Hi
I need information stories & photos of the italian families that lived in west bar can anyone out there help me please

What era are you talking about?

anyone from 1850s forward

what with boozy.bird and hopman i feel like i should be the chianti kid.just to let you know the 1911 census shows my gt grandfather.domenico paggiossi lived with his family
at4 court 5 scotland st.his occupation was ice cream trader.the whole area was known locally as little italy.

OFF-T: I can picture such a thread in a few years' time by my daughter, boy is she going to have a job :hihi:
(1/8 Sicilian, 1/8 Bolognese, 1/8 Alsatian, 1/8 Brittany, 1/8 Brummie, 1/8 Nottingham and 1/4 South Yorks :gag:)

Good luck with your search, OP :thumbsup:

thought mine was bad enough.gran was irish.

I know all about the little italy area thanks what I really need are stories & photos of people that lived in the area can you help ???

my gran born 1888 went to school at st.vincents.her family lived in hollis croft.she used to talk of childhood friends,vesticusa civico and angelina pelligrino(hope spelling is correct)and i went to school in the early sixties with steve civico.i do remember as a child going on west bar with my grandfather to pizzutis shop for fresh pasta and tomatoes.sorry i cannot supply any factual evidence,but thanks for stirring my memories of lovely people.all the best for your project.regards joe.

was your father Joseph ????

he was.so was my grandfather; the son of domenico.once again many thanks for all the wonderful information you gave to chris.regards.joe.

I vaguely remember a Patsy Pellegrina or Pellegrino who went to the Sacred Heart School (The school was up a side street across the road from Hillsborough barracks. Cant remember the name of the side street)

This was back in 1945/6 or thereabouts

My dad was born on Copper street 1912 his mate who i used to work with was Joe Pelligrina later of the woodthorpe estate. My dad told me when he was younger about 15 or 16 he would sometimes hire a barrel organ on wheels from one of his Italian neighbours and push it on a Friday night to Dronfield stopping at every pub on route to play and then go round with the hat this would take him all weekend and he would pay for the hire whan he got back on Sunday night. His mum was half Italian i understand.

have a look on mysheffield.co.uk there are some stories on there and exerpts from the census