we are just about to move house and i have been going thro' some old family papers. smith sayles was my families business and i wondered if any of you had any memories of the place?

i am the proud owner of the large clock which used to sit in the window, which, i'm told, people used to set their watch by on their way to work.

anybody on here who used to work there perhaps?

it's a memory lane day :)

I remember that I used to insure my Ford Cortina there, so you can guess it was a while ago. The office was in the Wicker near to the old Studio 7. They were very polular because, they were good value, cheapest in town. Unfortunately, the main Insurance co., they used ( they were brokers) went bust and everyones insurance was invalidated. This would be late 60's, I think. I don't know if Smith Sayles carried on after that.

I'm sure someone will be along with more details.

I remember that I used to insure my Ford Cortina there, so you can guess it was a while ago. The office was in the Wicker near to the old Studio 7. They were very polular because, they were good value, cheapest in town. Unfortunately, the main Insurance co., they used ( they were brokers) went bust and everyones insurance was invalidated. This would be late 60's, I think. I don't know if Smith Sayles carried on after that.

I'm sure someone will be along with more details.

omg! thats one story i have never heard!! they must have weathered it, im not sure what year my grandfather retired and whether he was still in charge then.

my uncle and my father sold the business in the 1980's (i think), my uncle retired and my father went on to run his other business, just military on abbeydale road.

the chap who took over carried on for a while longer, i cant remember the name he traded the brokers under, but up until the day he closed it was still in the phone book as smith sayles!

I use to insure with Smith Sayles until they stopped trading, from approximately mid 1950s, their office was roughly opposite the chemist shop in the Wicker. I am not sure about this but I seem to remember that when they stopped trading all their customers were transfered to a insurance broker/agents that was in the same block of buildings as Halfords and if I remember correctly a toy shop in Fitzalan Square

we are just about to move house and i have been going thro' some old family papers. smith sayles was my families business and i wondered if any of you had any memories of the place?

i am the proud owner of the large clock which used to sit in the window, which, i'm told, people used to set their watch by on their way to work.

anybody on here who used to work there perhaps?

it's a memory lane day :)
any rel of a mrs sayles lived on hucklow road firth park she ran insurance
from home

we are just about to move house and i have been going thro' some old family papers. smith sayles was my families business and i wondered if any of you had any memories of the place?

i am the proud owner of the large clock which used to sit in the window, which, i'm told, people used to set their watch by on their way to work.

anybody on here who used to work there perhaps?

it's a memory lane day :)

i insured my first mo-ped with them in 1979 they were in the wicker,my dad used them for many many years before me..my insurance was 16 quid for the year..3rd party fire n theft

any rel of a mrs sayles lived on hucklow road firth park she ran insurance
from home


must be! i know the family home (grandma sayles) was on hucklow road, perhaps my great grandma......just off to see if i can dig out the family tree....

we are just about to move house and i have been going thro' some old family papers. smith sayles was my families business and i wondered if any of you had any memories of the place?

i am the proud owner of the large clock which used to sit in the window, which, i'm told, people used to set their watch by on their way to work.

anybody on here who used to work there perhaps?

it's a memory lane day :)

Hello,

I grew up in the Wicker, remember the name: Smith Sayles but can't place where the office was.

My only guess would be in the block that started at Willis Street with Friedrich Pork butchers, then Scotts ladies and men's hairdressers (There is a Scott's still in the Wicker but closer to town). Next to the orginal Scotts was a stationers? and then Smith Sayles. Is this about right?

I left the area in 1960 so its all a long time ago.

Regards

thanks Falls....

im a bit sketchy myself:loopy:

i thought the pub was on the corner, but honestly cannot remember, certainly scotts was either next door or next but one.

i can remember smith sayles being painted a bright red/orange colour!

i think its a chicken shop now, lol.

thanks Falls....

im a bit sketchy myself:loopy:

i thought the pub was on the corner, but honestly cannot remember, certainly scotts was either next door or next but one.

i can remember smith sayles being painted a bright red/orange colour!

i think its a chicken shop now, lol.

i thought it was further down near the archers

must be! i know the family home (grandma sayles) was on hucklow road, perhaps my great grandma......just off to see if i can dig out the family tree....
as you go over hucklow from firth it was on the righthand i think it was the 4 house in a block of 4 big houses either the 3 or 4th
used to go there with my mother it must in the war time round 1940
hope that helps

as you go over hucklow from firth it was on the righthand i think it was the 4 house in a block of 4 big houses either the 3 or 4th
used to go there with my mother it must in the war time round 1940
hope that helps

thankyou woollen. about the only thing i do know about her/them is which house it is, and you are correct, as you face those houses it is the end one on the left.........but that is the sum of my knowledge! i know absolutely nothing about the sayles brance of the family as my late uncle only seemed to research smith, howard and wordsworth :( and only up to aprox 1929.

anything you know or remember would be greatly received!

@sham69er.....smith sayles is deffo in that block of fried chicken shops, the second one in i think. i havent been down the wicker in years, but as it happens i have to be on snig hill tomorrow so am going to have a look :)

thanks all

Was at 66 Wicker next to the Brown Cow.

Was at 66 Wicker next to the Brown Cow.

thankyou :)

Did a Karen Jackson work there ??

Did a Karen Jackson work there ??

there were some "karens" what era?

thankyou woollen. about the only thing i do know about her/them is which house it is, and you are correct, as you face those houses it is the end one on the left.........but that is the sum of my knowledge! i know absolutely nothing about the sayles brance of the family as my late uncle only seemed to research smith, howard and wordsworth :( and only up to aprox 1929.

anything you know or remember would be greatly received!

@sham69er.....smith sayles is deffo in that block of fried chicken shops, the second one in i think. i havent been down the wicker in years, but as it happens i have to be on snig hill tomorrow so am going to have a look :)

thanks all
sorry i cant help you any more i was about 10 years at that time

If you go onto the Picture Sheffield website you will see a picture of the Brown Cow with the Smith,Sayles shop next door.Just search for Brown Cow.If I knew how to do it I would post it on here.

@sham69er.....smith sayles is deffo in that block of fried chicken shops, the second one in i think.



the memory aint what it used to be :)

Photo of Smith Sayles here

Click on link

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/alankearn/Clipboard02.jpg

Hope this is OK it does not say anything about permissions to reproduce

Photo of Smith Sayles here

Click on link

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/alankearn/Clipboard02.jpg

Hope this is OK it does not say anything about permissions to reproduce
that brings back memories our kid....shame the meercats came along and spoiled it all :hihi::hihi::hihi:

OMG! thankyou all! we have no pics of the place at home :(

and thanks woollen :)

OMG! thankyou all! we have no pics of the place at home :(

and thanks woollen :)

A direct link would not work

You will see a clearer photo doing the following

Click on the link below

http://www.picturesheffield.com/database_search.php

Type "Brown Cow Wicker" in the bottom search box and click on the search button

Click on the Smith Sayles photo

Click on the zoom button to enlarge

A direct link would not work

You will see a clearer photo doing the following

Click on the link below

http://www.picturesheffield.com/database_search.php

Type "Brown Fox Wicker" in the bottom search box and click on the search button

Click on the Smith Sayles photo

Click on the zoom button to enlarge

many many thanks, there was no brown fox, so i chose cow :)

Smith Sayles ,God theres a name I`d fogotten
All my mates went there in the mid 70`s as they never failed to find you some sort of policy
I insured my first car in 74 a 64 Mk 1 Cortina 1500 super for £63.00 third party fire and theft and traded with them till they shut basically

there were some "karens" what era?

20 years ago approx.

Yes I remember Smith Sayles. I got my first mototcycle insured there. I am sure it was next to the Brown Cow. The shop front was a maroon colour. I still have my insurance doc's which look so much more a document than a printout.
If i remember, there was a small step down as you walked in the front door and a man with glasses and a jaw beard served you.

Great stuff.

Yes I remember Smith Sayles. I got my first mototcycle insured there. I am sure it was next to the Brown Cow. The shop front was a maroon colour. I still have my insurance doc's which look so much more a document than a printout.
If i remember, there was a small step down as you walked in the front door and a man with glasses and a jaw beard served you.

Great stuff.

yep that was my dad :) he didnt have a beard tho, he was quite badly scarred on his face, a lot of people remember a "beard"

Yes, I was not too sure on your fathers scarred face. was going to write that was not too sure.
He wore a tweedy sports jacket if i remember right. I can still see him now. That would be 1966. i was 16 at the time. and was scared he would ask me questions i would not have known the answers.

Great going back.

I remember that I used to insure my Ford Cortina there, so you can guess it was a while ago. The office was in the Wicker near to the old Studio 7. They were very polular because, they were good value, cheapest in town. Unfortunately, the main Insurance co., they used ( they were brokers) went bust and everyones insurance was invalidated. This would be late 60's, I think. I don't know if Smith Sayles carried on after that.

I'm sure someone will be along with more details.

No that was South Yorkshire Insurance that was run by the Clegg family, it was very close to Smith Sayles office.

yep that was my dad :) he didnt have a beard tho, he was quite badly scarred on his face, a lot of people remember a "beard"

Was it your dad who collected guns? If so I knew him, I hope the 'was' doesn't mean what I think it does.

Yes, I was not too sure on your fathers scarred face. was going to write that was not too sure.
He wore a tweedy sports jacket if i remember right. I can still see him now. That would be 1966. i was 16 at the time. and was scared he would ask me questions i would not have known the answers.

Great going back.

yep the tweed sorts jacket was all him :) same in his 20's as he was in his 60's!

Was it your dad who collected guns? If so I knew him, I hope the 'was' doesn't mean what I think it does.

yes that was him, talented gunsmith..... he had military and oriental on abbeydale rd, then later, just military also on abbeydale rd.

sorry to say "was" does mean was. 2 years ago :(