Does any one have any recollections about The Talbot Inn on Talbot road / Duke Street. My grand parents used to run this place then my mother & father took it over in the mid 60s. It had a compulery purchase issued on it as the council wanted to widen the road. The road widening never took place, so another lovely building is lost from Sheffield. It was a stone fronted bow shaped building with a court yard. I think nowdays could have been grade 2 listed. Does any one know where I can get a picture of The Talbot. My parents name is Jack & Audrey Black.

Originally posted by Tim42
Does any one have any recollections about The Talbot Inn on Talbot road / Duke Street. My grand parents used to run this place then my mother & father took it over in the mid 60s. It had a compulery purchase issued on it as the council wanted to widen the road. The road widening never took place, so another lovely building is lost from Sheffield. It was a stone fronted bow shaped building with a court yard. I think nowdays could have been grade 2 listed. Does any one know where I can get a picture of The Talbot. My parents name is Jack & Audrey Black. I heard a story in the Sixties about an electrician who was working in the loft of Talbot and he saw a tin box resting on a roof beam... he opened this box and discovered it was full of victorian "gold soverins"..Has anybody else heard this story ???

Used to live on Duke Street in the 60's.
Talbot Inn did have a bow front, covered in brown ceramic tiles.
Lower down that same block there was the Oddfellows Inn.
Always thought it a bit funny cos over the road there was / still is the Salvation Army.
Both pubs gone but this survived!

Does any one have any recollections about The Talbot Inn on Talbot road / Duke Street. My grand parents used to run this place then my mother & father took it over in the mid 60s. It had a compulery purchase issued on it as the council wanted to widen the road. The road widening never took place, so another lovely building is lost from Sheffield. It was a stone fronted bow shaped building with a court yard. I think nowdays could have been grade 2 listed. Does any one know where I can get a picture of The Talbot. My parents name is Jack & Audrey Black.

I used to live on talbot place. My mum was a friend of your grandparents, agnes and billy. It was a lovely building and such a shame to pull it down. i dont know where you will be able to get a photo tough. I have been looking for old photos of this area for ages but as yet no luck. If I find any I will let you know.

If you look at "Picture Sheffield .com" there is a picture of Talbot Road with the pub on the corner. I dare say there are also photos of the pub under the heading of "public houses".
There's possibly a picture in the book "A Pub on Every Corner" by Douglas Lamb, I don't have a copy but, I'm sure if you ask on here or any of the Sheffield Family History sites someone will come up with a picture.

Regards,
Duffem

Hi Phil - again!
My dad & his bros spent many a happy hour in the "Oddies". Dad used to throw darts for their "B" team, and many "A" team members were pigeon-fanciers, with lofts up on Skye Edge. With regards to the Salvation Army - the officers lived nextdoor to me up City Rd.,(nr. Manfredis), & my Mum worked in the umbrella factory years ago, at the end of Grafton St. The Talbot Inn was a favourite haunt for my best mate's dad. I can see all the little shops around there in my mind's eye, and would give anything for a glimpse back in time as it was - Thorpe's hairdressers & all!

Hi Was it not Talbot street l don't know a rd. Cheers Arthur.

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Hi Was it not Talbot street l don't know a rd. Cheers Arthur.

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Talbot Road ran from Talbot St (Near Seagraves)up to junction of Talbot Place and Duke St with the Talbot inn on the corner (signed by a PARK LAD)

Hi Phil, there were one or two shops I'd forgotten - thanks for the memories! Mrs Wilkes - was she in the sweet shop at the end of Grafton St? My friend's dad kept the off-licence at the end of Talbot St. (Rowena Roome was the girl's name). The twins' mum, Helen, worked behind the counter in there at the time. Then I worked with her years later at Tremix/Metrix/Fairport (as it was known over several years), behind Park Library on Blagden St. Steve Wilko played futty, as I recall. Can remember his brother Frank, who worked at the abattoir & died quite young, and I seem to think that there was another brother too? I spent many hours in their living room at the "Oddys" while dad played darts. I used to babysit Whisky, their Westie, and Sally would be cooking up pie 'n peas, udder, black pud, and other disgusting concoctions in the kitchen at the back, whilst hubby Frank was behind the bar. My dad still has a piece of paper that my uncle got signed for me in there. It was Fathers' Day, and I'd written; "Please provide the bearer on demand with 3 pints of your best bitter". It cost me 3/-9d! Yep, I'm showing my age now!

Hi Suzy,
Can't imagine how we never met, I used to spend ages at Oddys.
Oldest brother was a builder, had a business up Fulwood somewhere and think it was next brother who was the footballer. Frank junior did die young, and Steve was the youngest, he went to work at Kennings after leaving school.
My granddad lived on Glencoe Rd and owned some of the houses on Blagdon Street, remember the umbrella factory very well.
My dad had painting business, used to run it from a lock up on Samson St opposite the baths and we used to live behind the paint shop.
Had an uncle who used to keep pigeons in a loft on Skye Edge as well.

Talbot Road ran from Talbot St (Near Seagraves)up to junction of Talbot Place and Duke St with the Talbot inn on the corner (signed by a PARK LAD)

I don't remember all the street names but where Seagraves was, there was a road connecting it with the middle of Talbot Place and one on a diagonal linking it with the end of T. place/ Duke St. Point is there was a convergence of three streets at Seagraves and two additional corner stores. One was Heinz, where we used to do a lot of shopping. Don't know the name of the other one. Then, there was a corner store at the end of Talbot Place, where people used to go in with jugs and walk out with then filled with beer.

I knew a few of the "pigeon fanciers" at Skye Edge - maybe your uncle was one of them? I seem to remember a "greasy spoon" cafe opposite Park Baths, too - where the dental surgery now stands. Spacey's yard was on the opposite side of Duke St. Was he a rag-&-bone man, do you happen to know? You'll remember Wainman's grocery shop on the end of Stafford Rd as well, which was turned into flats.

I knew a few of the "pigeon fanciers" at Skye Edge - maybe your uncle was one of them? I seem to remember a "greasy spoon" cafe opposite Park Baths, too - where the dental surgery now stands. Spacey's yard was on the opposite side of Duke St. Was he a rag-&-bone man, do you happen to know? You'll remember Wainman's grocery shop on the end of Stafford Rd as well, which was turned into flats.

Never quite sure what Spacy was, always looked shifty sort of character, my dad knew him quite well.
Used to knock about with a couple of lads who lived up City Road, you know Steven Coates of Graham Cockings? Lived about halfway between where City Road starts and Manor Laith Road?