman?

Tony Chapman? I knew tony if he lived on edge well.

anyone remember Deakins or Goffins ,, lived on foxhill all thru 60"s,70"s,80"s,90"s,00"s..........

I know aTony Deakin,a fireman up at Aston now I think.

Hi Gormenghast. I can give you a few more names of the kids at Foxhill Junior school at that time:-
John Gill (me), David Hetherington,David Scholey,David Badger, Steven Buck,Stephen Gray,Raymond Matthewman,Michael Norton. I remember the boys you mention and hope they are all alive and well!
I also remember Denise (Thew) and some other girls names I remember are : twins Ann and Christine Brearley, Jean Hides, Patricia Cowluck.
I also rated Mr Appley ( I thought his name was Ron ). I remember his stories about Jim Corbett, the hunter of man-eating tigers - they were really scary but captivating.
He also had a really "cool" pen - a platignum fountain pen which had a needle type knib! Never seen one like it since.
I lived on Bullen Road, off the top of Wilcox Road and played football on the fields which led to the back edge, - we spent hours there.
I have enjoyed reading this thread remembering old school chums and Aggies ice cream, alfs van, Mrs Ison at the Co-op on Wolfe Road - great memories.
Jgill506

Hi Gormenghast. I can give you a few more names of the kids at Foxhill Junior school at that time:-
John Gill (me), David Hetherington,David Scholey,David Badger, Steven Buck,Stephen Gray,Raymond Matthewman,Michael Norton. I remember the boys you mention and hope they are all alive and well!
I also remember Denise (Thew) and some other girls names I remember are : twins Ann and Christine Brearley, Jean Hides, Patricia Cowluck.
I also rated Mr Appley ( I thought his name was Ron ). I remember his stories about Jim Corbett, the hunter of man-eating tigers - they were really scary but captivating.
He also had a really "cool" pen - a platignum fountain pen which had a needle type knib! Never seen one like it since.
I lived on Bullen Road, off the top of Wilcox Road and played football on the fields which led to the back edge, - we spent hours there.
I have enjoyed reading this thread remembering old school chums and Aggies ice cream, alfs van, Mrs Ison at the Co-op on Wolfe Road - great memories.
Jgill506

I do remember you. And all the others mentioned. Didn't Patricia's mother marry Mr. Youle, the clarinet player? (Maybe my mind's going.)

And wasn't your dad a lorry driver?

I remember a few things about Mr. Appley too. He played the violin to us in class a few times, he used to entertain us at what was then known as playtime by throwing a tennis ball as high as possible for us to catch, and :( he gave me the stick for using my pen as a dart, throwing it into the upturned lid of my desk.

He was such an inspirational teacher - he gave me the thirst for knowledge that I still have.

And wasn't there a Miss Friskney?

I also remember George Weldon, Danny McDonagh and Pete Abrahams. I wonder what happened to them all?

I know that David Hetherington moved to South Africa for a while but then came back. I don't know any more.....

A stroll down memory lane, the only exercise I get these days. :hihi:

Don't know about Mr Youle and Mrs Cowluck.
My Dad WAS a lorry driver - how did you know ?
I remember Mr Appley's violin playing and a game called "newcombe" -a form of volleyball. I loved that and also the game of "stool ball".
I don't recall Miss Friskney, but do remember "darts" with the pens. Their knibs were so long and ideal for using as darts.
I think that George Weldon moved away from Sheffield - my sister kept in touch with his sister.
Thanks for the information on Dave Hetherington - he was my best mate in class and we were always getting scruffed up playing football. Although unlikely, it would be good to see him again to share some nostalgia.
As far as Danny and Pete are concerned, I remember them well and have some old school photos of all of us, however I have not been able to recognise your name from our correspondence.

I lived on foxhill avenue in the masonettes number 61 we had some fab times up there

I lived in the maisonettes on Fox Hill Avenue, what i remember most is playing out on the 'back edge' we played for hours and hours rolly pollying down the banks, wandering about the fields, picking blackberries. You could see the batchelors foods factory but we never dared go that far. I also rember Burgins food shop and going in the beer off for a pennies worth of sherbert. I believe the maisonetees no longer exist. They were very unusual in layout situated over 4 floors. Did anyone else live in these maisonettes? It would be great to read other peoples memories of living on Foxhill, good or bad. :)

I remember a Fox Hill, Fox St to Rock St, Its still there, used to walk up it to Pye Bank Shool

I remember a Fox Hill, Fox St to Rock St, Its still there, used to walk up it to Pye Bank Shool

LOL wrong Fox Hill,Im guessing youre a wind up merchant but this is about Foxhill Estate Sheffield 6 not Fox Hill Pitsmoor

LOL wrong Fox Hill,Im guessing youre a wind up merchant but this is about Foxhill Estate Sheffield 6 not Fox Hill Pitsmoor

Not trying to wind anybody up, the fox hill I am talking about was there before the Foxhll estate was built

My gran lived on Foxhill road

I went to Foxhill School in the old prefabs must have been 1966 when I started I can remember Miss Bexley Miss Still Mrs Cooper (reception class) Mrs Williams was the head teacher and I think their was a Miss Sutherland who played the piano. I can remember mice running at the back of the classrooms and playing in the field at the back of the classrooms and the old air raid shelters which were blocked up but we thought we could hear noises in them! I remember going up to the top prefab and the caretaker getting out plimsolls for us to wear for PT which we did in our underwear.
In the Juniors we were split into JO1 and JY2 etc which stood for O being the older ones in the year and Y for the younger half. Mr Parkin was the Hitler look-a-like with a cane then there was Miss White (she got married and i cant remember her married name) Mrs Price, then there was a right old Crow i think she was called Miss Morris she taught needlework to the girls and does anyone remember a mad Mr Reville? he scared the life out of me he used to play the piano in a frantic mad way and shouted a lot and I am sure he was evil. When we moved to the new school I think he left. I can remember school dinners in the bottom prefab and the pastel coloured plates. I also, like many of you grew up on the new Foxhill estate and have many happy memories, I just wish I could see some photos of the old school and of the area before the estate was built.

I was at the juniors from 63 to 65. . Mr youle, Miss Morecroft, Mrs Balls.Mr Parkin--the Head. Anyone recall the Yr 3 tutor--was it Mr Rowan?-School day trips --My first visit to York totally overwhelmed by it !!Anyone there when I was?

hi kayliss
been a while since your post but you must be the same age as my sister she went to foxhill juniors then onto Hartley Brook whilst it was still a senior school. I remember my sister going on a day trip to York I think she would have been in the 4th year about 1966 and I was so jealous but I still have the postcards of York Minster that she brought back.(her name was Pauline) Mr youle was still there when I went to the juniors in the new school and he taught me in my 4th year in 1972. I often wish i could go back in time for a few hours and see the old Foxhill I grew up in although I dont think the area is so different from back then. My parents still live there as do many of the parents of my school mates

I lived in the maisonettes on Fox Hill Avenue, what i remember most is playing out on the 'back edge' we played for hours and hours rolly pollying down the banks, wandering about the fields, picking blackberries. You could see the batchelors foods factory but we never dared go that far. I also rember Burgins food shop and going in the beer off for a pennies worth of sherbert. I believe the maisonetees no longer exist. They were very unusual in layout situated over 4 floors. Did anyone else live in these maisonettes? It would be great to read other peoples memories of living on Foxhill, good or bad. :)

My family lived at 64 (i think) Foxhill Avenue in the mid 70s.We then moved further up to Edgewell Place in 78..We are the Woods family.:)

[QUOTE=Amanda HB;4302648]Hi all, I lived in(Birley Carr) Baxter Drive just at the bottom of Foxhill Rd from 71 and went to Foxhill infants, juniors and then Yewlands. What an absolute joy it has been reading all your memories. I remember on my first day at Foxhill school I fell down the slope in the snow and finished up outside the kitchens with a broken wrist. Miss Robinson was my class teacher, she was very tall as I remember or maybe I was just small. I was then Amanda Rollitt and the Rollitt clan consisted of Roger, Melanie, Michael and Lianne, who all followed me through school. My dad used to take us up to Foxhill park every Sunday for 5 a side footy, as we were already a team. I remember the Woods family were also a numerous clan with Mandy, Adele, Julian, Todd, Heath, Clinton who is now a famous boxer!! My Dad used to have a mobile van that sold everything and he used to pick us up from school and we would do the rounds on Foxhill, I don't know if it was Alfs van, I always presumed it was John Rollitts van!!! I used to work on the Beresfords milk van before school in the morning, they lived on the street next to the church and the Post Office. I remember we had many many adventures on the Back Edge as did you all , plastic bags as sledges, not like the kids of today eh!!! My nan worked at bachelors and for a long time we lived on powdered curries that she used to give us. I remember Mr Parkin was the headmaster at Foxhill when I was there as I got caned more than once in his office, didn't he look a bit like Hitler!!!!! My first boyfriend was Howard Dean and he lived in the corner house right in front of the school gates. Names I remember!! I have a terrible memory but remember the Fletchers that lived near the school, Isabel Teasdale, The Sinclairs who lived in the maisonettes, The Woods's. Oh I have so many memories and could go on forever. I got caught nicking football stickers at Burgins once, I have never again stolen anything in my life, he frightened the life out of me. Anyway great being a part of all these lovely memories!!!![/QUOTE

yes i do went to school with raymond goffin his brother tony a bit older than me still see dave deakin down hillsboro now and again saw wendy deakin in fox on my 50th three years ago old **** not seen neal deakin for donkeys years i used to work with there dad fred at r w carrs gone now god bless him a great bloke there must be loads of others from that era you remember cusworths /smiths /parkins/womacks demsies could go on for ever chuck a few names in see what happens

Gary Deakin lived opposite us on Edgewell.
Susan Goffin was my girlfriend for a while (if she is the same family)

My family lived at 64 (i think) Foxhill Avenue in the mid 70s.We then moved further up to Edgewell Place in 78..We are the Woods family.:)

hi shane I am loui 212's sister we lived at 40 foxhill ave, we moved out in feb 71
you must have lived in the maisonettes too
do you remember the womacks, cusworths, macdonalds to name a few :)

hi shane I am loui 212's sister we lived at 40 foxhill ave, we moved out in feb 71
you must have lived in the maisonettes too
do you remember the womacks, cusworths, macdonalds to name a few :)

Hi shaznay!
Womacks ring a bell,but not the others.
Were you in the first maisonette at the top?
I remember the Berrys..Johnsons(lee,richard and glenn)Peter Honeyman..am struggling now???haha. Oh, Fat Loll always in the fox pub and never worked a day in his life.Loll was in the newspapers for catching a young child that had fallen from one of the top maisonettes,and saved its life.(superhero)haha!

we lived in the 3rd block down from the top of foxhill avenue
there were some big families in those maisonettes :)
the womacks had seven kids in a 3 bed maisonette :o

what year did you go to yewlands ?

i know the womacks still go to blades matches with steve n dave my school year was 74 theres a link on facebook just type in yewlands class of 74 started by dennis{tash} ashford

we lived in the 3rd block down from the top of foxhill avenue
there were some big families in those maisonettes :)
the womacks had seven kids in a 3 bed maisonette :o

what year did you go to yewlands ?

I was at Yewlands around 80-81 then we moved to Waterthorpe,and i then went to Westfield.My sisters Mandy and Adele and brother Julian also went to Yewlands.

You lived in the 3rd block down.Obviously you weren't as posh as us then.We was the top block.:D
Did you know Bernard? I think he had learning problems.He used to get his bits out all the time on the back-edge.

Can anyone remember the 'headless horseman' stories from back-edge at Foxhill?

Hi Ms Interpret
Sorry but have not been on the site recently. Who is your sister -you say she must be the same age as me ?

The shops on Wolfe road were built in 1953, first was the co-op then co-op butcher, seperate shop same block, then Rastricks fruit & veg then Hadfields newsagents then Adams drapery then McGilfrey butcher and finally Dennis & Carmen Francis chippy.

I lived with my folks above the newsagents in Wolfe Road for a short time in the early '60s. The Hadfields were owners and also lived above one of the shops further down. We then moved onto Bradfield Road (see other threads). I was 13 or 14 at the time, there was a kid a liitle older who lived next door, but I'm struggling to recall his name. Suffered from asthma I think. Len and Doreen Hadfield had 2 sons, Robert and John and a daughter Leslie.

Epic memories of foxhill ,lived here nearly 40 yrs now first on bullen then grimsell crescent and now carrill road, i remember loads of names on here and still see alot,good old bad old days as they say,you would mostly find me playing football either on the park or in the garages opposite the avenue as it was known come rain or shine ,sledging in the snow on skew hill or down the back edge on cardboard ,best days of my life ,i only wish i could turn back time .