can anybody remember pond street nora?

Theres a massive thread on here about her already.

Theres a massive thread on here about her already.

Here is a link to the main thread: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=285

....and the text of post #45 by her granddaughter:

her full name was nora kathleen welburne,she married a man called thomas lee they had a baby together a littlle girl called kathleen, she had the baby in 1945 nora was in her early 30s.they split up and nora kept her little girl till she was 10 and she was taken off of her and put in a childrens home then fostered out till she was 18.her daughter knew about nora but because of the stigmar, kathleen didnt contact her mother,she was affraid of her as you all could understand...kathleen met a man and got married and nora saw them together once or twice and would swear at them saying ff........ men ect ect...so they tryed to avoid nora at all costs... my mum kathleen was ashamed to be who she was for a long time and didnt think she was good enough but believe me it doesnt matter where you come from its the person you are inside, and like i was saying you coundnt meet a nicer person (nothing like her mum in tempermant,)if my mum swears i look at her suprised for she hardly swears, kathleen has done well for herself regardless of the past,she has a wonderful caring husband a daughter who thinks the world of her a graddaughter and grandson who adore her....nobody really knows what nora went through and in this day and age there is alot of people like her and we dont really take note but that was in the olden days times have really changed, nora really hated men why only she knows and i bet alot of women might agree,she had a hard life.... SO FOLKS THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO NORA OF PONDSTREET.......from what her daughter recalls anyway ,can anybody fill in the space inbetween????? final thought you cant judge a book by the cover can you?????? nora died at 71 in 1986 in middlewood hospital of cancer and skin cancer we have the death certificate........x

i remember Nora very well as a teenager i lived at Hackenthorpe and she was often to be seen at the 41 bus stop across from the four seasons cafe on platform c often swearing at kids mocking her i remember once she handed me a filthy looking chipped mug & asked me to go and get her a cup of tea from the above cafe when i went in i was told they didnt serve drinks in mugs that werent theirs until i told them it was for Nora the sales assistant quickly took the mug from me and handed it back full of hot tea .

She was a nutcase but she was OUR nutcase!! RIP Nora xx

Yep', I remember Pond Street Nora. I used to see her in Pond Street around platform C. when I used to get my school bus to Whitley wood School. She sometimes came raceing past me, somtimes with an umberalla waveing in the air persueing some kids that had taunted her.
There were so many false rumours about her, she was ok if you just let her be. We must give her the honor and respect she deserves, for she was a great characture and played a part in our history.

Hail, Hail, Nora!!!:love::love:

She used to scare me. I remember seeing her in the downstairs ladies toilets on platform C. Looking back, its such a shame that she wasnt better taken care of. RIP Nora

I remember hearing Nora shouting and talking to herself in Pond Street toilets - i'd be about 12yrs old. I was terrified of her. Poor woman she obviously needed help.

There is an excellent article in the new "My kind of town" about Nora, it can be purchased at Sheffield Scene on Surrey St price £4.99