who rembers the cafes in the old pond street god they they where bad wernt they
best cafe was the one what was next to the old mini bus station on bridge street as a 7 year old i could rember the juke box slade etc oh those where the days etc
talkin of cafes is the minerva still open

The one on the top platform did a good toasted dripping crust.

Wasn't Pond Street the site of one of the wartime 'British Restaurants'?

Yep & Bridge St. as well I think.

who rembers the cafes in the old pond street god they they where bad wernt they
best cafe was the one what was next to the old mini bus station on bridge street as a 7 year old i could rember the juke box slade etc oh those where the days etc
talkin of cafes is the minerva still open

gosh! this is from a long time ago!!

no, I'm sorry to say, the Minerva is shut. it closed down as the Minerva, and opened for a short time as a "British fare" type place,, but didn't last long, as most of the businesses on the "gallery" had closed by then reducing the passing foot-traffic to virtually nil.

minerva did the best frotheycoffee in the early 80,s.

i remember the one on the top platform, the pond street mob used to hang around it..

i remember the one on the top platform, the pond street mob used to hang around it..

I didn't know they liked dripping toast:hihi:

I didn't know they liked dripping toast:hihi:nowt finer than drippin toast owdlad :hihi:

Was the one located actually on the platform (same level as the ladies and gents toilets) called the "Four Seasons"...... don't know why but this seems to be stuck in my memory.... along with the ace chip butties they did !!!!

Yeah the one at the bottom opposite SUT Coach Station was the 4 Seasons. There was the middle one near the 41 Bus that was long and thin and did good coffee.

Yep & Bridge St. as well I think.
An enduring memory of the Pond Street British Restaurant was the way one of the women, who served the tea, used to fill the cups. The cups were set out in rows of ten or so,in a shallow tray, and she had this very large teapot with a long piece of rubber tube on the spout. She then proceeded to pour, starting at the end of a row of cups and filling all of them in one or two sweeps. All the tea that finished up in the tray, went back in the pot. It was the lousiest tea I've ever tasted, including the Army.

Yeah the one at the bottom opposite SUT Coach Station was the 4 Seasons. There was the middle one near the 41 Bus that was long and thin and did good coffee.


The one near the 41 bus stop was the Four Seasons, the one on the bottom platform near the SUT Coach Station was the Bar Terminal.

Yeah you're right..the old memory tha nose. Cheers John.

That the one with the grim downstairs tiolets nxt door

I got talking to my parents today about old Sheffield and the subject of 'the cafe in the bus station' cropped up. They are sure it was called Four Seasons but I thought it was called Bites.

Was it ever called Bites or was there another cafe in the old bus station called Bites at some point?

When did the Four Seasons actually close for good? I seem to remember the dark (dirty!) windows and it had bright plastic seating, near to the toilets where you walked down (what felt like) hundreds of steps.

Many thanks in advance!

Sh2006.

Wasn't Pond Street the site of one of the wartime 'British Restaurants'?

Yes it was a British restaurants stood where hallam uni Eric mensforth building is now had a carpark at back going on towards station.

Anybody remember Littlewoods coaches setting off from there in 50/60's to go overnight to Torquay.
Maroon and silver coaches had trumpets that played " a hunting we will go"

I got talking to my parents today about old Sheffield and the subject of 'the cafe in the bus station' cropped up. They are sure it was called Four Seasons but I thought it was called Bites.

Was it ever called Bites or was there another cafe in the old bus station called Bites at some point?

When did the Four Seasons actually close for good? I seem to remember the dark (dirty!) windows and it had bright plastic seating, near to the toilets where you walked down (what felt like) hundreds of steps.

Many thanks in advance!

Sh2006.

hi,i know this post is a few years old,came across it by accident,you and your parents are both right,it did used to be called the"four seasons",then it got took over and the new owner changed the name to"bites"there were 3 cafes in pond street,bar terminal,bites and crusty cob,i know this for sure because i used to work at the crusty cob,my boss owned all 3 and when we were short staffed we had to fill in at the others,can't remember what year they all closed,does any one else have any memories of pond street cafes??

gosh! this is from a long time ago!!

no, I'm sorry to say, the Minerva is shut. it closed down as the Minerva, and opened for a short time as a "British fare" type place,, but didn't last long, as most of the businesses on the "gallery" had closed by then reducing the passing foot-traffic to virtually nil.

thank you PT, i was trying to remember the mediteranean sounding name of that cafe. i remember playing an extra in a short film called "the greasy spoon" in that cafe. it was sort of up on a balcony bit. the bus engines just outside made filming hard work. the film was about an oldish man (played by known actor whose name i cannot remember but i clearly remember speaking with him) who had a fixation on the young waitress. a young couple in love who were sat at the back of the cafe also featured in the film.
one of my co-extras was called "terry" (real name) who said he was an ambulance attendant in his last film.
it was shot, if i remember, in the early eighties and was my first part as an extra.
i would love to know if the tape still exists. pm me if you have any info.

Im going a little beyond pond st to Granellis roof top cafe in the sheaf market! Now that was class :hihi: If you were lucky,you could get a chip butty complete with a dollop of bird s**t despite the umberellas!:thumbsup:

That the one with the grim downstairs tiolets nxt door
Didn't Pond Street Nora hang about down there?

Im going a little beyond pond st to Granellis roof top cafe in the sheaf market! Now that was class :hihi: If you were lucky,you could get a chip butty complete with a dollop of bird s**t despite the umberellas!:thumbsup:

once went in there and ordered a chip butty,when i came to put tom sauce on i tipped the bottle up and out fell spent matches and fag ends,needless to say i never went back.