I grew up on Hyde Park Flats - lived there from 1970 and moved off in 1988 because they were being emptied for the Student Games. I also went to St. Johns CofE on Manor Oaks Road which is now sadly a burned out shell :(

I lived on Dacre Row between 78-81 and loved it.

I was on Ropery. Must admit it was a good place to grow up although it had turned nasty by the time I moved off. The number of times I almost got my head caved in by an ice-pop being flung over the wall by a caring parent to cool down their red faced offspring is unbelievable! Add to that the 10p wrapped in kitchen-roll to go and get a jubilee from Rosita.... I don't know how I lived to tell the tale! : )

I was on Ropery. Must admit it was a good place to grow up although it had turned nasty by the time I moved off. The number of times I almost got my head caved in by an ice-pop being flung over the wall by a caring parent to cool down their red faced offspring is unbelievable! Add to that the 10p wrapped in kitchen-roll to go and get a jubilee from Rosita.... I don't know how I lived to tell the tale! : )

We lived on Ropery for a couple of years and moved away when they were emptied also (no13). I have also posted on your 'Remember Hurlfield' thread. I must know you!

Jayne

I lived at No. 81 - I was 2 when we moved on there and just 20 when I moved off. A lot of my family lived on the flats too - my uncle, aunt and cousin lived on Chequers, my nan and grandad lived on High Pavement and another aunt and uncle lived on Hyde Park Terrace. Also, my dad and my grandad had connections with Park Gardeners Club (the old one, under the flats) for years. When I got married in April '88 the service was at St. Johns Church and the reception was in the concert room of the Park Gardeners! Proves it's not what you know but who you know ;)

Hi, caronlel,

Welcome to the forum.

There are absolute shedloads of us on here who are "ex-Hyde Parkers", I'm one of them...

There are loads of threads where HPF (And PHF- Park Hill Flats And Kelvin, too!) is mentioned, and loads of threads specific to HPF, eg this one:-

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=59314&highlight=hyde+park+flats

and this one

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195450&highlight=hyde+park+flats

and this one
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=211585&highlight=hyde+park+flats

lots of fascinating stories, and reminiscences.

my mates lived on hyde park but i lived on manor oaks road . i used to go away with park gardeners club my mums mates husband was on the committee , happy days . bottle of pop bag o crisp and a little packet with your spends in . :hihi:

When we were all been moved off Hyde Park for the Student Games I moved on to Manor Oaks Road - 181, near the Post Office. Stayed on there for 8 years so my daughter ended up going to St. Johns School just as I had and I was amazed to find at least 2 of my old teachers were still there! :o

i moved away from manor oaks road when i got married in 1980 i still had family on the wybourn who i visited but it never had the same atmosphere it had in the 60's and 70's .

hi i lived on dacre row in the 60s & 70s

Caronlel
We used to go in the old Park Gardners. What was your dad/grandads name? We lived on Hyde Park for about three years, moved off in February 1988.

Jayne

Caronlel
We used to go in the old Park Gardners. What was your dad/grandads name? We lived on Hyde Park for about three years, moved off in February 1988.

Jayne

My grandad died in 1984 - he was called "Steve" Stephenson. His real name was Joseph Henry but I don't think anyone evercalled him this, not even my nan!

My dad is Jack Booker and had links with the club until it went private a few years ago.

I lived on Derwent Row, #94. I too went to St. Johns and then onto Hurlfield. Moved to Skye Edge in 1981. Now living in the US.
I was home last Christmas and was sad to see the burnt out shell of the old St Johns, I had a lot of happy memories there. Michelle

I lived on Derwent Row, #94. I too went to St. Johns and then onto Hurlfield. Moved to Skye Edge in 1981. Now living in the US.
I was home last Christmas and was sad to see the burnt out shell of the old St Johns, I had a lot of happy memories there. Michelle

Apparently it was no longer used, St. Johns merged with St. Oswalds on Southend Road. Now there's a partnership I didn't see coming! There was talk of it being arson originally but apparently this was disproved. It is still in the same condition, still burnt down to the brickwork but then again, an open-plan school with 6 courses of bricks and the rest built from wood was a bit of an accident waiting to happen. I'm surprised it lasted so long!!

I lived on Derwent Row, #94. I too went to St. Johns and then onto Hurlfield. Moved to Skye Edge in 1981. Now living in the US.
I was home last Christmas and was sad to see the burnt out shell of the old St Johns, I had a lot of happy memories there. Michelle

I lived on Derwent Row, #94. I too went to St. Johns and then onto Hurlfield. Moved to Skye Edge in 1981. Now living in the US.
I was home last Christmas and was sad to see the burnt out shell of the old St Johns, I had a lot of happy memories there. Michelle

hi i lived on derwent row about 10 doors up from the lift
at cricket inn rd end. overlooking the parkway
i think it was around 73/74
then i lived at no 3 next to the top landing.
the row below st john's.
sorry can't think of the name?? i lived there in 74.
we had a door on the stairs
as well as on the landing we got flooded out once when
some kids turned the fire hydrent on above us.
great views over sheffield from up there.
trouble was i am scared of hights..lol
it used to be one heck of a hike if the lifts wasan't working.:(
my friend lived on the pavement,

that would be lords row beemerchez

that would be lords row beemerchez

thanks allthegearno
roland i think it was.lol
about 13 floors up.
i never did hang any washing out.lol

yup. Lord Row (note, not LordS Row)was two-below the topmost row on the biggest block.
from ground up it went High Pavement, Bevis, Chancel, Dacre, Lord, Rowland and Saint Johns.

I was on Dacre and we were about 10 or so floors up. I hated being at height, and used to walk along the walkway pressed up really tightly against the front doors. lol, I was so close to the front doors, if I'd been any closer, I'd have been inside the flats.

hi i lived on derwent row about 10 doors up from the lift
at cricket inn rd end. overlooking the parkway
i think it was around 73/74
then i lived at no 3 next to the top landing.
the row below st john's.
sorry can't think of the name?? i lived there in 74.
we had a door on the stairs
as well as on the landing we got flooded out once when
some kids turned the fire hydrent on above us.
great views over sheffield from up there.
trouble was i am scared of hights..lol
it used to be one heck of a hike if the lifts wasan't working.:(
my friend lived on the pavement,

On the small block, with the pub called the Samuel Plimsoll, the rows were named Bungay row, Chequers, Derwent and Ropery. I believe the top row (the penthouses) were named Cricket inn Row.

On the small block, with the pub called the Samuel Plimsoll, the rows were named Bungay row, Chequers, Derwent and Ropery. I believe the top row (the penthouses) were named Cricket inn Row.

thanks plain talker
yes i lived on derwent.about 72/3
then on roland.around 74/6
i remember we had silver fish and ants when i was there.
i also remember i used to mop the outside of the door
then i got to doing next doors then ended up doing about 10 .lol

i remember the great smells when walking on the landing
around tea time mmmm could guess what people was having for tea.lol

and the not so nice smells in the lifts.

does anyone remember the care taker
Henry he collected rubbish in a little ride on cart
i loved it on there.

I lived at No. 81 - I was 2 when we moved on there and just 20 when I moved off. A lot of my family lived on the flats too - my uncle, aunt and cousin lived on Chequers, my nan and grandad lived on High Pavement and another aunt and uncle lived on Hyde Park Terrace.

Think we must know each other - we lived at 89 Ropery until we got chucked off for the games!! Does 367 mean anything to you - if it does, I definitely know you and you also know both my kids :hihi:!!

My sister also lived on the bigger block, fairly low down but I can't recall which Row it was

Stenner

Think we must know each other - we lived at 89 Ropery until we got chucked off for the games!! Does 367 mean anything to you - if it does, I definitely know you and you also know both my kids :hihi:!!

My sister also lived on the bigger block, fairly low down but I can't recall which Row it was

Stenner

367 Sig Sqn? Hmmm, now you have me racking my brains... :hihi:

My grandad died in 1984 - he was called "Steve" Stephenson. His real name was Joseph Henry but I don't think anyone evercalled him this, not even my nan!

My dad is Jack Booker and had links with the club until it went private a few years ago.

Yep,
I know you. Don't know your grandad, but know your dad.

Jayne

Yep,
I know you. Don't know your grandad, but know your dad.

Jayne

Yeah? Well it seems you have one or two advantages over me then :)

I lived on Dacre Row between 78-81 and loved it.had some good times as a teenager on there (short walk from town) knocked around with Glen manning and his brother Dean:(

Hi caronlel,
I lived on Derwent Street (behind Maltravers Road and just off Cricket Inn Road) from 1962 - 1974 (when they pulled our old back-to-back houses down). Have great memories of Hyde Park Flats as we used to knock around there all the time. I went to St Johns School, then Hurlfield. I stood on Sky Edge and watched the 'Big' block being blown up - a lot of good memories uo in smoke! Coudn't start to tell you about the things we got up to (nicking beer from the dog track and milk from the sliding hatches in the flats etc.) but hey! What a fantastic childhood it was!
Shaun Garratty

i used to live on dacre row during my early years 1960/64 we used to live at the corner flat at the side of the middle stair well

we lived on Dacre Row ( 42 ) as well for years.
Used to drive deaf and dumb man bonkers ( we were kids feel bad about it thinking back now ).
Always playing football and as someone said it was scary up there, we used to kick the ball over and watch it fall to the ground by hanging over the balcony :loopy::loopy:
We were on the side that overlooked the church and had family on Lord row who overlooked the dog track.
Some good sledging in winter and great football on the grass in the middle bit.
Chucking coins as hard as you could at the Sally Ann sunday mornings :hihi:
Memories that stay with you forever.

when i lived on there when it came to bonfire night they had a big bonfire near to dog track

I lived on Chancel Row. Anybody who wants to contact me my email is

kevansmith44@aol.com

Does anyone remember the dance nights at the commumity centre at the bottom of the flats. If I remember correctly the community centre was near the shops and round the corner from the laundrette - I may be wrong tho' as it is a loooong time ago :hihi:

i remember that when i was on there every body used to go on to the grave yard and fight with each other.also remember being able to watch dog racing from my bed room window

i remember that when i was on there every body used to go on to the grave yard and fight with each other.also remember being able to watch dog racing from my bed room window

you lived on the same side as me i used to watch the dogs run
also does anyone remember when they used to have open days at the track? lots of fun and games my dad was on the door upstairs at the track

if i can find the old photographs off the sports days they used to have i will put them on.my grand ma and grandad used to live on the smaller block their son and daughter were called roger mason and audrey mason.like i said i lived on dacre row there is another thread on here about scotch arrow,s that we used to use.them were the day,s

if i can find the old photographs off the sports days they used to have i will put them on.my grand ma and grandad used to live on the smaller block their son and daughter were called roger mason and audrey mason.like i said i lived on dacre row there is another thread on here about scotch arrow,s that we used to use.them were the day,s
yes i remember them days well its a wonder no one got killed with them arrows great fun though piece of garden cane one card from a pack of cards a bit of string total cost 2p amount of fun priceless

Does anyone remember the dance nights at the commumity centre at the bottom of the flats. If I remember correctly the community centre was near the shops and round the corner from the laundrette - I may be wrong tho' as it is a loooong time ago :hihi:

The community centre was at the end of the shops, on the "High Pavement" row... it was on the corner as you went along toward the bridge that led you to the long, low block that had the Samuel Plimsoll Pub underneath it, (the one that's now refurbished and is run by Northern Counties)

The Launderette was underneath the massive block, just where it joined the smaller block that stands nearer town (the one with Reubens and Link Rows on it that's also refurb-ed called Harold Lambert Court.) more or less underneath the Crow's Nest pub, near the Park Gardener's club. they weern't too far apart, just on different levels of the flats.

The community centre was at the end of the shops, on the "High Pavement" row... it was on the corner as you went along toward the bridge that led you to the long, low block that had the Samuel Plimsoll Pub underneath it, (the one that's now refurbished and is run by Northern Counties)

The Launderette was underneath the massive block, just where it joined the smaller block that stands nearer town (the one with Reubens and Link Rows on it that's also refurb-ed called Harold Lambert Court.) more or less underneath the Crow's Nest pub, near the Park Gardener's club. they weern't too far apart, just on different levels of the flats.

Thanks for the info Plain Talker, I'm amazed you remember so well - only me then with memory loss:hihi:

Thanks for the info Plain Talker, I'm amazed you remember so well - only me then with memory loss:hihi:

hehehe, no, I'm sure I've got a form of alzheimers... :wink: I can remember perfectly well, what I had for my lunch the very first day at school, nearly forty years ago, but I can't remember what I had for my lunch yesterday! lol

I used to live at 91 chequers row until we moved to Aus in 1968.

My brother has just reminded me we lived at 74 Daker row
couldent remember the number myself :huh:

My brother has just reminded me we lived at 74 Daker row
couldent remember the number myself :huh:


We lived at 42 :o
What years where you there again Allthegearno ?

not totally sure of the year but i was there when the queen mother opened the flats
i had to watch from the balconey because i had the mumps

yes i remember them days well its a wonder no one got killed with them arrows great fun though piece of garden cane one card from a pack of cards a bit of string total cost 2p amount of fun priceless Andy Donovan lost an eye with one. I was born at 66 Dacre Row & not long after went to live on the Wybourn but I do remember people. My mam worked in the Target & the Crows nest & I remember going to Skeggy with the Park Gardeners. We had a dog that raced there called JUST JOE, but not many ever beat CLOVER. It was sad when my mam told me about Des De Freitas though & I´ll tell you all a funny story about him:I went one day to Sheaf valley baths with him one day (using my mams dole card to get in for free because I had joined the army).Des was elbows on the poolside in the water chatting somebody up,he asked me for a loan to invite her to a coffee.She was due to get out before us so I said i´d go to the changing rooms with him & get the money when the siren went off ,well it went off & Des´s face was a picture when he saw she only had 1 leg!!! but I gave him the money & he said they had a wonderful time.

what year were you on hyde park Burko?

what year were you on hyde park Burko? 1968 I was born there but I always passed through on my way to town right up until when they chucked every body off. I did have a spell in the army when nobody ever saw me much.We never lived there long because when I was born we moved off. Does Horace & Eric Swift ring a bell they were my dads cousins & Polly was his aunt ,she was in a wheel chair & lived in a ground floor flat near where the 96 stopped.

I grew up on Hyde Park Flats - lived there from 1970 and moved off in 1988 because they were being emptied for the Student Games. I also went to St. Johns CofE on Manor Oaks Road which is now sadly a burned out shell :(
oth sets of grandparents lived there until they like you, were turfed out for i was very young but i remember going up on sunday afternoons, you could leave your front door open round there and be safe! on the way home we used to go the an old toyshop on broad street i think it was.
Do you remember when they were moving everybody out there was a few rebels who refused to be moved and in the end there was only one person still hanging on i think he was called larry or lou??

oth sets of grandparents lived there until they like you, were turfed out for i was very young but i remember going up on sunday afternoons, you could leave your front door open round there and be safe! on the way home we used to go the an old toyshop on broad street i think it was.
Do you remember when they were moving everybody out there was a few rebels who refused to be moved and in the end there was only one person still hanging on i think he was called larry or lou??
ive just been informed by my parents that it was actually a few years earlier than student games!

I lived on Dacre Row from '78 to '83. I remember lots of people from then but nobody who has been mentioned on this thread. I moved off to live on the Manor!!!!!

i also went on the day trips with park gardeners burko a bit before your time though mate it would have been about the late 60s i would have been 9 or 10 great days out
we also got i think it was 10 bob to spend and free pop and crisp on the bus
takes me right back :hihi:

as i,ve all ready said we used to go fighting with the first black people that they put on the flats. in the middle of the grave yard with dust bin lids and big sticks also remember playig hide and seekin the under ground car park there used to be me my two brother,s melvyn and stuart and any body else who was interested

I Lived there for 10 years, but what i would like to know is where the names of the landings came from! Does anyone know!

I lived on Henry Row

I Lived there for 10 years, but what i would like to know is where the names of the landings came from! Does anyone know!

I lived on Henry Row

Where was that, that you lived, then, cra1g? *puzzled*

There was no Henry row on HPF, or any of the others in the three developments, which included Kelvin and PHF.

on HPF there were *big block*
High Pavement Row
Bevis Row
Chancel Row
Dacre Row
Lord Row
Rowland Row (Roland?)
and St John's Row

*small block* (now the red-clad NCHA block, and now have different names to the ones originally given such as "Castle Walk")

Bungay Row
Chequers Row
Derwent Row
Ropery Row
Cricket Inn Gardens

*Smaller block* (now the green-clad block, Harold Lambert Court)

High pavement row,
Reubens (Rubens?) row
Link row
I forget the name of the top floor - was it manor oaks gardens?)

*Smallest block* (nearest town)
Link row
Snow hill row
Stepney row

these "rows" were pretty much all named after the streets that were originally around the district:- Lord Street, Dacre Street, Bungay Street, Stepney Street, Snow Hill... etc, etc. you can see the old street names if you look on an old map pre clearance in the early 1950's.

It was the same with PHF and Kelvin:- on PHF, Norwich St was immortalised as Norwich Row, Long Henry St became Long Henry Row, Hague St became Hague row, and Gilbert St became Gilbert Row. Indeed you can still see four of the old roads (not including South Street) to the front of PHF, between the tram (which runs along what used to be Granville St) and PHF itself.

You can see the old cobbled streets, running diagonally up the now-grassy bank. there is one that runs up to the old sweet factory, and by gosh! that one looks almost vertical!!!

In Kelvin, when the old streets were demolished, again, the rows, those "streets in the sky", were named after the old streets that were there before the redevelopment:- Kelvin walk, Woollen walk and Edith Walk were the main ones I remember, again, I am struggling to remember the name of the fourth "walk"on Kelvin. I'm sure it was "Portland" after what was Portland Street?

There was a long henry row on Park Hill Flats.

There was a long henry row on Park Hill Flats.

Rowland Row i mean
and yes Long Henry we move to....Sorry

Hi everyone.
As you can see I am new on SF. What a trip down memory lane reading this thread was.
My family moved onto Hyde park in 1976. We lived above the Crows Nest Pub.
I would like to ask if anyone can remember what the name of the pub was that stood right at the end of either Hyde Park Walk or Hyde Park Terrace?
Also could any one clarify that there used to be a groceryshop/supermarket called Bradshaws on High Pavement?
Thanks

...I would like to ask if anyone can remember what the name of the pub was that stood right at the end of either Hyde Park Walk or Hyde Park Terrace?...
The one at the end of Hyde Park Walk nearest the Salvation Army was The Earl Francis, I think.

Cheers for that Hecate. I've been wracking my brains for that since I read this thread earlier.
I don't suppose you know whether I'm right or not about Bradshaws do you?

Cheers for that Hecate. I've been wracking my brains for that since I read this thread earlier. ...
You're welcome :) .
...I don't suppose you know whether I'm right or not about Bradshaws do you?
No, sorry. I didn't really know that bit of Hyde Park when I lived in Sheffield.

Thanks anyway. It seems like there are quite a few ex-hyde Parkers on here so I'm sure someone will let me know.

I thought Bradshaws was on Pavement Row, down on Park hill. (rather than high pavement)

I remember the Co-op, and Sue's Shop, as well as the paper shop on High pavement, (there was a bookies, the rent office, a freezer shop and what I think was a hairdressers that became the community association offices, on the actual shops and the tenants' hall where they held the youth club (the Hyde- away?) and the bingo nights.

Hi Plain Talker. The shop I'm thinking of was on High Pavement around 1978. There could also have been one on The Pavement because the same man also had a shop in Fitzalan Square at the same time

The one at the end of Hyde Park Walk nearest the Salvation Army was The Earl Francis, I think.

Correctimundo! And the Earl George IIRC was the one on the shops on Park Hill

(thePHF had four pubs, The Link, The Parkway, The Scottish Queen and the Earl George, HPF had The Samuel Plimsoll, The Crow's Nest, The Target, and the Park Gardeners Club, with the Earl Francis sort of a little way away, off the flats complex)

hi new to forum. reading about Hyde Park brings back memories. I lived on their from 1980 till we was moved off for the student games. I worked in the Samual Plimsoll pub for a few years and was involved in the junior club and playscheme in the community centre for several years. My husband worked in the betting shop and ran a junior football club on the estate

Hi and welcome to theForum I moved off Hyde Park in approx. '85. Where abouts did you live?

I lived on Bungay row

I lived on Dacre, I don't think I know any body from Bungay. Having said that my memory will probably be playing tricks at the moment:(
I've got to say i do love this thread cus it's brought back things i haven't thought of for years, like standing under the outlets from the laundrette which were on High Pavement, a big gang of us keeping warm in winter

does anybody remember dolly of hyde park

first time on here its a site my wife uses .
im also of hyde park 64/76 lived on chequers no54 then moved on to boundary rd wybourn my mum&dad still live on skye edge .
i went to st johns then on to hurlfield about 77/81
reading some of the threads brought back some good memoires

thanks very much to all.

mark

I went to Hurlfield school from '78. I remember we used to get on the bus outside the New Inn. Or if we were skiving that day, just nip round the corner where the parents couldn't see us.
I remember the truant officer was called Mr Caine. How very appropriate!!

I grew up on Hyde Park Flats - lived there from 1970 and moved off in 1988 because they were being emptied for the Student Games. I also went to St. Johns CofE on Manor Oaks Road which is now sadly a burned out shell :(

my uncle and cousins lived there in seventies think it was chancell row name of waterhouse

waterhouse chancell row

waterhouse chancell row

I don't remember any one of that name on Chancel. I do remember the Carr's living on there while I was there

first time on here its a site my wife uses .
im also of hyde park 64/76 lived on chequers no54 then moved on to boundary rd wybourn my mum&dad still live on skye edge .
i went to st johns then on to hurlfield about 77/81
reading some of the threads brought back some good memoires

thanks very much to all.

mark
Hi Mark
We lived at 91 Chequers row from 64 to 68 then moved to Oz. You must have lived near the Marshalls?
Barry

hi baz
yes we did sandra went to school with my sister jill i think they are still in touch

mark.

Hi Mark
I used to hang around with Steven and his cousin David Wade from the Park hill flats.
We even went on holidays with them. So we must passed each other at sometime?
Barry

yep i to lived on the flats 106 lord row doll keith jarret was my neighbour then l moved to hillstreet then to canada

hi scrapper dolly keith jarret was my neighbour. mark carole barbra tracy shaun the whole family were all hard cases. I remember dolly coming to my school which was st john he went to wyburn to fight the cock of my school and beat the hell out of him

Im new to this sf id like to say thanks to all for taking me back down memory lane awsome picture of the old hyde park flats sad put awsome.

Does anybody remember Mr stubs from st johns school he use to smack us in the back of our head with his hand well i mean me and robert mcdonald the ring on his finger would always hurt the most.Great football coach

who did dolly beat up at st johns school /i also remember mr stubbs/ dolly now lives at moss side in manchester

Does anyone remember the Whitehouse/Wheeler family?

I think it was martin smegly or shane, i can't remember his last name,shane had an older brother who was also tough, martin and shane were bestmates. Dolly had lots of fight and won most of them. If you are still in touch with him, tell him neville palmer said whats up.

i think you mean martin smedley,and jason smith,shane was the older smith brother but i carnt remember him fighting with any of them,martin smedley and dolly were best mates for a lot of yrs .i am not intouch with dolly but i do no hes married with 3 kids now .

That's their name's i'm pretty sure jason went up the hill to fight dolly and came running back down. Believe or not, dolly was a good football player if he'd would stay out of trouble. Dolly use to like my sister back then do you remember nadine palmer.

if it was your sister im thinking about,she was tall and a very good runner.mick brown of dacre row ,used to work in the paper shop also moved to ontario about 1989.

Yo scrapper what's your real name maybe i know you or remember you. My family were all atheletic good at all sports. Mick brown doesn't ring a bell. What about mark jarret, the last time i was over he was doing well for him self and as got a big dog in is backyard name bronze rotty. Remember dolly dad, laurford all the kids were afraid of him. We'd be outside playing and he would say go inside and guess what we'd go in side.

Hi Plain Talker. The shop I'm thinking of was on High Pavement around 1978. There could also have been one on The Pavement because the same man also had a shop in Fitzalan Square at the same time

Yipeeeeeeeee I've remembered. It was Bradshaws:loopy:

Hiya,
i used to live on the stairs in the main big block, I remember LOADS!... Like going out with a project for the flats to humber bridge,hull etc to create a project painting on a wall for the flats. I lived there in the 80's and also went to St johns school and Park hill school.

i remember Des Lols and was sorry to hear of him gone. i had many years on there and i sometimetimes wish i could project my memories onto a projection panel lols. I knew loads of people.

Plain Talker...maybe you n me owt to swop thoughts lols?

Hi Dinkychink, I left in 83 I think.

Who do you remember?

I also lived on the big block









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God where do i start? i lived there for 8 years or more before moving to norfolk park. I can remember them coming round changing all the font door locks for "erm erm" high security locks that kids could put there arms though the letter boxes and unlock the twistable lock other side before they come round and put the letter box gaurd on. I remember the jcb smashing up the play area outside the target pub before they come and put all the new block paving and shubbery etc... before they did that it was all open and 3ft x 3ft slabs from the community centre end to the ramps down to the stepney buildings....when they changed it it was like the wizard of oz and the "Red bricked roads" What a waste of money as one of the times i visted it was piled high near the shops with materials being striped from the flats before being demolished. Loads of names i remember....John from chancel....Pete from Bevis...Janet and ???? (The Ace BMXer And Rap DJ) ....Bono...Clair...Sammy....Scot from Chancel....Craig Etc Etc
I could make a million photos from whats in my mind still from all the differant parts of hyde park....I just wish id have taken many of them esp at night time looking out over the city and don valley area.. remember the "bang bang" of the steel works hammer you could hear when it was quiet at night??
Can ur remember em getting the new super duper electric caretakers carts which were much faster than the older ones.

If only i could paint my memories of hyde park flats onto paper it would be like looking at a 3d computerised image lols.

i think you mean bonney.i used to knock about with him curt saj sue s son from shop steve horsefield faizal.also knew des very well.i lived at 14 bevis row des lived at 18.

i think you mean bonney.i used to knock about with him curt saj sue s son from shop steve horsefield faizal.also knew des very well.i lived at 14 bevis row des lived at 18.

I remember Sue from the shop very well, and Des's number being about no 18 sounds about right as his flat was directly over the shops.

i lived at 28 rowland row 1970 -1980 some good memories remember calling to cyril stutchberys for sweetsfor for school and watching the greyhounds from the landing
playing football against other landings.good old days

Anyone remember melvyn beal ???????

Hello,
My auntie Doreen lived on Ropery Row,i think in the late 60s early 70s my mother took me visiting there. When we came out there was a gang of people around the lift at the bottom.The lift was slotted in blood!
Does anyone have the story?