Hi there. Here's a 1970's picture of the Courtyard in the Stonehouse.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/netlon_sentinel/Stonehouse_Cyard.jpg

That brings back a few drunken memories!

Excellent pic!

Brilliant! What is the story behind this - how did it come to exist?

Maybe it should be recreated somewhere as part of the new redeveloped Sheffield, along with other lost gems and follies.

I remember going in there for the first time in the late 80's and thought i'd gone back out side.:suspect:

I remember the lasers in there. I`d never seen lasers before and when that white smoke stuff came out of the walls and the lasers started firing off... Excellent stuff!

That was about 1980 if I remember rightly.

I remember there being a long crack in the paintwork all along the starry night sky ceiling, sort of ruined the effect a bit.

Great photo, I remember every friday when it was pay day we had meat and tatty pie sat in the courtyard, fantastic stuff :thumbsup:

Hi there. Here's a 1970's picture of the Courtyard in the Stonehouse.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/netlon_sentinel/Stonehouse_Cyard.jpg

brill pic brought back memories of fri/sat nights we used to meet up before going on town. most guys were in suits like pic, but did not realise how bad our hair was, mum was right. early 70s.

You mean.. it wasnt outside?:o

It was all a facade and was located where Waterstone's is now in Orchard Square. You could get in at the back of the Stonehouse by going down a road which was approx next to where Museum is (off the road where the bookies is). There was also a hairdressers just inside the entrance which is next to the bearded bloke in white on the left. Disappointingly, it was just a store room upstairs for crisps & glasses etc.

thanks so much for posting the picture. It was a great place to go in those days and brought back some very happy memories.
And after a few drinks, who cared about the line on the ceiling anyway?

Just how I remember it it, but not full of young men in suits :P It'd be the late 70's early 80's when I frequented the Stonehouse and it used to be packed in that courtyard :)

Did guys have to wear a jacket & tie to get in clubs back then?

great pic.....looks like early seventies lunchtime session, full of office workers, I didnt start going in till about 77/78 geat times

Use to bounce there memories

Around 1979/80 an old shipmate of mine had his stag do in Sheffield and a fair number of the ships company came up for it. During our visit to the Stonehouse I particularly recall one of them asking me "What happens when it rains?" :D

always used to meet up in there, before starting the ritual tour of the towns pubs
great memories..
even the marples n crazy diasy

I used to work just around the corner from there.
Brilliant picture...thanks for the memories.

Great pic, my and my hubby used to go there in the early 70s when we were first married. Vic Atkinson was the landlord there with his wife Muriel. Bouncers were Bob Hodder and Dave (cant remember his surname) I remember some great lock-ins on a Saturday night.

Thanks for that picture in 1975 i worked at Fiesta Club i went in with a lad just moved to Sheffield,he could not belive they had a bar in the open
Went in with him at lunchtime then penny dropped

I totally loved that courtyard. Somehow, even though you knew that you were indoors, you really felt you were sitting outside on a balmy summer evening with a starry sky overhead. It was never very trendy though, so we didn't go in there that often.

Anyone remember the "Knocker Shop" :-)

Anyone remember the "Knocker Shop" :-)
Wasn't it 'Knobs and Knockers'?

Wasn't it 'Knobs and Knockers'?

It was Ruby but we prefered "Knocking Shop". :hihi:

I have editred this as it occured to me that some none Sheffielders reading this may not know what a Knocking Shop was.

It was a local name for a Brothel.

I can remember my mum being disgusted when I arranged ro meet up with a mate at the stonehouse and saying on the phone, I would meet him outside the knockig shop. It took some explaining.

What a coincidence! Only the other day my mum and I were talking about what the area where Orchard Square is used to look like (I think it was redeveloped before I was born). She mentioned the Stonehouse pub as being the place where she and my dad had their first date in the early 70s and I've since been trying to find a photo of the outside of the pub on Picture Sheffield to no avail. At least I now know what the inside was like. :)

Me and my husband did our courting in the Stone House, we used to go there most Fridays and Saturdays, have a few drinks there, then go across to the Bernie Inn for our Steak Supper. Happy days.

It was Ruby but we prefered "Knocking Shop". :hihi:
I can remember my mum being disgusted when I arranged ro meet up with a mate at the stonehouse and saying on the phone, I would meet him outside the knockig shop. It took some explaining.lol that's so funny because I can remember looking the window with my two aunties and both of them being very 'huffy' at the name. It did have some very nice knobs (and knockers) though. ;)

Hi there. Here's a 1970's picture of the Courtyard in the Stonehouse.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/netlon_sentinel/Stonehouse_Cyard.jpg

This is surreal, the girl standing up in front of the first lamp post is my wife, the guy sitting down to the left of the second lamp post is me. :o

Where can I get a proper copy of this?

This is surreal, the girl standing up in front of the first lamp post is my wife, the guy sitting down to the left of the second lamp post is me. :o

Where can I get a proper copy of this?WOW! what a coincidence.

Someone posted this a couple of years ago and he emailed me a copy at the time. Can't remember who it was though or whether he actually had the orginal. Maybe you could trawl the archives for the previous posting?
eta: Now I come to think of it, I don't think it was on this site. I'll check my photo file though and see if I still have it.

Beer was pretty crap though, always remember they had double D on draft. used to get the cops in a lot looking for under age drinkers as well. The effect was spoilt a bit in the day time as the roof was black. Went down hill after they closed the courtyard bit.

Ahhh.... Many's the pint I've enjoyed there in convivial company, while I was doing a "security" job a few doors away. I'd better not say where....:wink:

Great pic, same here early 80's first stop around town
for me and my friends:)

Just how I remember it it, but not full of young men in suits :P It'd be the late 70's early 80's when I frequented the Stonehouse and it used to be packed in that courtyard :)

Did guys have to wear a jacket & tie to get in clubs back then?

The Stonehouse was the starting point for us and we wore our suits for the nightclubs (shirts with collars, not jean/trainers rules unless you were off to the limit or rebels) but mainly we were only 17 when we started going out and we thought it made us look older.

The Stonehouse was the starting point for us and we wore our suits for the nightclubs (shirts with collars, not jean/trainers rules unless you were off to the limit or rebels) but mainly we were only 17 when we started going out and we thought it made us look older.
I too was 17 when we first stated going 'up town' on a Friday night, and I used to drink ginger ale :hihi: I also remember we practiced our dates of birth as being a year earlier so that we could get into clubs.

What was the pub called near to the Stonehouse? We used to go round 4 or 5 pubs, one of them being the Pig & Whistle, before heading to a club or Wimpey for a burger :P

What was the pub called near to the Stonehouse? We used to go round 4 or 5 pubs, one of them being the Pig & Whistle, before heading to a club or Wimpey for a burger :P

The Museum was nearby on Orchard Street, near the raincoat shop. It's still there - now they have tables outside in Orchard Square. Decent grub..:)

The Museum was nearby on Orchard Street, near the raincoat shop. It's still there - now they have tables outside in Orchard Square. Decent grub..:)
It must be that one, but it had a different name didn't it :)

It must be that one, but it had a different name didn't it :)

It was called the Museum when I became old enough to drink there in 1966 (and a bit earlier....;)). The 1973 Kelly's Directory lists "Museum P.H." at 25 Orchard Street.

Here's a shot of The Museum Hotel that I took around 1979, was a great pub :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723088@N05/2911655475/in/set-72157607732289761/

It was called the Museum when I became old enough to drink there in 1966 (and a bit earlier....;)). The 1973 Kelly's Directory lists "Museum P.H." at 25 Orchard Street.
It seems it's had several changes of name over the years :)

Museum, City Centre, Sheffield
Museum
25 Orchard Street
City Centre
Sheffield
S1 2GX

Previously called the Hogshead, fully refurbished in February 2005 and re-named the Museum.

It was the Museum, And For time there you could get in through the back door of the Stonehouse. So it was Stonehouse, Museum, The Pig then we would decide if iwe were going onto the Red lion then Golden Ball or over to the Brown Bear and down to the Mulberry route that night.

Oh Lorri, the whole idea of the suit was that we wouldn't have to drink ginger ale .....haha

There was also the Three Tuns on Leopold street just down from the museum. This is now no longer there

There was also the Three Tuns on Leopold street just down from the museum. This is now no longer there

Of course there was, I had a forgotten about this pub, my brain is pickled from starting to drink at such a young age

Great pic, my and my hubby used to go there in the early 70s when we were first married. Vic Atkinson was the landlord there with his wife Muriel. Bouncers were Bob Hodder and Dave (cant remember his surname) I remember some great lock-ins on a Saturday night.

Hi, just read your comment on here, muriel is my mother inlaw Im married to her son Paul. Muriel passed away five years ago.

I remember going in there rather inebriated one night, and looking up to the roof and I'm sure them stars on the roof were moving, did anyone else have that experience in there?:cool:

I remember going in there rather inebriated one night, and looking up to the roof and I'm sure them stars on the roof were moving, did anyone else have that experience in there?:cool:

Many times!!:hihi:

I remember going down town with some friends from work one of whom was about six feet tall and rather large. This would have been late seventies/early eighties. As we were walking past Stonehouse a young lad jumped down from steps in attempt to scare us, my friend just looked at him and said 'your worst nightmare has just come true'. At which point he fled back into the pub.:hihi::hihi::hihi:

I remember a Dutch guy ran the place in I think the mid 70's.If my memory serves me right his name was Bill Hoffman.Don't think he ran it for long before leaving to take over The Sportsman at Lodge Moor,

Fabulous photo, Tom! Brings it all back, Im 99% the figure bottom right is me. Four times a week, start Minerva, Museum, Stone house, then work our way up West St. Rough if you were on Sat+Sun. (Grabbers, like me)

What a coincidence! The other day my mother and I were talking about what the area is Orchard Square used to look .... He mentioned the Stonehouse pub as the place where she and my father had his first appointment in the 70's and since then I tried to find a photo outside the bar in the image of Sheffield vain....

Fabulous photo, Tom! Brings it all back, Im 99% the figure bottom right is me. Four times a week, start Minerva, Museum, Stone house, then work our way up West St. Rough if you were on Sat+Sun. (Grabbers, like me)

You mean the one sitting down talking to my wife, who's standing? She has climbed walls trying to remember who you are, she's called Anne and worked for a firm called Hoggett Bowers, who's office was in Bank House on Queen Street.

Great pic.. made me nostalgic. It brought back my memories of the evenings after our hunting trips.

If I remember there ussed to be a nasty step when coming out of the the lounge side past the toilets towards the courtyard. I made the fatal mistake of laughing at my girlfriend who tripped over it whilst holding a tomato juice and wearing a white cheesecloth top. She didn't see my view of a cheese and tomato top.

Hi, just read your comment on here, muriel is my mother inlaw Im married to her son Paul. Muriel passed away five years ago.

Hello, I`ve only just seen your comment about Vic and Muriel. I think I remember Paul. Did he sometimes work behind the bar? Vic and Muriel were a great landlord and landlady. I knew Vic had died, bur I`m so sorry about Muriel. She was a lovely lady who used to look out for us young girlies in the pub

There were rumours that they could open the roof did anyone ever whitness it.

we were there every weekend in the late 60s-early 70`s. Didnt even know they could open the roof!!

I can remember this guy who worked there at the time called Garth he had the biggest WMCA tash you could ever see,one drunken night my mates and me went in there for a drink, there used be a sort of pretend wooden castle built in there with some steps leading up to a room that they used as a store room,garth came down these stairs arms full off bottles and things lost his footing and came flying down the stairs on his backside smash crash tables and chairs split pints and the lot all over the place complete chaos, he seemed to be out cold on the floor eyes up in his head, some one not me honest shot one of them soda water things in his face, then decided to blast every body with it, next thing punches and fists flying a right big fight broke out we hit the back door and ran as the coppers came rushing in truncheons swinging, happy days.

Just found another image of the courtyard http://www.heritage-images.com/Preview/PreviewPage.aspx?id=2359108&pricing=true&licenseType=RM

Worked at Samantha's at the time. The manager and two of the full time staff spent the day of Halloween walking round Sheffield carrying a coffin taking it in turn to go in the coffin (borrowed from the Co-op). They decided to take a break went into the courtyard of the Stonehouse and while they were having a drink the manager thanked them for there custom but could they take the coffin outside it was putting customers off.

]Hello, I`ve only just seen your comment about Vic and Muriel. working for them was probaly the greatest time of my life , sorry to hear about, so many memories I could write a book

I remember this pub well, even as a child. before the war my father George Sykes was the under manager there, then he went in the army for the war, whilst the war was on the manager was a dutchman called Hoffman, after the war my father returned and took up his old job. The court yard at the back used to be the old stables, and was used for storage, also the cellars was used for keeping barrels of wine, to be bottled and sold at the wine shop White Favel and Cockayne which at that time was part of the stonehouse,and the stonehouse being owned by Duncan Gilmoor, whose offices was in Dixon Lane
I hope this is of interest to you
Wallytof

I remember a Dutch guy ran the place in I think the mid 70's.If my memory serves me right his name was Bill Hoffman.Don't think he ran it for long before leaving to take over The Sportsman at Lodge Moor,

Hi
You might like to read my thread in page 3
Wallytof

I worked there from the mid 70s to Mid 80s the stories that belong to that place during the day and night are astounding now, we had the only pub in the town centre that did a proper lunch , the meat pie was almost as much a legend as Betty's hot pot, Bill Hoffman was the first manager I worked for , we had some gorgeous birds working behind the bar as well as one or two slightly older ladies, in the seventies it was the place where a lot of famous and one or two infamous people came for a quiet drink.
The roof didnt open in the court yard but we did let people beleive so.

Was told the roof opened in summer. Did it?

Pam Danks worked there for a while .What happened to her?

loads of people saw the lights move, trouble is there werent any int roof hic

Garth fell down them stairs more often than most people noticed ' cos he usually did it afore t'pub were oppen

Garth fell down them stairs more often than most people noticed ' cos he usually did it afore t'pub were oppen

I worked in the stonehouse too

I worked in the stonehouse too

what year was that ?

what year was that ?

77-78 worked at the daisy too

been in there loads of times in my younger days

loved the place saw the stars every time i went in there used to go in on a friday night before we girls went hitting the night clubs what great memories thanks

Great memories of the Stone House in the early 70`s when we were first married. I remember Bob Hodder and Dave Norton, the doormen. There were also two girls who we knew quite well, one of whom was called Agnes. Who remembers the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards coming for the evening at the invitation of Vic the landlord. They were at the military display in Norfolk Park. One of the pipers played to us from the balcony above the bar.

Used to tnke my then gf in the stonehouse for food & drink was first class.:cool:

it was great going in there for the first time it was a great idea making it look like a night time scene with the stars twinkling