Very brief you nostalgia buffs, any old Stannington peeps remember the Spiders Web ?? Plz somebody say yeah

Don't know my father was brought up in one of the row of cottages at the top of Hollins lane before all the houses was put up (that's a bit of old Stannington).

Don't know my father was brought up in one of the row of cottages at the top of Hollins lane before all the houses was put up (that's a bit of old Stannington).

DONT THINK THATS QUITE STANNINGTON

Hope this isn't going to turn into yet another ' where does Stannington start' thread !
ps., what was the Spiders Web ?

Hope this isn't going to turn into yet another ' where does Stannington start' thread !
ps., what was the Spiders Web ?

hopefully :hihi::hihi::hihi:

Sadly Stannington doesn't start anymore.
It has "mingled" to become part of shefield.

As a child I remember stanningtom road suddenly devoid of housing after Roscoe Bank until you reached Stannington.

It in't the same place anymore..the old traditions have long gone. The local Christmas Carol singing in the pubs doesn't happen as before. It was a once a mustn't miss event.

It is no longer a village...........

DONT THINK THATS QUITE STANNINGTON


Well it was classed as Stannington at the turn of the 1900 probably before your time and the council built there houses there:huh:

Sadly Stannington doesn't start anymore.
It has "mingled" to become part of shefield.

As a child I remember stanningtom road suddenly devoid of housing after Roscoe Bank until you reached Stannington.

It in't the same place anymore..the old traditions have long gone. The local Christmas Carol singing in the pubs doesn't happen as before. It was a once a mustn't miss event.

It is no longer a village...........

Hi,

Does anybody remember the Vicar of Stannington in the 1950's and early 60's? He was an extremely colourful character called, I think, Stebbins?

Regards

Did you live in Stannington Falls ?

Hi,

Does anybody remember the Vicar of Stannington in the 1950's and early 60's? He was an extremely colourful character called, I think, Stebbins?

RegardsI've heard many a tale of Stebbins from my fathers recollections of "the good old days".
Stebbins I understand would frequent the local pubs to join in with the tradition of "local tune" carol singing at Christmas.
He would stand (in fathers words) with his arse to the fire so no other bugger could feel it, and conduct the proceedings with the use of the poker.

Reference The 'spiders Web' This Was A Kind Of Roundabout In The Park @ Top Of Villiage,we Called It So Because Unlike Most Of The Traditional Park Roundabouts This One Had A Tall Cental Pole And Then There Was A Mesh Of Metal Framework That Ran Off This To Which Was Affixed A Wooden Seating Around Its Circumfrence, If You Can Understand That ??? But It Had The The Appearance Of A Spiders Web, Well At Least All Us Kids At The Time Thought So !!!!

Very brief you nostalgia buffs, any old Stannington peeps remember the Spiders Web ?? Plz somebody say yeah

I remember the spiders web - although I don't recall it being called that at the time! I remember the whole think being rocked from side to side by the 'big boys' and being flung off causing injuries from which I still have the scars !
As for the Reverend Francis Augustine Stebbing, he was vicar at Christ Church Stannington from 1916 to 1963 and was, as has already been said, well known in the local pubs.

Hi,

Does anybody remember the Vicar of Stannington in the 1950's and early 60's? He was an extremely colourful character called, I think, Stebbins?

Regards

Yes my father use to speak about him and he died earlier this year 83

I remember the Rev Stebbings very well I used to knock about with his son when we were lads, Peter?,full of mischief in those days. My Dad and Mum used to go to the old Hare and Hounds at the bottom of the Hill during the war when Joe Gray kept it, the beer was "straight from the wood" in those days and after evensong on a Sunday those of the congregation who went across to the H & Hs would find the Vicar already there quaffing his first pint.We once went to a wedding at Stannington Church, and the Rev Stebbings conducted the whole ceremony from memory.A real character in every way

Think my father knew him from being at the old school across from the church

I remember the Rev Stebbings very well I used to knock about with his son when we were lads, Peter?,full of mischief in those days. My Dad and Mum used to go to the old Hare and Hounds at the bottom of the Hill during the war when Joe Gray kept it, the beer was "straight from the wood" in those days and after evensong on a Sunday those of the congregation who went across to the H & Hs would find the Vicar already there quaffing his first pint.We once went to a wedding at Stannington Church, and the Rev Stebbings conducted the whole ceremony from memory.A real character in every wayActually Sid Gray kept the Hare and Hounds,Joe his son (both deceased) never had the licence.Part of their family now run the Top House,never would have happened in days gone by!.............Francis Stebbings often went home pi***d from the Hare,but he was well thought of by the villagers! and has become quite legendry!

Thanks for that reminder about the Hare and Hounds of course it was Sid Gray,the old memory cords sometimes get out of sync I remember the Top House too,my parents switched their allegiance there, was the licensee a woman, Wood(?) and have a son Derek Farrely(?) nickname "Codge"

Thanks for that reminder about the Hare and Hounds of course it was Sid Gray,the old memory cords sometimes get out of sync I remember the Top House too,my parents switched their allegiance there, was the licensee a woman, Wood(?) and have a son Derek Farrely(?) nickname "Codge"Yep! Janet and Harry Wood ."Codge" now lives near Doncaster!Did you know any more of the Farrelly's from Janets first marriage when they ran the Rivelin Hotel/pub?

I remember Codge had an older sister who always acted a bit prissy whenever he invited me into their kitchen,which in those days was through a door on the side of the pub,, and and another mate of mine was Edmund Wright who lived in the stone cottages on the opposite side to the Top House and just above it.
I would always watch the cricket team Stannington United?, whenever possible, and I think they used to change in the Hare and Hounds, the memory banks are going into overdrive now!as I remember the picture shows in that school room then at the bottom side of the cricket field not too far from the old bus terminus.
There used to be mischief night November 1st, I think, which in those days was unique to Stannington.
Sorry if my memories are flawed but it is over 60 years ago
My widowed sister took a trip down memory lane a few months ago, and I would like to do the same soon.

Do they stil have caking night (think that was how it was spelt)? It was the day after mischief night, I think.

I remember Codge had an older sister who always acted a bit prissy whenever he invited me into their kitchen,which in those days was through a door on the side of the pub,, and and another mate of mine was Edmund Wright who lived in the stone cottages on the opposite side to the Top House and just above it.
I would always watch the cricket team Stannington United?, whenever possible, and I think they used to change in the Hare and Hounds, the memory banks are going into overdrive now!as I remember the picture shows in that school room then at the bottom side of the cricket field not too far from the old bus terminus.
There used to be mischief night November 1st, I think, which in those days was unique to Stannington.
Sorry if my memories are flawed but it is over 60 years ago
My widowed sister took a trip down memory lane a few months ago, and I would like to do the same soon.The sister sounds like my Aunt Peggy! I also remember Eddie Wright son of Councillor Wright when they lived on Uppergate.Stannington United used the green pavillion to change(now gone) ,I don't remember Film shows in the Church School room, which I think you refer to,but I do remember film shows in the Methodist schoolroom at Knowle top! in those days run by Mr Dransfield a teacher at Stannington school....................by the way ,do you remember the "Stannington Hayseeds" skiffle group that played at the Top House? Codge was bass player(tea chest)along with Bob Lomas,Benny Wragg and Nelson Hall.

Do they stil have caking night (think that was how it was spelt)? It was the day after mischief night, I think.Unfortunately now gone! there used to be some great nights in the Top House at the Caking competitions,and I myself went round the village Caking for many years(the proceeds usually spent at Maud Mettams on the Uppergate............on spice!)

Unfortunately now gone! there used to be some great nights in the Top House at the Caking competitions,and I myself went round the village Caking for many years(the proceeds usually spent at Maud Mettams on the Uppergate............on spice!)


I spent my caking money at mrs Rushbys on Sheldon lane, remember her cheese rolls? They were out of this world:) Mr Rushby used to scare me, think he had had a stoke and was quite scarey for little kids, but we had to go in for the rolls, no choice;)

I spent my caking money at mrs Rushbys on Sheldon lane, remember her cheese rolls? They were out of this world:) Mr Rushby used to scare me, think he had had a stoke and was quite scarey for little kids, but we had to go in for the rolls, no choice;)

It was a cracking little shop wasn't it? The smell of newly-baked bread as you walked passed on the way to school from our house on Moorland Place......aaah!

Leslie Rushby died quite some years ago, but his wife lived for some considerable time afterwards I believe.

Nothing left of the building now, other than very small sections of perimeter walls, which form part of the front car park of Minnies.

Do you remember the 'Legion Hut' more or less across the road from Rushby's? Nowt of that remains either, other than a flagpole in the middle of overgrown waste ground!

Also, there was a row of houses below there (just above Charlesworth's Saw Mill). They were knocked down years ago. For the past three years (at least), a bloke has been building a house on the land they used to occupy.

Think Mrs Rushby only died a few years ago Darkoak, she moved to a house on Nethergate. No I can't remember the Legion Hut, that one is beyond me? but, I do remember the houses on Sheldon Lane, so we must be in the same age group. Trying to think of people up Moorland Place, there was the school caretaker, who lived on the corner, to Highfield Rise, then a lady who I called Auntie Sheila, her back garden went on to my friends garden on Uppergate Road...Will have another think and see if I can remember any more people!

Think Mrs Rushby only died a few years ago Darkoak, she moved to a house on Nethergate. No I can't remember the Legion Hut, that one is beyond me? but, I do remember the houses on Sheldon Lane, so we must be in the same age group. Trying to think of people up Moorland Place, there was the school caretaker, who lived on the corner, to Highfield Rise, then a lady who I called Auntie Sheila, her back garden went on to my friends garden on Uppergate Road...Will have another think and see if I can remember any more people!

Thanks almost exclusively to the amazing memory of my 'slightly' older Sister(!) - other names from Moorland Place:- No.2 Maitland; No.3 France; No.4 Smith (had a son called Kevin who I knocked about with); No.5 Wright (had a son called Stuart who ust be in his 50's now); No.6 'Us'; No.8 Mr and Mrs Alexander; No.9? Lierich (had a son of similar age called Karl). No.10 - A family who emigrated to South Africa, who had a daughter called Susan. Also somewhere at the top of the road were the Turner's (daughter in same year as me called Sharon) and another Smith family (who had children called Helen and Andrew - Dad owned a motorbike).

Ps:- Sis reminds me that Stannington Brass Band used to practice in the Legion Hut.

Bugger Dark oak, we must be the same age, Sharon Turner was the same class as me, Karl Leirich was a bit younger, (months probably) didn't he go to australia?

Couldn't confirm regarding Karl going to Australia or not, teddie.

Don't see many folks from our era about the village nowadays. Either they have left the area (probable), have changed their apperance beyond my recognition (possible), or they simply ignore me (definately!!!):D

well, don't have much contact with the "hill" at the mo, my ex neighbour phoned with the news about Sally's husband hanging himself, that was a bit of news that shouldn't have been!! Poor bloke, but suppose that is inside news??

Thanks almost exclusively to the amazing memory of my 'slightly' older Sister(!) - other names from Moorland Place:- No.2 Maitland; No.3 France; No.4 Smith (had a son called Kevin who I knocked about with); No.5 Wright (had a son called Stuart who ust be in his 50's now); No.6 'Us'; No.8 Mr and Mrs Alexander; No.9? Lierich (had a son of similar age called Karl). No.10 - A family who emigrated to South Africa, who had a daughter called Susan. Also somewhere at the top of the road were the Turner's (daughter in same year as me called Sharon) and another Smith family (who had children called Helen and Andrew - Dad owned a motorbike).

Ps:- Sis reminds me that Stannington Brass Band used to practice in the Legion Hut.Does she remember the Manterfields and the Worralls on Moorland Place,also Cyril Smith who was works manager at Arnold Wraggs or is it before your time!

Does she remember the Manterfields and the Worralls on Moorland Place,also Cyril Smith who was works manager at Arnold Wraggs or is it before your time!

Mossdog, I shall ask her about the Manterfields and Cyril Smith - probably a bit before my time (born in '63). However, I remember the Worralls - they used to ride a tandem didn't they?

Further to above, I've spoken to my Mum and she remembers the Manterfields (lived at No.10 or 12 and had a couple of children). No recollection of Cyril Smith, however.

We lived at at No.6 from 1955 to 1969.

Mossdog, I shall ask her about the Manterfields and Cyril Smith - probably a bit before my time (born in '63). However, I remember the Worralls - they used to ride a tandem didn't they?

Further to above, I've spoken to my Mum and she remembers the Manterfields (lived at No.10 or 12 and had a couple of children). No recollection of Cyril Smith, however.

We lived at at No.6 from 1955 to 1969.Yes the Worrals did ride a tandem(always considered a bit odd,but I'm sure they were OK) Roger was the son! I always had a soft spot for Elaine Manterfield,one of the daughters.I used to know lots of people on the "Rise" when it was a great sledgeing track in winter! Straight down from top to bottom,when it was an unmade road,accross Bankfield lane into Sheldon Lane and past Rushbys shop! mind you you could only do that on a sledge with flat irons not" cutters".
That was round about 1955!

Could some one tell me more about caking night in Stannington.
When was it.What did you do?
What happened?
And what are the origins of Caking night?

caking night was a big thing for kids, we used to dress up for Halloween and go round the neighbours houses and sing...Cake, cake, copper, copper, cake cake, copper copper, if you haven't got a penny a hapenny will do, if you haven't got a happeny then God Bless You. Then the people would either give you a couple of pence or some sweets. It was a huge thing when I was growing up, my Mum used to save all her change to give to the kids who came to the door. We used to plan the night which houses to go to, it was fabulous. As for the origins Gawd knows, but according to folk on here, it is now a non event. such a shame

Thanks Teddie.I remember my friend used to talk about going to caking nights at some of the Stannington pubs.Do they still celebrate caking nights in any of the Stannington pubs now.

Maud Mettams on the Uppergate............on spice!)

mossdog, do you remember the big pig that was in a stable kind of building between Maud's shop and the Crown & Glove in the 40's ?

I seem to remember that, and was that the same pig the customers, including my Dad and his mate Alf Warren from Rails Rd,had a sweep on its dead weight?

mossdog, do you remember the big pig that was in a stable kind of building between Maud's shop and the Crown & Glove in the 40's ?The only pigs I remember were kept in the stable at the bottom of the yard at the Crown@ Glove by Harry Wood (I used to feed them before I went to school)! There was a big boar up at Townhead farm(Edgar and Aida Nicholls place) kept in a stye at the side of the road (now a cottage),that is most likely the one you are refering to!just further up Uppergate than Mauds
Did you know that the cottages in Maud Mettams yard were once an Inn many years ago, and legend has it that Roundheads were billeted there in the civil war,as well as Ughill and other places,and apparently Oliver Cromwells initialls are carved into the old cellar wall! The other famous visitor to Mauds yard was Lonnie Donnegan who used to come to see his old army pal living in the cottages in the yard! when he was performing in town ! Ronnie O'Sullivan the snooker ace often stays at Townhead farm when at the Crucible!

Talking of the Crown and Glove, anyone remember a man called Albert, who worked for Reg Howard when he was landlord, he went by the nickname of "Pump" for some reason?

Talking of the Crown and Glove, anyone remember a man called Albert, who worked for Reg Howard when he was landlord, he went by the nickname of "Pump" for some reason?
I believe you are talking about "Pump Wright".............worked at Dysons most of his life,gravedigger at Stannington Church,and was renowned for smoking 100 woodbines every single day!

[QUOTE=mossdog;2789717]The only pigs I remember were kept in the stable at the bottom of the yard at the Crown@ Glove by Harry Wood.

Would that have been at the entrance to the C&G carpark ?
I remember Nichol's farm, it was just about opposite where my aunty & uncle lived, Skelton's, they lived at 147 Uppergate.
I put a couple of photo's etc on the other thread, Stannington People.

As for the Reverend Francis Augustine Stebbing, he was vicar at Christ Church Stannington from 1916 to 1963 and was, as has already been said, well known in the local pubs.

My parents Edward Robinson and Dora Whittles were married by the Rev. F.A. Stebbing in April 1939. He was a very good vicar and a fine man. He never ran a car but would often accept lifts from parishioners, and on one occasion when he was walking home from Hollow Meadows my dad gave him a lift on the pillion of his Triumph Thunderbird 650 cc motorbike. Dad knew how to open the throttle safely on roads he knew like the back of his hand, and I remember him telling me that as the good vicar dismounted outside the church he said in a rather shaky voice "That was most exhilarating, Edward" but later told the verger that he had been "terrified". He lived to a good age and is buried in the churchyard beside his wife in a double-width grave.

[QUOTE=mossdog;2789717]The only pigs I remember were kept in the stable at the bottom of the yard at the Crown@ Glove by Harry Wood.

Would that have been at the entrance to the C&G carpark ?
I remember Nichol's farm, it was just about opposite where my aunty & uncle lived, Skelton's, they lived at 147 Uppergate.
I put a couple of photo's etc on the other thread, Stannington People.Yes thats correct,bit further up actually. In regard to Skeltons I remember Joe Skelton who did live in at 147 one of the old police houses .Amongst other things ,he was a bookies runner for Furniss bookies on Oldfield Rd. He used to collect bets from the men in the Top House on Saturday afternoon and come into the old kitchen and phone them through to Furniss.
One afternoon someone in the taproom said"where's Joe"? they eventually found him in the corner of the kitchen,terrified only inches away from being eaten by "Buller" the bull terrier at the Crown and Glove,who was chained to the sideboard in the kitchen!.................which was strange,because he usually only ate people in uniforms !

[QUOTE=mossdog;
I remember Joe Skelton who did live at 147, he was a bookies runner.

That was him mossdog, he worked for the water board for many years & then worked for Shardlow's on Infirmary Road, he did the bookie thing on the side, I had forgotten about that, my wife & I called to see them just before we came to Oz, we called in the Hare & Hounds & he was sitting there, he made me swear that I wouldn't tell my aunty as she was unaware of his activities in that area, she would have killed him if she had known, ha ha.
Do you remember Don Skelton ? many thought he was gay after he left the navy, because he never married, he wasn't, he just couldn't find a woman that would pamper him like his mother did, he had some beautiful girlfriends but never took them home to meet mum.
The village was a great place to live in the good old days wasn't it, everyone was so friendly and helped each other.

[QUOTE=mossdog;
I remember Joe Skelton who did live at 147, he was a bookies runner.

That was him mossdog, he worked for the water board for many years & then worked for Shardlow's on Infirmary Road, he did the bookie thing on the side, I had forgotten about that, my wife & I called to see them just before we came to Oz, we called in the Hare & Hounds & he was sitting there, he made me swear that I wouldn't tell my aunty as she was unaware of his activities in that area, she would have killed him if she had known, ha ha.
Do you remember Don Skelton ? many thought he was gay after he left the navy, because he never married, he wasn't, he just couldn't find a woman that would pamper him like his mother did, he had some beautiful girlfriends but never took them home to meet mum.
The village was a great place to live in the good old days wasn't it, everyone was so friendly and helped each other.. Yes Skippy,I do remember Don Skelton but not as well as Joe! He was always smart,redfaced like joe and not a hair out of place as I remember him.Yes Stannington was great in those days ,but everywhere has changed I suppose.I have recently moved back to Stannington after about 35 years! it was a shock for the first couple of years but now it seems like I never left,there are still lots of people I went to school with that I can yarn with over a pint,..........which is nice!

I never knew that they were police houses mossdog, reading your posts over the last few days have brought back a lot of memories.
Joe was a humble man, but a very decorated soldier, he was captured twice & escaped twice, I'm now wondering what happened to all his medals.
Here is Joe in the back yard, you can see Nichol's barn across the road, the other is Don, Joe, and Joes brother Charlie, this must have been taken around 1940, sadly they are no longer with us.

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You put some great pictures on here Skippy. Do you have any of Sheldon Lane?

You put some great pictures on here Skippy. Do you have any of Sheldon Lane?

Sorry teddie, the pics I have put on here are the only ones I have, my sister sent them to me after my cousin passed away.
My aunty & uncle were like parents to me, I lived with them from being a few months old [blitz & divorce] until I started school, then spent every weekend at their house until I reached my teens.
All I have left now are very happy memories of Stannington & it's people.

I never knew that they were police houses mossdog, reading your posts over the last few days have brought back a lot of memories.
Joe was a humble man, but a very decorated soldier, he was captured twice & escaped twice, I'm now wondering what happened to all his medals.
Here is Joe in the back yard, you can see Nichol's barn across the road, the other is Don, Joe, and Joes brother Charlie, this must have been taken around 1940, sadly they are no longer with us.

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Good photos Skippy,brings back memories!.............Actually the barn across the road was Charlie Lees farm,Violet, Charlies daughter who married Jim Sherrat still lives there and it is still farmed.Townhead farm which Nicholls farmed is about 300 yds further up on the same side!but that has not been farmed since Aida Nicholls died!

[QUOTE=mossdog;2801459]
The barn across the road was Charlie Lees farm.

Thanks for putting me right with that mossdog, I remember names and places, but putting them together in the rightful place is another thing.
My great grandparents name was Beachell, great grandmother was called Revitt before marriage & both lived somewhere in Stannington, they had my grandfather in 1877 & named him Herford, he then married my grandmother on Christmas Eve 1900, she was the daughter of the local stonemason, William Tattersall, they moved to Middle cottage at High Riggs where they started a family, thats where my mother & aunty grew up, I think my grandparents died very young as my mother went to live with my aunty for a while, who by then had married Joe, but the lights of the big smoke [Sheffield] attracted her & she moved out.
I have already put these on the other site, but it will keep everything in perspective, Middle Cottage & my aunty outside her shop, Skelton's store which was at Knowle Top.
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[QUOTE=mossdog;2801459]
The barn across the road was Charlie Lees farm.

Thanks for putting me right with that mossdog, I remember names and places, but putting them together in the rightful place is another thing.
My great grandparents name was Beachell, great grandmother was called Revitt before marriage & both lived somewhere in Stannington, they had my grandfather in 1877 & named him Herford, he then married my grandmother on Christmas Eve 1900, she was the daughter of the local stonemason, William Tattersall, they moved to Middle cottage at High Riggs where they started a family, thats where my mother & aunty grew up, I think my grandparents died very young as my mother went to live with my aunty for a while, who by then had married Joe, but the lights of the big smoke [Sheffield] attracted her & she moved out.
I have already put these on the other site, but it will keep everything in perspective, Middle Cottage & my aunty outside her shop, Skelton's store which was at Knowle Top.
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Thats a good photo of Skeltons greengrocers Skippy! I visited that little shop many times as a kid when sent shopping, but by then it had become "Elsies" (Hadfield)...............Looking at your other threads,it seems we have some common aquaintances in the 60s era bands.I played bass in many bands in the 60s,Frank White band,Scott William Combo,Vantennas,Steve Denton band,and depp'd for Joe Cocker, Frankensteins Monsters and the Chuck Fowler 4 to name just a few.Do you remember these bands?

Hi,

Does anybody remember the Vicar of Stannington in the 1950's and early 60's? He was an extremely colourful character called, I think, Stebbins?

Regards

I remember the old Vicar he married us in 1958. Kept asking me if I was absolutely sure that I wanted to get married.
The story was not to leave your beer unattended in the Sportsman if he was in there.

[QUOTE=mossdog;
It seems we have some common aquaintances in the 60s era bands.I played bass in many bands in the 60s,Frank White band,Scott William Combo,Vantennas,Steve Denton band,and depp'd for Joe Cocker, Frankensteins Monsters and the Chuck Fowler 4 to name just a few.Do you remember these bands ?

Remember them all mossdog, they were great times, I left the village when I was 4 years old and went to live at Crookes with my mother, my best mate & neighbour was Joe C, we get together for a good old yarn whenever he comes down under, do you still play ? I talk to Phil Crookes from time to time, he was a great guitarist, we went to school together & he lived up the road from me, Bob ?the bass player in the Avengers lived just around the corner also.
We moved to the Shirecliffe when I was 12, where I met Kevin Baines who played in the Greycats, he taught me my first chords, I lost touch with Joe until we met up some years later at the Sicey pub, I couldn't believe he was a singer, and to see Phil & Bob playing guitars was rather a surprise.
I never had the guts to get up in front of an audience, so I was quite jealous of blokes like you that did it, although I fullfilled my ambition 4 years after arriving here when my wife and I travelled around NSW for 8 years singing country gospel, then I gave it all away.
Both our sons play guitar as well as 2 of our teenage grandsons, so it's got passed on down the line, after a back injury a few years ago, I got medically retired & became quite bored & depressed, my wife talked me into playing again & she bought me all the equipment, I went and bought a couple of new guitars & got playing with a couple of mates entertaining the pensioners, I've had to put that on hold for a while as I've got my finger in too many pies at the moment & can't always be available.

Arnold Wraggs or is it before your time!

Was Arnold Wragg any relation to this bloke, another old gem from the Skelton's attic.

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[QUOTE=mossdog;
It seems we have some common aquaintances in the 60s era bands.I played bass in many bands in the 60s,Frank White band,Scott William Combo,Vantennas,Steve Denton band,and depp'd for Joe Cocker, Frankensteins Monsters and the Chuck Fowler 4 to name just a few.Do you remember these bands ?

Remember them all mossdog, they were great times, I left the village when I was 4 years old and went to live at Crookes with my mother, my best mate & neighbour was Joe C, we get together for a good old yarn whenever he comes down under, do you still play ? I talk to Phil Crookes from time to time, he was a great guitarist, we went to school together & he lived up the road from me, Bob ?the bass player in the Avengers lived just around the corner also.
We moved to the Shirecliffe when I was 12, where I met Kevin Baines who played in the Greycats, he taught me my first chords, I lost touch with Joe until we met up some years later at the Sicey pub, I couldn't believe he was a singer, and to see Phil & Bob playing guitars was rather a surprise.
I never had the guts to get up in front of an audience, so I was quite jealous of blokes like you that did it, although I fullfilled my ambition 4 years after arriving here when my wife and I travelled around NSW for 8 years singing country gospel, then I gave it all away.
Both our sons play guitar as well as 2 of our teenage grandsons, so it's got passed on down the line, after a back injury a few years ago, I got medically retired & became quite bored & depressed, my wife talked me into playing again & she bought me all the equipment, I went and bought a couple of new guitars & got playing with a couple of mates entertaining the pensioners, I've had to put that on hold for a while as I've got my finger in too many pies at the moment & can't always be available.You may have lived on Tasker Road, where Joe lived then. Phil lived on Stannington View Road,and was best man at my wedding,I think Bob Bamford who lives in Stannington lived there also,Not sure where Bob Everson and Dave Memmott the other members of "Vance Arnold and the Avengers" lived in those days,I also played in Stu Moselys band for a short time,(another Crookes lad still gigging)I remember Kev Baines well,used to come into the"Stonehouse ,Sat lunch where all the bands used to meet for a few jars,before travelling on to gigs in the back of a Bedford or Thames 15cwt van.Yes I have never stopped playing,although for many years it has been Fiddle! I gave up playing bass a long time ago,and still do a few gigs with various people if they need a fiddle player, I also play for the local carols in Stannington at Xmas! Thanks for the Pics, they are causing much discussion in the "Top House"!

[QUOTE=mossdog; Phil lived on Stannington View Road,and was best man at my wedding,I think Bob Bamford who lives in Stannington lived there also.

Bob Bamford lived on Stannington View Rd as a kid then moved to live on I think they call it St thomas Rd which runs at the bottom of Tasker Rd.
A thunderbolt went through their roof on S/V road & would you believe the same thing happened when they moved to St thomas Rd, I'm sure I'm right, ask him, he also went to Crookes Endowed School same time as me but is a year or two older than me, what a small world this is eh ?

[QUOTE=mossdog;Not sure where Bob Everson and Dave Memmott the other members of "Vance Arnold and the Avengers" lived in those days ?

It was Bob Everson [Bass Player] although I thought his surname was Eveson ?that lived at the top of St Thomas Road, I can't remember his surname for sure.
Bob Bamford lived at the bottom of that same street in the 50's after moving house.

[QUOTE=mossdog;Not sure where Bob Everson and Dave Memmott the other members of "Vance Arnold and the Avengers" lived in those days ?

It was Bob Everson [Bass Player] although I thought his surname was Eveson ?that lived at the top of St Thomas Road, I can't remember his surname for sure.
Bob Bamford lived at the bottom of that same street in the 50's after moving house.Saw Bob Bamford this weekend in the "Top 'Ouse" and he is puzzled as to whether or not he knows you as I cannot give him a name! Joe Cocker is playing the Arena in Sheffield this week and Bob is going to contact Vic ,Joe's brother to see if they can all meet up at the gig!

Was Arnold Wragg any relation to this bloke, another old gem from the Skelton's attic.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j134/skippy_63/scan0001.jpg

thomas wraggs were the fire brick makers in the loxley vally

[QUOTE=skippy;2826441]Saw Bob Bamford this weekend in the "Top 'Ouse" and he is puzzled as to whether or not he knows you as I cannot give him a name! Joe Cocker is playing the Arena in Sheffield this week and Bob is going to contact Vic ,Joe's brother to see if they can all meet up at the gig!

I sent you a PM 5 days ago mossdog, my name is Trevor Powell, we lived at 55 Tasker, opposite Joe and 4 doors up, 3 doors from Joe Mitchell.
Good luck with Bob trying to contact Vic, I've been trying to get his email address from a Tony Illingworth [Bob will remember him] for ages to give to Phil, but he has lost it somewhere in the house.
I will be catching up with Joe around February when he comes here.

[QUOTE=mossdog;2801459]
My great grandparents name was Beachell, great grandmother was called Revitt before marriage & both lived somewhere in Stannington, they had my grandfather in 1877 & named him Herford, he then married my grandmother on Christmas Eve 1900, she was the daughter of the local stonemason, William Tattersall, they moved to Middle cottage at High Riggs

Skippy, take at look at my website - 'Stannington Roll Of Honour', there are details relating to the Beachell, Tattersall & Revitt families. Could be your relatives.

I used to live on Sheldon Lane in the old houses that got knocked down (somebody is building a house where they were). Then we moved across the road into a flat in the old police station across from Charlesworth's. Then to Pond Close when the council built new houses. I still live in Stannington.

Cheers

Robert.

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Skippy, take at look at my website - 'Stannington Roll Of Honour', there are details relating to the Beachell, Tattersall & Revitt families. Could be your relatives.

Thanks for that Robert, I seem to remember there was a Charlesworth that lived in the cottages that were on Uppergate, opposite the top of Reynolds lane.
I will pass your web site onto a family member who is doing our family tree.
I suppose I was too young to be able to understand the horrors of war, no one talked about it in front of kids anyway in those days and it was a sheltered lifestyle living in the village in the early 40's, I only wish I had asked questions later on in life about our relatives when my family was alive & I was old enough to understand.
Does anyone remember a George Hawksley ? he went to school with my mother, he was a dairy farmer later on & used to deliver our milk when we moved to Crookes, I was terrified of him as he used to say he would feed me to his pigs.

[QUOTE=smiths565;2837239][QUOTE=skippy;2803880]

Skippy, take at look at my website - 'Stannington Roll Of Honour', there are details relating to the Beachell, Tattersall & Revitt families. Could be your relatives.

Thanks for that Robert, I seem to remember there was a Charlesworth that lived in the cottages that were on Uppergate, opposite the top of Reynolds lane.
I will pass your web site onto a family member who is doing our family tree.
I suppose I was too young to be able to understand the horrors of war, no one talked about it in front of kids anyway in those days and it was a sheltered lifestyle living in the village in the early 40's, I only wish I had asked questions later on in life about our relatives when my family was alive & I was old enough to understand.
Does anyone remember a George Hawksley ? he went to school with my mother, he was a dairy farmer later on & used to deliver our milk when we moved to Crookes, I was terrified of him as he used to say he would feed me to his pigs.I think most people who lived in Stannington in those times remember George Hawksley Skippy From Townfield farm on the Riggs High Road! Quite a character old George!
Two things I remember as a kid, was when a Vampire plane crashlanded on Rod Moor and George went and ferried the injured pilot down to the Infirmary! The other occasion was when a bull gored a farmhand in the yard at the farm, George came out with his 12 bore and shot the bull dead,but too late to save the farmhand who died a little later!

I remember a bloke that delivered milk for George getting gored by a bull, I didn't realise that he had died though, Georges Father in Law lived on Tasker Rd.

hi, the old vicar of stannington was my late father in laws dad peter stebbing i am married to his son glyn which is his grandson who i think looks like his grandad stebbing francis augustine stebbing was the vicar of stannington for 47 years and was well liked in the community so we always are told its surprising how many people come up to us and say are you related to him. my husband glyn always has stories to tell of his grandad which are quite funny. francis is buried in stannington church and has a plaque in the church in his memory.

I remember the Rev. Francis Stebbing well from my teenage years. He was indeed well-liked in Stannington. See earlier posts on this thread (including mine, #42)

hi, the old vicar of stannington was my late father in laws dad peter stebbing i am married to his son glyn which is his grandson who i think looks like his grandad stebbing francis augustine stebbing was the vicar of stannington for 47 years and was well liked in the community so we always are told its surprising how many people come up to us and say are you related to him. my husband glyn always has stories to tell of his grandad which are quite funny. francis is buried in stannington church and has a plaque in the church in his memory.

Hi how is my cousin in law and her husband this is long lost cousin in New Zealand

What happens in the Rose and Crown on Caking night?

apparently this was taken at the Royal (Dungworth) 1974.

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/howweare/images/works/cakingnight_large.jpg

[QUOTE=skippy;2791784]Yes thats correct,bit further up actually. In regard to Skeltons I remember Joe Skelton who did live in at 147 one of the old police houses .Amongst other things ,he was a bookies runner for Furniss bookies on Oldfield Rd. He used to collect bets from the men in the Top House on Saturday afternoon and come into the old kitchen and phone them through to Furniss.
One afternoon someone in the taproom said"where's Joe"? they eventually found him in the corner of the kitchen,terrified only inches away from being eaten by "Buller" the bull terrier at the Crown and Glove,who was chained to the sideboard in the kitchen!.................which was strange,because he usually only ate people in uniforms !

What type of bull terrier was he? Staffordshire?

does any one remember the mosleys who had Bingley farm,Milson ,evelyn,keith,ian,peter and the late Carol.I used to go to the old farm in the sixties and they had the meat hung from hooks from the beams.The farm was in yorkshire but if you wanted the toilet which was a shared midden you had to cross the lane into Derbyshire.They are my late wifes relatives.

yes i went to school with pete mosley we went to the primary school then to bradfield

The only pigs I remember were kept in the stable at the bottom of the yard at the Crown@ Glove by Harry Wood (I used to feed them before I went to school)! There was a big boar up at Townhead farm(Edgar and Aida Nicholls place) kept in a stye at the side of the road (now a cottage),that is most likely the one you are refering to!just further up Uppergate than Mauds
Did you know that the cottages in Maud Mettams yard were once an Inn many years ago, and legend has it that Roundheads were billeted there in the civil war,as well as Ughill and other places,and apparently Oliver Cromwells initialls are carved into the old cellar wall! The other famous visitor to Mauds yard was Lonnie Donnegan who used to come to see his old army pal living in the cottages in the yard! when he was performing in town ! Ronnie O'Sullivan the snooker ace often stays at Townhead farm when at the Crucible!

Lonnie Donnegans mate was my Uncle Rowland. My sister has just moved out of the cottage that used to be Maud Mettams shop. LOL Imagine buying parafin over the counter in a bottle you took to the shop nowadays

Can anybody remeber the old car sales pitch/garage opposite Charlesworths near the old police station. I think this was in the 1950s/early 1960s., although I could be wrong on the dates.

My uncle lived in a small cottage right on Stannington road down a little ways from the pub (which I thought was the crown and glove but maybe not)

It was on a corner but I can't remember the off street. there was noting accross Stanington road other than farmers fields where I used to play with my cousin.

Can anybody remeber the old car sales pitch/garage opposite Charlesworths near the old police station. I think this was in the 1950s/early 1960s., although I could be wrong on the dates.Otter @ Priestly.................Bill Otter And Bert Priestly ran it for years.
It was called Hanmoor Garage, they had Coaches, sold petrol and operated a garage.

My uncle lived in a small cottage right on Stannington road down a little ways from the pub (which I thought was the crown and glove but maybe not)

It was on a corner but I can't remember the off street. there was noting accross Stanington road other than farmers fields where I used to play with my cousin.

Was the pub Hare & Hounds ?

Was the pub Hare & Hounds ?

Looking at Google Earth I guess it was

Looking at Google Earth I guess it was

I think it's closed down now though.

I've still got some beer mats from there

I think it's closed down now though.

I've still got some beer mats from there

Probably went bankrupt through people nicking their Beer Mats :-)

Probably went bankrupt through people nicking their Beer Mats :-)

Nicked them :rant: I'll have you know I paid for them :suspect:

Sure you did :hihi:

you don't have to rub it in 3 times :rant:

you don't have to rub it in 3 times :rant:


OK

Sure you did :hihi:

OK

Sure you did :hihi:

Jealous Jealous :banana: I got beer mats, you don't :banana:

Otter @ Priestly.................Bill Otter And Bert Priestly ran it for years.
It was called Hanmoor Garage, they had Coaches, sold petrol and operated a garage.

I think they also sold cars.

D o you know if they are still alive?

Otter & priestly took us to bradfield school from stannington in
the late fiftys