In the days before large supemarkets and meadowhalls we used to get taken to Firth Park on a Saturday afternoon to do the shopping.

We got the 75 bus from Lane Top, it was only a five minute ride to Firth Park.

Some of the shops i remember were Fredricks the pork butchers, The Fine Fare which was about as big a supemarket you could get in late 60's, Woolworths (next to Fine Fare), Huddarts hardware shop, Wigfalls, Baldwins (ladies wear) got my first bra from there aged about 11 (i remember the embrassment very clearly):blush:

It was a lovely little shopping centre back then, what with the park and the little boating lake.

Saturday tea would be pork bits from fredricks or finny haddock from the fish shop opposite fredricks. Good memories :)

I used to be taken there by my mother on the 17 bus from Parson Cross, I used to love it there and I remember my mother buying me a bucket of live crabs from the fish mongers there, I kept them for a few days before they all snuffed it.

My Gran (god rest her soul) used to buy muscles and crab from there, the crabs still had their blinking claws on, used to scare me to death. The smell of that shop was awful.

We always had to go late afternoon on Saturday so she could pick up all the leftovers really cheap. Everyone in the shops at Firth Park knew my Gran.

If she was feeling a bit flushed we would go to the tanner bingo just at side of the bowling alley, spent many hours watching the bowlers whilst she was playing bingo.

I knew Mr & Mrs Baldwin. They were really decent people.

Do you remember the butchers shop of R Spencer & Son at Firth park?
I originally lived on Hinde House Lane.
My school friend John Spencer was the grandson of the original R Spencer and he went to work in the shop with his dad after leaving school in 1959. His son also went into the shop in the 90's.
When I was married in 1968 and lived on Maple Croft Rd we got all our meat from Spencers.
It was very sad when John died in his early 50's I think. Not long after that the shop shut.
I also remember a bycycle shop and a fruit shop - was it Hagues? Jennifer Hague was also in my class at school.
John

Also Blaskeys wallpaper shop and the magnificent co-op building.
It's now the library.

does anyone remember the veg cart that used to stand on the side road just of bellhouse road? & hagenbachs i think it was called it used to have a cafe inside the bread shop & lovely sausage rolls

does anyone remember the veg cart that used to stand on the side road just of bellhouse road? & hagenbachs i think it was called it used to have a cafe inside the bread shop & lovely sausage rolls

I remember the cart and the cafe was origionally Davies I think.

Do you remember the butchers shop of R Spencer & Son at Firth park?
I originally lived on Hinde House Lane.
My school friend John Spencer was the grandson of the original R Spencer and he went to work in the shop with his dad after leaving school in 1959. His son also went into the shop in the 90's.
When I was married in 1968 and lived on Maple Croft Rd we got all our meat from Spencers.
It was very sad when John died in his early 50's I think. Not long after that the shop shut.
I also remember a bycycle shop and a fruit shop - was it Hagues? Jennifer Hague was also in my class at school.
Johnthe cycle shop was john allens fruit shops was roses wilsons paper shop was camms fish a chip shop was stringers the litte house window tophams bishop sweet shop
i could name plenty more i lived on bevercotes at that time

I remember the cart and the cafe was origionally Davies I think.
i remember the cart he used to leave it under the steps at the back of the wharncliff
and any left over fruit in a small lock up

:)

Good Old Days.

I still live in the area - many shops have changed but memories live forever.

Sadly we are inundated now with many who only should live in the bowels of the earth - Yuk!!!

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Good Old Days.

I still live in the area - many shops have changed but memories live forever.

Sadly we are inundated now with many who only should live in the bowels of the earth - Yuk!!!

Us too and couldn't agree more.

My cousin and I used to get boxes from the Firth Park shops and ride down the Donkey Hill in them!!. Memories of the bowling alley where they used to sell 'slush' and the pinball arcade there!

as a 10 yr old was dragged to firth park every friday with gran mum 2 sisters and 2 or 3 nephews. We walked through Longley Park. Best memory is the Paragon fish and chip shop!

as a 10 yr old was dragged to firth park every friday with gran mum 2 sisters and 2 or 3 nephews. We walked through Longley Park. Best memory is the Paragon fish and chip shop!

You must have better memories than the chip shop.
It's still there by the way except it's changed hands and is called ....The Codfather:loopy:

True. The old library was a good place to sit and read, the park was great, my boyfriend worked in Fine Fare, and I can't believe we took a whole day to shop there. And I'm beginning to wonder if the chip shop was called the Paragon....

What was the name of the record shop next to Bunny's where i bought loads of 78's such as Be Bop a Lula, Rock island line, Heartbreak Hotel' and That'll be the day,?????

My cousin and I used to get boxes from the Firth Park shops and ride down the Donkey Hill in them!!. Memories of the bowling alley where they used to sell 'slush' and the pinball arcade there!

lol, me and my brother too, eee them were the days eh. often tell my kids about grass sledgeing, they dont get it, if you were lucky you jumped off before you got to the stream (sewer outlet)
does any one remember the prefab hut thing that was at the side of the playground, they had kids discos there (think they were on fridays) used to play in park then go there

a bucket of live crabs from the fish mongers, I kept them for a few days before they all snuffed it.

There's a joke in there somewhere i'm sure :D

There's a joke in there somewhere i'm sure :D

I had to glue my fingers together to stop myself from getting smutty Im still fighting the urge to make crab quips :D

What was the name of the record shop next to Bunny's where i bought loads of 78's such as Be Bop a Lula, Rock island line, Heartbreak Hotel' and That'll be the day,?????

Oh you've got me thinking now, the bloke who owned it was called Ray cos he used to live a few doors down from us on Bellhouse. I'm not sure if they used to call it Rays records. They used to have a couple of booths where you used to put big ear phones on to listen to the music. I still walk down n shop at firth park, my other half still shakes his head when I say I've been in fine fare. As for the paragon chippy, that was a treat to walk down the road and sit in the back cafe to eat your fish and chips. The nearest decent chippy to firth park now in my opinion is darnall.

lol, me and my brother too, eee them were the days eh. often tell my kids about grass sledgeing, they dont get it, if you were lucky you jumped off before you got to the stream (sewer outlet)
does any one remember the prefab hut thing that was at the side of the playground, they had kids discos there (think they were on fridays) used to play in park then go there


i remember the hut went to youth club there a few times before it got burned to the ground.
my mum still lives in the area & works at hucklow road school shes been there about 23 years

This brings back memories........Hucklow Road Infants School....the Donkey Hill....the Playground.....Richardsons DIY...Spencers Butchers...the CO-OP.......Paragon and Whitams fish and chips.....playing at the Bowling Alley.....Wigfalls......Saturday films at the Paragon.......the fish monger with tiled display surfaces......the toy shop at Bellhouse and Firth Park Crescent( where I used to live)....the two men that had a cart there..selling vegitables....we got a Christmas tree every year from them.......as a kid......sneaking up the back steps of the Wharnecliffe Hotel and watching the Guitarist on stage through a crack in the side door......I remember one player with a cherry red Gibson 335....that set a lot in motion.
You all have a big advantage over me............that's the way it still is in my memory....fixed in time.....
.....how has it changed?
...the shops...the people.....etc....

Fine fare co op was it cromptons electric s top man got my first tape player £15.00 at about £1 a month paragon chippy top chip shop always big queues next door hibbots sweet shop mt first job was at jim smiths fruit shop sat mornins plus worked at two paper shops GREEDY old man revil up the chenel and GTnews Bellhouse
Rons card shop stil there and he stil helps his son who runs shop now can go on for ever one last one chinese chipy bottom of belhouse road owners name Gordonwas chase ed many a time by him but top bloke

hucklow school, dont think its changed much, looks the same when i pass it.
think if i remember correctly there was a stall across from park keepers house, in the park where flower beds were(we called that part peace gardens dont know if anyone else did?) that sold ice cream and sweets. can anyone else remember this?

:confused:What was the name of the record shop next to Bunny's where i bought loads of 78's such as Be Bop a Lula, Rock island line, Heartbreak Hotel' and That'll be the day,?????
can remember a record shop called roadrunner:confused:

Crampton and Moore was the electrical/hifi/tv etc shop. The late Jimmy Whittaker, drummer at Bellhouse WMC, worked there for a few years. I worked at the Fine Fare store around 1968, great bunch of people worked there.

:confused:
can remember a record shop called roadrunner:confused:

Yep, Roadrunner was up opposite Huddarts, bought my first LP from there!, think it became a video shop in the early eighties.I can remember sitting on the steps of Liptons supermarket on Bellhouse Rd while my mum did her shopping, My dad used to buy all his clothes from the Mans Shop opposite the park.Marti Caine had a cafe in Firth Park didnt she, think its the jobnet place now.Used to love Fine Fare,and sitting on the wall outside waiting for the 48 bus to go home with a bag of chips from Paragon.

Hi awoollen
when I first got married we lived on Firth Park Cres, Bellhouse Road end, but as you lived on Bevercoates you may have known my in-laws as they ran the Wharncliffe Hotel for many years.

Yes i lived on the cres top end near Big green gates

Warncliffe was my local was a top pub

Fine fare co op was it cromptons electric s top man got my first tape player £15.00 at about £1 a month paragon chippy top chip shop always big queues next door hibbots sweet shop mt first job was at jim smiths fruit shop sat mornins plus worked at two paper shops GREEDY old man revil up the chenel and GTnews Bellhouse
Rons card shop stil there and he stil helps his son who runs shop now can go on for ever one last one chinese chipy bottom of belhouse road owners name Gordonwas chase ed many a time by him but top bloke
do you remember that greedy old mans sister that used to stand with her mother corner of firth park roadf and bellhouse well you can see how he became a greedy old man he was not a patch on his sister

Yes i lived on the cres top end near Big green gates

Warncliffe was my local was a top pub
would that be near that private drive do you remember tha garages on the crecent
thats where the built them new houses on the right hand side from your end
i left bevercotes when i got wed in 1960 but my brothers still lived on there
i deliverd milk on there for the coop in the the 50 and leter on with a lame laad viin scott

:)hucklow school, dont think its changed much, looks the same when i pass it.
think if i remember correctly there was a stall across from park keepers house, in the park where flower beds were(we called that part peace gardens dont know if anyone else did?) that sold ice cream and sweets. can anyone else remember this?

No Hucklow hasnt changed that much as my kids went there for a short time. I remember the stall you could get a drink of tea coffee pop icecreams lollys and sometimes shed sell the odd fag if people were desperate. Oh the good old days, can anyone remember coberts, firth park drapery, liptons, shirecliffes shoeshop( I think that was the name) Marti Caines chippy where youd hear a good joke or two, ogglebys fruit and veg at top of bellhouse and corner of north quadrant which is now ladysave. Bells ladies lingerie huddarts fine fare woolworths ( people dont believe me when I say that woolies had a shop at firth park) hymans furniture shop, Styons bakery, cant remember the name of the shop which is nottingham building society( remember when it was firth park bakery but before that it was something else) meadow which did meats and other things like the odd cake watsons buthcers fredricks for meat bits smelly fishmongers which is nat west bank allens chemist, spencers butchers baldwins postoffice, allens cycles, revilles exleys sweet shop that was where new world jewellery is miss seniors, purcells coop haberdashery, boots the chemist that was where headlines was at first but that asian whos got bo is there now.Roses fruit shop, furniture shop near roses cant remember name though, I could go on forever but it would get quite sad really.

i remember the hut went to youth club there a few times before it got burned to the ground.
my mum still lives in the area & works at hucklow road school shes been there about 23 years
that hut was a nursary when i used to deliver milk there

that hut was a nursary when i used to deliver milk there

All the kids Where scared to death of us kids in the playground they where never alloud to talk to us shame we used to think they where stuck up silly eh.

i remember the hut went to youth club there a few times before it got burned to the ground.
my mum still lives in the area & works at hucklow road school shes been there about 23 years

Whos your mum as I know alot that work at Hucklow Road School? I remember it as a nursery too before it was a youth club. Does any one remember the park keepers lodge I had a friend who used to live there when she was little she used to be alright but unfortunately she became more and more of a snob all because her dad was a Park Keeper.

Does any one remember the park keepers lodge I had a friend who used to live there when she was little she used to be alright but unfortunately she became more and more of a snob all because her dad was a Park Keeper.

i remember a girl whos dad was the park keeper, think they were the last family to live there she went to hucklow (i think) but didnt know her well as was a yr or two younger.
i remember going to the toddler group at the "pavillion" nr the duck pond also paddleing in duck pond before they emptyed it.
i was freinds with the family whos dad was park keeper for that part, they lived in the house that was part of the clock tower, nxt to old libary.

does anyone remember when kfc was in firth park, its where the chinese is now on firth park road. i was brought up in firth park, on fairthorn road, but when i got married i moved away but not for long. to cut a long story short, ive just recently sold the house i lived in on north quadrant. infact i worked in firth park for quite a few years, i worked in a hairdressers on bellhouse, it was mr smiths (fruit shop) daughter that had it, i also worked in firth park bakery, codfather, thurstons but that changed to gregs a few years ago. all are happy memories, but they are all in the past.

firth park is not the place it used to be, i eventually had to get out of the area because it had changed so much and is not nice anymore. and now i dont even miss it.

Whos your mum as I know alot that work at Hucklow Road School? I remember it as a nursery too before it was a youth club. Does any one remember the park keepers lodge I had a friend who used to live there when she was little she used to be alright but unfortunately she became more and more of a snob all because her dad was a Park Keeper.
when i was a lad and played in firth park the park keeper had a big black tash we used to call hin tinwhiskers

yep, i remeber kfc, also the video shop that was near it, used to make me laugh when he got the electronic sign above the door that named and shamed ppl who had not taken there videos back on time.

yep, i remeber kfc, also the video shop that was near it, used to make me laugh when he got the electronic sign above the door that named and shamed ppl who had not taken there videos back on time.

yeah me too, just had a good giggle to myself after reading this lol

I remember Firth Park from 1958/9 time , i was a delivery man for a wholesale tobacconist in Bradford , i think the route i took was Wadsley Bridge WMC, Parsons Cross, Pitsmoor, then Firth Park , the only shop i did was a coffeee bar called Firvale Creamery , (is my memory correct) it was on the main road and i think trams were running in those days , you certainly got a blasting if you parked on the tram lines and one came , happy days in Sheffield , i also delivered to an old cinema in Duke Street ? near to City road , then up City Road past a large cemetery , up to Stradbroke Road and then Swallow nest ...apologies if confused its 50 years ago.
all the best ...A Bradford lad ....

Hi Staincliffe, You are correct about Firvale Creamery. It was on the main road very near to the entrance of the City General Hospital (now the Northern General Hospital). I can't remember it being a coffee bar but it's a long time ago and I suppose my memory is not what it used to be. I seem to remember them selling cakes, biscuits, soft drinks etc. The building is still there and a few years ago they knocked it through into the shop next door and turned it into a fitted kitchen showroom. Then a few weeks ago this closed down and it is now a African/Afro Carribean supermarket.
As I think about it a bit more I do remember (vaguely) going in there a having a drink of some kind.

I remeber there was a chemist on the corner. In the early 70's they still had sawdust on the floor in the butchers.

I remeber sitting on the wall waiting for the 48 too. Used to watc the birds who had made nest in the Fine Fare signs. My mum would take me to the bingo plase sometimes.

I remember going to the park at bonfare night when i was little a huge bonfire and fireworks plus the fairound. good memories.


Oh you've got me thinking now, the bloke who owned it was called Ray cos he used to live a few doors down from us on Bellhouse. I'm not sure if they used to call it Rays records. They used to have a couple of booths where you used to put big ear phones on to listen to the music. I still walk down n shop at firth park, my other half still shakes his head when I say I've been in fine fare. As for the paragon chippy, that was a treat to walk down the road and sit in the back cafe to eat your fish and chips. The nearest decent chippy to firth park now in my opinion is darnall.

i remember going to fredericks on bellhouse road,
some pork dripping, a sausage roll, and a big bag of scraps -
oh heaven, healthy eating or what eh?

hucklow school, dont think its changed much, looks the same when i pass it.
think if i remember correctly there was a stall across from park keepers house, in the park where flower beds were(we called that part peace gardens dont know if anyone else did?) that sold ice cream and sweets. can anyone else remember this?


Yeah I remember it called The Peace Gardens in the 60's and 70's when they had a live in park keeper whose lodge was just down from the gardens near the main gate. It was a lovely park in those days. I also worked in the park in the hot summer of 1976 cutting grass and moving stuff around for the park keeper. I wasn't much use but it was an experience!

does anyone remember when kfc was in firth park, its where the chinese is now on firth park road. i was brought up in firth park, on fairthorn road, but when i got married i moved away but not for long. to cut a long story short, ive just recently sold the house i lived in on north quadrant. infact i worked in firth park for quite a few years, i worked in a hairdressers on bellhouse, it was mr smiths (fruit shop) daughter that had it, i also worked in firth park bakery, codfather, thurstons but that changed to gregs a few years ago. all are happy memories, but they are all in the past.

firth park is not the place it used to be, i eventually had to get out of the area because it had changed so much and is not nice anymore. and now i dont even miss it.

I think Page Hall must have gone the same way. I left in 1980 and when I go back now I can't believe the changes. I remember when the Firth Park KFC opened by the way. It was pretty state of the art for those days! Very flash!:)

Hi Timbuck. The record shop was S. Barron & Co. There from 1953 to 1965 Stan Barron was my dad. He was a bit of a character with big moustache, Kids all called him Snudge. ( from TV program) Not only did he sell records but Tvs fridges etc. He used to have 6d in the slot TV. I was the first kid in the class who could count to 40 as I had to bag up all the 6ds before I could go out to play. There was a fantastic sweet shop up the alley to the left. Dad used to bring home a huge bag of goodies at the weekend. Just remembered Marty Kane used to sell records there as well.

Was there any shop in Firth Park that Marti Caine DIDN'T work in! :hihi:

I can remember the Paragon cinema (might have been in the 50's) Exleys Fishing Tackle shop and next door was Purcells were you could buy a hot Vimto to drink inside. I can also remember Wigfalls on Bellhouse Road. Also I remember that I must have spent hours looking at Matchbox and Corgi Toys in Kenyons wondering what to buy when I had saved up my spending money. I am sure that the fruit and veg was sold at either the bottom of Bevercotes or the end of the road below from a Horse and Cart. I am now feeling old after remembering this lot.

I can remember the Paragon cinema (might have been in the 50's) Exleys Fishing Tackle shop and next door was Purcells were you could buy a hot Vimto to drink inside. I can also remember Wigfalls on Bellhouse Road. Also I remember that I must have spent hours looking at Matchbox and Corgi Toys in Kenyons wondering what to buy when I had saved up my spending money. I am sure that the fruit and veg was sold at either the bottom of Bevercotes or the end of the road below from a Horse and Cart. I am now feeling old after remembering this lot.he did not have a horse it was a barrow that the "little man" used to push he kept it around the back of the wharncliffe pub...

Crampton and Moore was the electrical/hifi/tv etc shop. The late Jimmy Whittaker, drummer at Bellhouse WMC, worked there for a few years. I worked at the Fine Fare store around 1968, great bunch of people worked there.Used to know Jimmy whitaker very well. He l;ived next door to my mother-in-law. Real nice bloke. Always used to give me a discount at that shop even though he wasn`t supposed to.

yep, i remeber kfc, also the video shop that was near it, used to make me laugh when he got the electronic sign above the door that named and shamed ppl who had not taken there videos back on time.
Hired our first video from there. We had a betamax so our films were downstairs, VHS were as you walked in. What about the boating lake further down near where the library used to be. My dad used to take me and my bro down there to sale our boats on. It`s empty now but still there. It`s a basket ball pitch now......:loopy:

Anyone else remember when Violet Carson (Coronation St) 'opened' the FineFare supermarket in the 60's?
My Mum took me along, but I didn't recognise her as she was smiling and didn't have her Ena Sharples hair net on! :P

the veg cart belonged to my mate johns dad on a saturday morning we would set up the cart with fruit and veg and keep it stocked all day and keep it clean around the cart the cart and fruit and veg was stored in a lock-up underneath the pub witch was on the next road up,for dinner we get fish and chips and eat them upstairs in the chippy,there was also a drinks shop non alco near the co-op,this was in the early 60s firth park was then a busy shoping area and very clean,not a dump like it is now.

he did not have a horse it was a barrow that the "little man" used to push he kept it around the back of the wharncliffe pub...
and he used to keep spare goods under the steps in a small cubby hole i knew from experiance few apples and oranges the door was never locked it was horse and cart on firthpark crecent barrow on bevercotes

want decent chips and fish try the one at grenoside side off the plough pub i think thats it is called it is only open a few times a week friday night i am sure off cooked in dripping most chippies now are owned by foreneres and are crap.

Anyone remember from 60s, a cafe on Firth park road, called the Mikardo, or something similar. They use to do the most amazing Horlix drinks and peppermint cordials etc.
Also on the same rd was a big wool shop.
These were just below where the TSB is now.

We called it the vimto shop. could get penny chews and liquorice shoe laces from there. Used to have a cigerette machine outside and me and my mates got our first pack from there - aged eleven. Park Drive! We smoked them round the back of the fine fare. I remember feeling so ill!

I used to go to my Nans in Shiregreen and remember the Fine Fare Supermarket / Bowling Alley / and the church on the corner, but i really remember was the roundabout that had colured lanterns around it and was lit up at night. As a kid I called them candles - i used to pester my Grandad to take me for a walk in Concord Park, and if it was dark I'd say Its OK we can still go cos we can take thoes candles from the roundabout.

Further up the road was Sicey Hotel i rember standing outside there with a bottle of pop and a bag of crisps - wouldn't happen today would it!!!

Hi Timbuck. The record shop was S. Barron & Co. There from 1953 to 1965 Stan Barron was my dad. He was a bit of a character with big moustache, Kids all called him Snudge. ( from TV program) Not only did he sell records but Tvs fridges etc. He used to have 6d in the slot TV. I was the first kid in the class who could count to 40 as I had to bag up all the 6ds before I could go out to play. There was a fantastic sweet shop up the alley to the left. Dad used to bring home a huge bag of goodies at the weekend. Just remembered Marty Kane used to sell records there as well.
it used to be bunneys befor that used to be a door at the side ,snooker hall was over the top of bunneys

I had to glue my fingers together to stop myself from getting smutty Im still fighting the urge to make crab quips :D

does any one remember the name of the toy shop situated on the street corner half way up on the right hand side the street corner just before the street corner where the warncliffe pub is,
my dad always took me to the toy shop after he had finished saturday and sunday food shopping.

Funny that in the 70s parents only did 2 days shopping, i do not think we had a freezer may be that was to reason but come to think about it none of my friends paraents had freezers either, good old days

Hi robof1979
the toy shop was Kenyons, I used to live on Firth park Cres, and my in-laws kept the Wharncliffe Hotel for 19years.

thank you Alligin for giving me back a memory i once forgot kenyons was like a cut down redgates to me and my brother how time passes and we all forget our past, remember that time his our friend and will always be with us where ever we go, so it is nice to visit time passed even if sometimes our memories are not that great but memories can not be taken away from us so visit them from time to time they are always thier

Hi robof1979
the toy shop was Kenyons, I used to live on Firth park Cres, and my in-laws kept the Wharncliffe Hotel for 19years.

What number i lived at 34

Hi arsenal
number 146 from 1968 to 1975 approx.

Used to have a lot of plastic kits from Kenyons and my dad used to spend a lot of time in the Wharncliffe.....
.....we live at 91 Firth Park Crescent.

i used to live up the road in the upside down houses and loved firth park used to get the number 4 bus as it was then up bellhouse road to the old shiregreen school as could not be bothered to walk up bevercoats road. used to walk down to the old library through firth park woods past the old boating lake and then weekends and holidays in firth park going down on a bread tray to the stream at the bottom of the hill. i used to deliver papers for the guy that had a shop up the genenal of what used to be the job centre now the library.. reading this has brought back so many memories

Hi arsenal
number 146 from 1968 to 1975 approx.

Did u know Bennetts Crofts Simpson Burrows Wylder

I left about 1979

My cousin and I used to get boxes from the Firth Park shops and ride down the Donkey Hill in them!!. Memories of the bowling alley where they used to sell 'slush' and the pinball arcade there!

I remember carboard sliding on Donkey Hill!!

rember the whit marches at firthpark and the last tram ,i got my first transistor from wiggies ,my mun worked at the butchersshop not far from kenyons,she also worked at styons the bakers, shentalls shiregreen , dad worked at english steel they had a sports club up by the cemetery bank holidays there were sports days and the dances on a saterday nightthis was in the early 60s, ant the sun always shone
thanks to all the people in my youth

rember the whit marches at firthpark and the last tram ,i got my first transistor from wiggies ,my mun worked at the butchersshop not far from kenyons,she also worked at styons the bakers, shentalls shiregreen , dad worked at english steel they had a sports club up by the cemetery bank holidays there were sports days and the dances on a saterday nightthis was in the early 60s, ant the sun always shone
thanks to all the people in my youth
I worked at ESC too and what a great Sports Club it was - football & cricket pitches, about 6 tennis courts inc one grass court & a great club house. I used to play tennis there twice a week and we had an inter-departmental indoor games tournament there every year.
Those were the days !!
John

What was the name of the record shop next to Bunny's where i bought loads of 78's such as Be Bop a Lula, Rock island line, Heartbreak Hotel' and That'll be the day,?????

that was barrons glad to know you are still around. do you rember pam who worked there and the propriator looked like gerry coluna

we were talking about the shops in firth park the other day can anyone remember gordons chinese i think it would have been where the travel shop is now next to rons cards shop

The shops as i remember in 1940s
stubbin lanetop shop before t.s.b. was built was

mickardo owner mrs mycock drink shop still there i think
mr purcill shoe repairer later became fishing tacle shop
mr seymore fruit shop later turned in to toy by mrs seymore
pegrams grocers later was mr purcils gift shop l
co-op ladys clothes shop later became the vets
in the alcove was x-l fish and chips
fishers hardware shop on the corner think now in to vidios ?
hillsboro furniture shop
mr seymores second shop greengrocers taken over by smiths sometime 50s
boots chemists
quick press laundry
camms ?sweet shop later became sweets and news agent
burgins grocers
bunneys clothing shop later was t.v.shop
up the gennal was wilds wet fish shop
then fred revills newagents
then on the front was the co-op butchers-grocers wallpaper shops

plenty more if any one interested

we were talking about the shops in firth park the other day can anyone remember gordons chinese i think it would have been where the travel shop is now next to rons cards shop

you are correct i lived on bellhouse road until 1947 then moved to sheffield lane top