Hi
I found a thread in the archive about reminiscences about the Potty Edwards family, market people. My Dad is Mick Edwards and he worked in the market for many years. He is still living in Sheffield and well. He is the youngest of the family and left school at 14 to sell pots in the market. His brothers all worked selling pots-Joe Edwards, (Rotherham and Barnsley) Arthur, (Sheffield) Bill, (Sheffield) and latterly Bill's son Robert was the last to sell pots in the new market that replaced the old Rag and Tag. Their father (Arthur Edwads) sold pots before them. I belive the line goes back to a Harry Lockwood.
Joe was on the telly and on the Dave Allen show. He had a big van signwritten with it.
Dad's still got the gift of the gab and has a great sense of humour. He can tell a few stories. I'm hoping to write some of them up. If anyone's got any stories about what they saw, let me know.
Best wishes
Michele Lockwood Edwards

There is a thread 'Rag & Tag Market'

I remember very well Edwards Pots stall in the old Rag and Tag,I used to go on Saturdy mornings just to hear the spiel,but,and it is a big BUT, they did sell rubbish!!!,I well remember just after my demob from National Service with the RAF buying a tea service for my Mum,for 15 bob,(75pence!)from Edwards pot stall,and that same tea service bought some 50 odd years ago,is still being used, a very happy memory.

50 years service not all rubbish !!

Oh Dear I hang my head in shame I missed out the word NOT,should read"Did not sell rubbish"profound apologies!

Do get as much info from your dad as possible, this is a vital part of Sheffield history and well deserves recording, the public library are particularly interested in stories like these and can give vital help if you ever want to write a book on any local history subject.
Good luck with any project, don,t think about it too long, do it!

Mick was a friend of mine and I lived 3 doors up from him on Marlcliffe Rd, he will remember me as Pete the ex Navy Lad. Another pal of ours was Dave Hall (deceased) who knew all of the Edwards family. We shared many bevvies together. Is Mick still in the scrap game. Give him my best. Pete.

I once saw Lance Edwards in a cabaret show. I was told he was related to the Edwards Pottery family. Is this so?

I remember them throwing pots or was it tea services into the air and catching them without breaking any (or is my memory playing tricks on me ?).

I remember them well. They did throw the pots into the air and catch them all at the same time as a lot of non stop patter. I used to creep round the stall in hope of not being noticed because if they caught sight of a pretty girl they would direct the chat exclusivey to her. Thy were very funny but I was a little to fragile to cope when young.
I'm sure I used to see the same young men at the City Hall dance on Saturday nights, still strutting their stuff with the girls.
hazel

I once saw Lance Edwards in a cabaret show. I was told he was related to the Edwards Pottery family. Is this so?

Yes, he is Joe's son, they used to live not far from you - at the top of Grenoside just before Jawbone Hill.

Like most people in Sheffield I remember, as a child,watching the Edwards family throw the pots around in the old rag and tag. It was pure entertainment and all the family were real genuine people.
Their stuff was good value and I still have some cups and saucers that were bought from them more than 50 years ago, they have survived because they were "best" and my parents only used them at Christmas.
When the extension was built on the new Castle Market we had a stall next to Bill Edwards Cafe.I remember they also had a fruit stall opposite and I think it was Arthurs daughter who ran it, just can't remember her name, she would have been about 18 and Mick was about the same age,so I think that would have been your father.
Is Bill still alive?
A book about your family would be a good seller, Mags