Anyone remember what the area was like then? Mostly terrace houses I think. Were they not pulled down in slum clearance in the mid 70s?

Depends on which part of Sharrow you are referring to.

Parts were demolished in the sixties to build the Washington Road flats, the other side of Washington Road was demolished mid seventies.

Mount Pleasant Road, and Sherrington and Cecil Roads were demolished in 1978/9.

Yes they were considered "slum" but the street I lived on it was purely that thye had outside loos, and no bathrooms internally. They couldhave been "enveloped" and for a hundred/ 200 quid or so pr property, they could have been done up. It cost £250 in 1982/3 for my then fiance's mother's property to be renovated, and the back bedroom divided off into a small bedroom-with-adjoining-bathroom.

Anyone remember what the area was like then? Mostly terrace houses I think. Were they not pulled down in slum clearance in the mid 70s?

My Grandma lived on Hobart Street, just off Sharrow Lane and I visited her regularly from the 40's through to the 60's. In those days it was a vibrant working class area of terraced houses with loads of corner shops on Club Garden Road and Sharrow Lane. My other Grandma lived on Club Street just off Club Garden Road. I recently looked on Google's Street View to find that the Hobart St property is still there, altho' probably modernised, whereas the house on Club Street has been replaced by flats/ maisonettes.
Like Plain Talker I cannot understand why some dwellings were considered suitable for improvement whilst others were condemned to be replaced by 60's brutalist architecture. Such is 'progress'.

My Grandma lived on Hobart Street, just off Sharrow Lane and I visited her regularly from the 40's through to the 60's. In those days it was a vibrant working class area of terraced houses with loads of corner shops on Club Garden Road and Sharrow Lane. My other Grandma lived on Club Street just off Club Garden Road. I recently looked on Google's Street View to find that the Hobart St property is still there, altho' probably modernised, whereas the house on Club Street has been replaced by flats/ maisonettes.
Like Plain Talker I cannot understand why some dwellings were considered suitable for improvement whilst others were condemned to be replaced by 60's brutalist architecture. Such is 'progress'.

Particularly not for solid, brick-built housing to be replaced by such godawful jerry-built tat as the flats on the Washington road estate.

My ex hub lived in the same style flats in Netherthorpe (now demolished) as Washington Road, and they were truly awful, full of damp, and hard to head due to the construction methods.

I can understand the cruddy back-to-backs being demolished, as they really were, more often than not, unfit for habitation, but I have, for thirty years, puzzled this question.

The properties on Mount Pleasant, Horner, and Sherrington/ Cecil roads were similar to the properties yards away, on Vincent road and South View road. These were properties which were considered "Salvageable" and had that relatively minuscule amount of money spent on them, to upgrade to indoor sanitation.

I cannot understand why some dwellings were considered suitable for improvement whilst others were condemned to be replaced by 60's brutalist architecture. Such is 'progress'.I think a lot of the wholesale compulsory purchases and demolitions were due to the Labour thinking of the day.

They wanted to have everyone under the thumb and to be able to interfere in every little detail of their lives. Taking properties out of private ownership for a song and putting everyone into council tenancies was a good way of achieving that.

Later they decided that 'enveloping' was a more popular way to go. It was a great idea and certainly, for a time anyway, improved the look of areas. Although it did cost a lot of public money, it was done with more public approval than the breaking up and displacement of long established communities that the demolitions achieved.

I think a lot of the wholesale compulsory purchases and demolitions were due to the Labour thinking of the day.

They wanted to have everyone under the thumb and to be able to interfere in every little detail of their lives. Taking properties out of private ownership for a song and putting everyone into council tenancies was a good way of achieving that.

Later they decided that 'enveloping' was a more popular way to go. It was a great idea and certainly, for a time anyway, improved the look of areas. Although it did cost a lot of public money, it was done with more public approval than the breaking up and displacement of long established communities that the demolitions achieved.

:nod: The council broke up communities like Darnall and Attercliffe in the 50's, 60's,and 70's. They did it with Sharrow, in the 60s and 70's, they did it with Manor in the eighties. (to name but a few - Pitsmoor, Ellesmere etc, etc, etc)

Plain Talker, where were the back to back houses in Sheffield?
On my travels I came across lots in the Hunslet/Beeston areas of Leeds but can't recall noticing any in Sheffield. All the terraces I knew were of the 'through type ' with windows back and front. Perhaps I just didn't visit the right districts?

Plain Talker, where were the back to back houses in Sheffield?
On my travels I came across lots in the Hunslet/Beeston areas of Leeds but can't recall noticing any in Sheffield. All the terraces I knew were of the 'through type ' with windows back and front. Perhaps I just didn't visit the right districts?They were all demolished by the early 60s. Park Hill, where the 'listed' flats are now was a main area of backtobacks, but most inner city areas had some.

The time I'm talking about in my post above was in the late 60s onwards. The back to backs were all long gone by then. The terraced housing that was left could easily have been converted into decent housing, as can be seen by the condition of the ones that were left standing.

Fawcett Street and surrounding area, (the last two properties My grandparents lived inon Fawcett street until they were clearanced in 1957 were back to backs) Attercliffe, had them, Stewart Road, in Hunters Bar, Leverton (where the three recently refurbished high rise are, at the bottom of the Lansdowne development...) lots in Broomhall. There were shedloads in the "Park" district, as Rubydazzler mentioned.

There were loads in Pitsmoor/ ellesmere/ woodside, too...

In another thread, specifically about back to backs, someone mentioned Stewart Road at Hunters Bar having some BTB properties still standing, in the early to mid seventies.

back to backs in the netherthorpe/ upperthorpe/ kelvin area, too (demolished to build the Kelvin Flats)

Thanks Ruby.
I must admit that I can't recall what existed where the Park Hill Flats are prior to their construction. My early compass areas were Heeley, Highfields, Lowfields and 'Town'. Later on it widened to take in Gleadless and altho' eventually I came to know most areas of the City, as I inferred earlier, I can't remember any back to back houses.

Thanks Ruby.
I must admit that I can't recall what existed where the Park Hill Flats are prior to their construction. My early compass areas were Heeley, Highfields, Lowfields and 'Town'. Later on it widened to take in Gleadless and altho' eventually I came to know most areas of the City, as I inferred earlier, I can't remember any back to back houses.

To look at the frontage of the properties, you'd not necessarily be aware that the internal construction was a back-to-back. They looked very similar to the ordinary terraces.

this was a picture of b2B's in Stepney Street, in Park... (where the Park hill flats are now)

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s04313

This is Long Henry Street, Park

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s04313

Duke Street, Park

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s04280

Addy Street, Upperthorpe/ Crookesmoor area
http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s12880

There were some back to backs on one side of Franklin Street. As you went from Sharrow Lane the ones on the right were Btb whilst the ones on the left were straight through.

To look at the frontage of the properties, you'd not necessarily be aware that the internal construction was a back-to-back. They looked very similar to the ordinary terraces.

this was a picture of b2B's in Stepney Street, in Park... (where the Park hill flats are now)

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s04313

This is Long Henry Street, Park

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s04313

Duke Street, Park

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s04280

Addy Street, Upperthorpe/ Crookesmoor area
http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s12880

Thanks P T,
Must have had a very sheltered upbringing not to notice so many!
As you point out they do look very similar to 'through' terraces altho' I see that many had three stories, probably to compensate for the lack of depth. Presumably you would need to view them internally to establish that they were indeed Back to Back.

The majority of houses on Franklin Street were back-to-backs and existed on both sides of the street, but as you can see from this (http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=4008&st=240&p=23550&#entry23550)1950s map (map 269), it is possible to differentiate the back-to-back properties.

Thanks P T,
Must have had a very sheltered upbringing not to notice so many!
As you point out they do look very similar to 'through' terraces altho' I see that many had three stories, probably to compensate for the lack of depth. Presumably you would need to view them internally to establish that they were indeed Back to Back.

My grandparent's B2B property consisted of a cellar, a living-kitchen, on the ground floor level, and above that, the main bedroom, with a further garret bedroom on the top floor, which was, indeed three storeys.

Yes, naturally, you could distinguish one style of housing from the other, once you were inside.

The majority of houses on Franklin Street were back-to-backs and existed on both sides of the street, but as you can see from this (http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=4008&st=240&p=23550&#entry23550)1950s map (map 269), it is possible to differentiate the back-to-back properties.

That map is fascinating, I can see the properties on the "evens" side of Washington road which were still standing into the mid 1970s.

One of those maps scanned has the details of the bottom end of Lansdowne road where there were other B2Bs

Al my family lived on Franklin street in 1950s I saw a message on here and my dad was called Stan White ?

would love to see some pictures of Franklin St and Salmon Street 1959s onwards
can anyone point me in the right direction

The houses on Fentonville St. could have had a bathroom built over the little kitchen, two of my mates lived in them and the last time I drove around that area they were still there in about 2004. I lived on Priory Terrace until 1947 when i was called up for National Service to Pontefract.

I often wonder what happened to Arnie, the cripple who ran the Washington arms and the waiter from Franklin street who entered the star walk for a laugh. The Saturday nights when Arnie would cover the snooker table and queers would put on a great show using the table as a stage.

would love to see some pictures of Franklin St and Salmon Street 1959s onwards
can anyone point me in the right direction

Some pictures of Franklin Street and Sharrow Lane courtesy of Picturesheffield.com:-

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s15956

the old cross guns
http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s21543

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s21544

here's a shot looking down Sharrow lane past Sharrow St Johns Methodist church towards Sharrow lane School.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s03841

this lovely picture of Washington road, IMO shows some really nice housing, and begs the question why the hell did the council demolish?

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s20196

I even managed to find a photo of Mrs Folger, the lollipop lady who used to work on Sharrow lane.

I used to like the area around Sharrow Lane, do I take it that it is a s**t heap now ?

I used to like the area around Sharrow Lane, do I take it that it is a s**t heap now ?

I wouldn't describe it like that.

It's still a nice, vibrant area to live in with a good community spirit. Of course, like many areas, you will find pockets of "trouble" and the "idiot element" but it is, IMO, a great place to live. I would point to the lovely lady who runs Leverton Gardens high-rise flats Tenants' Association as a great example of a community champion. She is in her eighties, but by gum does she slog her guts out for the area, having campaigned to get the flats clad (a-la brightmore drive) She has pressed for the lovely communal garden area to be done up, and it looks delightful, at the moment with all the beautiful ornamental cherry trees in full blossom. That lady deserves a gong for the work she's put into that area, and that TARA.

The drab, jerry-built 1960s council flats on Washington Road which replaced the old, terraced housing are, admittedly, awful-looking, even with their new windows. But that's the sort of tat you got, in the sixties.

It's got the brilliant eating/ shopping area on London road, it's a hop,skip, and a jump from town, and all the shopping and leisure offer there.

I love it.

I wouldn't describe it like that.

It's still a nice, vibrant area to live in with a good community spirit. Of course, like many areas, you will find pockets of "trouble" and the "idiot element" but it is, IMO, a great place to live. I would point to the lovely lady who runs Leverton Gardens high-rise flats Tenants' Association as a great example of a community champion. She is in her eighties, but by gum does she slog her guts out for the area, having campaigned to get the flats clad (a-la brightmore drive) She has pressed for the lovely communal garden area to be done up, and it looks delightful, at the moment with all the beautiful ornamental cherry trees in full blossom. That lady deserves a gong for the work she's put into that area, and that TARA.

The drab, jerry-built 1960s council flats on Washington Road which replaced the old, terraced housing are, admittedly, awful-looking, even with their new windows. But that's the sort of tat you got, in the sixties.

It's got the brilliant eating/ shopping area on London road, it's a hop,skip, and a jump from town, and all the shopping and leisure offer there.

I love it.

I am coming back home on Saturday, so I will try to have a blast round it. (notice I still call Sheffield home, but I've not lived there since 1977 !)

I am coming back home on Saturday, so I will try to have a blast round it. (notice I still call Sheffield home, but I've not lived there since 1977 !)

I just wondered what you thought of this once lovely area if you ever did have a visit back?

In my opinion and many people that knew the area of Sharrow going back in time, the place has most certainly gone downhill.

The flats are a no go area for someone who would like to walk through without feeling like they could be attacked (esp at night). I have heard that the milkman no longer does his rounds on the flats and these are the flats that I delivered The Star newspaper on, back in 1978.

There is litter all over the place and it just seems that pride has gone from the area. No more cleaning and swilling outside ones own house now. Those days have sadly gone.

Sharrow Lane Infants still boarded up and the old Methodist in a right state and I hear to be demolished.

What saddens me the most is what was the most wonderful line of shops on Wostenholm Rd. This was the creme de la creme...shops of the finest order....the fishmonger Mr Topham....the newspaper shop Mr Allott ..Mr Stevenson the sandwich / cake shop ...Mr Bagnell the baker...Halls wool shop ...the finest of finery wool from arron to mohair...Mr Ward the fruit n veg ....Mr Perie the chemist...Gowers n Burgons the grocer... (and a few others)

Only "Charlies", which was formerly 'Stevenson the sandwich / cake shop', the chemist and the launderette, in my opinion still up to standard on that stretch these days.

It makes me cry sometimes when I walk round the area, when I remember how it once was and how it has very sadly become.

I am coming back home on Saturday, so I will try to have a blast round it. (notice I still call Sheffield home, but I've not lived there since 1977 !)

I just wondered what you thought of this once lovely area if you ever did have a visit back?

In my opinion and many people that knew the area of Sharrow going back in time, the place has most certainly gone downhill.

The flats are a no go area for someone who wanted to walk through without feeling like you could be attacked (esp at night). I have heard that the milkman no longer does his rounds on the flats and these are the flats that I delivered The Star newspaper on, back in 1978.

There is litter all over the place and it just seems that pride has gone from the area. No more cleaning and swilling outside ones own house now. Those days have sadly gone.

Sharrow Lane Infants still boarded up and the old Methodist in a right state and I hear to be demolished.

What saddens me the most is what was the most wonderful line of shops on Wostenholm Rd. This was the creme de la creme...12 shops of the finest order....the fishmonger Mr Topham....the newspaper shop Mr Allott ..Mr Stevenson the sandwich / cake shop ...Mr Bagnell the baker...Halls wool shop ...the finest of finery wool from arron to mohair...Mr Ward the fruit n veg ....Mr Perie the chemist...Gowers n Burgons the grocer...

Only "Charlies", which was formerly 'Stevenson the sandwich / cake shop', the chemist and the launderette, in my opinion still up to standard on that stretch.

It makes me cry sometimes when I walk round the area, when I remember how it once was and how it has very sadly become.

I just wondered what you thought of this once lovely area if you ever did have a visit back?

In my opinion and many people that knew the area of Sharrow going back in time, the place has most certainly gone downhill.

The flats are a no go area for someone who wanted to walk through without feeling like you could be attacked (esp at night). I have heard that the milkman no longer does his rounds on the flats and these are the flats that I delivered The Star newspaper on, back in 1978.

There is litter all over the place and it just seems that pride has gone from the area. No more cleaning and swilling outside ones own house now. Those days have sadly gone.

Sharrow Lane Infants still boarded up and the old Methodist in a right state and I hear to be demolished.

What saddens me the most is what was the most wonderful line of shops on Wostenholm Rd. This was the creme de la creme...12 shops of the finest order....the fishmonger Mr Topham....the newspaper shop Mr Allott ..Mr Stevenson the sandwich / cake shop ...Mr Bagnell the baker...Halls wool shop ...the finest of finery wool from arron to mohair...Mr Ward the fruit n veg ....Mr Perie the chemist...Gowers n Burgons the grocer...

Only "Charlies", which was formerly 'Stevenson the sandwich / cake shop', the chemist and the launderette, in my opinion still up to standard on that stretch.

It makes me cry sometimes when I walk round the area, when I remember how it once was and how it has very sadly become.

I recall the area well... my Mother and Dad 'Evelyn and George Johnson' had the 'Off licence' shop on Franklin Street /corner - Salmon Street..and we lived there into the 60s. Wasn't it 'Lovells' fish shop ? and 'Ferrie' the chemist ?...and don't forget the two pubs .. The Cross Guns and the Franklin Hotel. Then the butchers opposite the school and more local shops on Club garden Road...Good memories from times never to return.

It's a different world for sure, but they do say that every time you gain some thing, you lose some thing'..
Just think what the loss of the horse must have meant to the rhubarb growers..

And they call it progress..:sad:

I would have loved to see the photo's, but for some reason unable to see them!! A red cross in the top left hand corner of all the pictures.

Hi there
I was interested in Joe9T's comments about the row of shops in Wostenholm Road, particularly about Mr Allott's newspaper shop. I am doing some family history research for a friend who thinks she may be related to Fred and Joan Allott. Does anybody remember them I wonder? I would love to hear from any former employees, friends and relations :)

Depends on which part of Sharrow you are referring to.

Parts were demolished in the sixties to build the Washington Road flats, the other side of Washington Road was demolished mid seventies.

Mount Pleasant Road, and Sherrington and Cecil Roads were demolished in 1978/9.

Yes they were considered "slum" but the street I lived on it was purely that the had outside loos, and no bathrooms internally. They could have been "enveloped" and for a hundred/ 200 quid or so pr property, they could have been done up. It cost £250 in 1982/3 for my then fiance's mother's property to be renovated, and the back bedroom divided off into a small bedroom-with-adjoining-bathroom.

The roads on the Bramall Lane side of London Road were all enveloped, sometime in the early 80s I think when there was the fashion for that stuff. They're still there and still pleasant streets.

I remember some of the streets up for demolition, all boarded up with "El Off" spray painted on each one. It took me ages to realise that it meant Electricity Off and so safe for demolition.

"El Off"

http://www.mainlymono.co.uk/sheffield/images/sheffield0022.jpg

From this brilliant series, Sheffield really was like this -

http://www.mainlymono.co.uk/sheffield/

Heathere. I had two aunts and uncles that lived on franklin street. I can also remember, Lily Arnol her freind was Ida kent, dont know if thats how you spell the name. my aunts name was Dot and Vic pullan and my other aunt was called Aunt Em Birch, her hubby was called Jack.If i can remember ,i think my aunt Dot lived opp whites. My cousin was called shirely pullan, had 2 brothers Peter and John. My aunt Em had 2 sons Rodney and Leslie. I knew of a Derek white and a Vicki white.

Hi there
I was interested in Joe9T's comments about the row of shops in Wostenholm Road, particularly about Mr Allott's newspaper shop. I am doing some family history research for a friend who thinks she may be related to Fred and Joan Allott. Does anybody remember them I wonder? I would love to hear from any former employees, friends and relations :)

Yes, I remember Mr Allott, when he owned and ran the newsagents on Wostenholm Rd. I didn't know him personally, just knew him from my experience of him when I went to his shop. A funny story did occur in the early 70s, during the power cuts (around 1973), when my brothers went into the shop late afternoon after school, when all of a sudden all of the power went off and Mr Allott shouted "nobody move", frightened that his shop might be pilfered in the darkness. My mum says he was a nice gentleman and another has said he never trusted anyone to the point that he would climb ladders in the shop backwards, so that he could keep his eye on the customer.
WE do have a chuckle about the power cut incident many a time and all the shops on that stretch were the creme de la creme. Shame that they are not like that anymore. Just further up Sharrow Lne from Wostenholm Rd, were two other fine shops in Hazeltines (corner of Priory Rd) and Pulfreys (corner of Fentonville St). I was born in 1965, so recall these shops from after that period up until I moved from the area in 1979. I am now back in the area, only a stones throw away from where I was brought up and the area has most definately lost it's pride.

Yes, I remember Mr Allott, when he owned and ran the newsagents on Wostenholm Rd. I didn't know him personally, just knew him from my experience of him when I went to his shop. A funny story did occur in the early 70s, during the power cuts (around 1973), when my brothers went into the shop late afternoon after school, when all of a sudden all of the power went off and Mr Allott shouted "nobody move", frightened that his shop might be pilfered in the darkness. My mum says he was a nice gentleman and another has said he never trusted anyone to the point that he would climb ladders in the shop backwards, so that he could keep his eye on the customer.
WE do have a chuckle about the power cut incident many a time and all the shops on that stretch were the creme de la creme. Shame that they are not like that anymore. Just further up Sharrow Lne from Wostenholm Rd, were two other fine shops in Hazeltines (corner of Priory Rd) and Pulfreys (corner of Fentonville St). I was born in 1965, so recall these shops from after that period up until I moved from the area in 1979. I am now back in the area, only a stones throw away from where I was brought up and the area has most definately lost it's pride.

I don't remember Hezeltines as hezeltines, I only remember it when Mrs Hill (Betty Hill) took it over)

Who remembers their grandmothers and mothers going to Mrs Wrights on Washington rd to have their feet done.When I first married in 1964 I lived in a flat around the corner on Grange Crescent and loved the area but now oh no it has gone right down the pan.In those days it was a lovely community with plenty of shops and pubs and and had a soul in it now at night it is very foreboding.

When I was a youngster in the fourties my mother and aunt and grandmother would take me with them form Shirecliffe to have their feet done,I never complained because Mrs Wright always let me wait in her back room with a big cream firestove in it and she would put a Crunchie bar in my hand and give me a comic to read while they were done.Many years later I was walking past her house and she was just going out as she turned round she recognized me immediatly and insisted we had a cuppa together,a really nice lady.

Who remembers their grandmothers and mothers going to Mrs Wrights on Washington rd to have their feet done.When I first married in 1964 I lived in a flat around the corner on Grange Crescent and loved the area but now oh no it has gone right down the pan.In those days it was a lovely community with plenty of shops and pubs and and had a soul in it now at night it is very foreboding.

Was she just on from the Sharrow Lane lights, opposite the flats? I remember my gran used to go to one of the old houses on Washington Rd to an oldish lady for her feet doing.

I don't remember Hezeltines as hezeltines, I only remember it when Mrs Hill (Betty Hill) took it over)


'Hazeltines' shop was ran by a Mr Frank A. Pegg in 1954, but by 1968 Mrs Hazeltine had got the shop. Mary Hazeltine was born in 1912 and died in Sheffield in 1995. I think Betty Hill took the shop over sometime in the 1980s and was the final person to run the premises as a shop.

http://thewookie.co.uk/skyscraper/hazletine0410.jpg

http://thewookie.co.uk/skyscraper/hazletine409.jpg

Pulfreys shop (Sharrow Lne corner of Fentonville St), was previously owned by a John Morton in 1942 and still in 1954, but by 1968 it was owned by the Pulfreys, who were the last to own the shop before it was demolished around 1977/8.

'Hazeltines' shop was ran by a Mr Frank A. Pegg in 1954, but by 1968 Mrs Hazeltine had got the shop. Mary Hazeltine was born in 1912 and died in Sheffield in 1995. I think Betty Hill took the shop over sometime in the 1980s and was the final person to run the premises as a shop.

http://thewookie.co.uk/skyscraper/hazletine0410.jpg

http://thewookie.co.uk/skyscraper/hazletine409.jpg

Pulfreys shop was previously owned by a John Morton in 1942 and still in 1954, but by 1968 it was owned by the Pulfreys, who were the last to own the shop before it was demolished around 1977/8.
(my bold)

yes I seem to think that is correct... I'm pretty certain that Mrs Hill closed the shop in the mid, possibly late 1990s.

Was she just on from the Sharrow Lane lights, opposite the flats? I remember my gran used to go to one of the old houses on Washington Rd to an oldish lady for her feet doing.Yes it was but she wasnt old when I knew her:D

Yes, I remember Mr Allott, when he owned and ran the newsagents on Wostenholm Rd. I didn't know him personally, just knew him from my experience of him when I went to his shop. A funny story did occur in the early 70s, during the power cuts (around 1973), when my brothers went into the shop late afternoon after school, when all of a sudden all of the power went off and Mr Allott shouted "nobody move", frightened that his shop might be pilfered in the darkness. My mum says he was a nice gentleman and another has said he never trusted anyone to the point that he would climb ladders in the shop backwards, so that he could keep his eye on the customer.
WE do have a chuckle about the power cut incident many a time and all the shops on that stretch were the creme de la creme. Shame that they are not like that anymore. Just further up Sharrow Lne from Wostenholm Rd, were two other fine shops in Hazeltines (corner of Priory Rd) and Pulfreys (corner of Fentonville St). I was born in 1965, so recall these shops from after that period up until I moved from the area in 1979. I am now back in the area, only a stones throw away from where I was brought up and the area has most definately lost it's pride.
Very interested to read this. I wonder if Joe9T's mum remembers Mr Allott's wife Joan and whether or not the couple had any children. I have a friend who thinks she may be related to Joan. My friend is not well at the moment and any information would give her such a boost. Do please get in touch if you have any more information rgreenstreet@btinternet.com

Very interested to read this. I wonder if Joe9T's mum remembers Mr Allott's wife Joan and whether or not the couple had any children. I have a friend who thinks she may be related to Joan. My friend is not well at the moment and any information would give her such a boost. Do please get in touch if you have any more information rgreenstreet@btinternet.com

I shall ask my Mum if she recalls Joan and let you know. :)
BTW I have been in the Central library today looking at the history of Wostenholm Road shops and who owned them in years gone by. When I have collated all the information, which I have found very fascinating indeed, I shall post my findings on here in the hopefully not too distant future.:thumbsup:

I shall ask my Mum if she recalls Joan and let you know. :)
BTW I have been in the Central library today looking at the history of Wostenholm Road shops and who owned them in years gone by. When I have collated all the information, which I have found very fascinating indeed, I shall post my findings on here in the hopefully not too distant future.:thumbsup:

That would be wonderful thank you so much Joe9T. ANY information would be fantastic and look forward to seeing your research.