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The woodland was Wincobank Wood, Arch Stanton, and there was a sports ground there, according to my old A to Z. My only memories of that area (the Flower estate) were from visiting my grandparents on Foxglove Road as a kid.

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Do you mean the chip shop formerly called the Paragon (I think !), I used to like that chippy back in the 70s, always used to go there on the way to my grandparents.

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I can't say when they knocked the houses down for sure, but it will have been sometime in the eleven year gap 'tween 1989 and 2000; I can't be more specific than that I'm afraid.

You see, during 1989 one of my schoolfriends lived there at the time I moved to Liverpool, and when I next returned to Sheffield in 2000, the houses were gone ;)

As for the woodland, isn't that part of Wincobank Hill?

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Oh, I'm not interested in the supernatural tales (shudder), but in how areas such as Firth Park grew from only having a church a century ago, into suburbs, before being assimiliated (sp) into Sheffield proper.

Why not have a look at http://www.picturesheffield.com and see for yourself?

In the words of the website:

Picturesheffield.com is the Internet version of Sheffield Local Studies Library's computerised image system. This website is only a representative selection from our collections, and most images are pre-1950. It is planned for the site to host up to 10,000 images of the city.

How sad are you - do you realise what you are saying?

Idiots like you have ensured the church closed in July 2005.

Perhaps when you go to hell you can let everyone know what it is like.


oops-just realised, the church was the one on Windmill Lane, not Bellhouse Road (sorry to the good people of Bellhouse, it's the Windmill Lane people who I thought were satanists!)

How sad are you - do you realise what you are saying?

Idiots like you have ensured the church closed in July 2005.

Perhaps when you go to hell you can let everyone know what it is like.


How sad are YOU - do you realise what you are saying? A six year old in the 70s apparently thought the building looked a bit scary, and you're condemning him to hell? I lived around there at that age and I thought the same. Unless there are things I don't know and the church was closed because of accusations of heresy?

I cannot imagine anyone, child or adult thinking that St. Hilda's church on Windmill Lane looked scary. It was a normal looking church of its day.
I remember going to the dances that they had on Saturday night's, they were held in the basement. When we were bombed out we also lived in the same basement for a number of weeks. Dances were postponed.

Cheers, Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.

I cannot imagine anyone, child or adult thinking that St. Hilda's church on Windmill Lane looked scary. It was a normal looking church of its day.
<snipped>Cheers, Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.

When I was that age, I used to think the airing cupboard in my bedroom held a robot that was going to kill all my family.

I also believed that, If I let my foot dangle over the edge of the bed, the monster that lived under my bed would drag me down to where he lived, and devour me.

To this day, I am uncomfortable if my foot is over the edge of the bed...

Even at the age of 9, I, and a couple of friends went exploring the (then virtually) derelict Mount Pleasant House, at the bottom of Sharrow lane. I went up what I assume must have been the servants' staircase. It was dark, it was spooky.

Suddenly, my friend screamed that there was a witch at the top of the stairs. My life! You did not see our backsdes for the dust. We flew out of the building like all the bats of hell were after us. We were terrified!

it's amazing what sort of things a childs's imaginings can become... I can quite see how a child could have an imagining about a building, and that "imagining" morphing into a "reality" in that child's mind.

PT

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Are you not cofused with the upper wincobacnk chapple that is on wincowbank avenue directly below the flower estate ( daffodil road ) ,next to the newsagents,post office and accross from the chinease with the nice curry :D
It has a gas works building in its lower corner entrance and used to have a bell on the roof at the back till i took it down with my friends as a child .
Im trying to remember the house that burnt tho, i think it was the house I lived in with my aunt and uncle in which a man died with his dog or trying to rescue his dog and was number 65 on the top of daffodil below the top green as it were then.
I used to hear stuff in that house lol and having your uncle howl at night to **** you up didnt help either lol

If it wasnt that house then it was the white house ( or grey house ) and was actually on bluebell road on the corner of honeysuckle road as it went upto clematis and daffofil.
It had 3 floors in it and would have looked a bit duanting i suppose as a kid. I played in it in my teens when it was derelict and had only joists and no floorboards, we could see people coming from the top window overlooking honeysuckle road while we sniffed substances to get high on.

The only thing I am sad about is the church closing because of lack of patronage.

You obviously had a bad experience - any child scared of St Hilda's - we had Brownies and Guides there every week - no one felt unsafe or scared - also small children for Sunday School - this was a large building and well patronised as achurch - that is until stupid films started to make wusses out of people.

In response to the original topic 'Daffodil Rd'
I had an uncle who lived on Daffodil Rd in the 50s.
He will be long gone .I did not keep in contact with my cousins.
Does anyone remember Glaves on Daffodil Rd?

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we used to live opposite st hildas as kids I didnt think it was at all scary in fact we used to play on the fields behind.

Just wondering if anyone can remember a rather eerie story I seem to remember about a road (near Bluebell medical centre?) near Dafoddil Road on the Flower Estate. In the late 1970's, I had relatives who I used to visit and on approach to the beginning of Daffodil Road there was a huge (ish) house which I always remember looking very grey and downtrodden, with overgrown hedges, constantly drawn curtains, the lot!. I seem to remember a story in which the house was the victim of some sort of arson attack and the family that lived in there lived as a set of recluses and refused to be moved out. I cannot remember if that was the exact story, but, it certainly used to give me the creeps as a six year old kid walking past there every week. (Also used to remid me of "The Hammer House Of Horror" theme tune for some reason as well!). Went back there recently and of course the whole thing has been knocked down along with the houses on Dafoddil. One more question-What is the name of the woodland at the back and did it used to have some sort of park in there? I remember there was a fire that killed a man who lived just around the corner from bluebell and daffodil road . This happened in the mid 70's, I knew the family and went to school with the sons of the man who died. It was a tragic case of smoking after a few drinks and falling asleep on the sofa. Maybe this was the house you may be thinking of. To my knowledge it remained empty for a long time

How sad are you - do you realise what you are saying?

Idiots like you have ensured the church closed in July 2005.

Perhaps when you go to hell you can let everyone know what it is like.


Just be thankful our addresses are not shown on here. Please think twice before making a reply.

Just wondering if anyone can remember a rather eerie story I seem to remember about a road (near Bluebell medical centre?) near Dafoddil Road on the Flower Estate. In the late 1970's, I had relatives who I used to visit and on approach to the beginning of Daffodil Road there was a huge (ish) house which I always remember looking very grey and downtrodden, with overgrown hedges, constantly drawn curtains, the lot!. I seem to remember a story in which the house was the victim of some sort of arson attack and the family that lived in there lived as a set of recluses and refused to be moved out. I cannot remember if that was the exact story, but, it certainly used to give me the creeps as a six year old kid walking past there every week. (Also used to remid me of "The Hammer House Of Horror" theme tune for some reason as well!). Went back there recently and of course the whole thing has been knocked down along with the houses on Dafoddil. One more question-What is the name of the woodland at the back and did it used to have some sort of park in there?

Strangely enough there was a house at the bottom of Donovan Road, off Wordsworth Avenue, S5, looking exactly like you say. A Mother and Son lived there and were both killed in the fire. This would be 1972/3.

we used to live opposite st hildas as kids I didnt think it was at all scary in fact we used to play on the fields behind.
i lived on bevercotes we used play on the back of the church my mate once sat on the
belvery he had climbed up the steepside that was in the war years

My "out-laws" used to live on Daffodil Road in the 80's - Haynes & Humphries :hihi:

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I cannot imagine anyone, child or adult thinking that St. Hilda's church on Windmill Lane looked scary. It was a normal looking church of its day.
I remember going to the dances that they had on Saturday night's, they were held in the basement. When we were bombed out we also lived in the same basement for a number of weeks. Dances were postponed.

Cheers, Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.
i lived down the banking at the back of the churchfrom 1934 till 1960
never bothered me or my mates

In response to the original topic 'Daffodil Rd'
I had an uncle who lived on Daffodil Rd in the 50s.
He will be long gone .I did not keep in contact with my cousins.
Does anyone remember Glaves on Daffodil Rd?
did they go round pubs at
night selling cockels am mussels

Thanks for that. Must go back there some time-as I keep saying , a very creepy place, and quite a few people seem to agree on that. Think the woods are at the backof Daffodil Road and in the 1970's apparently a flasher used it as his "hangout"!!!!!. I noticed on the main discussion forum you were interested in the areas supernatural tales. I've heard a few, such as the ghosts of the Northern General Hospital, the Wincobank Watchers, the little people of Wincobank (that's a good 'un) etc. Would really like to get to the bottom of the burnt house on Daffodil Road story which I mentioned above-someone must know it, was the stuff of legend years ago.

I may be able to shed some light on one of the Northern General hospital ghosts. In 1980 or 81 my young daughter was taken into the hospital suffering from meningitis. As she was really ill we were offered accomodation at the hospital but as a young family just starting out I couldn't afford to take time from work. I used to stay by my daughters bedside with my wife until the early hours then run across the hospital playing fields on to Barnsley Rd and home to grab a couple of hours kip before work. One evening on the hospital ward I overheard two nurses talking about the ghost of the "mad monk" which had been seen over past couple of weeks scampering across the hospital grounds in the early hours, it seems all the staff were obsessed by it. I must admit I felt a little apprehensive about doing my nightly sprint across the football pitch until the penny dropped. As it was the middle of winter, I had been wearing my old duffle coat and used to fasten up my hood before venturing out into the cold. Far from being afraid of the ghoulish apparition, I was the damn thing, lol. I've never told a soul about it (apart from the missus) until today. Luckily my daughter made a full recovery and I remain a part of the folklore.

I remember there was a fire that killed a man who lived just around the corner from bluebell and daffodil road . This happened in the mid 70's, I knew the family and went to school with the sons of the man who died. It was a tragic case of smoking after a few drinks and falling asleep on the sofa. Maybe this was the house you may be thinking of. To my knowledge it remained empty for a long time

Sounds like this is the most probable and Arch Stanton probably connected the empty house with someone still living there. As it may have had curtains still up when they left.
Or his childhood memories have got a little distorted as this happens to all of us.

the house fire was caused by cig smoking on the sofa. it was my auntie lindas husband(terry Stone) who died in the fire.

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my aunt and uncle lived on daffodil road they ws called gwen and tom york saddely they have past away now but had good memories of the estate late 60s early 70s

Totally irrelevant but my Dad plus 15 siblings lived in a house on Primrose Avenue, the Barkers :)

right i might be able to shed some lite on all this i lived at no:38 daffodil road went i was about 10 witch is 30 years ago there was a mental problem bloke lived 2 doors down he set fire to about 6 houses diffo times of the day nite ours was one of them he got caught few days later when my brothers and there mates caught him doing another house late one nite they chased him and then the police got him his name was david green was very confusing as my oldest brother was david green to now i think i remember that house fire and it was the first one to be set alite and someone did die. i remeber the stones house been burnt down my brothers was friends with there sons it was very sad at the time he was a very respected man on the estate as my dad was. as for the scary church that was the one across from the chippy it only looked scary cos it was set back in the grounds we went to sunday school there loved every bit of it all the shows we used to put on st hilders that wasnt scary at all there was always rummers as a kid of churches been haunted i was christend at st hilders to.

oh and gwen york and tom they was my brother david inlaws so looks like we r related threw marrage wow i cant beleve i have found this site only because a friend in a chat room googled his old school so i did tonite.

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it was sad and a scary time for people liveing on that side of the road. but sorry i dont remember a priest sent on. since i typed this its been on me mind i remember a family lived next door to us they called a prist in but going back on history my grandparents lived there b4 they died. dont no if it is the same one but thats all i remember sorry.

is your brother married to susan if so you will be the same carole who got me terry yeomans number

yes im the same person lol

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right i might be able to shed some lite on all this i lived at no:38 daffodil road went i was about 10 witch is 30 years ago

as for the scary church that was the one across from the chippy it only looked scary cos it was set back in the grounds we went to sunday school there loved every bit of it all the shows we used to put on st hilders that wasnt scary at all there was always rummers as a kid of churches been haunted i was christend at st hilders to.



Was this the church/chapple at the side of the post office? I'm only asking because i used to live at no 3 daffodil rd up untill 1981 (10y/o)

yes there was the grosery shop then the news agents then post office then the dress makers shop then a cpl of houses then the church.

wow carol wot a memory lol i remember it exactly how you describe it.i used to have a paper round morning and night , delivered all round flats , roman ridge pub (used to have to paddle to deliver to the side door) , windmill lane, back down bracken rd, what a killer especially on a sunday morning. remember sunday school having to sing along to the woman with the guitar, was her name sue ? Also waiting inline at the grocery shop and i used to hear all the gossip and us kids could get sweets from one side of the shop while food was served at the other side.

its amazing what i do remember since finding this site. yes her name was sue soon as ya said women with guitar i new the name b4 reading rest i wouldnt have thought of her till ya mentioned it lol. remember he shows we used to put on i remember doing the bucksfizz dance making ya mindup where we pulled our skirts off at the end lol in a bloody church ffs that wouldnt happen now.

i remember, what about the may queen and who was going to get picked and practicing the may pole dance.

i remember doin The sun has got his hat on over and over again lol, still remember the words now.

think our lisa was one of the flower girls for one of the queens. i remember me dad buying us 3 girls a new dress for mayday i hated it i used to play in the tar it was the only time me dad got me out of my jeans fred perry and monkey boots lol.