Doe's anyone have links or photo's of Dixons lane, my grandmother had a stall out front of the pub in the early to mid sixties?

No but I remember Philip Cann the music man shop. where you had to go downstairs to the record dept. If you wanted to listen to any records you went into the designated booth and they put the record on. Must admit it was the best record shop of the time.

Originally posted by bazmanau
Doe's anyone have links or photo's of Dixons lane, my grandmother had a stall out front of the pub in the early to mid sixties?

She wasn't called Ada by any chance was she?

hazel

Originally posted by bazmanau
Doe's anyone have links or photo's of Dixons lane, my grandmother had a stall out front of the pub in the early to mid sixties?


I remember.

CLICK HERE (http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/jpgh/s21769.jpg)

Originally posted by bazmanau
Doe's anyone have links or photo's of Dixons lane, my grandmother had a stall out front of the pub in the early to mid sixties?
Im looking at a photo of two stalls outside THE ROCK TAVERN on Dixon Lane. The landlords name over the door is Sam Wilde
the pub was closed in the sixties and was sold to kings for over thirty thousand pounds which was an enormous sum then, its still there but is now a bacon shop.

If you send me a private message with your address I will send the photo to you.

It is worth trying a search for old photo's in the Sheffield Archives and Sheffield Libraries. The collections they hold is astounding.

Thanks pom1 i've done that already.

my ex husband has The Norfolk Arms at the bottom of Dixon Lane I will ask him if he has any old photos ect if you like Also I agree that the Sheffield Archives have got loads of photos Im sure you will get something from them

Originally posted by desy
No but I remember Philip Cann the music man shop. where you had to go downstairs to the record dept. If you wanted to listen to any records you went into the designated booth and they put the record on. Must admit it was the best record shop of the time.

I thought Canne's shop was on Chapel Walk? Did they have one on Dixon Lane as well?

Originally posted by Lostrider
I thought Canne's shop was on Chapel Walk? Did they have one on Dixon Lane as well?
It looks like it moved (http://citysnapper.org/dm/otherpics/pu/dixonlane.jpg) :D

Originally down Dixon Lane then it moved to Chapel walk (don't know what year).

Originally posted by Strix
It looks like it moved (http://citysnapper.org/dm/otherpics/pu/dixonlane.jpg) :D

Wow, what a good photo. That brings back some memories of when I worked down the Market. I used to trudge up Dixon lane at the end of the day absolutely Knackered. Call in at Davy's for a Dripping Cake to eat on the way home. Have a quick look in Ogleys or was it Maces pet shop and then catch the bus home. I got 15 bob for working all day saturday and I was only 14. Then I would blow the lot at the fairground at woodhouse or somewhere, mainly on the Waltzer.

Its interesting to look down Dixon Lane and see what the air was like in Sheffield in those days. I can remember when the bus used to turn left from City Road onto Granville road you couldnt see to the bottom. It was like that all the time until they brought in the clean air act and we all had to use coke instead of coal. Can anyone remember having to have a scarf around your face when your mum packed you off to school, all because of the choking smog.

Thanks for sharing the photo with us.

Our next door neighbour had a fruit and veg stall just about where the picture was taken. Mother and daughter ran it, their last name was Burns

:clap: I have the Kellys Directorys for 1961 and 1963 Phillip Cann is in Dixon Lane in 61 but Chapel walk in 63 so must be 1962ish when they moved.

I am sure that I recall at least one photo of Dixons Lane in the 60s [I was born 1n 61, so I vaguely remember it then], in one of the books published by The Star newspaper. It is either in 'Sheffield in the Sixties', 'Memories of Sheffield' or 'More Memories of Sheffield'. Good luck, and very sorry that I can't be more specific.

Originally posted by lazarus
Im looking at a photo of two stalls outside THE ROCK TAVERN on Dixon Lane. The landlords name over the door is Sam Wilde
the pub was closed in the sixties and was sold to kings for over thirty thousand pounds which was an enormous sum then, its still there but is now a bacon shop.

If you send me a private message with your address I will send the photo to you.

I sent the photos mentioned to Bazmanau but he has not even bothered to tell me if he has received them.

I thought Canne's shop was on Chapel Walk? Did they have one on Dixon Lane as well?


Cann's moved from Dixon lane to Chapel Walk when the Norfolk Market Hall was demolished. Their slogan was 'Cann Cann the Music Man'.

theres a cd/dvd out called sheffield time machine loads of old photo,s of sheffield its a great cd/dvd

She wasn't called Ada by any chance was she?

hazel


I am sure that 'Big Ada', as she was fondly referred to, sold flowers at the top of Dixon Lane. Does anyone else remember this lady?

No but I remember Philip Cann the music man shop. where you had to go downstairs to the record dept. If you wanted to listen to any records you went into the designated booth and they put the record on. Must admit it was the best record shop of the time.

Both My Missus & I worked @ Canns when they were on Chapel Walk before it became Vallances. Any other ex collegues out there?

I am sure that 'Big Ada', as she was fondly referred to, sold flowers at the top of Dixon Lane. Does anyone else remember this lady?

Mention Dixon Lane and I would suggest "Big Ada" springs to mind of many people in the 50's when the market at the bottom was outdoors. I remember her by name but didn't know her.