can anyone remember cyrils cafe on darnall used to go in to play pin ball m/c.

and goffs at the bottom of high hazels park remember summer evenings after playing football call in for apenny drink & sweets did you go in these long gone cafes?:thumbsup:

im not sure ..........i used to go to high hazels a lot when i lived in darnell (till i was about 8) pre 1981? ish

used to buy stuff from somewhere up near the boating lake? ........my minds a bit sketchy

I used to go into Cyrils cafe and play pinball and if the game finnished on a 5 you got a free game . Can't recall goffs but I also remember Mamas cafe. That was where to optitions is on Darnall (I think)

hi mrsnoo do not remember mamas cafe on darnall how long ago was that ?

My husband used to go to Cyril's everyday for his dinner, a tomato dip, cup of tea and a tuppeny Park Drive, leaving just 3d to play the Pinball, with a bit of luck he'd win enough replays to last all his 1 hour lunch, which would leave Cyril fuming. After dinner when the cafe cleared Cyril would get his screwdriver and try to fix the machine to stop anyone getting so many replays.
His favourite drink at Goff's was Vimto, they used to make their own, they'd mix it in demi-johns which stood on the counter and sold it in really tiny glasses.

never even heard of that what is it?

jacklev1
see post Monkey Pub
hope the info is right,
ALL THE BEST.

Vimto is a soft drink, its still sold today. Just a thought why do they call them "soft" drinks?

jacklev1 sorry for the delay mammas cafe was about 30 years ago when Darnall was a thriving shopping centre and everyone knew everyone or nearly anyway.

Originally posted by jacklev1
can anyone remember cyrils cafe on darnall used to go in to play pin ball m/c.

and goffs at the bottom of high hazels park remember summer evenings after playing football call in for apenny drink & sweets did you go in these long gone cafes?:thumbsup:

I remember Goffs at the bottom of High Hazels park I used tolive on Olivers mount in the late sixties. I went inot Goffs for my sweets very typical old sweet shop /very dark.

Goffs was the only place (I think) that you could buy 1 fag and 1 match!

He used to sell shots of Vimto and another drink red in colour like a rasperry thing

In summer he used to make ice lollies from the stuff as well

We used to go up the park and annoy the parkies by sinking the rowing boats

The fair used to be a great event
and sledging on camels hump in the winter

a bunch of us used to go into cyrils cafe (just on from t' meadow pub)in about 1972/3.

can't really remember goffs,but we also used to go in the pavillion for sasparilla,that woody sort of liqorice,and other sweeties:clap:

do you remember the massive draughts set next to the pavillion that you had to play using poles with hooks on the end? and sliding on the iced up boating lake in winter? (i remember going through the ice and ending up with pneumonia:mad: )

phew, where did the years go???


john:thumbsup:

Hey guys I used to go in goffs at the bottom of The Camels Hump and Olivers Mount. They made candy floss and a penny vimpto. you could watch them make the candy floss and it took forever. And I know who you idiots are that used to sink the rowing boats!!! You must be about 50 now?

Hey Bigssy My friends mum and dad owned t Meadow. we played basketball together with the sheffield hatters. Her name was Ann

Actually Linda Im only 44 and you should know that!

Biggsy
the licorice stick was called arrowroot and we got 2 for a ha penny. I loved the big draughs board but never had any money to play so had to settle on watching others. Did you pick blackberries in the woods and steal the wandering golf balls?

hi exhatter
i never sank any paddle boats(i'm a good lad i am:thumbsup: honest)anyhow i'm too young at 47 yrs:clap:

never did play draughts:(

when the woods were being cleared for the parkway,a bunch of us went to investigate a tractor when the workmen had gone home,well one clown got it started-about ten kids hanging off the thing,he ran it into a barbed wire fence and it pulled the wooden posts up one by one,panicking,we all jumped off and ran, christ only knows where it ended up:rolleyes:

another time we were in the woods,we found a bees nest in a hole in the ground,whilst peering down some clown (never did find out who!) dropped a rock down,out came the very angry bees and we all got stung (i copped two, back of head & thumb)

little snippets of memory keep popping back into my head after reading this thread :clap:

regards,john.

oops sorry,never did pick blackberries or pinch the golfballs.

btw, i'm still a good lad:thumbsup:

john.

Are u John Ward?

Did you go to Whitby Rd, or Waltheof ?

Wattsy
Did you know Judith Richmond, she lived on Olivers Mount and had an older brother. Her dad was a cop, quite tall. There house backed up to High Hazels near the top.

exhatter
no i'm not john ward but i knew him (same year at school)if i recall correctly,he courted christine fletcher for years.

regards john.

added- sorry, i went to waltheof.

i remember the parkies in high hazels,they used to think they were the local police,:D if we had a transistor radio on they would appear and ask if we had a licence for it.

i remember walking through the tunnell below davy uniteds and coming out near the park, if i remember rightly there was a roller skating rink in the park, and the stone trees just below the cafe

Youre right Depoix, there was a roller rink with an iron rail around it, half way up the hill....forgot about that. Then there were the allotments up piggy lane. The smell is still in mi nose.
Many years later the gypsies came in and left the park a right ****hole, but that was nothing new. I liked the May day parade and the easter parade that always ended up in High Hazels.
Did you bring the butter wrapper and shine up the slide to make it go faster so you could fly off the end?

biggsy, I think John Ward was about 2 yrs younger than me, I knew his sister Gillian, I think his dad was in the building trade and I used to babysit his cousins, Joanne and Steven Ward that lived at the top of Nightingale St. Their mum was Barbara. I knew a lot of their relatives.

Yeah! Cyrils was on Main Road up a bit and opposite from the
Lyric! My old brother used to go in but used to kick my a*** if I followed him.
Remember Lakins the sweet shop? I can remember sweets coming off ration -- now that ages me.
Any one out there who went to Darnall Board? and got the stick for not getting the times table right in the Friday morning test.

High Hazels Park
wot a great place that used to be,
you could do everything there:
Sledging down camels hump
Blackberry picking over the back, next to the woods
play golf ( I couldnt)
Nik flowers
ride bikes - they were a few them who used to hang round the park!
get a fag and a saspirilla.
Have a fight or 2
the students used to come in the summer and run play schemes
they used to put ropes in trees to make great swings

can anyone remember cyrils cafe on darnall used to go in to play pin ball m/c.

and goffs at the bottom of high hazels park remember summer evenings after playing football call in for apenny drink & sweets did you go in these long gone cafes?:thumbsup:


Yes, I remember goffies as we used to call it. Sarsparilla and vimto drinks. Also remember playing the big draughts as someone else has mentioned earlier. High Hazels has lots of memories of childhood.

High Hazels Park
wot a great place that used to be,
you could do everything there:
Sledging down camels hump
Blackberry picking over the back, next to the woods
play golf ( I couldnt)
Nik flowers
ride bikes - they were a few them who used to hang round the park!
get a fag and a saspirilla.
Have a fight or 2
the students used to come in the summer and run play schemes
they used to put ropes in trees to make great swings

What a great place it still is! I'm Chairman of the Friends Group at High Hazels.We've been formed 9 years,after getting fed up at seeing the park deteriorate.We have a full-time development team in the park,and they have brought about massive improvements,including 2 new childrens playgrounds,sensory garden,orienteering course and artificial cricket wicket.We are now finishing the refurbishment of the formal garden by the Senior Road entrance.
High Hazels House (the golf clubhouse) is shortly to be renovated as a community building.
If you live locally,why not join us,it's free! contact me on the link below.

I remember goffs very well.We felt very grown up going out in the dark and having a drink in goffies,I loved the vimto but think he sold sarsparella as well,By the way im too old to be blamed for the sunk boats,and was too busy ladding.lol

A gang of us used to walk upto High Hazels Park in the summer, it seemded miles away, but in reality not that far from Shirland Lane.
We would always call into Goff's on our way home, a 1p drink and candy floss if we had enough money.
We would spand all day in there just playing about.

Marion

A few of us used,Cyril and Gert two nice people.

used to drink around darnall, meadow, rose n crown,industry,bradley,plus all the working mens clubs,happy days back in the 70s and early 80s,before all the toerags that came.