I knew Louis Anginotti quite well. He was at school with one of my brothers. Nice guy from what I remember.
Didin't one of the Anginotti's marry one of the Bowers?
my wife knows louis anginotti from the 1960 how old is he now? i do hope it the same person . there can not be many with this name

The Hunstman was the first pub I ever tasted alcohol in, I was underage (16) and I remember staggering back along the brook on my way home. I paddled the entire way home. I didnt go back to the huntsman after that because I discovered the pubs of Hillsborough and town, but I knew a few people who drank there regularly and they loved it. It`ll be missed by a lot of people.
i use to work in the garage a the side of the pub

i am rsbrown and tring to put more information in to let people know more about me. i am not sure how to put more in can any one help .

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Have read on another thread reference to 'Parson Cross College', is this what used to be known as Colley Road Secondary School?
from rsbrown i went to colley road school yesterday and there nothing left it was the college and now it all gone . if you look on the googlemap you can see it as it was thank bob

Did you have alebel in your lapel with your name and address on it and did you get slapped because your socks were down on the photograph?

Did you have a label in your lapel with your name and address on it and did you get slapped because your socks were down on the photograph?

Did you have alebel in your lapel with your name and address on it and did you get slapped because your socks were down on the photograph?
i have no idia what you are on but it sound un health to me . have you replied to the right person ?

Anyone remember this face? (http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/Doppler1/barber_small.jpg)


This pic brings back a lot of old memories.

Yes Jabberwocky its Steve from Buchanan Road. I used to go there in the late 70s until he packed up.A good person I can remember him comming to our house to cut my dads hair, has he suffered a stroke and it was Steve who offered.
He was a good barber but it took him ages cause he was always talking.
Good memories Thank you.

Yes Jabberwocky its Steve from Buchanan Road. I used to go there in the late 70s until he packed up.A good person I can remember him comming to our house to cut my dads hair, has he suffered a stroke and it was Steve who offered.
He was a good barber but it took him ages cause he was always talking.
Good memories Thank you.
Did he ever offer to shave all your hair off?
`Do you want it all off? I can shave it all off you know`.
I used to go to him from the 70s right up to the late 90s.

Did he ever offer to shave all your hair off?
`Do you want it all off? I can shave it all off you know`.
I used to go to him from the 70s right up to the late 90s.

Yes thats right he used to say it regular, then he would turn to who ever was sat waiting and say shall I shall I

I lived in Parsons Cross from 1948 to 1960. My father was Dr A Bagon and we lived in Wordsworth Avenue at the Doctor's House. My father died at the age of 88, fortunately my mother is still alive and now lives in Buxton. David

l live in parson cross now and loooking for people who lived here and went to school here
as im in a local history group
and we would like people to tell us they story as how parson cross used to be
so we can make a memory box to take around the local schools and the old people homes in sheffield

Please see last reply on page 3

Please see last reply on page 3

is there one from colley school who was in class 2.2 in 1962 ?

I lived in Parsons Cross from 1948 to 1960. My father was Dr A Bagon and we lived in Wordsworth Avenue at the Doctor's House. My father died at the age of 88, fortunately my mother is still alive and now lives in Buxton. David

Was the doctors house at the back of the Post Office and the other shops on Wordsworth Drive. If so can you remember anyone who knocked about around there.

my dad used to knock about in that area and near forty foot pub

The original members of Dean Marshall and the Deputies were,
Roger Jackson
Peter Jackson
Richard Holroyd
Raymond Hind,and Barry Marshal.

We were all pals,and we had a good laugh.Pete Jackson is still playing with the Hillbillycats.
Hope this clears up a 46 years old mystery for you.

I know Tony Shipman,and Pauline Kidd.I grew up with Pauline.

Taraa....Ray Hind

Go to page 42 for your Dean Marshall mystery

Jigsaw seems to be a memory from my dim and distant past, canyou remember the other band members names?

What other name did the Tanner Hop have (if any) ?

Twinky,check page 42 for the Dean Marshall mystery.

Twinky,check page 42 for the Dean Marshall mystery.

Eccoray - I have known you most of my life, I have sent you a P.M.
Love twinky1

I thought it might be you Twink's,when you mentioned Pauline.Hope you are all well....Ray

The Doctor's House was behind the Post Office. I knew Mr Unwin's daughter. Do you remember Brian Lee from Meynell Road School?

Anybody know what's happening to The Shiregreen Hotel.Never been in it much,but it's another one gone.

It was the brook from Alan Ponds garage,into the dip in Barnsley Road.Monteney Road,up to Yew Lane is the boundry now.
S30 was the biggest postal district in the UK,and stretched from,Ecclesfield,Ingebirchworth,Penistone,Stocksbr idge,Crow Edge,Snake Inn,Hathersidge,Castelton,Calver,Eyme,and every village in between,and finished just before Baslow.Now we have S30 & S35.I still live in S5,and still come under Ecco.

When I started work for the L.N.E.R in 1959 as an apprentice plumber.Every station from Sheffield to Dunford Bridge was still open.I left in 1960,and they wer shutting them down then,and that was before Beeching.

Did May live opposite the other end of Margetson Crescent from the Tav on Wordsworth,and have one lung,so that she had to smoke a fag faster.If it was her,she was great,and never pulled a pint in the Tav,but collected glasses.She was a charecter,and we do not have many left.Every person that went in the Tav/Old Tav/New Tav,was a person,not like the Trisha fodder that goe in now...Godbless

Never mind the yob's,and hoodys.
Remember the The Pensioners Hut between Rokeby Road,and Wordsworth Ave.The people of the so called den of iniquity called the The Wordsworth Tavern,used to supply these pensioners with all their requsites at most holidays.They also used to send them on a day trip once a year.I know this is true,as my Dad,and myself paid every week a few coppers towards it,and so did all the people who went in to Poets Corner,and Dove Cottage,the names of the room's in the Old Tavern.The young men,and women of those times still respected the old people,and took a lead from their Mom's,and Dads.Do not ask me where it has gone wrong,but there are still many more good people on The Cross than the other kind.I was born opposite The Ritz,so I cannot be more Parson Cross than that.

The Neighbourhood Centre that is where the Pensioners Hut was,used to be a great place when it was built in the early 80s.I was on the dole in the Maggie era,and we served meals twice a week,and you could feed two for 50p at our Community Cafe.We ran it for three years or so,and took a load of kids off The Cross to Lightwater Valley.They still talk about it now,and they are in their mid 30s......Ray

_______________Life is never in doubt?...You will die.

I lived in Parsons Cross from 1948 to 1960. My father was Dr A Bagon and we lived in Wordsworth Avenue at the Doctor's House. My father died at the age of 88, fortunately my mother is still alive and now lives in Buxton. David

Thankyou - very interesting.
Our GP was Dr. Anderson and I went to school with Dr.O'Connor's son - Rory.
My mother oftened telephoned for Dr. Bagon to make a house visit. She used to be a nurse ( a State Registered Fever Nurse ) and so would make these requests with a very professional manner which I'm sure impressed our neigbours and you father's receptionist!
richardbush

Our GP was Dr. Anderson
richardbush

Mine too. He was an old Jewish guy who was great with kids but less good with adults. In the early 1990's, after he'd retired, he was the head of Sheffield's Jewish community - very highly revered by those who knew him.
I remember once my mum took me to see him, and she told him I'd got measles. He got angry, telling her that he was the doctor and would make the diagnosis, not her. It was measles though. I spent the next three days covered from head-to-toe in calamine. Yeeeuchh!

Never mind the yob's,and hoodys.
Remember the The Pensioners Hut between Rokeby Road,and Wordsworth Ave.The people of the so called den of iniquity called the The Wordsworth Tavern,used to supply these pensioners with all their requsites at most holidays.They also used to send them on a day trip once a year.I know this is true,as my Dad,and myself paid every week a few coppers towards it,and so did all the people who went in to Poets Corner,and Dove Cottage,the names of the room's in the Old Tavern.The young men,and women of those times still respected the old people,and took a lead from their Mom's,and Dads.Do not ask me where it has gone wrong,but there are still many more good people on The Cross than the other kind.I was born opposite The Ritz,so I cannot be more Parson Cross than that.

The Neighbourhood Centre that is where the Pensioners Hut was,used to be a great place when it was built in the early 80s.I was on the dole in the Maggie era,and we served meals twice a week,and you could feed two for 50p at our Community Cafe.We ran it for three years or so,and took a load of kids off The Cross to Lightwater Valley.They still talk about it now,and they are in their mid 30s......Ray

_______________Life is never in doubt?...You will die.
During the inter regnum - between the old Tavern and the new one being built - a pop group appeared at the Colley WMC and sang " Once upon a time there was a Tavern". They couldn't understand the uproar at the opening line!
richardbush

Did May live opposite the other end of Margetson Crescent from the Tav on Wordsworth,and have one lung,so that she had to smoke a fag faster.If it was her,she was great,and never pulled a pint in the Tav,but collected glasses.She was a charecter,and we do not have many left.Every person that went in the Tav/Old Tav/New Tav,was a person,not like the Trisha fodder that goe in now...Godbless
I think May did live in that area, my dad remembers her and I spoke to a chap from Canada and if my memory is correct I think it was his mum, he's on here often(sweetdexter) he lived on The Cross when it was built so his input is very interesting. x

You should have been there when they turned the street lights on,and still no proper footpaths.Your mom was there,and Pauline,and Val.It was like Blackpool on the Cross that night,and we were posh,coz we had a light at the top of our path.When they lit the orange lights on Wordsworth we use to walk along there just to laugh at ourselves looking a different colour.Those little things you never forget.

You are right twink1 my mother did work at the Tavern,but behind the bar .
I don't think the person Eccoray is talking about and my mother are the same person.
When my mother finished working at the Tavern we lived on Rokeby Dr.From 47 to 58 we lived on Wordsworth but opposite Milnrow Rd
She only died in 2002 at the age of 88.With all lungs intact

I think it was next to the last house that blew up.If it was Warrens.it was.

Sorry about that Sweetdexter.I must be wrong as usual,but there was a woman called May who did collect glasses for many years.The Tavern was my local from 1962 to 1980.My dad,and me used to go in the best room.The Magnet was 2d more in there,than the tap room.We had some good times,both the old,and new Tav's.

My dad used to go into the Tavern from..... god knows when until the early 70s when he died.

Bob Jackson. Anyone remember him?

My dad used to go into the Tavern from..... god knows when until the early 70s when he died.

Bob Jackson. Anyone remember him?

I remember an Alan Jackson off Fulmere,but Bob does not spring to mind.

I dont know an Alan.
Bob Jackson lived on Holgate next to the brook.
He loved the Tavern.

I dont know an Alan.
Bob Jackson lived on Holgate next to the brook.
He loved the Tavern.

Jabber,deep down I wish I could remember your Dad.I do not.My dad Harry Hind went in the Old Tavern from it being built in about 1952.All the people asked for a pub to be built.The nearest was the Parson Cross Hotel,and the next was the Greyhound.You can say what you want about the Tavern,but no pub in our area ever did more for the community than the Tavern.They do not do it now,but it will return.
My Dads mates,Bill Buckley,Bob Hadfield,Dick Thomas,and load of Old lads that I loved.They are all dead now.A lost generation.

Godbless to you all...Ray Hind.

If you are still on the Cross.I go in The Fighting Cock...feel free

Was the doctors house at the back of the Post Office and the other shops on Wordsworth Drive. If so can you remember anyone who knocked about around there.

When I was young my mum used to take me to Dr. Bagon, he was a nice avuncular kind of man (later we used the surgery on Margetson where I almost ended up with a ruptured appendix through an incorrect diagnosois!)Although we lived further up Wordsworth near St Pauls church, my Aunt Alice and Uncle Sid (Family name Green) lived a few houses up from the Ritz.
Thier children my cousins, are Norma, Darryl and Pamela (who became the Head Girl at Chaucer school.
Names I remember from around the Ritz area: Morely (Susan), Hartley, (also my mum's maiden name), Armatige, Latham.
My great Uncle Charlie used to have this huge horse and cart selling fruit and veg up and down Wordsworth.

When I was young my mum used to take me to Dr. Bagon, he was a nice avuncular kind of man (later we used the surgery on Margetson where I almost ended up with a ruptured appendix through an incorrect diagnosois!)Although we lived further up Wordsworth near St Pauls church, my Aunt Alice and Uncle Sid (Family name Green) lived a few houses up from the Ritz.
Thier children my cousins, are Norma, Darryl and Pamela (who became the Head Girl at Chaucer school.
Names I remember from around the Ritz area: Morely (Susan), Hartley, (also my mum's maiden name), Armatige, Latham.
My great Uncle Charlie used to have this huge horse and cart selling fruit and veg up and down Wordsworth.

I remember your cousins also remember very well Charlie and his horse and cart.If I have got it right his second name was Hindes or Hyde.He would turn out in all weathers.We lived on Wordsworth Crescent and Charlie would stop on the Avenue just below the Crescent,my mother bought all her fruit and veg from him.I think he used to stable his horse on the field at the back of the Five arches pond. Good memories.

I remember your cousins also remember very well Charlie and his horse and cart.If I have got it right his second name was Hindes or Hyde.He would turn out in all weathers.We lived on Wordsworth Crescent and Charlie would stop on the Avenue just below the Crescent,my mother bought all her fruit and veg from him.I think he used to stable his horse on the field at the back of the Five arches pond. Good memories.

Thanks for the reply Pete, last I heard Pamela was living in Glasgow.
I remember going to her wedding reception at Stannington Country ?Club
I popped off to see the match at Hillsborough and then went back to the reception where they had this large TV screen. I was horrified to see a stadium in flames - it was the day of the Bradford fire. What made it worse was that Pam and her hubby were living in Bradford.
I think Charlie was actually mu mums uncle, I don't know what his surname was, I remember when his horse died it was like a death in the family (can't help but think of the Steptoe episode when their horse popped hgis clogs although it definitley wasn't funy at the time.
I actually ended up working with Unle Syd (by pure chance) at Elsworths on Herries road near the Wednesday ground (he used to sell tickets at the company car ) on match days.
Iused to go to Mount Tabor Boy Scouts but was asked to leave for consorting with Girl Guide :) I once broke the church window (stained glass) too (accidentally) The Rev Seaman great guy wasn't even mad (Made me replace it though
Happy memories indeed.

[QUOTE=Unregistered]To The Magnet, The Huntsman and The White Horse.

oops I forgot - they've all closed down.
QUOTE]

The White Horse has gone as well?? By the cringe.
Where does Patrick Crowley do his drinking now then? He's banned from everywhere else.

White Horse has just had a refurb.

Hi all I',m new to the forum and what a great site it is. I know a few on here and I know of others.

Bush baby. we haven't met but I know John very well from when he was married to Christine. I see him from time to time and discuuss the old days when he was dancing with her. I still live on the cross and knock around with one of your old mates. Dave Baldwin ( rubberman ) I,ve told hoim about the site so look forward to seeing him on here. It's funny reading the stuff on here and the characters mentioned like MAy in the tavern. once her finger was in the pint pot you'd lost it!!! even if there was a mouthful left.

look forward to hearing more of the old stuff

I'll be back soon. watch out for Baldwin

I left Colley School in 1970, lived on Colley Crescent up to 1974 when I got married and moved to S8. Parson Cross was a nice place in those days, never any trouble like you hear of now, its the lack of disipline i think.


Can anyonre remember the old guy (Noddy) that used to live on colley cresent. I was born in 62 and can remember him doddering down colley road with his stick. ( Ithink he ight have been blind or partially sited) We were all scared of him an used to call him names until we finally plucked up the courage to stand and talk to him. He was a strange simple old character- what happened to the characters like these? why do we only have psychos these days?

Can anyonre remember the old guy (Noddy) that used to live on colley cresent. I was born in 62 and can remember him doddering down colley road with his stick. ( Ithink he ight have been blind or partially sited) We were all scared of him an used to call him names until we finally plucked up the courage to stand and talk to him. He was a strange simple old character- what happened to the characters like these? why do we only have psychos these days?

I vaguely remember Noddy. There was also some guy down near the Ritz whio used to walk round with a Biro held in front of his face.
I always think of him if I hear the song by Neil Innes "how sweet to be an idiot"
Pond Street Norah used to scare the sh*t out of me

I remember the Ritz bloke with the pen!
God Id forgotten all about him. My mother used to tell me that I was going to end up like him if I didnt pull my sicks up and work harder at school.

Can anyonre remember the old guy (Noddy) that used to live on colley cresent. I was born in 62 and can remember him doddering down colley road with his stick. ( Ithink he ight have been blind or partially sited) We were all scared of him an used to call him names until we finally plucked up the courage to stand and talk to him. He was a strange simple old character- what happened to the characters like these? why do we only have psychos these days?
Yes I remember him well, his name is Stuart Nicholson and he has always had very limited sight.
Stuart is still alive, he must be in his late 80's - he has lived happily in a nursing home for the last 20 years at least.

Does anyone remember Tom? The man with one arm who used to walk around with a bloody big alsation?

Rreading these posts brings back memories:) , i left colley in '85' i moved out of sheffield nearly 10 years ago first time i went back was last week i drove past colley school well whats left of it, i had to smile tho when i saw that the headmasters office was still standing, i spent many a time sitting outside his office.
I also called into the Ball for a drink its still the same people that was in there from when i used to go in many years ago.
Couldnt believe parson cross estate its nearly all gone i was shocked.
I used to knock about in ecclesfield mostly sat outside coop smoking a fag also went to the youth club there.

l live in parson cross now and loooking for people who lived here and went to school here
as im in a local history group
and we would like people to tell us they story as how parson cross used to be
so we can make a memory box to take around the local schools and the old people homes in sheffield
hi jabberwocky the bloke the ritz man with the pen that you are reffering to was the son of heffords fruit and veg shop wich was situated near halifax road he was scary then but looking back he was harmless can anybody remember the the fish ponds on foxhill road next to cox and danks the steel mill which is now flats we spent many a happy hour there happy days

I remember the Ritz bloke with the pen!
God Id forgotten all about him. My mother used to tell me that I was going to end up like him if I didnt pull my sicks up and work harder at school.

And clearly she was right Jabbers:D
Allus listen to wot thi mam sez.:thumbsup:

hi jabberwocky the bloke the ritz man with the pen that you are reffering to was the son of heffords fruit and veg shop wich was situated near halifax road he was scary then but looking back he was harmless can anybody remember the the fish ponds on foxhill road next to cox and danks the steel mill which is now flats we spent many a happy hour there happy days

I vaguely remember going to some fish ponds around there, we also used to go fishng at Wosboro Dam on our bikes.
Cycling home to the Cross always seemed a very long journey and all uphill

Hello, Parsn Cross types. I used to live just behind the Magnet at Southey Green (shocked to read on this site that the Magnet had been demolished; my dad will be turning in his grave- this and Southey WM Club were his favourite watering holes). Because of the location of our house, I always said that I was from Southey Green. I attended Southey School from Infants to Juniors to Senior Secondary. Forgotten the name of the Headmistress in the Infant School, Miss Dewsnap was the headmistress in the Juniors, and Mr. Kay, ah! dear Mr. Kay, was headmaster in the Seniors. Mr. Cooper (Boris) was assitant head, and also taught science and math. Miss Cowp - nobody mentioned her - was senior mistress for the girls. Any girl remember the old battleaxe who taught Domestic Science and sewing? Miss Charlton? To this day, I hate sewing, because of that woman. I attended Southey Methodist Church on Moonshine Lane, and we shared the minister, along with Creswick Greave Methodist, and I remember Mr. Seaman very well, who was followed by Rev. Ron Wills, who we used to think looked like Ken Dodd. It took me four days to read all forty four pages on this link, and it was the memory of Mr. Seaman that inspired me to join in. Keep the memories coming, please.
Many of the places (streets etc. ) the names I knew, but location is hazy.
I had an aunt who lived on Holgate Ave. down Adlington Road, from our house. Talk soon.:)

:wave: :wave: :wave: I'm a Bush (surprise surprise!!) as mentioned above.
Mom (Angela) is still on the go. She's 88 and lives in sheltered accomodation near Hillsboro Park.
Lots of the listed names ring bells:-
Seniors, Baldwins and Ledgers were all family friends, and I knew many of the other families on the list.
A personal email from any of them would be welcome.

is this peter or?

hi jabberwocky the bloke the ritz man with the pen that you are reffering to was the son of heffords fruit and veg shop wich was situated near halifax road he was scary then but looking back he was harmless can anybody remember the the fish ponds on foxhill road next to cox and danks the steel mill which is now flats we spent many a happy hour there happy days


blackspot
you are right about the man with the pen I think is name was John he used to walk miles, didnt cause any problems to anyone.
I used to go fishing on the pond you mentioned it was the small pond we used to call Moss and Gambles situated at the side of the factory.The factory made castings of some type and when the big hammer started up the ground shuddered that much it lifted you off your fishing basket.I went on the pond straight from school every night, I caught the same fish that many times I individually named them.Above the pond was what we called the res and we wasnt allowed to fish it, it required permits etc.Somewhere on the Forum the res was brought up because of the death of two brothers that drowned.
Thinking about it the res was very dangerous especially in one corner as there was a deep drop straight in, no chance of climbing back out.
Over the back of the res was what we called the newt pond this was the smallest of the ponds and as the name suggests it was full of newts.
Happy days.

there was only the pheasant left but now the white horse has opened back up . well we will see how long it will stay open i wont give too long before it's shut again lol

the house that you lived at is it the big detached house near the island .if so my friend lives there now what a lovely big house it deserves a better surounding

blackspot
you are right about the man with the pen I think is name was John he used to walk miles, didnt cause any problems to anyone.
I used to go fishing on the pond you mentioned it was the small pond we used to call Moss and Gambles situated at the side of the factory.The factory made castings of some type and when the big hammer started up the ground shuddered that much it lifted you off your fishing basket.I went on the pond straight from school every night, I caught the same fish that many times I individually named them.Above the pond was what we called the res and we wasnt allowed to fish it, it required permits etc.Somewhere on the Forum the res was brought up because of the death of two brothers that drowned.
Thinking about it the res was very dangerous especially in one corner as there was a deep drop straight in, no chance of climbing back out.
Over the back of the res was what we called the newt pond this was the smallest of the ponds and as the name suggests it was full of newts.
Happy days.

Yes, his name was John, he always had a smile on his face and never took his eyes off his pen.
Speaking of newts, I remember one of my mates dropping a newt off the top of Kepple's Column just before it was closed for being unsafe.
I am happy to report that it survived (the newt that is - not the column; I have no idea if it is still standing)

I have found an oblique reference to a World War Two anti-aircraft gun emplacement at Parson Cross. The emplacement was possibly somewhere off Remington Road / Remington Avenue. Can anybody give me an exact location?

Parson Cross is an estate of two halves:

New Parson Cross and Old Parson Cross, Pre War and Post War.

Much of Old Parson Cross was built in 1937 and New Parson Cross in 1947.

Remington Road is part of New Parson Cross and did not exist in World War Two - it was built in 1947 in the middle of farm land. That does not rule out the possibility of a gun emplacement being in that location but I have never heard talk of one.

As with ''New Pence,'' the ''New'' in New Parson Cross was dropped long ago!

In 2002 I veiwed the corner bungalow of salt box lane (The Traffic lights at Grenoside). The owner told me that an anti aircraft gun was located in what is now the front garden the cast base is apparently still there although covered by earth and gracc. The grass has a slightly orange hue to it as the cast iron has now rusted over the years.

this is for bushbaby i am a Glaves and wondered which Bush you were, I have just joined the forum and have enjoyed some of your posts. By the way for everyone else the newt pond was over the back of the moss and gambles pond and one day when we were going to catch some we were photographed for the morning telegraph as 2 boys had drowned in the pond the day before. This wa about 1969. Anyone remember it.

My mom and dad moved from Blayton Road in 1947 when I was a baby, to Dryden Road, just behind the Magnet. Does that make me "old" or "new" Parson Cross? I remember my dad taking me for a walk from our house, over Southey Hill. down Adlington Road, on to another road (?) then down three on the right to Holgate Ave. to visit my aunt and family. Often I would be too tired for the walk home, so we would get on the bus, No. 10 at the bottom of Adlington, and I think Buchanan Roads. I remember playing at the edge of the cornfield whilst waiting for the bus. We used to get off No. 10 just around the corner from the Magnet, then walk back to the house. I used to ge to work on the 194 to Firth Brown Ltd., in the 60's, anyone else out there still living from those days?

My mom and dad moved from Blayton Road in 1947 when I was a baby, to Dryden Road, just behind the Magnet. Does that make me "old" or "new" Parson Cross?


...we would get on the bus, No. 10 at the bottom of Adlington, and I think Buchanan Road. I remember playing at the edge of the cornfield whilst waiting for the bus.

That's Old Parson Cross - built in 1937, although I'm not sure where Parson Cross actually ends and Southey begins. Southey does have a lot more history though, I've seen maps from the 1850's showing several buildings at the very top of Southey Hill but only a single farm half way down Southey Hill and another farm on Doe Royd Lane.

I'm sure that the bus was the 110 in your youth and it became the number 10 later. It terminated at the bottom of Adlington Road by going round the roundabout and heading back up Adlington to town. I think it became the number 10 when the route was extended along Holgate Avenue and down Colley Road.

At the bottom of Adlington Road is Deerlands Avenue.
Buchanan Road crosses Adlington Road higher up.

Here is a picture of the old Travellers Rest. The Magnet (now demolished) was built later on the same site. (http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s07050.jpg)

I used to ge to work on the 194 to Firth Brown Ltd., in the 60's, anyone else out there still living from those days?
Still alive and well (though some might not quite agree) Used to catch the 194 "workers bus" myself from the end of Galsworthy to begin its descent into Attercliffe, sat with all the coughers on the top deck.
Is your old house by chance on the photo below, from last year.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wharncliffe/Southey014.jpg

this is for bushbaby .

Hi Muffinman, got your email thanks. It's good to make your acquaintance again. Did you read my thread about "The Buccaneer"?
A thing I remember about your house it that the garden path was a universal shortcut from Fulmere Crescent to the garage site and then onto Chaucer Rd and all points beyond.
I guess your mum and dad must have been a bit fed up of people traipsing up and down outside your house, although they never seemed to mind.
I also recall that your dad, a keen Wednesdayite, cancelled his weekly subscription to the "The People" (Sunday paper, now known as the Sunday People") after their investigations about bribery led to lifetime bans for Swanny and Bronco, as well as Tony Kaye.
By the way, did you know that Tony Kaye was related to the "Allens" (Adrian's family)?

2 boys had drowned in the pond the day before. This was about 1969. Anyone remember it.
Ahh! A sad day indeed. Some good friends of mine at the time, Nellie and Julie Webster, were cousins to one of the lads. It had quite a profound effect around the Parson Cross/Wadsley Bridge area. It was the main talking point at Buchanan Rd chipshop for quite some time afterwards.

That's Old Parson Cross - built in 1937, although I'm not sure where Parson Cross actually ends and Southey begins. Southey does have a lot more history though, I've seen maps from the 1850's showing several buildings at the very top of Southey Hill but only a single farm half way down Southey Hill and another farm on Doe Royd Lane.

I'm sure that the bus was the 110 in your youth and it became the number 10 later. It terminated at the bottom of Adlington Road by going round the roundabout and heading back up Adlington to town. I think it became the number 10 when the route was extended along Holgate Avenue and down Colley Road.

At the bottom of Adlington Road is Deerlands Avenue.
Buchanan Road crosses Adlington Road higher up.

Here is a picture of the old Travellers Rest. The Magnet (now demolished) was built later on the same site. (http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgh/s07050.jpg)
I learned something new about the cross once again! That pub was there before the magnet?
I love this thread.

[QUOTE=Unregistered]

I'm sure that the bus was the 110 in your youth and it became the number 10 later. QUOTE]

We used to call the field, which stretches from Wordsworth down to Holgate, the "110" field, as you needed to go across it (from Wordsworth) in order to catch the 110 bus.
You could of course just walk down Deerlands, but where's the fun in that?

Hi jmdee,
I remember those "gang wars" from the 50s,i lived on adlington crescent until 1998, i probably know you.

Who are You then?

I lived at number 51, ring any bells?

Are you Brian L?

Hi jmdee,
No Brian L lived next door at 49, you've got me wondering now who you might be,anyhow i'm Dennis D,do you remember me?

Are you Brian L?

No i'm Dennis D,if you dont remember me you may remember my sisters Jean and Iris.

Are you Brian L?

No Dennis D.
Dozey.

I dont rate this crap at all,IGNORANT clichy people on here,i'm going back to MSN.
Dozey.


**** off then miserable git

ive lived in parson cross and wadsly bridge all my life i went to parson cross school then on to chaucer school were is were my kids go to now

ive lived on parson cross all my life i went to parson cross c of e school then went onto chaucer school i grew up on baxter drive just behing fletchers (which isnt there anymore)had many fun days sledgind down hills on backedge now my kids are at the schools i went to (feels strange as my sons form teacher at chaucer was also my form teacher tooo lol)

**** off then miserable git

I remember him from the Cross
A right trouble causer he was
Good riddance

I learned something new about the cross once again!

That pub was there before the magnet?

I love this thread.

Yes - The Travellers Inn was on the site of The Magnet in 1855, although Southey Green Road didn't go by that name back then.

It was called Toad Hole Lane (down towards The Ritz) and Southey Lane (towards Sheffield Lane Top) about 160 years ago.

Thaks for the info. Im going to have to start researching The Cross and the Southey area, I always thought they only started in the 1930s but with the little farms and stuff, it looks as if they go back far longer.

I remember him from the Cross
A right trouble causer he was
Good riddance
you remember me? who the hell are you then? you don't know me how can you remember me?

**** off then miserable git
that's miserable OLD git to you, if you dont mind.

Thaks for the info. Im going to have to start researching The Cross and the Southey area, I always thought they only started in the 1930s but with the little farms and stuff, it looks as if they go back far longer.

Sheffield Corporation started buying farm land for housing around Doe Royd Lane by Compulory Purchase Order in 1937 but the area was known locally as Southey, not Parson Cross.

I've tried to pinpoint the historical Parson Cross without any success. Parson Cross School existed in 1855 (where it still is today, opposite the White Horse) and Parson Cross Toll Booth was located right opposite Wadsley Bridge Station at the same time.

With Parson Cross Road being constructed some time later, off Halifax Road, I have a suspicion (but no proof) that our illusive Parson with a Cross in his front garden lived somewhere nearer Wadsley Bridge !

Sheffield Corporation started buying farm land for housing around Doe Royd Lane by Compulory Purchase Order in 1937 but the area was known locally as Southey, not Parson Cross.

I've tried to pinpoint the historical Parson Cross without any success. Parson Cross School existed in 1855 (where it still is today, opposite the White Horse) and Parson Cross Toll Booth was located right opposite Wadsley Bridge Station at the same time.

With Parson Cross Road being constructed some time later, off Halifax Road, I have a suspicion (but no proof) that our illusive Parson with a Cross in his front garden lived somewhere nearer Wadsley Bridge !
I was told that my great grandfather owned a place called longley hall at the end of the 19th century, I wonder if that has any connection. My Brother knows the family history so I think im going to have to start bugging him via email.
Thanks for the information, its fascinating to think that the area where i was brought up has a longer history than i imagined.

I remember him from the Cross
A right trouble causer he was
Good riddance
I lived on Parson Cross at the same address for 53 years,but was finally forced out of my home by local criminals,probably because i was the only one that stood up to them.

Thanks unregistered for the picture of Dryden Rd. it's changed so much(because the Magnet wasn't there) and yes!! that's our house the first left on the terraced houses, wow! I sure went back in time for a spell. And you're right, I did get on the 110 down Adlinton Road, and back, and occasionally when I went into town to Bridge Street Butd because of our location, we usually took the 97 or 98 when it came round the corner and went into town
down Moonshine Lane, Barnsley Road to Castle Gate. Last time I was in Sheffield was 1980, and I didn't know my way around. Downtown was something else, it's kind of unnerving, thinking you know where you are, but really you're lost. Try asking for directions in town with a Sheffield accent??

With all this talk about the early days of Parson Cross, and indeed Parson Cross Rd and School, do we have any idea of the origin of the name? Was there a "Cross" or any other significant source of material for it?

I lived on Parson Cross at the same address for 53 years,but was finally forced out of my home by local criminals,good riddance to Parson Cross an estate ruined.

If you ever hung around St Pauls Church on Wordsworth I do remember you.
If not, it is someone with the same name as you and in that case I apologise

If you ever hung around St Pauls Church on Wordsworth I do remember you.
If not, it is someone with the same name as you and in that case I apologise
No never did hang around that area of Parson Cross,more Southey Green area,not trying to be clever, but i think i may be a lot older than you think i am!
whilst on the subject of apologies,i must apologise for my outburst earlier in this thread (crap,ignorant) i did not understand how these pages work,i apologise without reservations to anyone offended by it.

Hi I used to live on Monteney Rd I went to Monteney School were my mates were Helena Abakanowicz, Helen Hattersley, Ruth Grey, there was a lad called Neil Lawson who would wear a black leather jacket and pretend he was the fonz,

Does anyone remember the Teachers at Monteney school, There was mr white the headmaster, he retired and mr knowles became the new head, there was mr jenkins (english) miss lowe (she was french) can anyone remember anymore

I remember the teachers at monteney school from the earrly 60s.There was mrs cork who had 40 kids in her class,Mr Roper who was very mean,Mr Day who was a big guy with a beard.I lived on Wordsworth Ave just down from the clinic and St Pauls church,I think I used to hang around with mr blueowls brother

I lived on Wordsworth Ave just down from the clinic and St Pauls church, I think I used to hang around with mr blueowls brother

Can't say that I knew them that well, but I remember names like Pease, Biddles, Bloomer, Goodwin, Lightfoot, Dalton, Wright and Surr from that area.

It amazes and saddens me that, when we all finished school some of our daily contacts just dissolved, so many people simply 'disappeared' - never to be seen again from that last day at school to this. Hopefully kids of today will keep all their school mates listed on their mobiles.

Wheata shops were like foreign territory to us kids, afterall, it was two full bus stops from the Tavern - and they had coppers with dogs living nearby so we kept away!

I knew the Pease family,they had 13 kids and the Surr family had 10 kids, the Wrights used to live behind us ,Martin,Stuart,and Christine, I remember my younger brother and Martin trying to nick the gears off the cops bike at the top of wheata rd and the dogs chased them away,master criminals these two!!!

Can anyonre remember the old guy (Noddy) that used to live on colley cresent. I was born in 62 and can remember him doddering down colley road with his stick. ( Ithink he ight have been blind or partially sited) We were all scared of him an used to call him names until we finally plucked up the courage to stand and talk to him. He was a strange simple old character- what happened to the characters like these? why do we only have psychos these days?

Stuart (Noddy as you correctly say he was known as) used to live next door to us with his dad and brother, I remember his dad and brother died and Stuart did go in a home. I see another reply says he is still alive and still in the home.

Does anyone remember the Teachers at Monteney school, There was mr white the headmaster, he retired and mr knowles became the new head, there was mr jenkins (english) miss lowe (she was french) can anyone remember anymore



There was Mr Hall Geography in room 15 on the top floor. There was also Pete Evans in room 13. his wife was a teacher at Chap Comp. There was also a music teacher, Miss Shackelton I think but she got married and I can't think of her Married Name.

There was Mr Hall Geography in room 15 on the top floor. There was also Pete Evans in room 13. his wife was a teacher at Chap Comp. There was also a music teacher, Miss Shackelton I think but she got married and I can't think of her Married Name.

There was also Mr Hilbert, Mr Dunn, Miss Grapes Miss Bonart(is that how you spell it?) Miss dervycka later Mrs Jago, Mrs Turner, Mrs Sutton, Mrs Flynn, Mrs Minchin, Mrs Wolstenholme, Mrs Lakin.

No never did hang around that area of Parson Cross,more Southey Green area,not trying to be clever, but i think i may be a lot older than you think i am!
whilst on the subject of apologies,i must apologise for my outburst earlier in this thread (crap,ignorant) i did not understand how these pages work,i apologise without reservations to anyone offended by it.

No worries Dozey, anyway sorry again for the misunderstanding.
Glad you are going to hang around
I just turned 55 - where did it all go?:(

I remember the teachers at monteney school from the earrly 60s.There was mrs cork who had 40 kids in her class,Mr Roper who was very mean,Mr Day who was a big guy with a beard.I lived on Wordsworth Ave just down from the clinic and St Pauls church,I think I used to hang around with mr blueowls brother

You must be Ian or Timothy I guess if memory serves me correctly.

Roper used to hate me for some reason even though I was almost top of the class.

I went to Mums' funeral last year - Mr Gannon from across the road was there looking fit as a fiddle.

I knew the Pease family,they had 13 kids and the Surr family had 10 kids, the Wrights used to live behind us ,Martin,Stuart,and Christine, I remember my younger brother and Martin trying to nick the gears off the cops bike at the top of wheata rd and the dogs chased them away,master criminals these two!!!

I once got into trouble with a copper for riding two-on-a-bike with Phil Oxley who lived just up from the Wrights. I also used to knock around with Stuart Wright and John Stokes who lived further down Wheata.
The families on our side of Wordsworth that I remember
Ashforth, Henderson, Bloomer, Hill (O'Neil) Millward, Rooker, Fiddler, Watts, Gilbertson as well as the Pease and Surrs
Mrs Henderson used to lend me her season ticket to go and watch Wednesday reserves when I was about nine or ten.

Does anyone remember the Teachers at Monteney school, There was mr white the headmaster, he retired and mr knowles became the new head, there was mr jenkins (english) miss lowe (she was french) can anyone remember anymore

I must have been there before you, I remember Mr White took over after Mr Lewis the former Head passed away
I remember Roper, Wrightson - who married Miss Garside, Housden, and some horrible old bag called Miss Leach,
What was the name of the headmistress at the Infant school Handley I think -quite a character she was.

I must have been there before you, I remember Mr White took over after Mr Lewis the former Head passed away
I remember Roper, Wrightson - who married Miss Garside, Housden, and some horrible old bag called Miss Leach,
What was the name of the headmistress at the Infant school Handley I think -quite a character she was.


Think I remember Miss Handley, if I am correct she taught us to sing "Silent Night" in German for some unknown reason!

Think I remember Miss Handley, if I am correct she taught us to sing "Silent Night" in German for some unknown reason!

That could only be her, a little eccentric but very nice lady.
Short of stature with blackish hair and a walking stick

Think I remember Miss Handley, if I am correct she taught us to sing "Silent Night" in German for some unknown reason!

Probably because it was a German Carrol 'Stille Nacht'.
Much better sung in German

With all this talk about the early days of Parson Cross, and indeed Parson Cross Rd and School, do we have any idea of the origin of the name? Was there a "Cross" or any other significant source of material for it?
Dear Bushbaby,
I looked on the wbsite for Parson Cross but it doesn't mention the origin of the name. It only says that the area now known as Parson Cross was extensive farm land prior to essential house building.
Looks like a phone call to the Town Hall is required for futher historical information.
richardbush

No worries Dozey, anyway sorry again for the misunderstanding.
Glad you are going to hang around
I just turned 55 - where did it all go?:(
Good Question,i'll be 62 next(January).

Dear Bushbaby,
I looked on the wbsite for Parson Cross but it doesn't mention the origin of the name. It only says that the area now known as Parson Cross was extensive farm land prior to essential house building.
Looks like a phone call to the Town Hall is required for futher historical information.
richardbush

Speaking of crosses, I remember the huge concrete cross on St Paul's church being struck by lightning and landing in the garden of the house next door but one to us.
When it was replaced by a wooden cross I had my pic on the front page of the Star as part of a bunch of kids watching the crane hoist it up to the top of that ugly tower in front of the church
It wa aounnd 196263 I guess

I think it got struck twice,before they decided to put a wooden cross up,and by the way,the church cost £38,000 to build.

£38,000 is now worth £635,713,22,any good or what.

Speaking of crosses, I remember the huge concrete cross on St Paul's church being struck by lightning and landing in the garden of the house next door but one to us.
When it was replaced by a wooden cross I had my pic on the front page of the Star as part of a bunch of kids watching the crane hoist it up to the top of that ugly tower in front of the church
It wa aounnd 196263 I guess
I thought that cross landed on the vicars mini?

I thought that cross landed on the vicars mini?
Yeah, I grew up with that story too. Be a shame to think it wasn't true, but I guess urban myths often aren't.

Dear Bushbaby,
Looks like a phone call to the Town Hall is required ...
richardbush

When I was at Sheffield Uni a few years ago, doing some research into Social History, I had a look through the library's catalogue to try and find an origin of the name "Parson Cross", and could find nothing whatsoever. The estate is definitely named after the street/school at Wadsley Bridge, but where those names originated seems to be lost in the mists of time.
I'm not sure that ringing the Town Hall would bear much fruit. They can't even tell me why there are so many potholes in the road at Gleadless!

is the town hall still open ? ha ha

I remember once, my brother John, and his mate Dave B, were stood at the bottom of the gennel on Wordsworth, on either side of the road. As a number 49 came past, they would each throw a small stone over the bus to the other.
It was a real laugh until my brother’s stone went through the bus window and my dad had to fork out for a new one.
He still had the receipt in his pocket when he died 20 years later...

You must be Ian or Timothy I guess if memory serves me correctly.

Roper used to hate me for some reason even though I was almost top of the class.

I went to Mums' funeral last year - Mr Gannon from across the road was there looking fit as a fiddle.


You must be Keith..I contacted Brian a couple of months ago but I have changed computors and have lost his e mail address,could you forward it to me please.I heard you were in Hong Kong,did you move back to Sheffield . I,m now living in Arizona, in the town that bought the London bridge,its a little warmer than Ecclesfield ,120 degrees and sunny every day,but I still miss home.

I,m now living in Arizona, in the town that bought the London bridge.

Wow! Is the bridge still there? Is it across a river or summat? Any chance of a foto of it?

bushbaby
its not a jennel on wordsworth its a 8 FOOT



life is very short and there no time for fussing and fighting my friend

You must be Keith..I contacted Brian a couple of months ago but I have changed computors and have lost his e mail address,could you forward it to me please.I heard you were in Hong Kong,did you move back to Sheffield . I,m now living in Arizona, in the town that bought the London bridge,its a little warmer than Ecclesfield ,120 degrees and sunny every day,but I still miss home.

Hi (Tim?)
Yes I'm Keith.
I have never moved back to Sheffield. I lived in Hong Kong '81-83, Bangladesh 83- 84, Hong Kong 85-96, Indonesia 96 -99, Singapore 99-2002Hong Kong again 2003 then to Malaysia where I am now
I hope life is treating you well. I will send Brian's email address.
The only thing I really miss aboout Sheff is going to Hillsborough

bushbaby
its not a jennel on wordsworth its a 8 FOOT



life is very short and there no time for fussing and fighting my friend

..........so I will ask you once again

Is there a difference?

Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong :)

bushbaby
its not a jennel on wordsworth its a 8 FOOT


Of course it is .I stand corrected
Am I right in thinking it's THE eightfoot? Are there any more?

..........so I will ask you once again


Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong :)

They really don't write 'em like that anymore do they?

What on earth is happening to Margetson shops ? ? ?

they are doing them all up and creating new parking and stuff.

work
I worked there in 1997, the manager at the time... forgot his name but he was a bit of a fly by night did me out of my tax!!! i then went to work for martin and carol in the ball. That was alrieght, Martin was fun to work for what with his cajun chicken on a sunday for the footballers. Ball supposed to have gone down hill since they left. My hubbie says it was best 20 years ago before they did it up in those dark colours and fancy chairs.

Hi Helen
I go in Red Lion at Thorpe Hesley every week and i told Carol and Martin about your post on this site and they were so pleased they asked me to contact you and Craig to send their love and ask how you are keeping you must have many friends that go in the Red Lion due to the fact they spoke to other people about you.
Hopfully i will hear from you soon so i can pass it on to Carol and Martin.

They are doing them all up and creating new parking and stuff.


God only knows why they need to dig down so deep. It must be costing thousands, I just hope it's worth it.

The roads around there were built by Italian and German POWs werent they? I remember taking a pnuematic drill to one when I worked for YWA in the 80s and the surface is like iron and about 2 feet thick.

Hi Helen
I go in Red Lion at Thorpe Hesley every week and i told Carol and Martin about your post on this site and they were so pleased they asked me to contact you and Craig to send their love and ask how you are keeping you must have many friends that go in the Red Lion due to the fact they spoke to other people about you.
Hopfully i will hear from you soon so i can pass it on to Carol and Martin.

I'm sure that Carol was brought up on the Cross, just down from the Wordsworth Tavern on Colley Road.

Anywayz, always a great girl and a very sad loss for the area when they moved on from running The Ball Inn at Ecclesfield.

The roads around there were built by Italian and German POWs werent they? I remember taking a pnuematic drill to one when I worked for YWA in the 80s and the surface is like iron and about 2 feet thick.

Indeed they were. And I suppose Margetson has to be strongly built as it was a one time terminus for some 49 buses.

There is a POW inscription made in the wet concrete gutter right outside the Wordsworth Tavern. Now it's covered in Tarmac.

Indeed they were. And I suppose Margetson has to be strongly built as it was a one time terminus for some 49 buses.

There is a POW inscription made in the wet concrete gutter right outside the Wordsworth Tavern. Now it's covered in Tarmac.
Ive seen a few POW carvings on the roads, usually at junctions around there , theres usually a little triangle in the middle of the road with POW carved into it.

There is a POW inscription made in the wet concrete gutter right outside the Wordsworth Tavern. .

What do these carvings look like? Is it initials or a logo or summink?

What do these carvings look like? Is it initials or a logo or summink?


It's not been visible for many years, since the concrete of Wordsworth Avenue was covered tarmac, so I can't remember it precisely.

As a kid I do remember asking a ''grown up'' what the POW meant and he told me Prisoner of War. I think it also contained the year - 1947 ?

As far as I can recall, it was simply written by a finger or a stick when the concrete was still wet.

It is in the gutter of the road, on the bend of the junction between Wordsworth Avenue and Margetson Crescent, on the same side as the Wordsworth Tavern pub.

If you go to most of the junctions around there youll see the POW signs in the road, Im not sure if these ones were scratched in or not but they look professional, as if there was a template or something pressed into the concrete when it was wet.
I used to work for the YWA and we tried to avoid chopping them out with the pnuematic drills if it was possible.

Someone previously mentioned the bowling alley at Kilner Way, Wadsley Bridge, which has been closed for a while . . .

. . . well someone has recently made a planning application for the ''Erection of retail units and the redesign and refurbishment of the existing bowl building at Kilner Way.''

Just been for a run round Colley Crescent, it looks so much smaller than when i was a child. The hill didn't look half as steep as when we used to go down it on our roller skates! They have planted trees on the field - probably to stop ball games, what a shame. We used to sledge from top to bottom in winter, they can't do that now either. Looked at our old house, still got the old windows in and the privet hedge was still there only not as high. Aaah memories and a lump in the throat!

Anyone remember the huge ? brickbuilt hole in the ground on land between Doe Royd Cres &Doe Royd Lane? It was very deep.Someone chucked my coat in & I couldnt get it back.This was in the 40s. I went to a street party on the Cres after the war. We used to live opposite Albert Quixall, Sheff Wed player.He had 2 sisters, & a bro called Spud.

There are houses on the land now

Wonder what the hole was for?

Wonder what the hole was for?

That was the site of Doe Royd Farm before 1937 but I've no idea what it may have been for.

Old maps show a nearby well, but that was on the other side of what became Wordsworth Avenue, near to Mount Tabor church.

Wonder what the hole was for?
If the hole was that deep I reckon it must have been a well, even if the map is a bit out. I can't think of any other reason for it. Waste disposal maybe?

I've heard of The Black Hole of Southey - but that was The Magnet :)

God what dump that became. Talk about 'spit and sawdust' - and they didn't bother with the sawdust. Little wonder it don't exist anymore.

They really don't write 'em like that anymore do they?

No, they certainly don't.
Lennon and MaCartney seemed to have a special talent for producing magical songs (that we still sing along to today) during that golden era in the mid-sixties when they wrote most of the Beatles' classics.

All You Need is Love

I saw a Michael Bush on TV - BBC2 Working Lunch 1257 5/9/06 about a Sheffield company creating cutting edge technology - He sounded like he was raised on The Cross !

It will be webcast here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/mediaplayer/players/bbc2/bb_wm_console.shtml?package=4588073&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&clip=wl_tue_050906_segment3)

I saw a Michael Bush on TV - BBC2 Working Lunch 1257 5/9/06 about a Sheffield company creating cutting edge technology - He sounded like he was raised on The Cross !

He was indeed raised on The Cross. Big family. House on Wordsworth, in between the garage and the eightfoot.

Same house as me in fact!

Bush Baby.

Apparentley, the "parson cross" name derived from the The route/path that the Parson of Ecclesfield church took when he visited his other churches he was responsable for. so for all intents and purposes. The area where the parson crossed became known as "Parson Cross"

Bush Baby.
The area where the parson crossed became known as "Parson Cross"

Sounds good. Especially as I had visions of an angry vicar....

Bush Baby.

Apparentley, the "parson cross" name derived from the The route/path that the Parson of Ecclesfield church took when he visited his other churches he was responsable for. so for all intents and purposes. The area where the parson crossed became known as "Parson Cross"


HI i was interested in what you said as im tracing my family tree , i was brought up in sheffield but moved down south ,all my family are still there ! But my Great grandad was a vicar at parsons cross! his name was James moorhouse and it would have been around the 1920 circa. roughly!

i would be really interested if anyone had any information on him please !