any one from the Roe Lane / Orphanage rd

I used to live on Orphanage Road, still live very near. My best mate lived on Roe Lane up until about 5 years ago.

Hi there, I lived on Roe lane up until last year & have lived there on & off since about 1975. I moved onto there when I was about 5. Mum & Dad split up so we moved off when I was about 10, then my Dad bought 2 houses on there, he used to rent 1 out to students in the 80s, then later on he moved into one of them & sold the other. My Dad died in 2006. We did his house up ( Dad wasnt one for mod cons ) moved into it, unfortunately it wasnt big enough for us, so had to sell it. I really miss Roe Lane spent most of my childhood & adulthood on there, it has a lovely friendly feel about it & most of the people that lived on there while I was growing up, still live on there now!!

Hi there, I lived on Roe lane up until last year & have lived there on & off since about 1975. I moved onto there when I was about 5. Mum & Dad split up so we moved off when I was about 10, then my Dad bought 2 houses on there, he used to rent 1 out to students in the 80s, then later on he moved into one of them & sold the other. My Dad died in 2006. We did his house up ( Dad wasnt one for mod cons ) moved into it, unfortunately it wasnt big enough for us, so had to sell it. I really miss Roe Lane spent most of my childhood & adulthood on there, it has a lovely friendly feel about it & most of the people that lived on there while I was growing up, still live on there now!!


what No. ?
we lived @ 81 then bought 30 and moved there

We lived at no 21 when I was younger & my Dad had no 9 & 11, he later sold no 11 & lived at no 9, he lived there for years, you may have known him George Lucas,I lived at no 9 up until Dec last year.

We lived at no 21 when I was younger & my Dad had no 9 & 11, he later sold no 11 & lived at no 9, he lived there for years, you may have known him George Lucas,I lived at no 9 up until Dec last year.

I think so, did he have something to do with tools or something like that ?

Were any of you or your parents involved in the movement to get the Mojo club closed down? if so,shame on you.:):):)Seriously though,was it that loud?I know that a petition was going round and my mate's mum who lived at no.71 refused to sign.

Yes. My gran lived at number 20, a few doors away from the Mojo, in the sixties. She was one of the mainstays of the petition, mainly cos my grandad had an industrial disease and had to take early retirement from the works.

I've always felt a perverse pleasure about how she tried to close down whats now considered to be an icon of Sheffield popular culture:D, but he really was ill and late night Tremaloes can't have been good for him !

my nan lived ta 81 , before us , so cant really remember the mojo when it was in operation , it was derelict when we were kids , olayed inside the building a few times . Heard some great stories about the then stars would drive down roe lane to get the mojo , the beatles played i believe

I think so, did he have something to do with tools or something like that ?

Yes he did, he used to have a stall on the old umberella market selling them & when he wasnt doing that he was making them down in his celar lol

Were any of you or your parents involved in the movement to get the Mojo club closed down? if so,shame on you.:):):)Seriously though,was it that loud?I know that a petition was going round and my mate's mum who lived at no.71 refused to sign.

I dont remember the mojo Club, but I do remember the old bingo hall that stood there after, Does anybody else? I cant remember what it was called. I just remember me & my little brother collecting the bingo pens lol

Yes he did, he used to have a stall on the old umberella market selling them & when he wasnt doing that he was making them down in his celar lol

yes i remember George , can you remeber May & Fred further uo the lane on the same side as you ? had a daughter called Bev . My bro lived next door to them Steve & Tina

I dont remember the mojo Club, but I do remember the old bingo hall that stood there after, Does anybody else? I cant remember what it was called. I just remember me & my little brother collecting the bingo pens lol

It was a dance hall called, Day's Dancing. Before Mr. Pete Stringfellow got it.

I knew of a really nice couple who lived on Roe Lane-Bernard & Betty Abrahamson,they owned a grocers on Commonside up until @1985.Would love to know if they're still going.

My Uncle Alec (Tom to some) and Auntie Margaret lived there from, I think, the early 60's until his death 1978. He was certainly involved in the Mojo closure as it used to "drive him mad"
I never went there but had friends who did and who were very angry when it was closed down so I had to keep my Uncle as a secret.

My Uncle Alec (Tom to some) and Auntie Margaret lived there from, I think, the early 60's until his death 1978. He was certainly involved in the Mojo closure as it used to "drive him mad"
I never went there but had friends who did and who were very angry when it was closed down so I had to keep my Uncle as a secret.


what No. Can you remember?

I used to live in one of the flats in Firshill House at the top of Orphanage Rd/Roe Lane in the early 60,s as a child and can remember the Mojo and was warned to keep clear from my parents.

My friend lived on there. He was murdered on Shirecliffe Lane in 1984 :(

My friend lived on there. He was murdered on Shirecliffe Lane in 1984 :(


i knew him Peter S*****e ?

i knew him Peter S*****e ?

Thats right. Smashing lad too :(

Thats right. Smashing lad too :(

his older brother was 1 of my mates
I remember when it happened ,few years ago now .

my father bought their old house

his older brother was 1 of my mates
I remember when it happened ,few years ago now .

my father bought their old house

Do you know where the family moved to? I often think of him, did you know the man that did it too like I did?

Do you know where the family moved to? I often think of him, did you know the man that did it too like I did?


they moved up near longley , dont know what happened to Dean though.
yes i can remember that bloke what took Petes life :loopy: