Did any of you grow up in Beighton during the early 50's 60's? Did you go to Beighton infants / Juniors? Brookhouse Secondary modern? Do you remember any of the old shops in Beighton like the shoe repair shop on High street, or Mr Staniforth's clock and watch repairs next to Hall's television shop? What about the fairs that used to come to Beighton at the same time each year? The rides were 6d and one year me and my friend Marilyn Lancaser went potato picking to get some money for the fair - we finished up with 10/- Fantastic!! Loads of money to go on whatever we wanted!! Farrer's were one fairground family......they had been coming to Beighton for years. Did any of you go to the youth club in the church hall with Mr Durham? ........and the Saturday night dances which cost 6d or 1shilling if I remember rightly..in the church hall?
JuneLambert

was talking to one of my sisters last saturday, and she thinks she remembers you, we lived at Hackenthorpe and surname was Beatson?

Hi JuneLambert

Did you ever come across any of the Timmins family in Beighton?

PopT

I know the current owner of Farrar's Fairs who are still in business, they would love to come back to Beighton if someone could find them a suitable ground to put the fair on. Some of their rides are currentley open in Rother Valley.

Hi Fixit4u,
The name Beatson does seem to ring a bell.........Did your sister go to any of the Beighton schools? My dad's family came from Hackenthorpe and I had friends from Hackenthorpe in my teens......early 60's
JuneJ

Hi PopT
Not sure about the Timmins family.......Where in Beighton did they live?
JUneJ

Hi Escort1
I don't live in Beighton now, and I remember the fairs being on the recreation ground on High Street, where the Miner's Welfare / bowling green was built. There was such a buzz around the village when the fair was coming!! It was usually there for my birthday in August - when we din't have money to go on the rides we stood around the waltzer or dodgems eyeing up the lads. I can't think of space in Beighton now where a fair could be held but there might be.
JuneLambert

Hi JuneLambert

I'm sorry I'm not sure, they were living on Vicar Lane in the 1920's but told they had moved to somewhere in Beighton.

Arthur Timmins the father was a Pit Deputy at Beighton Colliery.

A bit of a longshot but I thought you may have known someone at the school.

PopT

Hi Escort1
I don't live in Beighton now, and I remember the fairs being on the recreation ground on High Street, where the Miner's Welfare / bowling green was built. There was such a buzz around the village when the fair was coming!! It was usually there for my birthday in August - when we din't have money to go on the rides we stood around the waltzer or dodgems eyeing up the lads. I can't think of space in Beighton now where a fair could be held but there might be.
JuneLambert

Not the same buzz these days as the kids have too much other things to do, there was no Playstations etc when we were young. I remember the good old days at fairs that you talked about, today its usually kids with no money just messing about.

Hi PopT,
I don't think I can remember a Timmins at school.. Memebers of my family would have known Mr Timmins the pit deputy though. Some of my dad's brothers worked at Brookhouse pit.
JuneLambert

There are 5 of us girls that were in the Beatson family. All except me all went to Rainbow Forge and Carterlodge. Their ages are 55, 59, 61 and 62. My 2 elder sisters both married lads from Beighton, one from Robin Lane and the other from Norcroft Cottages. The eldest divorced and remarried but the other is still married to 'Wag' from Norcroft. We lived at Carr Forge Close but my nan lived at Beighton, across from Norcroft Cottages.

There are 5 of us girls that were in the Beatson family. All except me all went to Rainbow Forge and Carterlodge. Their ages are 55, 59, 61 and 62. My 2 elder sisters both married lads from Beighton, one from Robin Lane and the other from Norcroft Cottages. The eldest divorced and remarried but the other is still married to 'Wag' from Norcroft. We lived at Carr Forge Close but my nan lived at Beighton, across from Norcroft Cottages.

Hi, was your dad called Frank?


Tazz

Hi fixit4u
Chances are I know your brothers in law then. I remember Norcroft Cottages well. I didn't know all the families who lived there but did know of some.
Did you know any of the Tann's from Hackenthorpe? They are my cousins on my dad's side of the family. Patrick, Kate and David Tann - or any of the Lamberts?
JuneLambert

Hi june, saw my sister yesterday and told her about this post, yes she remembers you well. She said you and her worked together, your first jobs together, her name is sheila, does it ring any bells? Also she says did one of your brothers used to live on Broadfield Road in sheffield?

Hi fixit4u
Yes, I think I remember your sister. We worked at Shelley's bakery in Beighton after leaving school - our first jobs! I think one of my brothers did used to live on Broadfield Rd for a time.
JuneLambert

Hi june, my sister kath also remembers you and also her husband charlie. She says she also worked with you at your first job, she even had a photo of you all sat on a gate to have your picture taken. There was yourself, sheila and kath beatson and sheila craig, she says do you remember it?

Hi fixit4u,
I can't say that I do remember the photo being taken. What is Charlie's second name....I may remember him too. Was he a Beighton lad? I'd love to have a copy of the photo. Do they still have it? Was it taken at Shelley's or somewhere else? Where did Sheila and Kath live when they were young? Did they live at the top end of Beighton? I do remember Sheila Craig.
Thanks
JUneLambert

Hi June, charlies surname is storey, yes he lived all his young life at beighton in a cottage at norcroft. Yes she still has the photo, you all have beehive hairstyles, ha ha. We used to live at carrforge close at hackenthorpe. Charlie remembers your brothers, did you used to live at (i think he said) victoria road?

Hi fixit4u
Yes, I vaguely remember the 'Storey's. My brothers are John and Richard and yes, I used to live on Victoria Road for a while in the flats. I wonder if there is any way of me getting a copy of the photo without breaking confidentiality......don't know how this works.
JuneLambert

my wife is a cooper from beighton . :) her dad was a miner kieth cooper an worked on the fair (waltzer)

Hi fixit4u
Yes, I vaguely remember the 'Storey's. My brothers are John and Richard and yes, I used to live on Victoria Road for a while in the flats. I wonder if there is any way of me getting a copy of the photo without breaking confidentiality......don't know how this works.
JuneLambert
Send it by ordinary e-mail.

Hi jl-heating
I think there were a few Cooper families in Beighton when I was growing up - not sure I remember any of them. Did your father in law work at Brookhouse?
JuneLambert

ron cooper was chair of beighton social club,kieth was at orgreave pit,peter and paul went to brookhouse junior school and lived on woodhouse cres,
vera cooper lived on woodhouse cres and later moved onto victoria road.

suzanne went to school with susan lambert .:)

I lived at 31 Allen Road beighton.
Has pete cooper got ginger hair and is a united fan?

I also know the other cooper family martin, bob etc etc.

lol.. he has no hair . :) no u have the wrong guy ..

The pete cooper I know goes in the fox and his dad is called norman.

I also know the lancasters who hav been mentioned.

is he called norman cooper ?

is he called norman cooper ?

I know norman he is pete's dad.the pete I know that is.

In the sixties the lancasters lived on cross allen road.
Another big familly on allen road were the pearsons.

Hi jl-heating. I can't remember the Coopers you mention....it's such a long time ago! You say Suzanne went to school with Susan Lambert. Susan is probably related to me but I'm not sure who she is. Maybe one of my cousin's daughters.
JuneLambert

Hi June
Yes I grew up in beighton during that time and remeber Sandra Lancaster. Some others from that time Daivd Fox mentioned I think one of the other posts, Malcolm fox (no relation) Linda Bishop, June Sargent, Pauline Adamson, Billy Jepson, Leslie Simmonite, Eric Fox, Tony Johnson lived in the OLD george and Dragon, Dave Grundill,Cedric Oates and many others.

There was a big family of coopers in beighton.
Bob and Martin are steel erectors.
Bob lives on Allen Road in the pearsons old house.
Martin lived behind the Fox pub.

my name is andrew durham and i live in blackpool and i was looking up information about my late grandad leslie durham who lived in beighton along with my dad barry durham who grew up in beighton too and wondered if any of you knew them and wondered if my grandad was that youth club worker at church that was mentioned...

Hi Andrew
If I have ages right Barry your dad should be around 66 if so we went to school same time and yes his Dad was the youth club leader in the old church hall.
Simple times but good table tennis, playing the gramphone, etc
They lived in flat topped council houses on Armsted rd

Hi Andrew
If I have ages right Barry your dad should be around 66 if so we went to school same time and yes his Dad was the youth club leader in the old church hall.
Simple times but good table tennis, playing the gramphone, etc
They lived in flat topped council houses on Armsted rd

My mum worked at that youth club in the sixties, she used to teach the girls hairdressing and make up etc.

Hi Andrew
If I have ages right Barry your dad should be around 66 if so we went to school same time and yes his Dad was the youth club leader in the old church hall.
Simple times but good table tennis, playing the gramphone, etc
They lived in flat topped council houses on Armsted rd

yes thats him..did you know my dad well mature5011..have to pass me your name to see if he remembers you..thanks..

My mum worked at that youth club in the sixties, she used to teach the girls hairdressing and make up etc.

hey up alick hows it goin.

Hi Alex, What is your mum's name? I wasn't going to the youth club then - in the later 60's but I will probably know of your mum.
June Lambert

I didn't live in Beighton, but around 1954 I was going-out with Margaret Wilson, a nurse in Sheffield. Her parents and sister lived in the very old cottages behind Beighton church. Margaret's father, Charles, was a miner at Beighton colliery. Later she went to Charing Cross Hospital, London. I last saw Margaret in London in 1956, but my RAF friend was nursed by her at RAF Uxbridge where she was a nursing-sister. I believe she married an Australian and went to live there

June Lambert, Hi, I see from one of your posts that you lived on Victoria Road. Do you remember a family, name of Paynter?

Hi Texas,
The name Paynter rings a bell. We lived upstairs at I think no 49 - above Betty and Fred, The top one on the row of flats. My kids - Andrew and Rachel were young there - I think it would have been 1973 when we moved in and about 1976 when we moved to Cairns road next door to my mum. Did you live on Victoria road?
Best wishes
June Lambert

Hi Janus1938,
I was only 7 in 1954, so I don't know Margaret Wilson. I'm not sure which old cottages you refer to at the back of Beighton Church. Are they the ones which are on High Street? Memebers of my family worked at Beighton Pit though and would have known Margaret's father.
Kind regards
June Lambert

No June, didn't even live in Beighton but I know the family. Do you remember the Hudsons?

Hi June,
I am Carol Baxter formerly Carol Booth, of Robin Lane, I still live on Robin Lane. I remember going to school with you and married a beighton lad who used to live on norcroft cottages by the name of pud (John Baxter) Where do you live now? John says was your nickname (peanuts) he seems to remember your dad as being first aid man at brookhouse colliery and beighton coke ovens.
Love Carol.

My dad lived in Beighton Manvas??? Road Eric Staniland there was also Ron Alan Marie and June!!! And Gary but he didn't live with them

My dad lived in Beighton Manvas??? Road Eric Staniland there was also Ron Alan Marie and June!!! And Gary but he didn't live with them

Did Gary marry a girl called Ann?

hy carol, my sisters are just reading these posts and 2 of them remember you. apparently you husband pud was my brotherinlaws friend, his name was wagg, alias charley storey, and my other sister sheila nee beatson says she used to knock about with you, do u remember them? she says do u remember chase foster and joby fox?

My dad lived in Beighton Manvas??? Road Eric Staniland there was also Ron Alan Marie and June!!! And Gary but he didn't live with them

Ron and Alan still live there.
Ron is a bus driver and Alan works at Menzies.

My dad lived in Beighton Manvas??? Road Eric Staniland there was also Ron Alan Marie and June!!! And Gary but he didn't live with them

Hi neilo1978,
Yes I remember you all, in fact your Marie used to babysit for us some 30 years ago. Where does she live now? Your mum I believe was Freda, (Jaques) was her maiden name, and I grew up next door to her when she lived on Robin Lane. Many years ago. Gary lived with his grandma did'nt he Mrs. Finney I seem to remember.

hy carol, my sisters are just reading these posts and 2 of them remember you. apparently you husband pud was my brotherinlaws friend, his name was wagg, alias charley storey, and my other sister sheila nee beatson says she used to knock about with you, do u remember them? she says do u remember chase foster and joby fox?

Hi fixit4u, Yes I know Kath and used to knock around with Sheila, how are they both, also worked at same place as charlie, I am now retired is he still working there. Best not mention where.

Hi neilo1978,
Yes I remember you all, in fact your Marie used to babysit for us some 30 years ago. Where does she live now? Your mum I believe was Freda, (Jaques) was her maiden name, and I grew up next door to her when she lived on Robin Lane. Many years ago. Gary lived with his grandma did'nt he Mrs. Finney I seem to remember.

Eric is my dad marie my anut and Freda is grandma! gary lived with his aunt marie now lives in woodhouse with her husband paul and two boys joe and oliver

Did Gary marry a girl called Ann?

Yes he did and is now married to a man called Dave

Yes he did and is now married to a man called Dave

Who is? Gary? Or Ann?

Who is? Gary? Or Ann?

Gary!!! is married to a man called dave!!!

Hi all, I think some of you will remember me "Ian Williams". I lived on Woodhouse Lane. Beighton, what a great place to have been brought up, I have fond memories.

I have read some articles on other posts, June mentions Marilyn Lancaster, she was good friends with my sister Marilyn and still keep in touch. I still remember lot's of my old school buddies and keep in touch with some of them on friendsreunited.

Ian

Gary!!! is married to a man called dave!!!

Oh...right...gotcha..

Anyone remember strarsmore shop on manvers road and the barbers opp the coop and there was turners shop as well on manvers road

Anyone remember strarsmore shop on manvers road and the barbers opp the coop and there was turners shop as well on manvers road

Yes I had my hair cut at the barbers and I also remember the shops. My Dad drove a "sharrow" of Grant and McAllen’s, he used to take fishermen on Sundays very early in the morning and I used to sit on the engine that kept me warm on those freezing mornings. Fond memories.

Although I didn't live in Beighton, I did knew a family who did live there many many years ago and I would love to know as to whether any of them are still around. The family name was Whitehead and I think the address was Rosemary Road. The properties in the area at the time were all Prefabs. No doubt they are all gone now. I am going back perhaps fifty plus years. The young girl I knew at the time was Brenda whitehead who's mother I always addressed as Auntie Eva. There were brothers as I remember, Norman and I think George. There were other members in the family whose names evade me with the passing years. Brenda did kindly contact me in 1986 when my mother died but all contact has been lost since. Brenda always referred to my mother as Auntie Dot.
Funny just by browsing the Forum you can pick up a thread which evokes memories from way back !

hy carol, my sisters are just reading these posts and 2 of them remember you. apparently you husband pud was my brotherinlaws friend, his name was wagg, alias charley storey, and my other sister sheila nee beatson says she used to knock about with you, do u remember them? she says do u remember chase foster and joby fox?

wagg? were him and his mrs in the blacksmiths at killamarsh after kay and tony greaves run off with the money???
i used to knock about with a wallis off rosemary road,and his loony mate,dave rutter

Hi,
I remember the stanilands when i lived in rosemary road at the bottom in what is called the square, They lived opposite, i moved there in the early 70s when the houses was new stayed there until early 80s.

Anyone remember a dentist at Woodhouse called Willie Thorne? I went there sometime in the 60's, walked from Hackenthorpe, had a tooth out and walked all the way back holding a cotton swab in my gob to stop the blood. He was an old man then, I think he was just about to retire. Why do I remember his name after 40 years?? I only ever went to him once.

Hello all wonder if you can help me find where wendy smith is she lived on woodhouse lane beighton , she was born 1964 her mum was jean im not sure if she still lives there or not or if she married ? any help would be great thanks :)

Hi there,
I know a wendy shaw that lives on woodhouse lane, her mum is called jean. She is married but still lives on there im sure she was born around that year.did she have brothers ????

hiya shell,
thank you so much for your reply that sounds very promising news, im not sure if she had brothers or not ..?? i only know about wendy and jean. thanks anyway your a star :)

can i get a bus from peaks to woodhouse lane beighton or can i walk it which id sooner do if i can..? if not what bus would i get please?

i forgot to ask shell42
is shaw wendys married name or did her mum remarry do you know? i only know them as smith .
thanks again anyway :)

Anyone remember a dentist at Woodhouse called Willie Thorne? I went there sometime in the 60's, walked from Hackenthorpe, had a tooth out and walked all the way back holding a cotton swab in my gob to stop the blood. He was an old man then, I think he was just about to retire. Why do I remember his name after 40 years?? I only ever went to him once.

Hi !
I remember him being called BUTCHER THORNE. ( Wonder how that name came about. ha ha )

i went to carter lodge school with a wendy smith born 1964 from beighton . she married a lad from the same class .last i heard they were living in westfield

thank you for your help do you know his name ? you can pm it to me if you like ? thanks again :)

i cannot pm you as i am new to forum . i will post on other subjects and get back to you asap

will pm you soon

please let me know if you were successful in contacting her

the only family i know from their the jones peter jones

I lived in Beighton from 1967 to 1972 - my dad was one of the beighton bobbys on Victoria Road - Dave Harris, with the Wrens next door. Reading through old posts - Marie Staniland lives across the road from me now at Woodhouse.

I lived in Beighton from 1967 to 1972 - my dad was one of the beighton bobbys on Victoria Road - Dave Harris, with the Wrens next door. Reading through old posts - Marie Staniland lives across the road from me now at Woodhouse.

In those days if your Dad gave us a clip round the earhole and we went home and told our parents we got another clip off them.

My wife comes from Cairns Road Beighton and comes from a well Known family called Turton. her grandfather was on Chesterfield Council and his name was Baden Powell Turton

My wife comes from Cairns Road Beighton and comes from a well Known family called Turton. her grandfather was on Chesterfield Council and his name was Baden Powell Turton

Never heard of him.............

My wife comes from Cairns Road Beighton and comes from a well Known family called Turton. her grandfather was on Chesterfield Council and his name was Baden Powell Turton

Bade Turton was well known in Beighton, If you wanted a council house (before Yorkshire extended their boundary) when Beighton was still in Derbyshire, you used to go and see Bade at home to plead your case.

Tuppie

Bade Turton was well known in Beighton, If you wanted a council house (before Yorkshire extended their boundary) when Beighton was still in Derbyshire, you used to go and see Bade at home to plead your case.

Tuppie

Beighton became part of Sheffield in 1967.

Bade worked at Beighton Colliery, later Brookhouse colliery for a total of 51 years. his son Jack worked there till it closed. Jack lived 3 doors down the street from my wife's family and her mother is Jack's sister Doreen. Mary, another sister, lived on Armstead road but now lives at Mosborough. Barbara, the youngest sister lives at Eckington. My wife's brother Peter is married to Ruth (nee Antcliffe) from Manvers road and she has a brother Mark.

I lived in Beighton from 1967 to 1972 - my dad was one of the beighton bobbys on Victoria Road - Dave Harris, with the Wrens next door. Reading through old posts - Marie Staniland lives across the road from me now at Woodhouse.
There used to be police houses on Victoria Road.

Does anyone have any information on the houses that used to be on Armstead Road?

They start at number 11 (?) on the left - what were the other house, anyone live in one and why where they knocked down?

Ta

THE Giraffe

Does anyone have any information on the houses that used to be on Armstead Road?

They start at number 11 (?) on the left - what were the other house, anyone live in one and why where they knocked down?

Ta

THE Giraffe

With out going down I am guessing that no11 is the first of the flat topped coucil houses.
All the brick houses facing what is now the green baize club and those up Armstead to the council houses were knocked down way back why? haven't a clue. But assume it was considered slum clearance like those along bottom and up archard lane and Allen rd

hi just wanted to say thank you to all who helped me find wendy ... its been great to find her we are in contact lots now :)

With out going down I am guessing that no11 is the first of the flat topped coucil houses.
All the brick houses facing what is now the green baize club and those up Armstead to the council houses were knocked down way back why? haven't a clue. But assume it was considered slum clearance like those along bottom and up archard lane and Allen rd

I lived at 31 Allen Road next door lived the Grice's, on the block live the Burkinshaws, Powiss, Brockelhurst's, Whites.
The first councild house was the Froggatts, then the Blacks, Pearsons.

The two little lads who drowned lived on our block I think they were called Gulliver.

Also a girl call Woodhead [Joanne I think] was killed by a lorry on the top road when walking home from school, she lived on or near Armstead.

Good Afternoon from Malaysia - very hot and very sunny, as it is 365 days a year.

I was born in Swallownest in 1940 and lived there until 1967 when I moved to Driffield, near Bridlington, then in Nov 2006 to Malaysia

I spent a lot of time in Beighton, and as a teenager, down there on my motor cycle trying hard to chat up the girls.

We used to locate ourselves on "Beighton Prom", at the time we thought we were irresitable - ha ha ha - I was fortunate in that I did not have a "spotty face"

The main thing I remember about Beighton was of couse Joe Molinaris Ice Cream, made at the factory behind the number of houses he owned. His son Tommy was a good friend of my fathers, Tommy usually did their ice cream round in Swallownest - I have eaten ice cream around the world, but nothing compares with "Joes Ices".

Old Joe never learned to drive, he always had a horse and a cart which he sat in to both drive and serve. At the end of each tour around Woodhouse he usually went into the George Hotel. At throwing out time (10-00pm then) he would stumble to the cart, hit the horse, and the horse would go back to Beighton without Joe holding the reins. Momma Molinari would hear the horse come back and old Joe was usually carried into the house, then the horse put into the stable

Anyone else remember Joe Molinaris Ice Cream and Ice Cream Factory ??

Best Wishes to Beighton etc - Grey Eminence - Subang Jaya - near Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Good Afternoon from Malaysia - very hot and very sunny, as it is 365 days a year.

I was born in Swallownest in 1940 and lived there until 1967 when I moved to Driffield, near Bridlington, then in Nov 2006 to Malaysia

I spent a lot of time in Beighton, and as a teenager, down there on my motor cycle trying hard to chat up the girls.

We used to locate ourselves on "Beighton Prom", at the time we thought we were irresitable - ha ha ha - I was fortunate in that I did not have a "spotty face"

The main thing I remember about Beighton was of couse Joe Molinaris Ice Cream, made at the factory behind the number of houses he owned. His son Tommy was a good friend of my fathers, Tommy usually did their ice cream round in Swallownest - I have eaten ice cream around the world, but nothing compares with "Joes Ices".

Old Joe never learned to drive, he always had a horse and a cart which he sat in to both drive and serve. At the end of each tour around Woodhouse he usually went into the George Hotel. At throwing out time (10-00pm then) he would stumble to the cart, hit the horse, and the horse would go back to Beighton without Joe holding the reins. Momma Molinari would hear the horse come back and old Joe was usually carried into the house, then the horse put into the stable

Anyone else remember Joe Molinari's Ice Cream and Ice Cream Factory ??

Best Wishes to Beighton etc - Grey Eminence - Subang Jaya - near Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

I was in Molinari's ice cream shop a couple of months ago.
spoke to Florence, who was serving in the shop,and she said her husband (who had his own name on his van as MacNeil) was OK considering his age.
the ice cream is still as good as ever.

I lived at 31 Allen Road next door lived the Grice's, on the block live the Burkinshaws, Powiss, Brockelhurst's, Whites.
The first councild house was the Froggatts, then the Blacks, Pearsons.

The two little lads who drowned lived on our block I think they were called Gulliver.

Also a girl call Woodhead [Joanne I think] was killed by a lorry on the top road when walking home from school, she lived on or near Armstead.

I was in JOanne's class ...it was very sad, she was killed by a cement truck I think on Eckington Road,

I was in JOanne's class ...it was very sad, she was killed by a cement truck I think on Eckington Road,

I was also at the same school Brookhouse.
I remember she had an older Brother and her Mother used to come to our house for her hair doing and was a really nice lady.

I was also at the same school Brookhouse.
I remember she had an older Brother and her Mother used to come to our house for her hair doing and was a really nice lady.

Me too, I can remember when Joanne was killed...

A friend just sent me this site. June, do you remember Jean Gill? She was my little sister and also a good friend of Marilyn Lancaster's. We grew up in Beighton, went to Brookhouse and were a members of the Youth Club. Mr Durham was wonderful, how he tolerated us gobby girls, I don't know. Jean and I were both on the Youth Club Netball Team.
Barry Durham and I were in the same class, he was a very nice person and a very good reader!! Hope he's doing well.
Umm, Molinaris(sp) Ice Cream...yummy!

I grew up in Hackenthorpe and we used to walk to beighton to the youth club. A beighton boy gave me my first kiss, magic. Keith Havenhand I think his name was. Used to meet me with his friend in tow. I think I was about 14. I also walked to Woodhouse with my mum to have a tooth out and walked back afterwards. It must have been a few miles. Later a clinic opened in Hackenthorpe and the dentist there really was a butcher.

Hi June
Yes I grew up in beighton during that time and remeber Sandra Lancaster. Some others from that time Daivd Fox mentioned I think one of the other posts, Malcolm fox (no relation) Linda Bishop, June Sargent, Pauline Adamson, Billy Jepson, Leslie Simmonite, Eric Fox, Tony Johnson lived in the OLD george and Dragon, Dave Grundill,Cedric Oates and many others.
'ello Mature 5011, I went to school with most of those kids you named. Linda 'Bishop' is still my BF! Beighton was a great place to grow up. Did you attend a 50th reunion in Mosborough? I left the UK in 1967 but try to go 'home' when I can. My mother still lives on Victoria road.
Sadly, several old school mates have since passed away; Maureen Turton, Sandra Lancaster and my dear friend Pat Clarke.
I don't know hardly anyone anymore and Beighton has changed so much-not for better. Do you remember Mr. Kirk, the geography teacher at Beighton School? I don't know how he survived us! We took every opportunity to disrupt class; he was such a pushover! Now I wish I had paid more attention instead of plotting how to avoid actual school work:(
It's nice to see familiar names up here, although we're all in our sixties and becoming more invisible to the younger generation. Are we the 'crinklies' now?

'ello Mature 5011, I went to school with most of those kids you named. Linda 'Bishop' is still my BF! Beighton was a great place to grow up. Did you attend a 50th reunion in Mosborough? I left the UK in 1967 but try to go 'home' when I can. My mother still lives on Victoria road.
Sadly, several old school mates have since passed away; Maureen Turton, Sandra Lancaster and my dear friend Pat Clarke.
I don't know hardly anyone anymore and Beighton has changed so much-not for better. Do you remember Mr. Kirk, the geography teacher at Beighton School? I don't know how he survived us! We took every opportunity to disrupt class; he was such a pushover! Now I wish I had paid more attention instead of plotting how to avoid actual school work:(
It's nice to see familiar names up here, although we're all in our sixties and becoming more invisible to the younger generation. Are we the 'crinklies' now?

Did you know us? Marylin, Ann and Ian Williams of Woodhouse Lane? I remember Mr Kirk, Dogger Darker, Mr Hardy and his wife who used to teach English. Also remember the Shaws, Sandra and Susan, Frank Miles, The Hales family to name a few.

Ian

Photos of Beighton & Beighton Folk from the late 1940's.

Follow the link: Old Beighton Photos (http://s758.photobucket.com/albums/xx230/lostrider/Old%20Photos/Beighton/)


Maybe some of you older ones might recognize someone. lol

Sorry, I don't remember a 'Williams' family on Woodhouse lane, we lived on Sothall Green then Grange Road, when I was going to school. Did you know the Purdy's? Michael was in my class, a 'smashing lad', we could always count on him to stall the lesson by asking the teacher a plethora of questions. Mick emigrated to New Zealand, (via Australia, I think).
I didn't recognize any of the kids in the Old Beighton Photos, but did see some familiar places, especially the flooded road over the railway tracks.
We kids were 'drawn' to floods, all we needed was a pair of 'wellies' and a good excuse as to why we had to go out to play in the rain. The Ochre Dyke was another favourite. My sister actually fell in the swollen Dyke and was heading for a tangle of tree branches backed up at the entrance to a small bridge. The water was already running over the bridge at this point and she could have been trapped among the branches and debris. I ran on ahead of her and grabbed her coat collar as the strong current carried her downstream. Needless to say, mother was livid when we arrived home soaked to the skin. It didn't occur to me at the time, but the river Rother must have been one of the most polluted rivers in the UK! And we used to play in it.
Anybody out there with more 'Beighton' adventures?

Another addition to the Beighton Album. This is a picture of My mother and other workers at Molinaris Ice Cream. Again late 1940's I would guess.

Old Beighton Photos. (http://s758.photobucket.com/albums/xx230/lostrider/Old%20Photos/Beighton/)

[QUOTE=Lostrider;7851160]Another addition to the Beighton Album. This is a picture of My mother and other workers at Molinaris Ice Cream. Again late 1940's I would guess.

Great photo! Great Ice Cream!

My dad used to drive for Grant and Mcallan, I used to go with him on Sunday morning fishing trips, and I used to sit on the engine in the front. If you’re older than me you may know my cousins, Trevor or Rita Williams. Had plenty of fun sledging on Walter’s field. Our house used to get flood water right up to our back door; we were 2nd house up from the bottom of Woodhouse Lane. I used to knock about with Cyril Wright, Adrian Cropper, Phill Cutts, Alan Wright amongst others. My favourite drinking hole was Royal Oak. Pint of tennants 1shilling and 10pence, I worked at Memories (Swallownest Brickworks with Phil Moore. OMG I could go on forever......

Yeah, we were lucky to have grown up in a small village, although I didn't realize it at the time-especially when we missed the last bus and had to walk home!
Who didn't go to Cleethorpes on the Manvers Queen? (Did I get the name right?)
I remember some kids by the name of Cutts. A boy, older than me, gave me a lift home from Swallonest on the back of his motorcycle. I was dressed to kill, high heels, handbag, umbrella and even carrying an extra pair of shoes. I don't remember wearing a helmet-what a sight that must have been!
We would stop in the "Oak" after a netball game-oops, I may have been underage...
This was when they still had a 'best' room.
How is it every fella never forgets the price of a pint? Funeeee!

'ello Mature 5011, I went to school with most of those kids you named. Linda 'Bishop' is still my BF! Beighton was a great place to grow up. Did you attend a 50th reunion in Mosborough? I left the UK in 1967 but try to go 'home' when I can. My mother still lives on Victoria road.
Sadly, several old school mates have since passed away; Maureen Turton, Sandra Lancaster and my dear friend Pat Clarke.
I don't know hardly anyone anymore and Beighton has changed so much-not for better. Do you remember Mr. Kirk, the geography teacher at Beighton School? I don't know how he survived us! We took every opportunity to disrupt class; he was such a pushover! Now I wish I had paid more attention instead of plotting how to avoid actual school work:(
It's nice to see familiar names up here, although we're all in our sixties and becoming more invisible to the younger generation. Are we the 'crinklies' now?

No I didnt attend the 50th reunion, the only Gill I can remember is a Catherine is that you?
Yes I remember Mr Kirk agreat guy and as you said we gave him hell becuase he was so mild natured. Somebody else mentioned Dogger Darker remember him and his slipper. What about Mr Fitz did history used to throw the borad rubber at you? Mrs Finney gave me the cane for messing about in music.
Mr Head the art teacher?
Barry Durhams son has been on here enquiring if anyone remebers his dad and granddad. Mick Unwin is still around in beighton, June Sargent married Eddie Jones and is still in village

Hello, My dad was Jack Bishop, his sister is Linda.
My dad has passed away now but i can remember all the story's he would tell me about growing up in Beighton.

No I didnt attend the 50th reunion, the only Gill I can remember is a Catherine is that you?
Yes I remember Mr Kirk agreat guy and as you said we gave him hell becuase he was so mild natured. Somebody else mentioned Dogger Darker remember him and his slipper. What about Mr Fitz did history used to throw the borad rubber at you? Mrs Finney gave me the cane for messing about in music.
Mr Head the art teacher?
Barry Durhams son has been on here enquiring if anyone remebers his dad and granddad. Mick Unwin is still around in beighton, June Sargent married Eddie Jones and is still in village
Yes, it's me. It sounds like we were in the same class?
I hear from Mick Unwin, occasionally. We were friends on facebook until I opted out. (I got tired of some 'friends' posting their political & religious views-think, The Rapture; and yeah, they're still here!)

Mr. Kirk was very nice. Looking back, I'm not proud of the tricks we played on him; like switching on the Tape Recorder, (Reel to Reel) before class. At the start of class, he went to use it and hit the switch then spent the next 15 mins trying to figure out why it wouldn't work.
Mr. Head was what they would call 'cool', today. He gave me lots of encouragement in art class-which I ignored, and yes, I regret that too. But, that was the field I went in to, finally. (Graphic Design, not Fine Art.) I saw where Susan Money won an art competition; one of many, I'm sure. She was a very talented artist and a sweet girl.
Mrs. Finney, ummm, she was quite mean towards the girls, (or was it just me?). Do you remember the music stands suddenly collapsing in the middle of a percussion class?
Mr. Fitz once threw a stick of chalk at me during a History exam. He missed, but he scared the living daylights out of me.
June & Eddie are/were involved in the Beighton Historical Society, they have done a lot of hard work in an effort to keep Beighton from looking like a dump.
Are you still living in Beighton? Retired?

Hello, My dad was Jack Bishop, his sister is Linda.
My dad has passed away now but i can remember all the story's he would tell me about growing up in Beighton.

Well, well. I was a bridesmaid at your auntie Linda's wedding. Your dad was older than us, but I remember him-and your Mum. They were 'courting' when we were still barley teenagers!

Well, well. I was a bridesmaid at your auntie Linda's wedding. Your dad was older than us, but I remember him-and your Mum. They were 'courting' when we were still barley teenagers!

Aw, it's so nice when someone rememebers my lovely dad, What a small world we live in and how fast the years fly by x

Aw, it's so nice when someone rememebers my lovely dad, What a small world we live in and how fast the years fly by x

I have a lovely photograph of us 'bridesmaids' at the wedding of Linda & John. Just called your auntie Linda, my best and dearest friend, and I now I know who you are-the lovely little flower girl, Jane! We must all meet up again when I visit the UK in 2012.

I lived at 31 Allen Road next door lived the Grice's, on the block live the Burkinshaws, Powiss, Brockelhurst's, Whites.
The first councild house was the Froggatts, then the Blacks, Pearsons.

The two little lads who drowned lived on our block I think they were called Gulliver.

Also a girl call Woodhead [Joanne I think] was killed by a lorry on the top road when walking home from school, she lived on or near Armstead.

Hi Alex,
The little girl you mention was my sister Jennifer Woodhead,she was picking blackberries and fell into the path of a lorry.was your parents Bill and Winny by any chance if so i used to look after you and remember all the names above.

Hi Alex,
The little girl you mention was my sister Jennifer Woodhead,she was picking blackberries and fell into the path of a lorry.was your parents Bill and Winny by any chance if so i used to look after you and remember all the names above.

Yes that's my mum and dad and I can remember you and also your mum used to come to our house. The trajic accident your Jennifer had has stuck with me all my life. God bless her. I always remember your mum as being a really nice kind lady.

Do you remember the Sunday afternoon trips to Matlock your Dad used to take us on,with your uncle Brian ,think he was playing football at the time.

I have a lovely photograph of us 'bridesmaids' at the wedding of Linda & John. Just called your auntie Linda, my best and dearest friend, and I now I know who you are-the lovely little flower girl, Jane! We must all meet up again when I visit the UK in 2012.

Sorry but i am not Jane, i wasn't born when Linda married. The clue is in my Avitar, my name is Helen.
Jane is my elder sister, mum had dad had four kids, i'm the youngest.

my name is andrew durham and i live in blackpool and i was looking up information about my late grandad leslie durham who lived in beighton along with my dad barry durham who grew up in beighton too and wondered if any of you knew them and wondered if my grandad was that youth club worker at church that was mentioned...

Hi Andrew, i remember your Grandad Les Durham he lived in Armstead Road same time i did,Top bloke your Grandad if it wernt for him a lot of us kids in Beighton would have had nothing to do on cold winter nights.i cant remember your dad he may have moved away when i was a teenager.

Do you remember the Sunday afternoon trips to Matlock your Dad used to take us on,with your uncle Brian ,think he was playing football at the time.

We have spent some time in derbyshire over the years my mum and dad still do most weekends, We used to follow our Brian all over the country playing football I remember one trip to Fulham in the sixties in the FA cup and Wembley a couple of times with Macclesfield and Burton.

Sorry but i am not Jane, i wasn't born when Linda married. The clue is in my Avitar, my name is Helen.
Jane is my elder sister, mum had dad had four kids, i'm the youngest.

Nice to meet you Helen. I didn't know your mum & dad had 4 children. Sorry to hear about your dad. I remember him from when I'd go to your auntie Linda's house. I'm not sure how many years between them but 'Jack' was quite a few years older than us. I remember you mum having beautiful red hair, very pretty.

No I didnt attend the 50th reunion, the only Gill I can remember is a Catherine is that you?
Yes I remember Mr Kirk agreat guy and as you said we gave him hell becuase he was so mild natured. Somebody else mentioned Dogger Darker remember him and his slipper. What about Mr Fitz did history used to throw the borad rubber at you? Mrs Finney gave me the cane for messing about in music.
Mr Head the art teacher?
Barry Durhams son has been on here enquiring if anyone remebers his dad and granddad. Mick Unwin is still around in beighton, June Sargent married Eddie Jones and is still in village

Do you have a sister by the name of Linda?

Can anyone remember Mrs Hardy, the wife of the headmaster, she teached English in the top corner room of the wooden classrooms. I remember playing guitar in assembly and someone (I forget who) played a snare drum. It must have sounded awful. Frank Miles lived 3 doors up from me, he played a double headed guitar for Dave Berry, Chuck Fowler lived next door, he was very successful on the club circuit. Can anyone remember the young boy who died with a face cancer? I think his surname was cooper, very sad.

Can anyone remember Mrs Hardy, the wife of the headmaster, she teached English in the top corner room of the wooden classrooms. I remember playing guitar in assembly and someone (I forget who) played a snare drum. It must have sounded awful. Frank Miles lived 3 doors up from me, he played a double headed guitar for Dave Berry, Chuck Fowler lived next door, he was very successful on the club circuit. Can anyone remember the young boy who died with a face cancer? I think his surname was cooper, very sad.

It was Frank White (did he change his name) that played the twin fret gibson for Dave Berry.

Check out the photo on this page. Dave Berry & the Cruisers. (http://www.pastmastersmusic.co.uk/photo2.htm)

Can anyone remember Mrs Hardy, the wife of the headmaster, she teached English in the top corner room of the wooden classrooms. I remember playing guitar in assembly and someone (I forget who) played a snare drum. It must have sounded awful. Frank Miles lived 3 doors up from me, he played a double headed guitar for Dave Berry, Chuck Fowler lived next door, he was very successful on the club circuit. Can anyone remember the young boy who died with a face cancer? I think his surname was cooper, very sad.
I remember Mrs. Hardy. I think she was a substitute teacher. She certainly wasn't used to teaching senior's judging from the books she handed out; Smudger Smith and Ginger Bates at the Dump? Really, these book belonged in the junior school.
When Bob Clarke ran the Beighton Miner's Welfare, Dave (Sugar) Grundy and the band would practice in a room above the club. I remember Frank, Alan Taylor and two more fellas who's names escape me but they could have been the original Cruisers. Pat (Clarke)and I were often invited to watch/hear them practice. We were thrilled.
We were lucky to be part of the Sixties music experience- I still Love Rock 'N Roll!

I remember Mrs. Hardy. I think she was a substitute teacher. She certainly wasn't used to teaching senior's judging from the books she handed out; Smudger Smith and Ginger Bates at the Dump? Really, these book belonged in the junior school.
When Bob Clarke ran the Beighton Miner's Welfare, Dave (Sugar) Grundy and the band would practice in a room above the club. I remember Frank, Alan Taylor and two more fellas who's names escape me but they could have been the original Cruisers. Pat (Clarke)and I were often invited to watch/hear them practice. We were thrilled.
We were lucky to be part of the Sixties music experience- I still Love Rock 'N Roll!

I used to watch Dave Berry and Joe Cocker at the Birley, Freechville also used to watch some great bands at the Blue Bell Hackenthorpe and yes I was underage. I used to enjoy Maggies at Swallownest and Mojo Club Sheffield, me and my sister Anne used to dress as Bonnie and Clyde on my sx200 scooter. Very lucky to have been around those years, never to be repeated.

Dave Berry and the Cruisers were on at the Southview Skegness last week.

Dave Berry and the Cruisers were on at the Southview Skegness last week.

I went to see them at Frecheville Community Centre in 1961, bloody hell, gets coat. :(

I went to see them at Frecheville Community Centre in 1961, bloody hell, gets coat. :(

We were asked to 'cheer' for them at a sort of battle of the bands in Sheffield at one of the cinemas. I'm sure we were still in school so it must have been the early 60's. When Dave & the Cruisers came on, my friend and I stood up and screamed as loud as we could, only to be told to 'sit down & shut up' by the kids in the row in front! Talk about embarrassing. Groupies...we were not. I don't think the band won, they were up against all Sheffield bands (and their fans) like the Gray Cats..Stray Cats?
My brother and I went to the City Hall to see Jerry Lee Lewis...mid 60's? Great show. I didn't go to another concert until The Rolling Stones-Steel Wheels Tour in 1989-now that was worth waiting for.

Dave Berry and the Cruisers were on at the Southview Skegness last week.

I saw him at the Rock at Maltby earlier this year and at The Frontier at Batley, he is still very good, I enjoyed his performance and still the same old songs.....

I saw him at the Rock at Maltby earlier this year and at The Frontier at Batley, he is still very good, I enjoyed his performance and still the same old songs.....

Happy to hear that's he's still singing the same old Rock songs.....somebody told me that he'd gone 'Neil Diamond'. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Happy to hear that's he's still singing the same old Rock songs.....somebody told me that he'd gone 'Neil Diamond'. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Not heard that, he sang all the songs from The Cying game album and lots of his old songs, he's playing on 24th July at the Burntwood Festival, Nr Lichfield Midlands (Backed by New Amen Corner). He is very busy with gigs which include many of the 60s bands.

Not heard that, he sang all the songs from The Cying game album and lots of his old songs, he's playing on 24th July at the Burntwood Festival, Nr Lichfield Midlands (Backed by New Amen Corner). He is very busy with gigs which include many of the 60s bands.

Are you going to that gig? Do they still play the old Chuck Berry songs? (His namesake.) I don't know any of the latest singers or songs.
I like the "Blues" and even some 'Bluegrass". My iTunes collections are all over the globe, from Nina Simone to early Tom Waits, with some kick-ass Rock 'n Roll in between I've taken a liking to Teddy Thompson so I guess I like some 'country', too. Well, the early rock was based on 'country' and the blues. Enjoy the concert!

Can anyone remember Mrs Hardy, the wife of the headmaster, she teached English in the top corner room of the wooden classrooms. I remember playing guitar in assembly and someone (I forget who) played a snare drum. It must have sounded awful. Frank Miles lived 3 doors up from me, he played a double headed guitar for Dave Berry, Chuck Fowler lived next door, he was very successful on the club circuit. Can anyone remember the young boy who died with a face cancer? I think his surname was cooper, very sad.

Yes, I remember Mrs Hardy well. We lived close by the school house on School Road but I did not know she taught English at one time. I met her son Charles few years ago, after about a 48 year gap on a visit back to Beighton. I also seem to recall vaguely the name of the Cooper boy; really tragic indeed. I always remember him once coming in to Trevor Hardwick's dads shop on High street once when his face was really bad. After that time I never saw him again. I think he also lived on School Road, can anyone confirm that? I never knew him at school or socially, but I think he was a bit younger than me. I think Dave Berry's mother lived on School Road at one time also?

Has everyone/anyone on this thread seen the 'Our Beighton' Celebrating a Community book put out by Eventus, Sheffield, a few years ago? No publishing date was provided. This has some excellent personal stories from times past. There is a very moving poem in there by a Michael Schofield on the famous 41 steps; has anyone seen that? Does Michael still live in Beighton? I did not know him.

At the same time, Eventus put out an excellent web site, Our Beighton, with some wonderful audio reminiscences of old Beighton. This was great to hear lots of people I knew from 50 years ago, most now no longer with us. Unfortunately the site is not available any more. I tried to find it on the Way Back archive web site and that has got some text on it, but no audio records. Does anyone know if this site might be reactivated? I have a CD of the recording of my mother, which Eventus sent me, but not the complete site audio record.

I used to frequently visit the website, I think it was looked after by funding, and as this stopped the website was taken down. The book is still available. There were some amazing pictures, it's a real shame that it came to an end. It is the website that brought me back to Beighton to see the memorial of the pit disaster, my uncle Maurice was in that, his name is on the plaque, Maurice Parkin. He married my mothers sister Olive and they had a paper shop. They moved to spilsby many years ago.

You may know my cousins, Trevor and Rita williams????

I used to frequently visit the website, I think it was looked after by funding, and as this stopped the website was taken down. The book is still available. There were some amazing pictures, it's a real shame that it came to an end. It is the website that brought me back to Beighton to see the memorial of the pit disaster, my uncle Maurice was in that, his name is on the plaque, Maurice Parkin. He married my mothers sister Olive and they had a paper shop. They moved to spilsby many years ago.

You may know my cousins, Trevor and Rita williams????

Don't think I recall a T and RW though. Yes, the book is excellent. I called Eventus a year ago and was told the site might get restored. I should call again, if other people ask also maybe it will get done.

Did any of you grow up in Beighton during the early 50's 60's? Did you go to Beighton infants / Juniors? Brookhouse Secondary modern? Do you remember any of the old shops in Beighton like the shoe repair shop on High street, or Mr Staniforth's clock and watch repairs next to Hall's television shop? What about the fairs that used to come to Beighton at the same time each year? The rides were 6d and one year me and my friend Marilyn Lancaser went potato picking to get some money for the fair - we finished up with 10/- Fantastic!! Loads of money to go on whatever we wanted!! Farrer's were one fairground family......they had been coming to Beighton for years. Did any of you go to the youth club in the church hall with Mr Durham? ........and the Saturday night dances which cost 6d or 1shilling if I remember rightly..in the church hall?
JuneLambert

I well remember Jack Freeman's bike shop on High Street bottom, where I bought my first decent bike. I don't really remember if Jean Freeman, who I went to school with, was in same family or not as Jack but I discovered in 2006 Jean was retired and living in Spain (then Jean Sheil). I was planning to visit sometime thereafter. Then I heard she was tragically killed there by a drunk driver November 2007, in case anyone remembers Jean.

Do you have a sister by the name of Linda?

I do have a sister but she is 9yrs older than me and not called Linda

Yes you were in the same class as me well at least from the second year till finish.

I lived down souter on cross allen rd

Yes still living in Beighton reitred and widower, saw Mick Unwin the other week doesnt seem to change.
Other names I remeber are Derek Wyres, Dave Grundhill, Lesile Ratford, Jean Hepplestone

does anyone remember a Muriel Smith husband named Derrick they had 3 kids Malcolm and Roger Elaine was born after Derrick was killed mum was preggie with her when he died.

they lived in the white houses I think.

Has everyone/anyone on this thread seen the 'Our Beighton' Celebrating a Community book put out by Eventus, Sheffield, a few years ago? No publishing date was provided. This has some excellent personal stories from times past. There is a very moving poem in there by a Michael Schofield on the famous 41 steps; has anyone seen that? Does Michael still live in Beighton? I did not know him.

At the same time, Eventus put out an excellent web site, Our Beighton, with some wonderful audio reminiscences of old Beighton. This was great to hear lots of people I knew from 50 years ago, most now no longer with us. Unfortunately the site is not available any more. I tried to find it on the Way Back archive web site and that has got some text on it, but no audio records. Does anyone know if this site might be reactivated? I have a CD of the recording of my mother, which Eventus sent me, but not the complete site audio record.

HI PLEASE TRY THIS YOU MAY FIND IT INTERESTING ALSO YOU WILL HAVE TO CREATE A LOG IN

http://www.ourbeighton.org.uk/

Hi, I still live in Beighton you might remember my dad andrew Parkes ( slim ) he used to go fishing and loved a pint . I remember Cyril and Adrian etc and also the old Fox pub by candle light during the power cuts !

Hi, I still live in Beighton you might remember my dad andrew Parkes ( slim ) he used to go fishing and loved a pint . I remember Cyril and Adrian etc and also the old Fox pub by candle light during the power cuts !

I remember Slim Parkes he worked with my father at Dawsons. (Arnold Lee)
and we lived about 4 doors from you. Are you Peter?

sorry no he passed away I'm his sister

Hi, sorry he passed away a few years ago, I'm his sister

Hi, sorry he passed away a few years ago, I'm his sister

Oh, I am so sorry, I hadn't realised.

Tuppie

I petitioned to stop them demolishing the barn and through this, Robert Dawson got in touch me. Not heard from him since they left Skelton lane

[QUOTE=delrosa;7960525]HI PLEASE TRY THIS YOU MAY FIND IT INTERESTING ALSO YOU WILL HAVE TO CREATE A LOG IN

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Thanks, that was the site I meant, but all the original information has been removed and there is almost nothing on Beighton left and that is not easy to find.

Hi

You can get the project from Sheffield city library in it entirety. Or write to them (Eventum)and they will send it to you.

Happy days :smile:

Dawn.

I saw him at the Rock at Maltby earlier this year and at The Frontier at Batley, he is still very good, I enjoyed his performance and still the same old songs.....

Dave Berry and his wife were at Bakewell antiques fair on tuesday it is a hobby of theirs.
They are good friends of my sister who is also involved in the antique business.

I remember Slim Parkes he worked with my father at Dawsons. (Arnold Lee)
and we lived about 4 doors from you. Are you Peter?

Are you Sandra?

I know Gig Parkes who has a sister called Carol, they are related to Shaun Pilkington.

Are you Sandra?

Nope, I'm Angela

I've just discovered this forum and mentioned a lot of its content to my dad. He is 88 years old now and he remembers loads of names and places. He grew up on Norcroft Cottages and was a miner at Brookhouse Colliery from the age of 14. His name is Joseph Crofts and his dad was a miner also named Joseph. I was born on Southall Green and my parents had a flat on Victoria Road. The flat was obtained with the help of Bade Turton who my dad says was a good man. Other people mentioned are Charlie Storey who lived next door to my uncle Juda and uncle Tom ( Fallows) at number 13 Norcroft Cottages. Juda had only one leg and Tom was blind from birth. I would be delighted if anybody remembers the family - although it is so long ago.

Hi, I,m just sat with charlie storey junior he is my brother in law and laughed as this message came thro, he remembers tom and juda And juda made him his first pair of football boots, and he helped tom play cards by making holes in the cards with braile ! He remembers everyone well very good days .

my wife is a cooper from beighton . :) her dad was a miner kieth cooper an worked on the fair (waltzer)

hi new Kieth very well what happened to his brother Ronnie heard he went to live in Scunrthorpe :huh:

I've just discovered this forum and mentioned a lot of its content to my dad. He is 88 years old now and he remembers loads of names and places. He grew up on Norcroft Cottages and was a miner at Brookhouse Colliery from the age of 14. His name is Joseph Crofts and his dad was a miner also named Joseph. I was born on Southall Green and my parents had a flat on Victoria Road. The flat was obtained with the help of Bade Turton who my dad says was a good man. Other people mentioned are Charlie Storey who lived next door to my uncle Juda and uncle Tom ( Fallows) at number 13 Norcroft Cottages. Juda had only one leg and Tom was blind from birth. I would be delighted if anybody remembers the family - although it is so long ago.

I bet he knew my uncle Timmy Leonards worked at Brookhouse Colilery :love:

I know Gig Parkes who has a sister called Carol, they are related to Shaun Pilkington.

hi i new shaun adrian and Mac Pilkington didnt know they were related to Slim Parks :confused::confused:

:love:HI i was born in Beighton in 1940 and went to shool there in the sixties i used to court a lass from shefield she used to say we lived in the sticks and called us Beighton Bucket Bangers Any one remember Molly Dewick and Christine Simpson I once asked christine for a date but she said no i was to scrawny i weigh 15 stone now :love:

I lived in Beighton as a child in the sixties before we moved to Canada - 113 Woodhouse Lane. I remember playing with the Wendy (I think last name-Shaw) mentioned in an earlier post and who lived a few houses over from us - she had a brother called Malcolm I believe. We lived next door to Radford Family and across the the street from Molinaries Ice cream. I remember walking up a hill to the corner shop - I think the name was "Anderson's" or something like that. Any information about these families and another of a girl on Robin Lane that I played with also, who was called Judith, would be appreciated.

I lived in Beighton as a child in the sixties before we moved to Canada - 113 Woodhouse Lane. I remember playing with the Wendy (I think last name-Shaw) mentioned in an earlier post and who lived a few houses over from us - she had a brother called Malcolm I believe. We lived next door to Radford Family and across the the street from Molinaries Ice cream. I remember walking up a hill to the corner shop - I think the name was "Anderson's" or something like that. Any information about these families and another of a girl on Robin Lane that I played with also, who was called Judith, would be appreciated.

My relatives moved to Canada from Beighton, their names are Ian and Jean Cadman, the Cadman family lived on Woodhouse Lane one who may be about your age is Peter who posts on this forum.