Does anyone know what the warehous section with the car park used to be? Its currently a furniture showroom full of mouldy sofas, and before that was closed for years....in the 70's and 80's it was COMET before they moved, but what before that?

It seems to have bar type fittings inside, left over remnants of toilets, mirrors, fancy bar type decor, so I was curious. I know the old part was a restaurant for many years, but what about the warehouse section.....

You could ask in that hardware shop next door. I think it's been in the same ownership since the 1950s....like some of their stock.

Haven't you answered your own question? It was a restaurant for a few years after being a Comet. Charlie Parkers? ISTR that it belonged to Jim & Angela Hawkins who still have Whitley Hall and they named it after someone they met in New Orleans. The restaurant opened around 1988 but didn't last many years before it became a Chinese restaurant. Did you see the little buddhist shrines? They apparently had illegal immegrants living upstairs on mattresses and working in the restaurant. Now belongs to Hawk Estates (Mary St)

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Does anyone know what the warehous section with the car park used to be? Its currently a furniture showroom full of mouldy sofas, and before that was closed for years....in the 70's and 80's it was COMET before they moved, but what before that?




It was a saw mill in 1958, stocked with timber.

The Mill I remember well.
It used to sell animal foods etc, as when I was a kid I would meet my Dad from work and carry Chicken food and Rabbit food back up to Walkley where I lived at the time.
This was in the 1950's then it was renovated and Comet took it over I bought a TV from there.
Is the Wheel still on the side of the building.

Regards John.M

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It's totally empty now and has been for a couple of years. It was a restaurant for some time as well. I'm trying to find the owner of it so if anyone can help me I would be grateful as I am thinking about it as a place of business as I love it and it should be brought back to its form self.

It's had planning permission given for apartments:

Corn Mill planning application (http://planning.sheffield.gov.uk/publicaccess/dc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=IKA5EQNY79000)

Didn't William Marsden who's factory still stands at Malin Rd use to own the mill property?
During the mid 50s I worked for Marsden's on Maintenance, and I seem to remember doing some slate repairs on the mill building

Yes - Marsden's owned the building for a time, but they didn't do much with it, apart from renovating the water wheel and placing a large Marsden's advert above it. The Comet warehouse opened in 1972, and I think this was the first business on the site after the animal/pet foods store closed in maybe the late 1950s. I remember that until c. 1956 there was a weighbridge outside for the farmers' carts to load up with hay, cattle food etc. The waterwheel could do with another repair job now.

William Marsden was my Grandfather. When he bought the corn mill at Malin Bridge it was a working corn mill. We think he may have bought it from a man called Wilson. He did indeed renovate the wheel. He used the mill buildings as a joiners workshop servicing the factory at the bottom of Wood Lane and the various butchery and bakery shops. The mill workshop manager was a Mr Derek Robertson who I believe is still alive and living in a home. Eventually the mill was sold to Comet. Then it was a chinese restaurant and then it sold colthing before becoming disused.

William Marsden was my Grandfather. When he bought the corn mill at Malin Bridge it was a working corn mill. We think he may have bought it from a man called Wilson. He did indeed renovate the wheel. He used the mill buildings as a joiners workshop servicing the factory at the bottom of Wood Lane and the various butchery and bakery shops. The mill workshop manager was a Mr Derek Robertson who I believe is still alive and living in a home. Eventually the mill was sold to Comet. Then it was a chinese restaurant and then it sold colthing before becoming disused.

Wasn't Derek Robertson also a relative of yours?
William Marsden Snr was his uncle I believe.

William Marsden was my Grandfather. When he bought the corn mill at Malin Bridge it was a working corn mill. We think he may have bought it from a man called Wilson. He did indeed renovate the wheel. He used the mill buildings as a joiners workshop servicing the factory at the bottom of Wood Lane and the various butchery and bakery shops. The mill workshop manager was a Mr Derek Robertson who I believe is still alive and living in a home. Eventually the mill was sold to Comet. Then it was a chinese restaurant and then it sold colthing before becoming disused.



hi is your dad william, i used to live on malin rd as a child and used to always be around the factory playing with him,it was great on that rd cos our houses backed on to the cricket fields,we wernt allowed to play on them but of course we did

My grand father William Marsden had a son William and 3 daughters Lillian, Irean and Sheila. I am the son of Sheila she still lives in the local area.
Yes Derek Robertson was indeed related to William Marsden. Laura was his mother who was William Marsdens Sister.

My grand father William Marsden had a son William and 3 daughters Lillian, Irean and Sheila. I am the son of Sheila she still lives in the local area.
Yes Derek Robertson was indeed related to William Marsden. Laura was his mother who was William Marsdens Sister.



yes its william junior that i used to know,whats become of him then?

William Marsden was my Grandfather. When he bought the corn mill at Malin Bridge it was a working corn mill. We think he may have bought it from a man called Wilson.

How long ago was that alongstaff? Would that have been German Wilson?

My grand father William Marsden had a son William and 3 daughters Lillian, Irean and Sheila.
My grand fathers son (My uncle Bill) is also William Marsden.
My uncles son (My Cousin William) is also William Marsden.
My cousin has 3 sons the first of which is William Marsden.

I do not know the original date my grand father bought and sold the corn mill.

My grand father William Marsden had a son William and 3 daughters Lillian, Irean and Sheila.
My grand fathers son (My uncle Bill) is also William Marsden.
My uncles son (My Cousin William) is also William Marsden.
My cousin has 3 sons the fist of which is William Marsden.

I do not knoe the original date my grand father bought and sold the corn mill.



MUST BE YOUR UNCLE BILL THAT IS USED TO KNOW THEN,ARE THEY STILL IN SHEFFIELD

Yes he does.

MUST BE YOUR UNCLE BILL THAT IS USED TO KNOW THEN,ARE THEY STILL IN SHEFFIELD

During a visit to see my mother who lived up Stannington Rd,(this would have been 2001).
I took a walk up Malin Rd to the gates of the old Marsden factory.
I worked on maintenance there about 1957/8.
The wrought Iron gates have a W & M worked into them.
I remember at the time we did them in Gold Leaf.
This person approached me as I peered through the gates.
He was instantly recognizable after 44 years as William Jr.
We had a brief chat about what happened to the William Marsden company.
At one time they had a couple of dozen stores ,the factory, Slaughter house at Penistone and three farms one which was at Foxhill plus a fleet of vans which were all wood-grained on the body(I was a painter)

yes i can remember the lorries full of hay, i was once took with william to one of the factorys,cant remember much about it though,they lived in the house on wood lane directly opposite the factory

The thing I remember was the weighbridge outside the corn mill. Aged three, I had to walk over it when my grandma sent me to post her "fashions" (newspaper competition) in the pillar box on the Loxley Road side of the mill. I always went round it, as if you walked on the weighbridge, it wobbled and I felt queasy! I remember that the steel platform was ribbed - I suppose so that muddy wheels could get a grip - and the name of the maker was cast in the metal. Memories...

The old Charlie Wades / Discount Clothing store at Malin Bridge is swarming with Police and Fire Engines tonight.

Hope no one was inside as I heard that people have been squatting in it.

Mind yiou the whole place needs developing it seems to have turned into a white appliance dumping site recently.

Is that the old mill, or some less historically important building?

i think it used to be a comet at one time

i think it used to be a comet at one time

It's been pretty much everything except a Tecos'\!!!!

anywhere whats need a river and has a prospect of being turned into flats or get flattened to get built on seems to be spontaniously conbusting these days.
It will have nothing to do with land prices.

Please tell me you don't mean the old corn mill? That was about to be developed. What's going on? :mad:

Walked past about 30 minutes ago All quiet, slight smell of smoke but
no outward sign of damage. No sign of police or fire brigade. Was a van in the yard which may have been some security firm.

Maybe these large development companies have a small group of arsonists workin for them to go round torchin old buildings repeatedly until the council approves the site for redevelopment.....alledgedly, of course

On my way to my dad's 2 night I was please to see that work has started on turning the abandoned corn mill in to some flats, I know this would not be everyone's cup of tea but at least this building will now be saved, it was unfortunately to dark to take any pictures but part of the 1970's extension has already been pulled down.

Can't wait for them to repair the waterwheel:hihi:

Cool. It'll certainly help the area look better. I might go and take a look in a bit.

In a pretty good area as well, walking distance from hillsboro, pub bang outside, tram round the corner and a good hairdressers on the one way system, (Marcel Wave) and on the bus route as well.

Only downfall is the bloody morning traffic between 8am - ?? its a nightmare :)

and the traffic will only get worse in 2011 when the new school opens

Drove past this about 6pm tonight and it has been half demoilshed, looks like the land is well on its way to be a new 'development'

Not one to be a conspiracy maker, but how long before either Wisewood and/or Myers Grove catches fire?

It does seem to be that if a building is in the way of a plan it "Mysteriously" catches fire... Pinegrove, the old Bed nightclub, Dial House...

Not to mention Firth Park (Brushes) School.....to make way for the new college.

Not one to be a conspiracy maker, but how long before either Wisewood and/or Myers Grove catches fire?

It does seem to be that if a building is in the way of a plan it "Mysteriously" catches fire... Pinegrove, the old Bed nightclub, Dial House...

Especially that one, which timed beautifully with the construction of the extension of HR Forge.:suspect:

Has anyone out there got any pictures of when the wheel was working when comet had the corn mill:help:

This water wheel WAS owned in the 80's by Loxley valley preservation Soc or someone like that...they used to maintain and run the wheel on Sundays....it has been unused since the mid 80's to the best of my knowledge, requiring a major and very expensive restoration to get running again. Have you seen the state of it close up? Its totally disintegrating and may never turn again, plus all the water channels are silted up and overgrown....cost tens of thousands to get it going again.....

I made a film down at the abandoned wheel in 2002 and got some great close up shots, before it turned into the jungle it is at the moment......

bang goes another piece of sheffields heritage then

there must be some money somewhere available to restore it to its proper function as a mill,it was one of only a couple of over shot mills in the country. i think so it would have been nice to see it kept running as a museum

My brother in law got stuck in that wheel whilst messing around on it.. Quite a few years ago now..
They had to get the fire brigade to get him out..
It wasn't long after that, they took it out..

My brother in law got stuck in that wheel whilst messing around on it.. Quite a few years ago now..
They had to get the fire brigade to get him out..
It wasn't long after that, they took it out..

the wheel is still there!!!

see these links

http://loxleyvalley.com/cornmill.htm

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=181614

see these links

http://loxleyvalley.com/cornmill.htm

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=181614


The wheel looks in a bad state:gag: , will look lovely when they repair it, and with some floodlights on it will look better:D

I see walking passed resently that the wheel area is cleared and the for sale signs are up already :D

Maybe these large development companies have a small group of arsonists workin for them to go round torchin old buildings repeatedly until the council approves the site for redevelopment.....alledgedly, of course

It's true.......or maybe not.

It's true.......or maybe not.it does make you think though...

there was a very old barn and cottage at the crossroads of swallownest that caught fire and is now a new housing estate..

Went passed the site on Friday, the whole site has been transformed :D, however I have not seen what state the waterwheel is in?