does anybody remember "Bettys Ladies Hairdressers" on commonside late 50s early 60s ??any old customers ??would luv to here from you..

I know this isn't a direct reply (i'm far too young to remember the 50s and 60s) but I'm hopefully moving into a house on Commonside (it's just down the road from the Closed Shop and Hallamshire House pubs) and the deeds show that it used to be a shop (it's got a massive front window, which would suggest this too). Does anyone remember, or can direct me to any information about this?? Much appreciated!!

I don't remember a ladies hairdressers. But there was a gents barbers on left left heading into down. It was below North's, the hardware shop, but above Hall's the grocers.

Kelly's Directories in the City Library have details of all addresses....occupants and occupation.... going back to the turn of the 19th. century.

There used to be three shops in the corner by Rosa Road, one of them was Wilson's newsagents and I fancy there may have been a ladies' hairdressers. The garage across Rosa Road was Belfitt's.
Across the road was Beckett's butchers shop. The two pubs mentioned overlooked one another and still do. Then where the jewellers is on the corner of Barber Road, that was Midland Bank. From there, going up Commonside on the left were about four shops. One was a newsagent's and another was Bramall's bookmakers which was there when such shops were licensed in 1961.
Opposite was a hospital (I think for mental patients) and then you led down into Springvale. There was a urinal by the bus stop and then one of those old-fashioned sweet shops called MacKenzies.
In the 60's, when the buses had open rear entrances, as soon as it left the Crookesmoor Road stop to travel up Barber Road, there was a dash for the platform. The bus travelled so slowly up the hill that you could drop off by the bank and it saved you walking back up the Vale from the official bus stop!

Ah, McKenzie's.....they pretty much had sole right to my pocket money!

And the tram ride up Barber Road was an experience. It almost stopped for air as they reached the brow of the hill.

I lived on Bower Road in the early seventies, both parents and grand parents lived in Commonside.

I have lots of great memories, norths DIY i used to go there after hours to get parrafin for my grans portable heater. They had a parrafin vending machine in the doorway. Imagine that in todays climate, would have been set on fire.

I also remember Tommys fruit shop, that was the very last building on the top of Barber road (next door to Norths), i used to stand in line waiting to be served and he would rattle on to all the women,it seemed to take hours to get served, everything was wrapped in news paper.

I knew a lot of the patients that lived in the hostel at Moorends, there was a little fella called Victor who was an avid Notts Forest supporter, and then big John who used to stand and count his money in his purse. His fingers were always black from contantly handling the coins. I still see him on the odd occasion, he drinks orange in the Hallamshire Pub.

Aah happy days:)

I remember Tommy;always reminded me of Larry Grayson.As for 'Counting John' ,unfortunately he fell off a bar stool in the Closed Shop before Christmas and is in a bad way.I'm surprised no ones mentioned George's Joke Shop which became fancy dress hire.Cockney George moved his premises down Walkley Lane (since then the premises have been replaced by flats).George passed away about 5 years ago.I suppose these places are more 70's than 60's though.

I know this isn't a direct reply (i'm far too young to remember the 50s and 60s) but I'm hopefully moving into a house on Commonside (it's just down the road from the Closed Shop and Hallamshire House pubs) and the deeds show that it used to be a shop (it's got a massive front window, which would suggest this too). Does anyone remember, or can direct me to any information about this?? Much appreciated!!
Yes as i can remember there used to be a butchers and a fish mongers in that area ,I think the butchers was jimmy reagans i'm talking early 70's here.

I thought the butcher's shop was called Becketts.

There was also a fish and chip shop on the corner of Barber Place and Barber Rd.

There was also a fish and chip shop on the corner of Barber Place and Barber Rd.

This was one of the first chip shops that I knew that changed to a Chinese Take away in the mid to late 60's.

I had my first taste of Chinese food from there - strange how memories can come back 'cus I even remember what is was - sweet and sour pork with fried rice.

just above teh chip shop on Barber Rd ( just below the bank) was a clothes shop - not sure if it sold ladies stuff but used to have some great shirts.

Further down Barber Rd on the opposite side (opposite Bower Rd) was a butchers shop - its where I had my first Saturday job delivering meat etc.

On Commonside just below the punlic conviencences was a furniture shop - next to the sweet/tobbacanists shop (I think) - above that row of shops were a row of houses - used to know some sisters who lived in one of those but cannot remember their name.

One the other side was a TV/Electrical Shop?

At the corner of Bower Rd/Barber Road was a beer-off called Scrivens and where Fairey's plumbers currently stands, there was a temperance bar.
Wasn't the furniture shop just elow MacKenzie's sweet shop, called Milners?

This thread is bringing back some great memories, i used to go to the chinese for my mother and the shop owner would sometimes slip me 10 bob to nip to Scrivens and fetch him 10 bensons, it was all very hush hush, his missus didn't know he smoked. I used to call him Charlie but not sure if that was his proper name.

Also remember Trevor Fairey buying a Rolls Royce, he used to park it outside our house on Bower road and once took my brother and his mate for a spin in it.:D

There were some sisters called Buckley that live in Steel Bank Villas above the shops.

P.S Whats a Temperance Bar ?

A temperance bar ? A saloon where no intoxicants were sold. Thus, we had to drink a pint of sarsaparilla - which was like a dandelion and burdock drink. Must be my age! They used to be around the city and there was another at Crookes, very near to where Pampers hairdressing shop is, just below the Ball Inn.

Another memory revolves around the narrow alley way which is opposite the bottom of Hands Road and leads to Barber Place and Bower Road - and to what was a bus stop opposite Fairey's. This alley was about 80 yards from the Commonside bus stop to town. If you were heading for the 95 bus to town - the bus suddenly appeared 'blind' - your only chance of catching it was to jump down the three steps and run like billy-ho down to the next stop.
You wouldn't have made it to Commonside but with others boarding there, it gave you a chance to catch it at the stop below. With a school detention if late back from lunch, this thoroughfare was a godsend and it's still there!

I lived at 24 Barber Place. The Haiges lived at the bottom of the alley. The Jones at about 23, and the Seebys on the corner.
There was a laundry at the bottom of Bower rd and the men who worked there used to spread ashes from the boilers on to the snow to stop us from sledging straight across the tram tracks. We used to complain at the time but they probably saved some lives.

I hope this is fascinating for you so many miles away? I go down Bower Road most Mondays, in my wheelchair, to get to Upperthorpe Baths and I pass where the laundry was. I think it's either a building or plumber's yard now, probably Fairey's. On to Barber Road, I go down Burns Road on to Roebuck Road and having survived that hill, just have Crookesmoor Road to negotiate.
Those ashes were often used on pavements and with coal fires, most people had some. As well as sledging, we'd make a slide in the middle of the road - most streets had no more than a couple of cars then - and gradually it would extend from about three yards to well beyond (22y), the length of a cricket pitch, as more joined in the fun.
Ironically, I'm in a chair now after slipping on black ice on a pavement and suffering a spinal cord bleed!!

We lived at 21 Bower Rd, it was the first house up from the Laundry, the houses were demoloished a good few years ago and its a car park now. My dad knows a Barry Seeby but he lived higher up near Westways School.
He must be related with that unusual name.

I remember a tall this man called Len who had a bad limp and twisted wrist (possibly polio sufferer) he used to make kids toys out of wood, we had a toy fort that he made.

Does anyone know why the gable ended house was demolished on Barber Place, it was always like that when i was a kid.

As for running down the gennil to catch the bus, we used to exactly the same and sometimes even ran to the next stop at the top of Oxford St. You had to rely on heavy loadings at the previous two stops to catch it.

Yes it was Barry Seeby who lived there, he had a sister, Josaphine. His dad was a truck driver and died in a crash in approx 1952. Barry would be 61/62 years old now.
The man called Len was the brother of the man that lived at the bottom the alley. I think that his name was George. He was a plumber with the P W D he used to go round all the schools repairing Ascot water heaters. He had a son also called George who would be about 67/68 yo now.
Your dad will remember the Coats that lived on Bower Rd. The dad had the taxi.mother had a grocers on Barber Rd, son Jack was a bricklayer other son (can't think of his name) was a plumber.

Jack Coats, the taxi driver, lived at the house at the corner of Bates Street and Springvale Road in the very late 50's / early 60's. I have a feeling that those houses may have been brand new then. I recall there was a drive which ran to the back of those houses where there were some garages - essentially they were above the petrol station on the corner of Springvale Road while has recently been demolished. He kept his taxi(s) there.
I believe his son may have had a house built somewhere at the top of Upperthorpe Road.
A chap I work with was a school friend of the grandson of Jack the taxi driver.

Just remembered in the mid to late 60's I had a mate who lived on the cul de sac opposite Barber Place.

His name was Paul McMullen

Jack Coates had a Rolls Royce as well, i only new of him through my mate Peter Holmes, i knew he was a local buisness man but must have retired in the early seventies when i was growing up.

I remember George the man that lived next to the bottom of the gennil i dont know if he was a heavy smoker but you could always hear him coughing his lungs up.

Can anyone remember Neville Boulby ?, he was a little man that lived on Bower Road, he used to stagger home from the Closed Shop or Hallamshire at afternoon closing time, he would always stop off and tell us his joke of the day, what a character he was.

Going down Barber Rd;below the Co-op,were;East Star cafe,Yorkshire Glass,Bettys grocers,Equator cafe,Webbs furniture & clothing,Naylors hardware,Abbey Glen laundry,bookies (various owners),Hadfield pub (still open),Slacks bakers,Binneys news,McKenzies sweet shop and Chadwicks builders with the butchers on the corner.I stand corrected though.....:twisted:

I think you might find that Mackenzies was by the Walkley-bound bus stop in the Vale, just below the urinals. It was next to a double-windowed furniture shop which I think was called Milners?

I lived at 36 barber Rd, next door to Binneys newsagents,where my mother ran a second hand clothes shop. In later years it was changed to allow Dad to do chiropody.
Dad treated lots of children with veruchaes, don't know if that is the correct spelling,he was one of the few that could get rid of these horrible things.
I used to use the gennil to get to western road school.
To the right at the top of the gennil was a fresh fish shop.

Jack's mother lived in Barber place , next house on from the chip shop, and he had a garage behind those houses where he kept his taxi. I think it was an Austin. He also had an Armstrong Sidley.
Just remembered the name of the other son Allan.
Mags do you remember when that place was a potato crisp factory and you could buy a bag of crumbs for 1d? Used to buy a bag on the way to school.
This is late 40s early 50s

I thought the butcher's shop was called Becketts.

Yes the butchers shop was Becketts. I used to deliver their bread and remember Mrs Beckett and her son whose name if I'm correct was John.

This was in the late 60's and early 70's.

I also recall Mr and Mrs Scriven the off licencees who is mentioned elswhere

Can anyone remember Clayton's the fruit and veg shop. He was a brash and balshy character?

Yes, John was the youngest son and was a one-time pal of mine being a keen footballer. His elder brother was called David. We used to have a subbuteo league and playing at John's house was brilliant. Whereas everyone else would play scrubbing around the baise on hands and knees, the matches at John's were played on his snooker table! His dad was the butcher and John followed him into the trade with Mrs Beckett in charge of the grocery section.
Scrivens had a daughter called Vicky. Next to Becketts was a big house belonging to the Delaney family, one of whose daughters readily caught my eye! A vague guess at Margaret?
I don't remember the Clayton's shop but I speed past there every week in my wheelchair en-route to Upperthorpe pool.

I think you might find that Mackenzies was by the Walkley-bound bus stop in the Vale, just below the urinals. It was next to a double-windowed furniture shop which I think was called Milners? Don Mackenzie had 2 shops;1 in the vale and 1 below The Hadfield.There were also 2 Binneys newsagents-known as upper Binneys and lower Binneys-owned by 2 brothers who allegedly didn't speak to each other.There was also a DIY shop below The Hadfield but I dont know the owners name;only that he died of a heart attack.I think the bakery which became Slacks was earlier known as Hammonds.:help:

I didn't know McKenzie's forename so I beg your pardon about two shops but I didn't know of the Barber Road shop. Obviously, the dentists wouldn't mind!
Talking of Slacks the bakers, may I ask if anyone remembers the bakery on School Road, corner of Ainsley Road, called Jewitt's, the boss of whom was a keen golfer? Jewitt's also had a shop on Crookes but there was nothing to beat nipping in to the bakery at 7am for an early morning 'uncut' for your bread and dripping!

I didn't know McKenzie's forename so I beg your pardon about two shops but I didn't know of the Barber Road shop. Obviously, the dentists wouldn't mind!
Talking of Slacks the bakers, may I ask if anyone remembers the bakery on School Road, corner of Ainsley Road, called Jewitt's, the boss of whom was a keen golfer? Jewitt's also had a shop on Crookes but there was nothing to beat nipping in to the bakery at 7am for an early morning 'uncut' for your bread and dripping!

Yes I do remember Jewitts the bakers they were the enmemy given that I was employed by Fletchers at the time delivering bread and confectionaries to the local retailers.

CHAIRBOY - I used to walk past Jewitt's Bakery on School Road every Tuesday in the late 1980s.

I remember that lovely smell of freshly baked bread. There was always someone washing their van in the yard (for some reason I remember that).

I was sorry to see it close down and for the site to become 'luxury flats'.

I was sorry to see the old garages taken down (to become guess what? Yes, more 'luxury flats'). These garages were lower down on the other side from the bakery and were latterly painted green though I seem to recall their being different colours, green, yellow and pink probably, in the 1970s.

And my father used to fill the company van up at the garage on Rosa Road.

Remember all those things, garages etc. The petrol type being Belfitt's.

Jack Coats, the taxi driver, lived at the house at the corner of Bates Street and Springvale Road in the very late 50's / early 60's. I have a feeling that those houses may have been brand new then. I recall there was a drive which ran to the back of those houses where there were some garages - essentially they were above the petrol station on the corner of Springvale Road while has recently been demolished. He kept his taxi(s) there.
I believe his son may have had a house built somewhere at the top of Upperthorpe Road.
A chap I work with was a school friend of the grandson of Jack the taxi driver.

Yes Jack still lives there in a bungalow just off Springvale rd. He often pops into our shop for a chat.You can often see him helping out at Saccomandos car repair garage.He was working for the Johnnie Johnsons trust till he retired a few years ago.

In the late 50's a bread van used to park outside the school gates at Western Road and sell ha'penny loaves to us kids. Would these have come from Jewitts?

As a child I spent a lot of time at Crookes Valley Park. Like many others rolling down the hill was a favourite pastime.

One of the highlights was a trip on either the motor boat which was always moored overnight in the middle or in one of the many rowing boats. But when were they taken out of service?

It was always rumoured that the dam itself was deceptively deep in the middle. Can anyone confirm that? Didn't someone drown there in the 70's?

The 2 brothers who owned Binneys must have been later because Mr&Mrs Binney owned both shops between 1947 and about 1975 when they retired.
They followed Mr Binneys father who lived in a large house in Townend st.
I spent lots of my childhood with Aunty Bin and Uncle Alf. Saturday night I helped to sell the Green Un in the bottom shop along with a boy called Rex Carter.
The bakers higher up the road was originally Elliotts.
I went to school with Vicky Scriven.
The Hadfield was where Susan Bromley lived she was a little older than me.
Close to the bus stop at Commonside there was a chemist shop but can't remember the name.
There was a barber shop,I remember there son was drowned while on holiday that would have been around 1954.
I remember Shentalls the grocers on Barber Rd they had a giant bacon slicer and sold butter from a big block which stood on a slab of marble.
I just can't remember the crisp factory.

Yerman, At High Storrs, we lost two pupils who drowned. One was at Chatsworth but the incident at CVP was a girl whose name escapes me, maybe about 1975? I think it is deep, I can remember the motor launch and the other rowing boats, plus fishing in the bottom right-hand corner.
Rolling down the hill, from the wall by the Harcourt Road gardens? Been there.......!

Reading through various threads, I just thought I would mention Mr. Rosens shop. He was just below where PA Jewellers is now. His shop was a facinating mix of all kinds of stuff, from wellington boots, to elastic, he also sold clothing and footware. Does anyone else remember his shop?

I remember when a branch of Midland Bank stood where P A Jewellers now exists and I seem to recall the shop you mention. A man called Barney Rosen was a member of Rustlings Tennis Club in the 60's and I wonder if he was the owner you mention?

Reading through various threads, I just thought I would mention Mr. Rosens shop. He was just below where PA Jewellers is now. His shop was a facinating mix of all kinds of stuff, from wellington boots, to elastic, he also sold clothing and footware. Does anyone else remember his shop?

Rosen's, i had forgotten all about that shop. Around 1976 when i was 11, my mother bought me some purple checked trousers from there, i must have looked a right to$$er with them on. I think that i wrote them off when i fell out of the barrel in Crookes Valley Park.

I was also bought some red plastic sandals to last me through the six weeks holidays, they cost 15 pence a pair and lasted a week, i think that the skate board had something to do with thier premature demise.

I lived on bates st up untill 1973,the only shops i remember a couple of sweet shops,one at either end of commonside,raymonds barbers shop where my mother took me for my hair cutting(basin cut as i remember shouldn't have been allowed)wasn't there also a post office near to the corner of springvale rd?
Milners and a grocers called Gowers.Any of these ring a bell with anyone?

The post office you mention was called STEEL BANK.

Yerman, At High Storrs, we lost two pupils who drowned. One was at Chatsworth but the incident at CVP was a girl whose name escapes me, maybe about 1975? I think it is deep, I can remember the motor launch and the other rowing boats, plus fishing in the bottom right-hand corner.
Rolling down the hill, from the wall by the Harcourt Road gardens? Been there.......!

according to the depth guage in the corner of the dam its 32 feet deep.

is that old police phone box still there,just as you enter south rd?

No I don't think it is because it brings back memories and I think I'd have remembered it, without your prompting, if it was still there, rather like the Dr.Who type?
When I used to go to my gran's shop on South Road, I always felt safer when I was near the police box! Why, I don't know, because the chances are there'd have been no-one in it! Wasn't it just on the rise at the bottom of Heavygate?

yes ure correct.ahhh,the old tardis,i don't ever remember seeing anyone useit.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/rassilon/policebox/page3a.html

Click on 'English boxes'

The police box on this link Number 6 (Sheffield) is like the one you mentioned on Walkley.

yes ure correct.ahhh,the old tardis,i don't ever remember seeing anyone useit.

once my friend and I found a purse on Heavygate Rd and honest chaps that we were took it to the police box at the bottom. We knocked on the door not knowing what to expect, but it opened and there was Mr Plod - he took the purse, thanked us and then door closed again

Never saw it open or close again and I went past that box twice a day for 6 years on my way to Myers Grove and back

Very mysterious those old police phone boxes.....i wonder how big they were inside?

Opposte Rosens shop was another sweetshop called Morton,s or Mertons, i used to go in there for penny ice lollies, it was run by a really old lady with a big stickyout bottom lip.

She never said much and i got the impression that she didn't like kids very much.

Morton's seems to ring a bell. Did you buy your 'cherry lips' there?

Opposte Rosens shop was another sweetshop called Morton,s or Mertons, i used to go in there for penny ice lollies, it was run by a really old lady with a big stickyout bottom lip.

She never said much and i got the impression that she didn't like kids very much.

Morton's rings a bell. Did you buy your 'cherry lips' there?

Morton's rings a bell. Did you buy your 'cherry lips' there?

Cherry lips, jubilees & parma violets :hihi: and what about those flying saucers with the horrible powder in the middle :gag:

I've just remembered the chemist by the Commonside bus stop to town. That was where the Dram Shop now stands wasn't it? I seem to remember their window with three of those glass cylinders that contained blue, green and red liquid. Not sure of the name of the vessels or what the substance was, fake or otherwise. Can't remember the year that chemist closed either?

Chairboy - I believe those bottles in the chemist windows are called carboids (although I might have misspelt that word).

Chairboy - I believe those bottles in the chemist windows are called carboids (although I might have misspelt that word).

My wife has since told me that was the sign of a prescription chemist but not confirmed.

i remember the old cobblers shop going down barber rd,it always had a distinctive smell.

I've just come across this site. My family used to live next door to Mr Coates and his wife for many years. That row of six semi-detached houses were built in the fifties. My mum was overjoyed with the central heating. I remember most of the shops especially the shop on barber road that sold jubblies. There was also a dry cleaners on the same side as the Springvale pub. The old lady who worked in the shop had large purple fingers. Does anyone remember Gowers and Burgens? It was further down from Milners and sold bread, cakes and cold cooked meat. There was also a haberdashers and a butchers on the corner. I left Sheffield over 27 years ago but from what I've been told the city has changed beyond recognition.

Rozens used to have a shop on south road before barbour rd.

Anyone remember the shop on Commonside that sold hot home made crisps? One penny a bag- delicious! So you could have got two hundred and forty for a pound! And what about the Swap-Shop? Not far from the Chemist on the same side. There was also a slaughter house up a little passage way near there where we used to sneak up to have a look. Until we were chased by a bloke who was covered in blood and had a large knife in his hand. Say no more!:help:

Just found this old thread and it still facinates. The thing is I posted on here in 2006 and have since forgotten what I posted :| thats got to be a bad sign.

Anymore Commonside memories would be great.

Thanks

Wow what lovely memories. Just read this thread and enjoyed it. I was born on Rosa Road in 1958 so I remember a lot of what has been written. Becketts (where we had a slate!), Rosens shoe shop (where mum bought our shoes), Midland Bank(never had owt to put in Bank lol), Mortons shop (she used to terrify us), Mackenzies sweet shop(Mrs.Mckenzie used to live on Hands Road(No.8) and one day our cockatoo flew out of house and it was seen on her roof. My brother asked if he could go up a ladder to try and get the cockatoo but she said NO. Always say she was responsible for us not getting our bird back lol), Norths on Commonside(we(kids) always used to congregate there with out bikes/scooters etc) etc. Someone mentioned on a thread Neville Boulby, we used to play with his daughters Margaret and Pamela. Oh happy memories,happy days. Loved my childhood there

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Wow what lovely memories. Just read this thread and enjoyed it. I was born on Rosa Road in 1958 so I remember a lot of what has been written. Becketts (where we had a slate!), Rosens shoe shop (where mum bought our shoes), Midland Bank(never had owt to put in Bank lol), Mortons shop (she used to terrify us), Mackenzies sweet shop(Mrs.Mckenzie used to live on Hands Road(No.8) and one day our cockatoo flew out of house and it was seen on her roof. My brother asked if he could go up a ladder to try and get the cockatoo but she said NO. Always say she was responsible for us not getting our bird back lol), Norths on Commonside(we(kids) always used to congregate there with out bikes/scooters etc) etc. Someone mentioned on a thread Neville Boulby, we used to play with his daughters Margaret and Pamela. Oh happy memories,happy days. Loved my childhood there

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Margaret used to baby sit for me and my brother. She was great, she used to bring bigs bags of sweets and if we behaved she would sometimes give us some... only sometimes. :hihi:

Margaret used to baby sit for me and my brother. She was great, she used to bring bigs bags of sweets and if we behaved she would sometimes give us some... only sometimes. :hihi:

Does your first name begin with B? I might know you. There was a brother and sister used to live on Bower Road, lower down on opposite side.

Just found this old thread and it still facinates. The thing is I posted on here in 2006 and have since forgotten what I posted :| thats got to be a bad sign.

Anymore Commonside memories would be great.

Thanks

Did you live around there then?

Wow what lovely memories. Just read this thread and enjoyed it. I was born on Rosa Road in 1958 so I remember a lot of what has been written. Becketts (where we had a slate!), Rosens shoe shop (where mum bought our shoes), Midland Bank(never had owt to put in Bank lol), Mortons shop (she used to terrify us), Mackenzies sweet shop(Mrs.Mckenzie used to live on Hands Road(No.8) and one day our cockatoo flew out of house and it was seen on her roof. My brother asked if he could go up a ladder to try and get the cockatoo but she said NO. Always say she was responsible for us not getting our bird back lol), Norths on Commonside(we(kids) always used to congregate there with out bikes/scooters etc) etc. Someone mentioned on a thread Neville Boulby, we used to play with his daughters Margaret and Pamela. Oh happy memories,happy days. Loved my childhood there

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Do u still live around the area and if not when did u move away?

Do u still live around the area and if not when did u move away?

I was born at Rosa Road in 1958 and moved away in 1999.

Does your first name begin with B? I might know you. There was a brother and sister used to live on Bower Road, lower down on opposite side.

No my names Wayne. We lived at 21 the bottom house on the right as you went down the hill. Or first on the left on the way up :hihi: right next to the old laundry. When we lived there between 71 and 78 the place was making cheap metal jewellry.

We then moved onto Leamington Street first house on the left again .

Happy days

I was born at Rosa Road in 1958 and moved away in 1999.

Chocki I remember a family called Williams that lived on there one of the girls was called Linda (i think)

What about A1 taxis on the corner and the owners barmy son who used to fly about on a battered old yammy FS1E (fizzy) he went all over the world on it. I bought it off him and it fell to bits.

Yes the butchers shop was Becketts. I used to deliver their bread and remember Mrs Beckett and her son whose name if I'm correct was John.

This was in the late 60's and early 70's.

I also recall Mr and Mrs Scriven the off licencees who is mentioned elswhere

Can anyone remember Clayton's the fruit and veg shop. He was a brash and balshy character?

Was Claytons the last shop on the right going up Barber Road? I knew that as Tommy's . He died last year and was in his eighties. He could rattle, i'd be in there on a saturday aged about 8 waiting for about half an hour to get served :) theres a lot to be said for supermarkets :)

Chocki I remember a family called Williams that lived on there one of the girls was called Linda (i think)

What about A1 taxis on the corner and the owners barmy son who used to fly about on a battered old yammy FS1E (fizzy) he went all over the world on it. I bought it off him and it fell to bits.

That's us (lol). David, Linda, Marie(got killed in a car crash in 1984), me(Jenni) and Susan. Yeh I remember A1 taxis. Are you old enough to remember hairdressers on other end of row of shops, Scotts(newsagents/sweet shop) run by John and Kitty Scott.

Memories are just flooding back

Was Claytons the last shop on the right going up Barber Road? I knew that as Tommy's . He died last year and was in his eighties. He could rattle, i'd be in there on a saturday aged about 8 waiting for about half an hour to get served :) theres a lot to be said for supermarkets :)

Yeh I knew it as Tommys as well. Whenever I think of him now, I think of Tommy Steele! I think he looked a bit like Tommy Steele

Chocki I remember a family called Williams that lived on there one of the girls was called Linda (i think)

What about A1 taxis on the corner and the owners barmy son who used to fly about on a battered old yammy FS1E (fizzy) he went all over the world on it. I bought it off him and it fell to bits.

So how do you know Linda. Are you about the same age(55)

That's us (lol). David, Linda, Marie(got killed in a car crash in 1984), me(Jenni) and Susan. Yeh I remember A1 taxis. Are you old enough to remember hairdressers on other end of row of shops, Scotts(newsagents/sweet shop) run by John and Kitty Scott.

Memories are just flooding back

No I'm 44 but now remember you vaguely tall and slim with reddish hair? I just remember the big family. My grandparents lived on Hands Road in the houses that backed on to Rosa Road. Which one of your brothers and sisters would I be nearest in age to?

I once fell off a wall and broke my arm at the back of some houses on Harcourt Road, Pamela Boulby was there then you wernt there too was you?. Last day of the six weeks holidays !! It was a right drop :o i keep saying id go back and have a look, probably no where near as high as I remember. :)

That's us (lol). David, Linda, Marie(got killed in a car crash in 1984), me(Jenni) and Susan. Yeh I remember A1 taxis. Are you old enough to remember hairdressers on other end of row of shops, Scotts(newsagents/sweet shop) run by John and Kitty Scott.

Memories are just flooding back

I do remember Kitty and the hair dressers my great granny lived on Commonside flats and she used to go there for her blue rinse :) My mom worked at Becketts when I was a real nipper but I cant remember.
Sorry to hear about your sister, but i dont think I can remeber her.

So how do you know Linda. Are you about the same age(55)
Chocki can you remember Gerald "Cocky" Wright he lived in the old cottages that were there before the flats were built on Commonside. I once asked Mr Belfit if he remembered him and he could.

Geralds my dads younger brother (my uncle) he"ll be about 57 years old now.

Chocki can you remember Gerald "Cocky" Wright he lived in the old cottages that were there before the flats were built on Commonside. I once asked Mr Belfit if he remembered him and he could.

Geralds my dads younger brother (my uncle) he"ll be about 57 years old now.

lol. Cocky Wright and my brother Dave were mates when they were younger. They were always getting into trouble (as in being mischeivous, nothing too serious). Throwing slates off Western Road school roof, rolling tyres down Oxford Street, aahh bless them lol.

So was Cocky related to Janet Wright whose mum lived on Hands Road. My sister sue is the youngest in our family, she's 50 this year. Yes I was the tall,slim ginger haired one(tall, fat and ginger haired now haha).

Is Mr.Belfitt still living (surely not!)

lol. Cocky Wright and my brother Dave were mates when they were younger. They were always getting into trouble (as in being mischeivous, nothing too serious). Throwing slates off Western Road school roof, rolling tyres down Oxford Street, aahh bless them lol.

So was Cocky related to Janet Wright whose mum lived on Hands Road. My sister sue is the youngest in our family, she's 50 this year. Yes I was the tall,slim ginger haired one(tall, fat and ginger haired now haha).

Is Mr.Belfitt still living (surely not!)

Janets my mum. Cocky lives in Norfolk now :) and it was over 20 years ago that I asked Mr Belfit if he knew cocky.

Small world innit :D

Janets my mum. Cocky lives in Norfolk now :) and it was over 20 years ago that I asked Mr Belfit if he knew cocky.

Small world innit :D

Right so if I remember rightly, Janet had three children, 2 boys, 1 girl so which one are you? I can picture the two boys but can't remember their names(Wayne?). Can remember your dad too

I used to live at Number 41 Hands Road. We moved in 1977,but my parents lived there from 1964. We had to move due to the old cottages were pulled down. I think theres a couple of Semi Houses built on the site. Can anyone remember the cottages? There was I think 7 small houses 2 up 2 down. One large one on the end. We was posh,we had a bath in the kitchen.

I used to live at Number 41 Hands Road. We moved in 1977,but my parents lived there from 1964. We had to move due to the old cottages were pulled down. I think theres a couple of Semi Houses built on the site. Can anyone remember the cottages? There was I think 7 small houses 2 up 2 down. One large one on the end. We was posh,we had a bath in the kitchen.

Yes I remember the cottages. The Myers family lived there, and the big one on the end was Cardwells. Wow i'd forgot about them. There was a family next door to Myers as well but I can't remember their surname.(Colliers?). Yes that's it. David Collier used to live there and al the girls fancied him like mad. Myers family consisted of Kieron, Martin, Mark(?)...can't remember rest.

We lived next door to the Colliers Julie & Jane. I was 9 when I left,but I do remember the family called Myers.........

Hi anyone remember Fred Holmes Dance Hall at the top of Wood Street early 1950's

Right so if I remember rightly, Janet had three children, 2 boys, 1 girl so which one are you? I can picture the two boys but can't remember their names(Wayne?). Can remember your dad too

Wayne (44 me) Craig (41 and lives in North Wales) and Joanne (36 lives in Loxley).

Yes I remember the cottages. The Myers family lived there, and the big one on the end was Cardwells. Wow i'd forgot about them. There was a family next door to Myers as well but I can't remember their surname.(Colliers?). Yes that's it. David Collier used to live there and al the girls fancied him like mad. Myers family consisted of Kieron, Martin, Mark(?)...can't remember rest.

Adrian Myers he was a year or two younger than me. I remember the long front gardens on those cottages.

Wayne (44 me) Craig (41 and lives in North Wales) and Joanne (36 lives in Loxley).

Wow, it seems weird now. I can picture you very clearly and Craig. Hows your mum and dad

Wow, it seems weird now. I can picture you very clearly and Craig. Hows your mum and dad

They're fine thanks.

I love Commonside and still get a special feeling whenever I'm there. I still go in the Hallamshire now and again for a pint.

Hope you are well

Do you ever hear from Pamela or Margaret ?

I used to live at Number 41 Hands Road. We moved in 1977,but my parents lived there from 1964. We had to move due to the old cottages were pulled down. I think theres a couple of Semi Houses built on the site. Can anyone remember the cottages? There was I think 7 small houses 2 up 2 down. One large one on the end. We was posh,we had a bath in the kitchen.

I seem to remeber the one nearest the road having a lovely garden looked after by an old man.

earlier someone mentioned the hospital at commonside it wasnt a mental hospital it was a sanatorium for tuberculosis in the 1950s

I thought the butcher's shop was called Becketts.

Yes, it was Becketts.

Adrian Myers he was a year or two younger than me. I remember the long front gardens on those cottages.

Martin and Kieron too.

They're fine thanks.

I love Commonside and still get a special feeling whenever I'm there. I still go in the Hallamshire now and again for a pint.

Hope you are well

Do you ever hear from Pamela or Margaret ?

I like to call into the closed shop and hallamshire... old times...and yes...special feelings... as I still feel at home there.

Yes the first old cottage kept by an old couple,I remember it well. My dad had to go in when he had died,that I do remember well,due to I asked for a look :-( he said no!! Also when the houses slowly emptied,we went in looking for treasure. Thinking back the stuff left in there now a days was. My dad local was the Closed Shop,he visit often,most nights.

Yes the first old cottage kept by an old couple,I remember it well. My dad had to go in when he had died,that I do remember well,due to I asked for a look :-( he said no!! Also when the houses slowly emptied,we went in looking for treasure. Thinking back the stuff left in there now a days was. My dad local was the Closed Shop,he visit often,most nights.

I'll probably know your dad then. Anyone who went in Hallamshire/Closed Shop from late 70s, I would probably know lol

That's us (lol). David, Linda, Marie(got killed in a car crash in 1984), me(Jenni) and Susan. Yeh I remember A1 taxis. Are you old enough to remember hairdressers on other end of row of shops, Scotts(newsagents/sweet shop) run by John and Kitty Scott.

Memories are just flooding back

Hairdressers run by Emerly.

Hairdressers run by Emerly.

lol. I remember bowling club at top of Hands Road. We used to sit on wall on Townend Street watching/commenting(!). Number of times we got chased off from there. Presume its still there?

His name was Terry Walton chocki. But as I said we moved in 1977 then he found another local. Which was the Fir Wood bottom of Carr Road. Not a million miles away.

lol. I remember bowling club at top of Hands Road. We used to sit on wall on Townend Street watching/commenting(!). Number of times we got chased off from there. Presume its still there?

Hi Chocki

I,ve had a few pints in there myself recently. Its like going back 40 years.

Hi Chocki

I,ve had a few pints in there myself recently. Its like going back 40 years.

Do you play bowls then or can you just go in for a pint?

Do you play bowls then or can you just go in for a pint?

No, I sometimes go in to see my dad, he likes to go in there. Not been in for a while though.

I was born at 17 Commonside in 1955, it was my fathers fruit and veg shop, later Gregorys and then Claytons. There was a barber/hairdresser, Mr Saddler who drowned at Skegness trying to rescue a child. Just below there was a great hardware shop run by Mrs Hall whose husband had died, he was a plumber.

I was born at 17 Commonside in 1955, it was my fathers fruit and veg shop, later Gregorys and then Claytons. There was a barber/hairdresser, Mr Saddler who drowned at Skegness trying to rescue a child. Just below there was a great hardware shop run by Mrs Hall whose husband had died, he was a plumber.

Where was 17 Commonside? Might know you! You were born year of my sister Linda

Does anyone remember the Watsons, father and son who lived up the yard behind the row of houses opposite the pub near the bottom of Commonsidein the late 50's early60's.

They were both motorbike mad and both rode racing bikes on the road. One was a 350cc Norton and the other was a 500 cc Norton International.

Later Terry bought a brand new Gold Star.

Someone must remember the bikes they made such a noise.

Happy days! PopT

I was born at 38 commonside and lived there until i was 20 so I remember it well there were three shops opposite the newsagents a grocery shop run by two elderly sisters and the betting shop. Further up Commonside there was two lock up shops one was Bilbys butchers shop and the next door was the fish shop.The last shop on that side was Becketts which was a grocer and butchers this shop had a large bay window.One other thing it was not a temperance bar it was Hartleys the Herbalist shop and they owned another on South Road Walkley this later became Fairys the plumbers.

17 is 0pp0site the toilets, I was only 3 when we sold up! We kept in touch with Mrs Hall for years though and 1987/89 I was one of two community constables in the area. We used to drink tea at Rosa Road garage! OK someone had to do it.

Wow, the memories this thread has brought back! I lived in Barber Place from 1945 to 1959. I remember Barry & Josie Seaby on the corner of Barber Place, with my relations the Allan family next door, then Len & Vera Weston (was it before or after them that the Dentons lived there?), the Richardsons and then, at No. 28 my grandparents. On the opposite side, were the Haighs on the corner (she was Vera and her brother Jimmy lived with them, walked with a bad limp and had a twisted hand),and along from them I can remember Trevor Gillott's family. At the bottom of Bower Road, immediately above the laundry, were the Grainger family, then my other grandparents, followed by the Marsdens and the Haywoods.
Opposite Scrivens corner shop (yes I remember Vicky Scriven too) was Burrows greengrocers. Some of you must have been at school with Lynne Burrows? Co-op next door, before it was modernised it had those fascinating gadgets for cash that whirled along ceiling wires to the cashier in the kiosk at the end of the shop. A couple of shops above that was a bakers which became Jewitts but it was Jennisons before that, my aunt was one of their delivery drivers. The butchers across from Barber Place, corner of Barber Crescent, wasn't that called Mabbotts? I went to Mr Mallinson the chiropodist next door to Mrs Binney's. And once went to Susan Bromley's birthday party at the Hadfield pub.
Instant nostalgia.

My cousin had the hairdressers in the corner around early 60s her name was

Emily , maiden name Bell . I had an aunt and uncle that lived on Springhouse

Rd , My uncle used to drink in the closed shop ( Joe Ross) I believe they

moved to Scotland. I used to go to St Josephs and walk home up Common-

side as I lived on School Rd.

At the corner of Bower Rd/Barber Road was a beer-off called Scrivens and where Fairey's plumbers currently stands, there was a temperance bar.
Wasn't the furniture shop just elow MacKenzie's sweet shop, called Milners?

Trevor Fairey was one of my dad's mates. Don't know that he still owns the plumbers shop though. Remember getting off the 95 bus to go to my grans and stopping off at the sweet shop and then the steep walk up Hands Road to Leamington Street where my grandparents lived next door to each other. My dad's aunty also owned the beer off on the corner of commonside by the bus stop. I loved that area of Sheffield but never actually lived there.

I also loved going to the crown green bowling club at the top of Hands Road. It was a magical place inside for a kid with the full size snooker tables and I always remeber they had parties at Christmas for kids.

In fact just had a look at google maps and there is a street level photo of Commonside and it doesn't look that different - brought back loads of happy memories.

There was a bike shop (Could have been 'Rothwells') on Commonside when I was a kid in the 50s it was next door to the Springvale pub.
If you went down the alleyway at the side of the shop you overlooked the car park and garages behind the pub and bike shop, it was quite a drop down to the car park.
There was a sink perched on the wall which one of our gang shoved off, it went straight through the roof of a car parked below.
Those were the days.

Going down Barber Rd;below the Co-op,were;East Star cafe,Yorkshire Glass,Bettys grocers,Equator cafe,Webbs furniture & clothing,Naylors hardware,Abbey Glen laundry,bookies (various owners),Hadfield pub (still open),Slacks bakers,Binneys news,McKenzies sweet shop and Chadwicks builders with the butchers on the corner.I stand corrected though.....:twisted:

The butchers on the corner, was carneys where i started working at 15 before it closed and i moved to there other shop up on south road. does any one remember the dolls hospital on commonside? many a time i would take my action men for a repair there.

I can remember (I think back to the early 60s), a home furnishing shop on Commonside called 'Milners'. This was in the block of shops opposit the 'Springvale'. My mum bought my first radiogram from them. I thought it was fantastic at the time. The cabinet was polished wood with a lift up lid. The deck would take a stack of records whereby each disc would play automatically, one after the other. How things have advanced since then!

Mabbotts the butchers was down on the corner past Binneys newsagents bottom shop (they had one further up at 34) and the sweet shop.
There was a shop next to Binneys that sold baby clothes and nighties but I can't remember the name. Was it Robins?
The Herbalists near the laundry sold sasparrilla.
Shentalls was the grocers next to the Hadfield.
I still have scars on my knees from running too fast down the gennil and falling on the gravel.
I was looking at Barber road on Google last night and what struck me was the colour of the houses, the stonework used to be black in the early 1950s I suppose that was all the smoke from the coal we all burnt for heating.
In front of the shops were wooden covers that the coalmen lifted up before they tipped the sacks of coal down into the cellars.

I think the baby clothes shop may have been called Seedhouses

The butchers on the corner, was carneys where i started working at 15 before it closed and i moved to there other shop up on south road. does any one remember the dolls hospital on commonside? many a time i would take my action men for a repair there.

I remember Jack Carney and I think it was his son who was at the Butchers.
Jack was avery good snooker player at the Florist pub. He had swivel specs which were very advanced at that time.

In response to an earlier post by Jessity. My wife Wendy, recognises a few of the names you mentioned as they were at school together, especially Lynne Burrows (now Conway). They were and still are the best of friends and Lynne is godmother to our eldest daughter, Katie.

Jessity.
I have replied to your private message but I am not sure as to whether it was sent. Would you kindly confirm?
Kind regards.

The Herbalists near the laundry sold sasparrilla.


Mags, what memories you're bringing back. I can picture the man who ran the herbalists, can you? Thin, always wore a long dark blue overall and had white hair. What was his name, can you remember?

Mags, what memories you're bringing back. I can picture the man who ran the herbalists, can you? Thin, always wore a long dark blue overall and had white hair. What was his name, can you remember?The name in the 50s/60s was 'Hartleys' they also had a shop opposite the Walkley Palladium on South Road.

My cousin had the hairdressers in the corner around early 60s her name was

Emily , maiden name Bell . I had an aunt and uncle that lived on Springhouse

Rd , My uncle used to drink in the closed shop ( Joe Ross) I believe they

moved to Scotland. I used to go to St Josephs and walk home up Common-

side as I lived on School Rd.

I used to baby sit for Bradley and Russell. I remember Harry Bell, Cameron and Joe.

I used to baby sit for Bradley and Russell. I remember Harry Bell, Cameron and Joe.

Cameron was my dad ! What a small world.

I used to baby sit for Bradley and Russell. I remember Harry Bell, Cameron and Joe.

Do you hear anything from Emily Bradley and Russell now ?

Do you hear anything from Emily Bradley and Russell now ?

Not heard anything from them for years... last time I saw Emly and Glynn was when they used to run the Bradway Pub.

Cameron was my dad ! What a small world.

Your dad was a fine man. If anyone was playing the fruit machine he used to say "hold your plums!".

I moved to Commonside Road at the age of ten,1955,my parents/Mother ran the end shop,a grocers, next door to the cobblers,I cannot remember their name,he had a club foot,next door to them was Mr@Mrs Wilson,then Mrs North,the end shop,Mrs Edwards was used solely for accomodation,her daughter's name was Anne. Our name is Senior,I am Elizabeth and went to Western Road School which I hated. I recall that we had no bathroom or kitchen,just a curtain in a corner,one room at the back of the shop,outside lavatories of course and a zinc bath hanging in the yard,I'm sure next door,a big walled off house was some sort of school,always a mystery to me,at the back of our house accesed by the gennel were cottages and I recall an elderly lady, Mrs Watson,she used to "baby sit" us sometimes.At the bottom of Rosa Rd was a big detatched house,my friend Anita Clark/Clarke lived there with her family,also,I used to visit a Mr.Harvey/Harding? who kept tropical fish. Walkley cinema,sasparella at a funny old place.The shop was not really successful,lots on the "slate" but it helped my mother recover from a breakdown,ie.,she was meeting people within her own home so to speak,anyway,I remember Susan Hawksworth,Susan Hall,Malcom Thwaites,my first love!not many others,if any of my freinds read this,please get in touch

Hi Lizzie, I've PM'd you about the Western Road school thread. I remember your mother's shop and also that house set back after yours and it was a school of some sort wasn't it but I can't remember any details. Anita Clarke was in our class and I remember her, she had long black hair but not in plaits like yours.

The large corner terrace house across From Fairy,s shop, I think it is on Barber Place was demolished and rebuilt in the late 70,s due to subsidence.
If you look at the corner stones on the gable you will see that they are numbered so as they were put back in the original order there is also a star of David etched into a corner stone.

Hi Lizzie, I've PM'd you about the Western Road school thread. I remember your mother's shop and also that house set back after yours and it was a school of some sort wasn't it but I can't remember any details. Anita Clarke was in our class and I remember her, she had long black hair but not in plaits like yours.

Hi Jessity,how exciting,yes Anita did have long black hair,I would love to see some photographs of the class,I went to Western Road School from a very humble little one in Wharncliffe Side,I was made to suffer agonies by my form teacher because I could only print at that stage,not "joined up" writing,I will never forget her,apart from that it wasn't too bad,I failed the 11+ so went on to the Senior School before moving to Totley. You are correct,the large house next to the shop was a school,a strange one though,always a bit mysterious,used to peep over the wall.My late brother,Anthony also went to W.R.S.,joining the army when he left,I would love to hear from others in the class too,may I thank you for your response please keep in touch,Kind Regards Lizzie

I moved to Commonside Road at the age of ten,1955,my parents/Mother ran the end shop,a grocers, next door to the cobblers,I cannot remember their name,he had a club foot,next door to them was Mr@Mrs Wilson,then Mrs North,the end shop,Mrs Edwards was used solely for accomodation,her daughter's name was Anne. Our name is Senior,I am Elizabeth and went to Western Road School which I hated. I recall that we had no bathroom or kitchen,just a curtain in a corner,one room at the back of the shop,outside lavatories of course and a zinc bath hanging in the yard,I'm sure next door,a big walled off house was some sort of school,always a mystery to me,at the back of our house accesed by the gennel were cottages and I recall an elderly lady, Mrs Watson,she used to "baby sit" us sometimes.At the bottom of Rosa Rd was a big detatched house,my friend Anita Clark/Clarke lived there with her family,also,I used to visit a Mr.Harvey/Harding? who kept tropical fish. Walkley cinema,sasparella at a funny old place.The shop was not really successful,lots on the "slate" but it helped my mother recover from a breakdown,ie.,she was meeting people within her own home so to speak,anyway,I remember Susan Hawksworth,Susan Hall,Malcom Thwaites,my first love!not many others,if any of my freinds read this,please get in touch
Hi lizziesenior,
With regards to the cobblers which you mentioned in your post. I remember back in the 50s, there was a cobblers on School Road which was an end shop in a row of shops facing the bottom of Cobden View Road. Their name was Bull and Mr Bull did have, as you stated, a club foot. Their daughter Celia Bull was in the same class as me at Western Road School as it was named back then in the 50s, prior to being Westways as it is today. Perhaps by strange coincidence this is the same cobblers to which you are referring.

Hi,thankyou for the response,however,I'm sure their name was not Bull,it doesn't ring any bells so to speak,it will come to me one of these days,also,there was no child in th house just them.Many Kind Regards Lizzie

Jack Coates had a Rolls Royce as well, i only new of him through my mate Peter Holmes, i knew he was a local buisness man but must have retired in the early seventies when i was growing up.

I remember George the man that lived next to the bottom of the gennil i dont know if he was a heavy smoker but you could always hear him coughing his lungs up.

Can anyone remember Neville Boulby ?, he was a little man that lived on Bower Road, he used to stagger home from the Closed Shop or Hallamshire at afternoon closing time, he would always stop off and tell us his joke of the day, what a character he was.

I can rememebr neville , i lived at the hallamshire pub and neville drank in there along with his wife but cannt remember her name at the moment. he played snooker in the big snooker room !! even drunk he could play lol

Yes the butchers shop was Becketts. I used to deliver their bread and remember Mrs Beckett and her son whose name if I'm correct was John.

This was in the late 60's and early 70's.

I also recall Mr and Mrs Scriven the off licencees who is mentioned elswhere

Can anyone remember Clayton's the fruit and veg shop. He was a brash and balshy character?

I'm pretty certain the butcher was mabbots? The one on the corner of barber road and crookesmoor road. Then going up barber road, the sweetly shop belonged to mrs major, mr major had a builders business up some steps at the side/back. I went to school with their daughter Debbie. Then a chemist with coloured apothecary bottles in the window. Next mr Noah's double fronted newsagents, I used to save pocket money and buy ladybird books from there.then turners bakery, before it moved to crookesmoor road, then the Hadfield.

Hi lizziesenior,
With regards to the cobblers which you mentioned in your post. I remember back in the 50s, there was a cobblers on School Road which was an end shop in a row of shops facing the bottom of Cobden View Road. Their name was Bull and Mr Bull did have, as you stated, a club foot. Their daughter Celia Bull was in the same class as me at Western Road School as it was named back then in the 50s, prior to being Westways as it is today. Perhaps by strange coincidence this is the same cobblers to which you are referring.
The cobblers is still there. You can have shoes made-to-measure there now. I remember standing at the beer off shop, on a Sunday evening, waiting for it to open. Also, going in the wet fish shop with my gran.

From 1963 - 1967 i worked for D.North & co as a apprentice in the joiners shop above North,s shop on Commonside.Our office was in the joiners shop to and we had to turn off the machines when the rang.they moved the office to the corner of Barber Place and opposite was a old stable or barn which we used a store for slates and timber etc.After that they moved to the newly built offices just above the Hallamshire pub.W

From 1963 - 1967 i worked for D.North & co as a apprentice in the joiners shop above North,s shop on Commonside.Our office was in the joiners shop to, and we had to turn off the machines when the phone rang.they moved the office to the corner of Barber Place and opposite was a old stable or barn which we used as a store for slates and timber etc. After that they moved to the newly built offices just above the Hallamshire pub.While i was in the joiners shop opposite us was the bank and below was a ladies hairdressers,and below our shop was a old man in a cobblers shop.
Southweller.

Ah ha,remembered the cobbler's name...Mr& Mrs,Foster.

Ah ha,remembered the cobbler's name...Mr& Mrs,Foster.
Across the road from Beckets?

I'm pretty certain the butcher was mabbots? The one on the corner of barber road and crookesmoor road. Then going up barber road, the sweetly shop belonged to mrs major, mr major had a builders business up some steps at the side/back. I went to school with their daughter Debbie. Then a chemist with coloured apothecary bottles in the window. Next mr Noah's double fronted newsagents, I used to save pocket money and buy ladybird books from there.then turners bakery, before it moved to crookesmoor road, then the Hadfield.

There is a mix up here with Mabbots on Barber Road/Crookesmoor Road corner and Beckets on Commonside.

There is a mix up here with Mabbots on Barber Road/Crookesmoor Road corner and Beckets on Commonside.
Beckets also had a Fish and Chip shop on South Road just above Yorkshire Bank.

Beckets also had a Fish and Chip shop on South Road just above Yorkshire Bank.

Cuttsie.,I have PM'd u.

Beckets also had a Fish and Chip shop on South Road just above Yorkshire Bank.

Was it the one on the same side coming back into town? The last time I saw John Becket was many many years ago in the Queens, across from the Hillsborough barracks.

Was it the one on the same side coming back into town? The last time I saw John Becket was many many years ago in the Queens, across from the Hillsborough barracks.
Yes thats the one I think some one re named the shop In cod we trust or somat like that.

Yes thats the one I think some one re named the shop In cod we trust or somat like that.
Ah yes. New Cod on The Block.

Anybody remember maggie Briggs or Biggs lived at common side area. Worked at darnall dogs is she still about?

yes it had a gas light outside run off sewer gases ,my mum had her hair done there

I can't remember the name of the toy shop which was opposite McKenzies
and just below the chemist. One day I was looking in the shop window when a man said he'd buy me one of the lovely big dolls if I went for a walk with him to the bombed buildings. Fortunately I was saved by a lady who took me home. This must have been around end of 40s. Love reading this thread. There must be many of us who went to Western Road School.

There was a passageway between the Springvale Hotel and Rothwells Bike Shop, at the end of the passageway was a wall with a very deep drop into the car park behind the Pub, on top of the wall was an old stone sink which one of my friends managed to push off the wall, the sink went straight through the roof of the car parked below.
There was also the 'Reliable Holiday Agency' and 'Hartleys Herbalists'.
But I still chuckle when I think of the sink.