Do you remember the snooker halls that were all over Sheffield in the 50s-60s 70s.The ones I remember were Fitzpatrick & Longley on Ladys Bridge,the one opposite the Roscoe Cinema (don`t know it`s name)& the one at the top of Wood lane which I think is still there.Where did you play?

I didn't play but I remember the one on Newhall Road, top section. The smell of smoke and leering whistles when I walked past............:)

I didn't play but I remember the one on Newhall Road, top section. The smell of smoke and leering whistles when I walked past............:)
Ah yes wasn`t that macartins.Later a betting shop.

there was one at manor top under the cinema,one on burgess street and i think burtons tailors had a few above their shops, a lot of pubs also had tables but you dont see them as often now

Ah yes wasn`t that macartins.Later a betting shop.
Macartins rings a bell, don't remember a betting shop.....it was black and dark..chip shop next to it and a cycle shop lower down. More or less opposite the gennel that went up to the Adelphi.
I left in late 60's ....oh and there was one on Brompton Road by the no 5 bus stop and that became a hairdressers.....

There was one under the Abbeydale cinema, a bit high class, and one at the Heeley end of Broadfield road, definitely not upper class. Cost me many a tanner.

There was one under the Abbeydale cinema, a bit high class, and one at the Heeley end of Broadfield road, definitely not upper class. Cost me many a tanner.

Used them both on the way home from school :D We were always kicked out of the one under the Abbeydale when they opened the bar :(

My mother never understood why I got so much detention :hihi:

Used them both on the way home from school :D We were always kicked out of the one under the Abbeydale when they opened the bar :(

My mother never understood why I got so much detention :hihi:You must have lived in the area. I lived on Glen Road right next to Abbeydale Elementary School, which I attended till I went to Nether Edge Grammar. I latrer lived on Arthur Road just up from the Abbeydale Cinema. Uswed to spend time in the drink shop next door, getting sloshed on sasparilla.

Yes Buck - we lived on Kearsley road and I too went to Nether Edge, left July 1956. Used the herbalist drinks shop a lot - mostly Saturday mornings after an early session at Heeley baths, although it was usually hot Vimto on those occasions.

ahh signs of a mis-spent youth:hihi::hihi::hihi:

Yes Buck - we lived on Kearsley road and I too went to Nether Edge, left July 1956. Used the herbalist drinks shop a lot - mostly Saturday mornings after an early session at Heeley baths, although it was usually hot Vimto on those occasions.

I left Nether Edge in 1947, god am I getting old. I used to spend Saturday morning at Heeley Baths as well till we got chucked out at noon. I joined the navy in 1949, married a girl from Greenhill in 56, and never went back to live until I left the service in 1966. Pat grew very restless living back in Sheffield after all the years of living everywhere else, so we took a job in Montreal in 1968, and the rest is history.

We used to take our school lunch breaks in the one behind the Gaumont. Woodbines and Park Drives were tuppence each.

I have mentioned this before on a similar kind of thread but here goes again.
I lost my first weeks wages in Burgess Street snooker/billiard hall in 1962. I was fifteen years old at the time . I never did learn my lesson though as I have lost loads of money playing the game since. Mind you, I did occasionally win a few bob as well.