does anyone remember penistone rd b4 the road works in the early 80s? lofthouse rd, dutton rd, grant rd, ring any bells?? the area that i grew up in, is all gone now, when the houses were knocked down they used the area for a film called threds? i think? anyone remember this??

Hey madowl ,I remember Owlerton in the 40s and 50s

Originally posted by sweetdexter
Hey madowl ,I remember Owlerton in the 40s and 50s b4 my time, i was born in 1970 and hillsbrough has changed so much, where i go swimming and keep fit was my back yard..

Originally posted by madowl
b4 my time, i was born in 1970 and hillsbrough has changed so much, where i go swimming and keep fit was my back yard.. does any one remember the little old shop on penistone rd opposite the crown? the vic, royal, sportsman pubs all on penistone rd, the papershop etc: at the bottom of the park?

I had relatives who used to live right opposite Hillsborough park on the Penistone Road side, though obviously not as close to the Wednesday ground as you were. I think they live on't cross now like you. :)

I can't really remember what was there before the big leisure centre was built.

Originally posted by headup
I had relatives who used to live right opposite Hillsborough park on the Penistone Road side, though obviously not as close to the Wednesday ground as you were. I think they live on't cross now like you. :)

I can't really remember what was there before the big leisure centre was built. if they lived oppsite the park on penistone rd that would be known to me as the front rd, i grew up on the back rd called loft house my bed room windows looked on to bassets.

I was born on Lofthouse Road.....no. 37 to be exact.

I remember them making "Threads" in the Beulah Rd area. Fooled me once, smoke flames, blood, bandages, people staggering around. They were using old derelict streets as a filmset. The old Royal Infirmary was used as well.

Originally posted by RoyalRegular
I was born on Lofthouse Road.....no. 37 to be exact. i lived at no: 17, best days of mi life, remember sallys sandwich shop? & yvonnes corner shop?

Originally posted by Nimrod
I remember them making "Threads" in the Beulah Rd area. Fooled me once, smoke flames, blood, bandages, people staggering around.
Sounds to me like a typical Saturday night in Hillsborough nowadays!

I used to hang out in Hillsbourough in the 80's and 90's. My friends mum and dad ran a B&B on penistone road next to the Wedsnesday ground.
It's changed alot hasnt it

Cath

I grew up in hillsborough, went to hillsborough school and had lots of friends who lived in those terraces, on grant/lofthouse etc. I grew up in a semi detached house and was always amazed by the housebrick lined pathways along the passages to the backs. I always remember the cricket stumps painted on the wall with white paint. At the wall on the right of the houses, where people walked into bassets

I used to hang around hillsborough in my misspent youth....

I used to go drinking in the vic, and the masons, as well as the old crown and the cricketers

I used to go clubbing in Christies, at the wednesday ground. me and my mates had good fun there (Remember the chromed dj-booth that stood in the middle of the dance floor?) I havent been in the building that was Christies, for, ooh, gosh over 20 yrs...

PT

PT, I remember going in there a couple of times, was more like a youth club than a night club as far as I can recall.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I grew up in hillsborough, went to hillsborough school and had lots of friends who lived in those terraces, on grant/lofthouse etc. I grew up in a semi detached house and was always amazed by the housebrick lined pathways along the passages to the backs. I always remember the cricket stumps painted on the wall with white paint. At the wall on the right of the houses, where people walked into bassets the wall you are on about was the sunblest factory, we used them most days,i remember them well.

Originally posted by CathS
I used to hang out in Hillsbourough in the 80's and 90's. My friends mum and dad ran a B&B on penistone road next to the Wedsnesday ground.
It's changed alot hasnt it

Cath would that have been called anns??

I was born and lived on Harewood Road, no.8 first house off Beaulah Road. My dad drove a coach which was often parked outside our house. I have very fond memories and miss living there still. It only seems like yesterday and we left when I was 18. I'm now 41. I remember the chippie. It was Mrs packs then Annie bought it. Annie also owned the shop on Dutton Road. The shop at the top of our street was yvonnes and the shop at the bottom of Lofthouse was Georges. Does anyone remember Cash having the cafe at the bottom of Harewood. Used to have pin ball machines in. There is a good book available called "Owlerton Camera" which has pictures of the area. Available from Waterstones book shop

Originally posted by lb1kjw
I remember the chippie. It was Mrs packs then Annie bought it. Annie also owned the shop on Dutton Road.


That's brought back memories! I used to go to school with Lynne Pack. Annie was called Davenport, married to Dennis and had two lads-John and Dennis. Before they had the shop and Chippy, they lived in the next yard to us on Lofthouse...number 31 to be exact.


Thanks for that ....I'd forgotten all about the Davenports (and their dog Kim!)

I was Born at Dutton Road in 1960 number 26 my father was Alex Hall and his family had lived there for some time. My Auntie Dora, Dads sister, lived just up from us next to a small shop in the middle of Dutton Road. Her husband name was Pete and she had two children Margaret and philip.

Uncle Pete kept pigeons behind his yard like many others.

I remember looking over the wall into what must have been the river Don and Bassets factory where my aunty later worked, she used to get me 7pound boxes of jelly babies as a christmas present.

We used to go to the Sportsman and i recall they had what were probably wooden motoribikes that were in a sort of beer garden.

We left the area when i was about 6 and moved to Heeley but my aunt and her family stayed until the houses were pulled down and she finally went to parsons cross. We went to visit them occasionally until they moved.

If anyone knows anything about my dad or his family it would benice to hear about it. Thanks

yes i remember it well, the roadworks too (even took a pic of 'em!)....cos there was a playing field near kelvin flats, beneath where the pigeon lofts are now. this field was built over for the road, and i was dead bitter about it at the time, given the need for green space around infirmary road...

however once they began to divert the traffic etc. infirmary road became alot quieter, although they didn't improve it UNTIL kelvin had been demolished!

but this is getting off topic, sorry !

:)

Thanks Royal Regular, Yes you are correct it was Burnard.

I remember the attic as phillip told me a ghost story on one occasion when I stayed there as a child.

The Last time i saw Philip was at my Mum's funeral in 1997 when he brought his mum and two other aunties. funny but at the time i thought about how small they were three aging sisters but lovely ladies and they made my dad feel better as it had been some time since he had seen them.

I believe Philip had worked a Bentley Pit in Doncaster and Bentley as where mum and dad ended there days. Small world at times.

Any idea what philip is up to now?

I haven't seen Philip for about 40 years! In fact, I'd forgotten all about him til you jogged the old memory.


Thanks for that.

as any1 got any pics of hillsborough from the 1980/90 era thanks.

Originally posted by sbrrakp
as any1 got any pics of hillsborough from the 1980/90 era thanks.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/

try the link, you never know what your gonna find, i too have been after some old pics of hillsborough, but the ones i want arnt on here... id love one of lofthouse rd....:)

lived at 17 dutton road from 78 till 82 i think!, why did they have to knock them down? happy days

i got a picture book on hillsborough not here with me at the mo but if u pm me i tell u it name v v interesting n nostalgic, remember the car plot opp the shakespeare??? wer the yorkshire bank is???

Originally posted by Herbert
lived at 17 dutton road from 78 till 82 i think!, why did they have to knock them down? happy days they knocked them down due to the new road (Penistone Road)they were planning... made lots of difference did'nt it?:suspect:

Maybe they knocked some of em down for the new road, but they needed to come down anyway. No bathrooms or outside toilets? The houses were crap but the community was brilliant.

Originally posted by RoyalRegular
Maybe they knocked some of em down for the new road, but they needed to come down anyway. No bathrooms or outside toilets? The houses were crap but the community was brilliant. Outside bog in the middle of the night.... bath night was a tub in front of the cooker with the oven door open.... bliss.... what a life...

i lived on Harewood road number 24..our back yard joined on to lofthouses back yard. Got some good memories there' we turned posh after a few years though as we had an upstairs shower room put in....so no more tin baths for us on a sunday night!!!yeay.

Originally posted by Rachylou
i lived on Harewood road number 24..our back yard joined on to lofthouses back yard. Got some good memories there' we turned posh after a few years though as we had an upstairs shower room put in....so no more tin bahts for us!!!yeay. so you were one of the first 80's yuppies then...?:hihi: i must know you... we are more or less the same age.... them tin baths were a pain in the bum... you dont happen to have any pics of the old roads do you?? id lv one of the old hillsborough...ive looked everywhere and got a few of Dutton.... any one have any of lofthouse....:cry:

I must have passed these roads many times in my autograph-hunting days. Wednesday used to train at the Greyhound Stadium and on coming out of Hillsborough at 10am would make their way down to the dog track on foot! I seem to remember a practice pitch behind the back straight?

Originally posted by CHAIRBOY
I must have passed these roads many times in my autograph-hunting days. Wednesday used to train at the Greyhound Stadium and on coming out of Hillsborough at 10am would make their way down to the dog track on foot! I seem to remember a practice pitch behind the back straight?

It certainly was! I used to spend nearly all the 6 weeks holidays down there watching them train. Still got all the autographs...Peter Swan, Don Megson, Alan Finney, Colin Dobson etc., etc...that'd be early 60's.

Great days!

After training, we'd follow them from the ground up to David Layne's cafe, The Squirrel on Middlewood Road. Great days and then on the Saturday, I followed them to their next fixture.

Went in the Victoria one Saturday night. It was quiet, but had a nice pint...decided to head there the following week, and it was a pile of rubble.

Used to go in the Sportsmans Group often, and the Rose, obviously. Never ever saw the Cambridge open on a Saturday afternoon.

Good days.

yes madowl i suppose we did start the whole yuppie saga!!!
Unfortunatley i dont have any pictures but my uncle and auntie who lived opposite us claimed the roads name sign when the houses came down and still hav it in there garage....i lived there since i was born in 1971 untill we had to move out just before the houses came down....can anyone remember the year that was?

it was after about 1982/3, I'd say 83 at the earliest, 84 at the latest?

PT

They started pulling them down in 82. My grandmother lived on Lofthouse and moved in when they were new and was almost the last one out. She died in 1982 aged 104, and they came down shortly after that.

i lived at no: 17, best days of mi life, remember sallys sandwich shop? & yvonnes corner shop?


hi,my nannan and grandad ,the congo's lived at 18 lofthouse road and my great nannan at no 19..does anyone remember them?

Lucy Congo! I remember Lucy well. Lovely woman!

Lucy Congo! I remember Lucy well. Lovely woman!


yes she was one great lady! my mum is margaret did you know her?

im also trying to find out if anyone knew of ada congo at no 19 and what her husband was called,my mum never knew.

Margaret does ring a bell although I was only 12 when we moved out. I've asked my mum about Ada's husband......she seems to think she was called Ada McLean and was married to Dave with a son called Ian.

ada mclean lived in the next yard but my great nannan lived across the road i can vaguely remember her ,she was my grandads mum,walter congo....its a shame we never asked these questions while they were alive.

hi,my nannan and grandad ,the congo's lived at 18 lofthouse road and my great nannan at no 19..does anyone remember them?I used to fetch their paper... i lived at no: 17, next door to Ada-Dave Mclean, No:15, Do you remember John and david Mclean?? lived at 22.

Margaret does ring a bell although I was only 12 when we moved out. I've asked my mum about Ada's husband......she seems to think she was called Ada McLean and was married to Dave with a son called Ian.Thats correct RoyalRegular, Ian lived at 22, 2 sons David and John.

I used to fetch their paper... i lived at no: 17, next door to Ada-Dave Mclean, No:15, Do you remember John and david Mclean?? lived at 22.

i do remember them,but my mum new them more as she grew up there.norman and renee lived inbetween them i think.

Anyone remember the Bidwell's from No. 12 Lofthouse

Anyone remember the Bidwell's from No. 12 Lofthouse
Was there a Barry Bidwell? The name rings a few bells from my schooldays.

Was there a Barry Bidwell? The name rings a few bells from my schooldays.

That's the one

i used to love going in the beehive in wisewood in the late eighties a lot of happy memories for me in hillsborough 86 to 93
beacause of the supertram leppings lane area seems to lost some
of its character

Yes, I lived in Owlerton Green..many of my school friends from Parkside Road school lived near Bassetts.That was around 1953

I had a friend called neil lambert who lived on parkside road
till he moved to nottingham I think his parents still live there
I don't know as I live on the other side of town now at gleadless town end

hello everyone i lived on penistone road at 896 in between bastock and tanfield.im 38 now so left there when i was about 8 or 9 ish as they were pulling houses down i loved it there nothing as ever lived up to it.i used to go to hillsborough school on parkside road.my name is lisa brown i have 2 brothers and 3 sisters.we live near the pryors,tomlinsons etc great times i remember the wedding of lady diana and prince charles we had a street party omg its took me back a few years been trying to look for pics but carnt find any.sadly we lost my dad 13 years ago but we still have our mum will ask if any pics xx

does any one remember the little old shop on penistone rd opposite the crown? the vic, royal, sportsman pubs all on penistone rd, the papershop etc: at the bottom of the park?

the papershop was chris's bottom of park cant remember who had shop opp crown! there was a few! lilys was one of them! i lived on bastock till 1984/5 was one of last ones to move out.

hello everyone i lived on penistone road at 896 in between bastock and tanfield.im 38 now so left there when i was about 8 or 9 ish as they were pulling houses down i loved it there nothing as ever lived up to it.i used to go to hillsborough school on parkside road.my name is lisa brown i have 2 brothers and 3 sisters.we live near the pryors,tomlinsons etc great times i remember the wedding of lady diana and prince charles we had a street party omg its took me back a few years been trying to look for pics but carnt find any.sadly we lost my dad 13 years ago but we still have our mum will ask if any pics xx

i know you..... i one of pryors on bastock! know your kev and al.

Was there a Barry Bidwell? The name rings a few bells from my schooldays.

barry bidwell he runs crown now!

would that have been called anns??

ya dad was called Graham!

i know you..... i one of pryors on bastock! know your kev and al.

hello which one im trying to send our kevin link to forum told him there was a thread on here.really miss where we used to live not the same anywhere else.

hello which one im trying to send our kevin link to forum told him there was a thread on here.really miss where we used to live not the same anywhere else.

i'm james same age as your kevin

That's the one

yes there was......... he runs the crown pub near dog track now

I CANT BELIVE THIS THREAD IS STILL GOING OMG!!
its 5 year old...:hihi:

I used to hang out in Hillsbourough in the 80's and 90's. My friends mum and dad ran a B&B on penistone road next to the Wedsnesday ground.
It's changed alot hasnt it

Cath

Were your friends mum & dad called Graham & Sheila?

im going to try and send him link ive told him about it but had loads on my mind our mum has been ill in hospital but she is getting better now xx

hills borough was such a great place back then lots of good memories xxx

Yes, I lived in Owlerton Green..many of my school friends from Parkside Road school lived near Bassetts.That was around 1953

We lived on Winster Road in the 50s so will probably remember your school friends.(Turtons)

You may like to take a look at this thread also... http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=163265&highlight=houses+penistone+road

Has anyone ever heard of the death of a baby on Hillsborough.

The story I heard was that the mother held the child near a Hot tar tub which was being used by road menders.

She allegedly dropped the baby into the tub and it died.

There was a police investigation.

I do not know the year, I wondered if anyone had any details of this terrible accident?

PopT

No I don't I'm afraid

I had relatives who used to live right opposite Hillsborough park on the Penistone Road side, though obviously not as close to the Wednesday ground as you were. I think they live on't cross now like you. :)

I can't really remember what was there before the big leisure centre was built.

there were rows of terast houses on the land that the leisure centre and its carpark is built on now

Do you have a sister called Gillian and 1 called dawn or is this a different Lisa brown

i grew up at hillsboro went to hillsboro school i lived on bastock rd my maiden name is pryor

when did the royal hotel shut