I was born in the slums in Pitsmoor in 1959 on Grove Street, and most of the family lived on or around Fowler Street.
I don,t remember much if anything about that area apart from what i,ve been told as i was born in 1959 and fortunatly that area was about to be demolished to make way for the modern Pitsmoor we see now, which again is about to be demolished.
We moved to Woodseats in 1961 and according to my mum who was born and bred in Fowler street was full of snotty white collar workers, our next door neighbour being a rent collector thinking he was a top accountant and Dad working the building sites Odd carrying who did,nt fit in with these middle class wannabees so we moved on to the all new Pitsmoor and being the first to move into our new massonette on Andover Drive.
We all went to Pye Bank which was run by that great authourtarian Mr Cook and we made a lot of friends throughout our time in Pitsmoor which spanned from 1963 to 1976.
I lived at number 67 and i know that people especially the seniors of our generation always keep saying that these days people don,t care or mix like the older days but there very right that locals then were always looking out for one another and some of my biggest mates today are the kids of then from Woodside.
Did you live in Pitsmoor during the sixtys, whats your opinion or maybe you lived in the old Pitsmoor and think the newly built one was,nt the same as the old one.
I would be interested in your views.

Is the Tea Gardens Pub still there, I went in there a few times not in the 60's mind.

:?: :lol: Not sure about that one, that was the other side of Pitsmoor.

I, too, went to Pye Bank School in the mid to late 60's and knew Andover Drive well, I lived there. I left the area in 1973 and left Sheffield for good in 1982. I popped back once in 1989 and was amazed to see how far the area had degenerated. I never went back again, as it spoilt too many memories. It is a shame, though, to find out that it is to be demolished. What are they going to build there?

As I said, I have a lot of memories. Some good, some bad. Such as:

My mothers share number for the Co-op (Stores) at the top of Andover Street (School Board Hill to some).
Mrs Andrews (the tyrant) at Pye Bank School who took over from Mr Jenkinson when he died part way through the year. Great teacher but had a huge jaw.
Watching the coal being delivered for the school boiler.
Getting free ride (for all of 5 yards) in some old guy's Ford Anglia as he parked it in his garage under the maisonettes on the odd side of Andover Drive.
The concert room in the Loco Club. Getting bottled (non-alchohol) shandy and pretending it was real beer when I went in with my dad. He was on the committee. Having to be quiet during the bingo, as well.

I have some old photo's of Andover Drive somewhere that I took when I was eight years old. If I can find then (I last saw them about 6 years ago) I will scan them in and display them.

hi mickey
just to let you know ...the tea gardens is all boarded up now.
the plan is to open it as a community centre in the future ......all the masionettes accross the road are also knocked down ....just spare grass land now .....
hope this ....helps your curiousity
regards
sharon:)

Originally posted by superCol
I, too, went to Pye Bank School in the mid to late 60's and knew Andover Drive well, I lived there. I left the area in 1973 and left Sheffield for good in 1982. I popped back once in 1989 and was amazed to see how far the area had degenerated. I never went back again, as it spoilt too many memories. It is a shame, though, to find out that it is to be demolished. What are they going to build there?

As I said, I have a lot of memories. Some good, some bad. Such as:

My mothers share number for the Co-op (Stores) at the top of Andover Street (School Board Hill to some).
Mrs Andrews (the tyrant) at Pye Bank School who took over from Mr Jenkinson when he died part way through the year. Great teacher but had a huge jaw.
Watching the coal being delivered for the school boiler.
Getting free ride (for all of 5 yards) in some old guy's Ford Anglia as he parked it in his garage under the maisonettes on the odd side of Andover Drive.
The concert room in the Loco Club. Getting bottled (non-alchohol) shandy and pretending it was real beer when I went in with my dad. He was on the committee. Having to be quiet during the bingo, as well.

I have some old photo's of Andover Drive somewhere that I took when I was eight years old. If I can find then (I last saw them about 6 years ago) I will scan them in and display them. I may know you as i to used to get a lift in that same Ford Anglia, actually was'nt it a disabled car about half the size of a Ford Anglia.
I to went in the Loco club and lived on the Drive.
School board hill, yes i forgot about that, i rember my mates dad over turning his Ford Anglia at the bottom of it in 1967 and Hancocks at the other side where we used to parafin from.
Can you remember Mrs Weekly the blind woman on Gray St, we used to do all her shopping and the woman next door to her Ivy the terrable, she use to frighten us.
If you knew her you would know what i mean.
Hey get back in touch with me and we can have a chat, or PM me.

Originally posted by The Cycleracer
I may know you as i to used to get a lift in that same Ford Anglia, actually was'nt it a disabled car about half the size of a Ford Anglia.
I to went in the Loco club and lived on the Drive.
School board hill, yes i forgot about that, i rember my mates dad over turning his Ford Anglia at the bottom of it in 1967 and Hancocks at the other side where we used to parafin from.
Can you remember Mrs Weekly the blind woman on Gray St, we used to do all her shopping and the woman next door to her Ivy the terrable, she use to frighten us.
If you knew her you would know what i mean.
Hey get back in touch with me and we can have a chat, or PM me.

Hi Cycleracer, I've just sent you a PM.

I'm pretty sure that the car was an Anglia. As 2 or 3 of us got in at the same time, I can't see it being a disabled car. I do remember one though, but never got in it. The blind woman or Ivy the terrible don't ring any bells but then again, nearly 30 years of serious drinking has destroyed a few brain cells.

As for Hancocks, was that the shop that was opposite the White House (chip shop). I have faint memories of climbing over a back wall to steal pop bottles (oops) and then take them round the front to collect the deposit on them! Must have been in the late 60's.

I take it that most of Andover Drive and Gray Street have now been demolished. Have the tower blocks at the top of Andover Drive gone too? If anyone has any photo's of the area before, during or after demolition, I would be very interested. If anyone has any other info, an ex-pat would like to know.

Hi Colin
Thanks for the PM i'll be in touch.
However regarding the above i don't have photos but i have video and i will send you it.
The flats went in the early 90s and they built small houses on the site.
The block you lived on went somewhat after as it was not there last year when i went back to film it.
I left in 1976 though i cannot remember you going before me.
I will return and take some photos and mail them to you.

Cycle racer
I lived at the back of 25 Grove St in the 50's
Siren

I used to live on Montfort Rd. in the 40s 50s then pulled down in the 60s. Listening to you talk about Pye Bank school was interesting. Do you remember Goodmans bread shop further up from the shop called Inasons i think, this was top of Rock Lane.Also there was a fresh fish shop near the Post Office called Handleys. I was in the Boys Brigade at Andover st Church. Used to go for a pint underage at the Rock in after our club nights on Friday. Could talk for ages about old Pitsmoor if anybody interested.

Hi Regblind
I remember all the places you've mentioned I also remember the White House chip shop, Hanckocks on Rock St. I used to live on Helen Terrace after moving from Grove St, I went to Pye Bank school and I was in the Boys Brigade at Andover St. We must know each other where did you live.

Hi Siren.
I am 62 years old now so going back a long time. Helen terrace i know well. I was in the Boys brigade after the life boys.
The Captain then was John Cheetham also the other oficers were
John Watkins and Les Wright. Did you go to the youth club because thats where i met my wife Vicki. You must know the shop on Rock st called Cairios (excuse the spelling) the coblers called Bartroms.and i think the greengrosers were Feezis. I used to live on Montfort Rd coming from Rock st go past Fitzalan st and i was in one of those houses on the left with cellers on street level. This was opposite where Verdon st forked off. Remember Blackshaws drapers..Let me Know your age then i might Know if i Know you

Hi Regblind and Siren
I am 44 so don't go back as far as you guys but my dad used to take me down to the barber somewhere near Montfort Drive and Bramber St, i forget the actual road but you guys might know.

Siren I think we also lived on Grove St and the Corbridge family were in Fowler St where i was born in 1959.

I was also in the boys brigade in Andover St church and remember the vicar who had blonde hair and glasses who's name i forget.

I work at Pye Bank School and have been there since 1986.The two schools (Trinity and Infant) amalgamated last year and we are all in the old building at the top of Andover St. A new schoolhas been built on the old trinity site and we will be moving shortly. We plan to say 'goodbye' to the old school very shortly (probably a Saturday ) Interested ? give the school a call. Old photos available to browse through. Andover Drive in the process of demolition the land we believe is going to be left green for a few years.Hope to hear from anyone with memories of the school.

yes i had some great times times round there,as i'm 42 i can just remember when Verdon usued to folk in two about half way up.
I also remember the fish mongers by the post office,does any 1 remember the rag and bone man with his donkey?
memeries!!

Originally posted by Mrs P
We plan to say 'goodbye' to the old school very shortly (probably a Saturday ) Interested ? give the school a call. Old photos available to browse through. Andover Drive in the process of demolition the land we believe is going to be left green for a few years.Hope to hear from anyone with memories of the school.

Oh, I wish Icould be there. It's a long time ago but the memories don't leave. I have many, good, bad and indifferent. I still rememember the toilets!!! Outside! The sit-down jobs frozen in winter. The brown urinals, open to the sky. The milk (third of a pint) left out in the hot june sun (then we had to drink it).

How about 1969. Being taken into the hall to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon on the school TV. It was amazing. Some didn't care but I thought it was awesome.

However, it's all a shame. Pye Bank School was a beautiful building (old but worthy) which lorded over the 60's flats and maisonettes that we lived in. Not to mention the terraces that some of my friends resided in. Without her we would not be what we are now. I acknowledge my debt debt to our Victorian ancestors who conceived her and the and the wonderful people (from then until now) who delivered the promise of education for all. I salute her.

Bye, bye, Andover Drive. Bye, bye, hurtling down Gray Street on a sledge in winter. I wouldn't have missed for the world.

Am I sad or what, NO!!

Hi news to the people who contacted our school office. Our open day will be Sat 24th Jan between 1 and 3p.m. Have a look around the school and see if it as you remember.If you know anyone that would be interested then please pass on the info. hope to see lots of old friends.

Does anyone know if there was a school on the land where the "old" Pye Bank Trinity was built and if there was, was it called St Catherines RC and was it a big old gloomy loking building?

I was born on Denholme Close 1965 and have memories of this building around the early 70's and I'm sure it was a school but my mum says she cannot remember it.
It's been great reading about all the places and shops that you have mentioned. I can remember Pheasy's the greengrocers at the top of the cobbled hill. I can remember Hynisons too. We used to rent their caravan in Skeggy as a kid.
My mum and dad used to collect the football coupons in the the area. I left when I was about 10/11 to move further down near Ellesmere Road.
I went to Pye Bank Infant and Junior and then was one of the oldest year when Pye Bank Infants and Juniors first went down to Pye Bank Trinity. When Junior Schools changed to Middle Schools. I can just about remember Mr Cook but then it changed to Mr Britain and then Mr Anderson. Someone told me recently that Mr Bezant is still there, does anyone know if that's true?
I can remember the Xmas Parties that we has in the Woodside Community Centre and the White House chippy run by the Greaves. I went to school with their son Anthony. Can anyone remember playing in the old tunnels on the other side of the wall to the railway track on Marcus Drive? We used to get in a heck of a lot of trouble when we got caught.

Originally posted by kazisindahouse
Does anyone know if there was a school on the land where the "old" Pye Bank Trinity was built and if there was, was it called St Catherines RC and was it a big old gloomy loking building?



St Catherines RC used to look like this>>http://www.hpac.org.uk/cgi-bin/hpac.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=177 .
Has it gone? I've not been down there for over 20 years. If you're wondering, it's the sooty building, slightly left of centre in the picture with your back to Burngreave Road. The girl who lived next door to me used to go there. She told me it was full of nuns. But what do I believe, she told me she liked me and then hit on the forehead with a spade.!!

St Caths was full of nuns all the teachers were nuns
Siren

Wonderful turnout yesterday. Lots of ex pupils turned up the majority of them in thier 70s and 80s,they had a wonderful trip down memory lane.The oldest pupil was a lady who will be 95 in Feb and the oldest member of staff was a Miss Fisher who is inher 80s.
Mr Bezent retired last year when the two schools amalgamated.

Does anyone still live on Pye Bank Road? If so, do you know if my friend Robert Jones still lives there? Not sure which number but it is quite near the end, as you enter fromteh main road, #5 or #7 maybe.

I live in South Korea - not so easy to go take a look. Check in your phone book maybe and pm me?

Cheers,

Rupert Atkinson

I still see Rob from time to time pm me your details and next time i see him i'll let him know!!!

cheers
john t

Done! I have sent my details to you.

Cheers,

Rupert

Pitsmoor in the 60s, just my time and place. Football on the rec down to Caira's shop for 10 No 6 tipped, (5 park drive tipped if you didn't have much spends) got some bell bottom jeans and sewed some bells on, sounded like a herd of reindeer approaching. Then got an ex army khaki jacket and covered it with badges and messages in biro. Used to deliver the papers for Marshall's and for that other paper shop on Pye Bank close. Beer at the Loco club or Fox & Duck or the Highway, chips from the White Cottage, then a chippy opened next to Caira's at the back of the Loco. Huge leap forward in catering when they started doing battered mushrooms. Got a Vespa in the late 60s, it lasted about about 3 months through the summer then it packed up.
Glad I had friends who lived in the big flats, cos then I could go up and down in the lifts. Did they put families with kids in two blocks and families without kids in the other 2? Everyone my age seemed to live in the two blocks nearest the rec.
I absolutely refuse to use the phrase, "Them were the days".

Originally posted by pitsmoorlad
Pitsmoor in the 60s, just my time and place. Football on the rec down to Caira's shop for 10 No 6 tipped, (5 park drive tipped if you didn't have much spends) got some bell bottom jeans and sewed some bells on, sounded like a herd of reindeer approaching. Then got an ex army khaki jacket and covered it with badges and messages in biro. Used to deliver the papers for Marshall's and for that other paper shop on Pye Bank close. Beer at the Loco club or Fox & Duck or the Highway, chips from the White Cottage, then a chippy opened next to Caira's at the back of the Loco. Huge leap forward in catering when they started doing battered mushrooms. Got a Vespa in the late 60s, it lasted about about 3 months through the summer then it packed up.
Glad I had friends who lived in the big flats, cos then I could go up and down in the lifts. Did they put families with kids in two blocks and families without kids in the other 2? Everyone my age seemed to live in the two blocks nearest the rec.
I absolutely refuse to use the phrase, "Them were the days".

The four blocks of flats that you remember, on Andover street were demolished in the mid/late 1980's.

Mr PT and I lived on Andover Drive, under the shadow of the first of the high rise blocks, opposite the school, when our lad was small.

Our lad went to Pye Bank School. it was excellent, as on school mornings, all he had to do, was fall out of bed, and roll over, and he was in school.
( :) )

the first two were one-bedroomed flats, so, yes, you would have had couples / single people with no kids in those two blocks.

The second two blocks were a couple of storeys higher (15 storeys rather than 13 storeys) and they were 2-bedroomed flats, so, yes, your memory serves you well, your mates' families would have been housed in those two blocks.

PT

i was brought up in pitsmoor used to live on spital lane i can rember them building the flats dad used to go drinking in east house was in the pub when some1 got shot no change there then . i attended ellesmere school then burngreave mum worked at gowers and dad worked at british steel as it was then we used to play on the flats when they built them . they found a body of a woman in the flats in the late sixties who had been murded im now 49 god im old but you could leave your door open all nite in those days theives we few and far between then and knew what they would get if they stepped out of line happy days then not like todays rat race does any of you remember bevans shop and coliseium cinema and the chippy cross road any how thats all for now best regards steve

Originally posted by kazisindahouse
Does anyone know if there was a school on the land where the "old" Pye Bank Trinity was built and if there was, was it called St Catherines RC and was it a big old gloomy loking building?

I was born on Denholme Close 1965 and have memories of this building around the early 70's and I'm sure it was a school but my mum says she cannot remember it.
There has never been a school on that land.
It had houses on it which were demolished in 1967.
The land the present school is on used to be Bramber Street and Montfort Rd and I remember a barbers shop on there very close to the sign post.
We used to get all our wood from the houses for the bonfire and remember the houses derelict a while before they were knocked down and they were open right down into the cellars.

there is a Catholic school, in the area, called St Catherine's.

it still exists; my mates kids went there, her eldest daughter is just turned 16.

But, the School is/was on the Burngreave/Ellesmere side of Pitsmoor, IIRC, between the St Catherine's Catholic Church, (which faces onto Burngreave Road) and the Burngreave cemetery, and not the side of Pitsmoor with the Pye Bank Schools (PB infants, and PB trinity junior school) on them.

PT

Originally posted by Mrs P
Wonderful turnout yesterday. Lots of ex pupils turned up the majority of them in thier 70s and 80s,they had a wonderful trip down memory lane.The oldest pupil was a lady who will be 95 in Feb and the oldest member of staff was a Miss Fisher who is inher 80s.
Mr Bezent retired last year when the two schools amalgamated. I know you wrote this a while ago but can we still get to look at some old photo's.
Do you know what happened to Mr Cook, his whereabouts today.
I persume he is dead but you never know.

If he aint dead,then he must be the oldest man on earth!!

john t

Nah not true.
He was there in the early 1980s and I reckon he may have retired in 1984/5.
Persuming he was 65 when he retired, that would now make him around 84/85 which is not the oldest man on earth.
Mr Cook looked older than he was with the bushy eyebrows and grey hair, though he could have retired at a much older age which would put him in his 90s now.

Your memory must be playing tricks on you,Mr Cook retired in the mid seventies.I know this as went to say good bye to him on the day he left,Martin robinson went with me as well...!!!

John t

I saw that The Tea Gardens Pub was up for auction with Mark Jenkinson.Not sure if it has been sold

I am 43 and lived in Pitsmoor on the flats just above The tea Gardens( Earldom Drive)
I lived there from the age of 5 until we moved to Jamaica Street when I was 17.
The flats were not the best place to live and most of them are gone.

I went to Burngreave Middle school and then moved on to Ashleigh Comp at Gleadless.
My brother ran a hardware shop on the corner of Scott Road( now a house)

Originally posted by john t
Your memory must be playing tricks on you,Mr Cook retired in the mid seventies.I know this as went to say good bye to him on the day he left,Martin robinson went with me as well...!!!

John t Ya got the dates wrong somewhere, I took my Daughter to see him when she was small and he was still there in the early 80s thats for sure.

Gotta agree with John here .... soz!
Mr Cook did retire in the mid 70's. I was born '65 and started at Pye Bank in the early 70's. I can remember him still being there when I moved up to the Juniors which would have been what, 1974/1975. Mr Cook retired not long after.
Don't know if Pete Brittain took over straight away, but he was certainly the head of Pye Bank Trinity when the Juniors moved to Middle School which was 1977/1978. Mr Anderson was deputy head master there at the same time. Didn't he later take on the headship too?
I also heard that Mr Bezant, who was one of the teachers there also became the headmaster, but am not sure if that's true ... will have to check, also that he retired only recently.

Talking of Mr cook,can you remember what car he drove??
Not sure but i think it was a red austin morris!!

cheers
john t

I remember it all, I am 55, 56 next month (Feb) the white house Chippy Just closed a few months ago. up for sale now. School board hill, Hancocks on the corner of Andover St. & Rock St. Carios Shop on rock St. then he moved to a new shop at the top of Andover St. when Rock St. was demolished to make way for some P**s poor flats. He died a few years later God Bless him. I can still picture him working in his shop with his wife & mother. I was also in the BB. at christ church on Notting ham St. (got wed there years later ) The bread shop just below Marshals paper shop where we could go and buy a penny loaf. Went to Pye Bank School Mrs Templeton was the head mistress in the infants as I recall Mr. Cook was headmaster of the juniors. I also remember Mr. Jenkinson we used to call him the gorrilla . Forgot most of the teachers names now. Just remembered Mrs. Armatage? took us for music, could be wrong about that, the passing of time play games with the grey matter. No doubt more memories will come flooding back the moment i shut down.

I used to deliver papers for Marshall's. Was it Rodney who ran it? Glad I don't deliver them now, seem to recall I had about 50 Stars. If they let us pack the bags ourselves we'd put a few extra in then sell them to the workers coming out of Stanley Tools. Sunday papers were heavy then, now I could only carry about 3.

Yes it was Rodney Who took over from his dad along with his sister, can't remember her name. They have a shop on Barnsley Rd. now at the top opposite what used to be Day's Dancing later to become the MoJo run by a P. Stringfellow. They pulled it down and built some flats.

Rodneys sister is called Brenda and still works in the shop along with there kids who are now grown up.

was that a still a white persons area then. wid out dee muggin lootin an shootin maaaaan an raaapin ? I have been there & seen it . Terrible

Originally posted by superCol
Hi Cycleracer, I've just sent you a PM.

I'm pretty sure that the car was an Anglia. As 2 or 3 of us got in at the same time, I can't see it being a disabled car. I do remember one though, but never got in it. The blind woman or Ivy the terrible don't ring any bells but then again, nearly 30 years of serious drinking has destroyed a few brain cells.

As for Hancocks, was that the shop that was opposite the White House (chip shop). I have faint memories of climbing over a back wall to steal pop bottles (oops) and then take them round the front to collect the deposit on them! Must have been in the late 60's.

I take it that most of Andover Drive and Gray Street have now been demolished. Have the tower blocks at the top of Andover Drive gone too? If anyone has any photo's of the area before, during or after demolition, I would be very interested. If anyone has any other info, an ex-pat would like to know.

i have pics of pitsmoor b4 they were demolished,im currently doing a site with it all on with my brother and to put into a book,when the site is made i will send you the link
regards
aunty w xx

Originally posted by kazisindahouse
Gotta agree with John here .... soz!
Mr Cook did retire in the mid 70's. I was born '65 and started at Pye Bank in the early 70's. I can remember him still being there when I moved up to the Juniors which would have been what, 1974/1975. Mr Cook retired not long after.
Don't know if Pete Brittain took over straight away, but he was certainly the head of Pye Bank Trinity when the Juniors moved to Middle School which was 1977/1978. Mr Anderson was deputy head master there at the same time. Didn't he later take on the headship too?
I also heard that Mr Bezant, who was one of the teachers there also became the headmaster, but am not sure if that's true ... will have to check, also that he retired only recently.

last january there was some sort of 're-union' at pyebank school for all old puplis,it was like a trip down memory lane, the place hasnt changed much,it was because the building was closing,miss chalmers was there(i went to pye bank in the late 70s),there was alos an old dear there who was in her 90s who even turned up,
aunty x

Originally posted by mikey
Is the Tea Gardens Pub still there, I went in there a few times not in the 60's mind.
The Tea Garden is in Ellsmere not Pitsmoor.

Originally posted by Plain Talker
there is a Catholic school, in the area, called St Catherine's.

it still exists; my mates kids went there, her eldest daughter is just turned 16.

But, the School is/was on the Burngreave/Ellesmere side of Pitsmoor, IIRC, between the St Catherine's Catholic Church, (which faces onto Burngreave Road) and the Burngreave cemetery, and not the side of Pitsmoor with the Pye Bank Schools (PB infants, and PB trinity junior school) on them.

PT

I went to St. Cath's. It used to be on Andover Street (my mum went there in the 40s and 50s) until the end of the 60s/start of the 70s, and since then on Firshill Crescent, the playing fields backing onto Roe Lane.

The nuns have long since left. The last one was Sister Thomas, a fiery Irish nun and headmistress until 1982, I think. The Sisters of Mercy lived on in the convent on the corner of Abbeyfield Road/Burngreave Road, where the Private Convent School was. That's now a nursing home.

St Caths I remember it well, it was about half way up Andover St starting at Monfort St and ending opposite Richmond St, some of the nuns where sister Raphel, sister Gonsarger there was also Mrs Bower, Mrs Smith that come to mind, those nuns could give it out when they wanted.

Originally posted by irish
St Caths I remember it well, it was about half way up Andover St starting at Monfort St and ending opposite Richmond St, some of the nuns where sister Raphel, sister Gonsarger there was also Mrs Bower, Mrs Smith that come to mind, those nuns could give it out when they wanted.

Mrs Bower (Miss Anginotti) stayed there until well into the nineties, ended up headmistress.

Does anyone else remember Marshall's first shop, on the corner of Montfort St and Thistle St? I think they were there until about 1968. It was a very tiny, dark shop - sold everything. I remember Brenda and Rodney working there (Rodney after school I think) as well as Mr & Mrs Marshall

I remember it well. I lived on Montfort Rd. Do you remember the chippy corner of Verdon st and Montfort St. Also the New in Pub.
Great days as lads round that area. Had 2 Auntys within 7 houses and another on Nottingham st. Rodney and Brenda now run the shop on Barnsley Rd, near where i live now. Mum used to clean for Lakes shop corner of Montfort Rd and Fitzalan st. before that it was Leaches. Been to a funaral today Do you remember Handleys fish shop on Nottingam st near the top of Fitzalan st. opposite the church, Elsie died last week.

Originally posted by regblind
I remember it well. I lived on Montfort Rd. Do you remember the chippy corner of Verdon st and Montfort St. Also the New in Pub.
Great days as lads round that area. Had 2 Auntys within 7 houses and another on Nottingham st. Rodney and Brenda now run the shop on Barnsley Rd, near where i live now. Mum used to clean for Lakes shop corner of Montfort Rd and Fitzalan st. before that it was Leaches. Been to a funaral today Do you remember Handleys fish shop on Nottingam st near the top of Fitzalan st. opposite the church, Elsie died last week.
I lived on motfort drive 1964 when the new massonettes were built directly opposite madge revilles chippy just on from the bowling tavern I remember marshalls shop but didn't they have a new one when the new post office was built and the new pub what was that called? I also had relatives on verdon sfreet name of bamford

im looking to find if any one can remember some one called john mcguiness he lived in the gray street area of pitsmoor would be grateful of any replies thank u

im looking to find if any one can remember some one called john mcguiness he lived in the gray street area of pitsmoor would be grateful of any replies thank u


I know the Mcguiness family, imparticular John.
I last saw John about 18 months ago he works for a large removal company.

thanks for getting in john now is my other half can you let me know your name john very intrigued g to who u could be many thanks

In the 60's my Pitsmoor mates included John Mathews and Mick Machin. We shared many a moment in the Highway / Fox & Duck / Loco Club. Would appreciate any news of them.

Hi, I have PMd you, take a look at my ugly mug on my avitar and he may spot me before you read the PM.

Is the Tea Gardens Pub still there, I went in there a few times not in the 60's mind. Ithink it is still there , i used to call there, that would be the late 70ties, do you know how it got its name , onthe same site inthe1800,s there was actually a Tea garden terrace there, Arthur.

Does anyone remember the folk who lived on Gray Street & Fox Street during the sixties. We kids all hung around together and knew nearly everyone on the two roads. There were the Broughs, the Cauldwells, The Blades, The Donstuns, The Days, The Robinsons, The Stevesons, The Siddalls just to name a few.

In the 60's my Pitsmoor mates included John Mathews and Mick Machin. We shared many a moment in the Highway / Fox & Duck / Loco Club. Would appreciate any news of them.

Mick Machin I saw the other week, he was at his nephews funeral.
Now, John Mathews, was he Harrys Brother.
If it is him he went into Diving for a living on the oil rigs.
Now don't quote me but sources recently told me that John had died from the bends.
Sorry I cannot confirm that.

Does anyone remember the folk who lived on Gray Street & Fox Street during the sixties. We kids all hung around together and knew nearly everyone on the two roads. There were the Broughs, the Cauldwells, The Blades, The Donstuns, The Days, The Robinsons, The Stevesons, The Siddalls just to name a few.

Linda, where did you live on Gray St.
Martin Robinson was my best mucker.

Does anyone remember the folk who lived on Gray Street & Fox Street during the sixties. We kids all hung around together and knew nearly everyone on the two roads. There were the Broughs, the Cauldwells, The Blades, The Donstuns, The Days, The Robinsons, The Stevesons, The Siddalls just to name a few.

I remember the Cauldwells, Les, and his sister, they had an elder brother too if i remember right. I most likely know some of the others, but putting names to faces these days is getting an almighty task.

Does anyone remember the folk who lived on Gray Street & Fox Street during the sixties. We kids all hung around together and knew nearly everyone on the two roads. There were the Broughs, the Cauldwells, The Blades, The Donstuns, The Days, The Robinsons, The Stevesons, The Siddalls just to name a few.
do you mean paul blades, ted robinson,quentin day, was it paul siddall ? do you remember the olivers or pete summers.

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks

The only one I know in that crew is Kettle.
Did he have a Brother called Mick and they lived on pye Bank later.

Gday sawguitar, I worked at Gillotts Bakery in 1958 just after leaving school, do you remember an explosion at Gillotts that killed a bloke called Bob who lived on Lyon St in the 60's & the explosion on Canada St in the late 60's?
After marriage we lived on Petre St, 3 doors up from Jack's butchers shop which was on the corner of Petre St & Carwood Rd, it belonged to Billy Limb before that, I spent many a happy night in the Hallcar.
As someone else mentioned earlier, I remember the Collesium picture house, I think it became a supermarket & there was a dentist next door who's name was I. Pullem [ Ivor] I also spent a lot of time in Smithies motorcycle shop on Spital Hill.
We moved to Oz in 1970 & returned to visit family in 92, my sister lived near the Hallcar at that time & the whole area had been rebuilt, my wife lived at Grimesthorpe but went to Ellesmere youth club in the 50's/60's.

hi skippy, glad someone can remember this side of pitsmoor.Iwas 6years old in 1958 and cant remember anyone getting killed in Gillotts bakery but i do remember a lad called spud hammond falling through the roof,fortunately he was not too badly hurt.Regarding the Collesium picture house it did not become a supermarket but was a filling station.Now its just a empty piece of land(how sad).Keep in touch.Adois.

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks


i was a mate of geoff cryers brother paul.

sometimes see geoff drinking in pitsmoor pubs toll gate and bay horse.

do you mean paul blades, ted robinson,quentin day, was it paul siddall ? do you remember the olivers or pete summers.


Yes. they are the ones I used that my brother and I hung around with and it was Stephen Siddall and Peter Summers. The only one I am still in touch with is Stephen

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks

Didn't David Kettle have a sister called Susan? She was in the same class at Pye Bank JUnior School as me

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks

Didn't David Kettle have a sister called Susan? She was in the same class at Pye Bank Junior School as me

Dear Linda,I only knew David Kettle. We were both in the same class at school - Burngreave Boys School .I think he had an elder brother .Dont know if he had a sister or not.Thanks For The Reply.Steve Walmsley.

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks
I played football and cricket with Geoff Cryer, Mick Barker, Steve Walmsley and Bob Allen and went to All Saints school and Burngreave.
And Alan and Steve Braeley live in Boston USA.
David Braeley is still in Sheffield in Firshill.

I used to work with a girl called Helen Barker in 1962. She lived in Pitsmoor but I cant remember the road. Her mum had an 5cwt ford van. Anyone remember the family?

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks
John Braeley lives in Miami Florida

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.Thanks
We played on the hollow on Lyons St where the nicholsons of Petre St parked a truck full of timber for us to play on and it is where we had bonfires and played football.And yes played at the wembly playground in our younger years, Opposit the swimming bathes.
And we also played on Smith fields.

Dear Mister Sackvill,I remember those days very well, you must have been one of our "gang".Remember when we would go to Collins second hand shop at the end of Petre Street to buy the American comics.Ime sure you remember it well.Were you with us when we went bell ringing at All SAints Church.The time Jeoff Cryer messed his pants and had to go home .

Dear Mister Sackvill,I remember those days very well, you must have been one of our "gang".Remember when we would go to Collins second hand shop at the end of Petre Street to buy the American comics.Ime sure you remember it well.Were you with us when we went bell ringing at All SAints Church.The time Jeoff Cryer messed his pants and had to go home .
YES I REMEMBER, you where very keen on the beatles

John, Is that YOU

Dear John,- Sorry Sackville ,yes i still am a very keen fan of the Beatles,but will you please answer my previos question.

I used to go to All Saints School ( top of Lyons Street) in the 60's the kids who were there at that tlme were the Braeley brothers-Lyons Street, the Walmsley brothers-Edgar Street,Robert & Laddie Kaczmarcek,Mick Barker,Robert Allen, Ronnie Longhurst-Thorndon Road,Ian Broadbent-Earsham Street plus many more. Our fun in those days was going down to Sutherland Road Baths, going to the Coliseum Cinema on Spital Hill making Trollies and do you remember the Throwing Arrows and Tack Guns we Used to make.I also remember the bonfires we used to build from the timber nicked off old man Nicholsons lorry. Ah the good old days!

Yes Mister Freedom I too remember those days very well.Remember the time Stephen Braeley put beetroot in Alans shoe on April the 1st. And the three bells trick Stephen brought back from Jimmys joke shop.(nobody could ever guess what hand the bell was in).Can you also remember the time we nicked those planks of timber from C&R Walls on Petre Street and made that trolly that could seat about 5 lads.

I used to go to All Saints School ( top of Lyons Street) in the 60's the kids who were there at that tlme were the Braeley brothers-Lyons Street, the Walmsley brothers-Edgar Street,Robert & Laddie Kaczmarcek,Mick Barker,Robert Allen, Ronnie Longhurst-Thorndon Road,Ian Broadbent-Earsham Street plus many more. Our fun in those days was going down to Sutherland Road Baths, going to the Coliseum Cinema on Spital Hill making Trollies and do you remember the Throwing Arrows and Tack Guns we Used to make.I also remember the bonfires we used to build from the timber nicked off old man Nicholsons lorry. Ah the good old days!
Yes thats funny I remember, I used to make good throwing arrows with cane and playing cards and a piece of string with a knot in it and tack guns.
I remember someone throwing an arrow from the top of smithsfield and it landed on my head.
We also tried to harden conkers (in the oven, pickle in vinegar etc) But they really never worked.
Been trying to get old photos of Lyons St, Edger St no success yet or Nicholsons lorry minus some wood.

Yes thats funny I remember, I used to make good throwing arrows with cane and playing cards and a piece of string with a knot in it and tack guns.
I remember someone throwing an arrow from the top of smithsfield and it landed on my head.
We also tried to harden conkers (in the oven, pickle in vinegar etc) But they really never worked.
Been trying to get old photos of Lyons St, Edger St no success yet or Nicholsons lorry minus some wood.
Sackville,
I drive past Lyons St. Edgar St. and Petre St. every day, apart from a few small firms its still derelict with just a kids playing field where we used to live. On a grey rainy morning I bet its not quite the same as Florida.
There are some old photos in the Sheffield Libraries archive some of which are on their website but I will see if I can copy a couple and get them to you which should bring back some memories.

My mum - pam young (nee pyne) was born on stockton street in 1929. she lived there with her mum and dad, 3 sisters and 2 brothers, and used to tell me about the hardships they endured during ww2 and after.
She married in 1950, and im not sure where she moved to after that, but lived on newman road when my brother was born in 1960 and me in 67.
I recall her telling me of hiding in the cellar during the air-raids etc ... but this is probably too early for the time you are researching.
sue :D

Sackville,
I drive past Lyons St. Edgar St. and Petre St. every day, apart from a few small firms its still derelict with just a kids playing field where we used to live. On a grey rainy morning I bet its not quite the same as Florida.
There are some old photos in the Sheffield Libraries archive some of which are on their website but I will see if I can copy a couple and get them to you which should bring back some memories.
I checked Sheffield libraries archives on wesite for photos already Thanks, got the corner of Petre St and Lyons ST and looking up towards All Saints school.But I guess like most people in the good old days, Didnt have cameras b/w or sepia.

Hi John,Remember when you and i were members of the Sheffield photographic society.I had a Nikon FE and you had just bought a CANNON.
You used to drop me of in town in your MGB GT. Are you still into photography ?.Nice to know your doing well with your film company.Still into martial arts i see .Can you remember old Phill Milner who used to teach karate at the YMCA .

Hi John,Remember when you and i were members of the Sheffield photographic society.I had a Nikon FE and you had just bought a CANNON.
You used to drop me of in town in your MGB GT. Are you still into photography ?.Nice to know your doing well with your film company.Still into martial arts i see .Can you remember old Phill Milner who used to teach karate at the YMCA .
aka Stevie b

Hi Regblind
I remember all the places you've mentioned I also remember the White House chip shop, Hanckocks on Rock St. I used to live on Helen Terrace after moving from Grove St, I went to Pye Bank school and I was in the Boys Brigade at Andover St. We must know each other where did you live.

my great grandfather owned the white chip shop and my grandad also worked there in the 1920's

Hi my nan and grandad lived on andover drive my dad is alan croker and I know that my dad and mum lived with my nan when I was born in 1976 and dad had lived on there for about 15 years then I think. I also have an auntie called susan she is 5 years older than my dad so Im guessing from your posts she is probably more your age. Just wondered if you remembered them at all.

Gday sawguitar, I worked at Gillotts Bakery in 1958 just after leaving school, do you remember an explosion at Gillotts that killed a bloke called Bob who lived on Lyon St in the 60's & the explosion on Canada St in the late 60's?.

The exposion in Canada Street demolished at least one house, killing a couple called Jack and Freda Martin. They were a lovely couple. Hopefully they died in their sleep without knowing anything about it.

At the time it was described as a gas explosion, but many local people suspected it was a UXB, searched for but never found in 1940.

Hi my nan and grandad lived on andover drive my dad is alan croker and I know that my dad and mum lived with my nan when I was born in 1976 and dad had lived on there for about 15 years then I think. I also have an auntie called susan she is 5 years older than my dad so Im guessing from your posts she is probably more your age. Just wondered if you remembered them at all.

Not sure who this is directed at but I know Alan Croker and the whole family.
He lived on the top landing, next to the end and remember winding him up as a kid singing Crocer Jack Crocker Jack get on your back.....
spoke to him a couple of years ago on the net, still see his Mother she lives around Shirecliffe somewhere and I see his (sister i think) walking up Herries Rd from Hillsbrough, believe she walks the whole hog to right down to Firvale.

Originally Posted by Mr.Freedom

"There are some old photos in the Sheffield Libraries archive some of which are on their website but I will see if I can copy a couple and get them to you which should bring back some memories. "

A magazine called either "Creative Camera" or "Camera & Creative Photography" published a portfolio of photographs of Earsham Street, Sutherland Road, Carliisle Street and Park Hill flats.

From memory (judging by where I was when I bought it) I would estimate the publication date to have been around the spring of 1984, but I may be a couple of years out either way.

I no longer have a copy, but if anyone else on this forum has, they may be able to scan the photographs or at least advise of further details.

(Not sure who this is directed at but I know Alan Croker and the whole family.
He lived on the top landing, next to the end and remember winding him up as a kid singing Crocer Jack Crocker Jack get on your back.....
spoke to him a couple of years ago on the net, still see his Mother she lives around Shirecliffe somewhere and I see his (sister i think) walking up Herries Rd from Hillsbrough, believe she walks the whole hog to right down to Firvale.)

yes they did live on the top landing but my nan and grandad moved off andover drive about four years ago to near mansfield and my auntie moved away to oxford about 18 years ago and she moved to mansfield about 7 years ago so must be someone else you see walking around.

No, its definatley her, I should know, I have known her over 40 years.
You say she left Pitsmoor four years ago, maybe she was in the area visiting a relation but I have often seen her near the Tesco.
Mind you it could be longer than I think, maybe over 4 years ago.
Where is Alan residing now and I know the Daughter is still around these parts.

I used to go to All Saints School ( top of Lyons Street) in the 60's the kids who were there at that tlme were the Braeley brothers-Lyons Street, the Walmsley brothers-Edgar Street,Robert & Laddie Kaczmarcek,Mick Barker,Robert Allen, Ronnie Longhurst-Thorndon Road,Ian Broadbent-Earsham Street plus many more.

Mr Freedom,
I too knew all these people, and after this post should be allowed to send you a Private Message.

Hi Mister Freedom,Can you remember the Gaumount Cinema, i think it was in barkers pool near the city hall. When we were kids we used to go to the Saturday morning kids club. Our gang used to make for the first row so that we could climb over the front barrier and lark around.Were you in our gang.
Can you remember the Sackville brothers. I cant?

We played on the hollow on Lyons St where the nicholsons of Petre St parked a truck full of timber for us to play on and it is where we had bonfires and played football.


Hello Steve,
What you didn't mention is the number of times our games came to an abrupt end, after the ball burst on broken glass ... or the nails left from the wood after the bonfires!

I remember how after watching matches during the 1962 World cup in Chile, as impressionable 10 year olds, we went out in the street and tried to emulate the "Banana shots" as demonstrated by Garrincha, Vava and the other members of the Brazilian team, who had the skill to bend the ball with the outside of their feet.

We couldn't understand how when we tried it, the course of the ball never deviated, and then went straight on through somebody's front window!

"Sorry Missus."

The glaziers of Sheffield never had it so good as that summer!

I used to go to All Saints School ( top of Lyons Street) in the 60's the kids who were there at that tlme were the Braeley brothers-Lyons Street, the Walmsley brothers-Edgar Street,Robert & Laddie Kaczmarcek,Mick Barker,Robert Allen, Ronnie Longhurst-Thorndon Road,Ian Broadbent-Earsham Street plus many more.

I believe Robbie Allen married a girl named Susan?, then lived on Thorndon Road for a while and I think moved to the Scraithwood / Herries Road area? after the above area was cleared.

They had a daughter who will be in her early thirties now.
If you're out there love; tell your Dad the lads who carried him home on his stag night, would like to make contact with him again!

There was also another lad a bit older called Roy Worrall (had an elder brother Jack and sister Joyce), who I'd love to hear from.
He married a girl from, and then moved into the eastern suburbs of Rotherham. I know they had a son, who was probably born about 1978 time.

I remember kicking a ball and breaking a window of peperdines veg shop, High up the wall on edger St.Could,nt do that now.

You could have offered to get some wood off the lorry, to board it up for them.

Steve ,remember the time we all had pellet guns and would go down to Attercliff and shoot at small fish under the bribge.

Is the Tea Gardens Pub still there, I went in there a few times not in the 60's mind.
Ithink it is It got areprieve along with the Normanton the next one up the rd Cheers Arthur.

I lived at the other side of pitsmoor,,the street below Petre Street,Edgar -street it was called can any body remember it .I attended Burngreave boys in the 60s and remember Ted Robinson,Stephen Clarke John & trevor Stephenson ,Joseph Mish, Mick Timbrell,David Kettle and many more.Can any body remember the Brealey family who lived on Lyons street also Geoff Cryer,Mick Barker,Steve Walmsley Bob Allen. Let me know will Ya.ThanksIlived on Earldom st in the 40ts , so remember all the roads round there, went to All Saints school, the Walmsly name rings a bell did he have relations in Sutherland rd. Cheers Arthur.

Gday sawguitar, I worked at Gillotts Bakery in 1958 just after leaving school, do you remember an explosion at Gillotts that killed a bloke called Bob who lived on Lyon St in the 60's & the explosion on Canada St in the late 60's?
After marriage we lived on Petre St, 3 doors up from Jack's butchers shop which was on the corner of Petre St & Carwood Rd, it belonged to Billy Limb before that, I spent many a happy night in the Hallcar.
As someone else mentioned earlier, I remember the Collesium picture house, I think it became a supermarket & there was a dentist next door who's name was I. Pullem [ Ivor] I also spent a lot of time in Smithies motorcycle shop on Spital Hill.
We moved to Oz in 1970 & returned to visit family in 92, my sister lived near the Hallcar at that time & the whole area had been rebuilt, my wife lived at Grimesthorpe but went to Ellesmere youth club in the 50's/60's.
Iwent to school with Colin G illot but you would not know him Skippy,I believe he topped himself about 1945 time

Steve ,remember the time we all had pellet guns and would go down to Attercliff and shoot at small fish under the bribge.
I did a lot of canal walks, Camera in hand.
So I was thrilled when I first saw The Full Monty, bUT it brought back bad memories when all the steel works collapsed and layed off thousands of people every week.
Bend it like Beckham, Two guns and smokin Barrells { or something like that).
Train spotting etc.
If there are any local or good English movies please let me know.

re. If there are any local or good English movies please let me know.

"Brassed Off", about the Grimesthorpe Colliery Band set during the Miners Strike.
Very poignant.

re. If there are any local or good English movies please let me know.

"Brassed Off", about the Grimesthorpe Colliery Band set during the Miners Strike.
Very poignant.
I did see that movie, Loved it

Gday sawguitar, I worked at Gillotts Bakery in 1958 just after leaving school, do you remember an explosion at Gillotts that killed a bloke called Bob who lived on Lyon St in the 60's & the explosion on Canada St in the late 60's?
After marriage we lived on Petre St, 3 doors up from Jack's butchers shop which was on the corner of Petre St & Carwood Rd, it belonged to Billy Limb before that, I spent many a happy night in the Hallcar.
As someone else mentioned earlier, I remember the Collesium picture house, I think it became a supermarket & there was a dentist next door who's name was I. Pullem [ Ivor] I also spent a lot of time in Smithies motorcycle shop on Spital Hill.
We moved to Oz in 1970 & returned to visit family in 92, my sister lived near the Hallcar at that time & the whole area had been rebuilt, my wife lived at Grimesthorpe but went to Ellesmere youth club in the 50's/60's.
Hi,
Only just seen this post. I lived opposite the Hallcar in the new houses. Maybe I knew your sister? Also, did Billy Limb move to Earsham Street to take over a grocer's shop?

I used to live on Montfort Rd. in the 40s 50s then pulled down in the 60s. Listening to you talk about Pye Bank school was interesting. Do you remember Goodmans bread shop further up from the shop called Inasons i think, this was top of Rock Lane.Also there was a fresh fish shop near the Post Office called Handleys. I was in the Boys Brigade at Andover st Church. Used to go for a pint underage at the Rock in after our club nights on Friday. Could talk for ages about old Pitsmoor if anybody interested.Hi Do you remember Frank Astlings ,builders on somerset top of the quarry I served my time as a joiner there , Arthur.

I am a bit late picking up this thread, but noticed there was a mention of the Braerly (spelling?) family on Lyons Street. I new David Braerly but last year I made contact with his brother Allan who now lives in USA. I just remembered Allen as he was a baby when we used to play in their big back yard. There was another brother in between David and Allan but can't recall his name. There was also a Malcom Sacks who lived on Edgar St. Remember he climbed the drain pipe up to the roof which then gave way, he ended up with a broken ankle. We used to play kick-can at night and hiding in the back yard entrance tunnel by laying full length along the edge. Many a time we scared the living daylights out of people walking down the passage as we lay on the floor. I lived at the Petre St post office just up from Pepperdines on the corner of Lyons Street and Edgar Street. Another family was the Hardisty's that had the newsagents shop between Edgar Street and Petre Street.

Regarding the Braley brothers.There were two younger brothers- John who was the youngesy and Stephen. They would be around 51/54 years old, the sams age as my brother and i.We were good mates with them. Also there was Mick Barker Jeoff Cryer, Steve & David Walmsley who all lived on Edgar Street.John Braeley also lives in the USA (Florida) as does Steven.(Boston)
Do you recall anybody callecd Michaell Wilkes.They lived near the post office

Mister Freedom ,Can you remember the Gaumont cinema ,i think it was quite near the City Hall (although ime not quite sure).A gang of us went there on a Saturday morning (or was it Friday). We lived in Pitsmoor (might have been Burngreave) .We all went bell ringing (or was it choir singing).Can you remember .

I dated a girl that lived at the Territorial army depot, corner of (I think) Herries Rd and Norwood Rd. She worked at Wigfalls on Spital Hill. Sad to think, can't recall her name

Regarding the Braley brothers.There were two younger brothers- John who was the youngesy and Stephen. They would be around 51/54 years old, the sams age as my brother and i.We were good mates with them. Also there was Mick Barker Jeoff Cryer, Steve & David Walmsley who all lived on Edgar Street.John Braeley also lives in the USA (Florida) as does Steven.(Boston)
Do you recall anybody callecd Michaell Wilkes.They lived near the post office
I think those two brothers must have come along after my time. Just to clarify was their house in a small yard within the main yard, you had to go down a couple of steps and theirs was the first house. Their father was a radio ham although I did hear he died a few years after I left, as we moved to Malton St. in 1959. There is about 11 years between us so I doubt whether I would know any of the guys that lived on Edgar Street in your younger days.

I think those two brothers must have come along after my time. Just to clarify was their house in a small yard within the main yard, you had to go down a couple of steps and theirs was the first house. Their father was a radio ham although I did hear he died a few years after I left, as we moved to Malton St. in 1959. There is about 11 years between us so I doubt whether I would know any of the guys that lived on Edgar Street in your younger days.
You are absolutely right about the location of the house. It was on the opposite side of the road to Peperdined the green-grocers.I also think their dad was a radio ham like you said. Unfortunately as i recall he did get killed in the early 60s during the very severe gales which we were having at the time. Apparently he was hit on the head by a falling chimmney pot.I felt so sorry for Mrs Braeley having to bring all those boys up on her own.

I dated a girl that lived at the Territorial army depot, corner of (I think) Herries Rd and Norwood Rd. She worked at Wigfalls on Spital Hill. Sad to think, can't recall her name

It wasn't Bbeverley, was it? i used to be friends with a girl called Beverley, who lived on the army housing at the back of the old people's home..

she'd have been the same age as me, left school in about 1980, born about 1964-ish?

Thanks PT, but this was in the late 50's.

I am a bit late picking up this thread, but noticed there was a mention of the Braerly (spelling?) family on Lyons Street. I new David Braerly but last year I made contact with his brother Allan who now lives in USA. I just remembered Allen as he was a baby when we used to play in their big back yard. There was another brother in between David and Allan but can't recall his name. There was also a Malcom Sacks who lived on Edgar St. Remember he climbed the drain pipe up to the roof which then gave way, he ended up with a broken ankle. We used to play kick-can at night and hiding in the back yard entrance tunnel by laying full length along the edge. Many a time we scared the living daylights out of people walking down the passage as we lay on the floor. I lived at the Petre St post office just up from Pepperdines on the corner of Lyons Street and Edgar Street. Another family was the Hardisty's that had the newsagents shop between Edgar Street and Petre Street.

But alas he is deceiced now and leaves a son and daughter in Canada.And yes the Braeley yard was on two levels the Egans and Cowleys on top yard and the Braeleys on the bottom.And yes there was a 30 foot pole for mr Braeleys radio.

This is very wierd coming across this forum - I feel like I know most of you! I know I went to school with some of you - and yes, even Michael Wilkes-who was just mentioned and the Walmesleys, and many more...
I went to All Saints School - does anyone remember Mrs Frost the art teacher and hall, the headmaster?

Its nice to see lots of nostalgia about andover street. Does anybody remember the Gordon family who lived at number 90 for years. Luel, Lily, kEITH, Katherine to name afew. They moved off to Canada and back to Jamaica in the early 70s.

thanks for getting in john now is my other half can you let me know your name john very intrigued g to who u could be many thanks

how is johnny mac hav'nt seen him for ages.

This is very wierd coming across this forum - I feel like I know most of you! I know I went to school with some of you - and yes, even Michael Wilkes-who was just mentioned and the Walmesleys, and many more...
I went to All Saints School - does anyone remember Mrs Frost the art teacher and hall, the headmaster?

Hi MP,
I also went to All Saints school and new Mr. Hall quite well, although I think I may have been early than you as I don't remember Mrs Frost. I do have a few photos of the four grades of classes all with Mr Hall on them and the different teachers. I would gladly put them up but for the life of me can't see how to include a picture. Anyone help in that matter.

But alas he is deceiced now and leaves a son and daughter in Canada.And yes the Braeley yard was on two levels the Egans and Cowleys on top yard and the Braeleys on the bottom.And yes there was a 30 foot pole for mr Braeleys radio.

Hi Sackville,
Just had me a little confused, which of the named lived in Canada and is now deceased. You were spot on with naming of the families in that yard. My best friend was Graham Cowley and that is how I knew the Braeleys'. Graham and his brother both imigrated to Canada and I know Graham then moved to USA but infortunately have not been able to contact him.

This is very wierd coming across this forum - I feel like I know most of you! I know I went to school with some of you - and yes, even Michael Wilkes-who was just mentioned and the Walmesleys, and many more...
I went to All Saints School - does anyone remember Mrs Frost the art teacher and hall, the headmaster?

Yes i remember the teachers you mentioned above .Do you also remember the evil Miss Sailes. I think everybody disliked the woman.
You mentioned Michael Wilkes ,would this be the same guy who lived a few houses away from the post office on Petre Street. He was a mate of mine in the early 60s , I think he moved to Attercliff at some stage. I attended All Saints infant and junior school and after failing the 11 plus went on to the magnificient Burngreave Boys High school. By the way my brother and i lived on Edgar Street (does that ring a bell).Our mother used to work at the corner shop on Harleston Street.

Hi, i lived on andover drive, number 12.i seem to remember the tansleys, was there a brother called kevin? i think the keyworths paul & i think his sister was julie lived on same block of maisonettes as the tansleys.I remember the cooks & kerrigans also terry mason. My mother used to go in the woodside community centre & both my parents went in loco club.
Do you remember hubblybubbly pop & small crackers (like ritz) with a pickled onion you could get in club also cockles.

Hi, i lived on andover drive, number 12.i seem to remember the tansleys, was there a brother called kevin? i think the keyworths paul & i think his sister was julie lived on same block of maisonettes as the tansleys.I remember the cooks & kerrigans also terry mason. My mother used to go in the woodside community centre & both my parents went in loco club.
Do you remember hubblybubbly pop & small crackers (like ritz) with a pickled onion you could get in club also cockles.

remember them all

Hi, i lived on andover drive, number 12.i seem to remember the tansleys, was there a brother called kevin? i think the keyworths paul & i think his sister was julie lived on same block of maisonettes as the tansleys.I remember the cooks & kerrigans also terry mason. My mother used to go in the woodside community centre & both my parents went in loco club.
Do you remember hubblybubbly pop & small crackers (like ritz) with a pickled onion you could get in club also cockles.

Yeah..i know all the people you mentioned.!..Especially Keven, as i'm the youngest brother..John..Who are you if you don't mind.?

Keyworths lived at our side and the other side was the Steads.!

jt

remember them all

Who are you then.?

jt

Who are you then.?

jt

I,m me who are you?










I'm Frank Lingard brother Gordon.

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I had my eleventh birthday in that house then we moved to tinsley, dont think you will know me but my last name was smith my first name begins with E.

Do you remember small crackers (like ritz) with a pickled onion you could get in club also cockles.

The crackers, cheese and pickled onion were given the very grand (And, IMO overinflated) "description" of "Ploughman's lunch"...

I'll tell you what, any ploughman who would have been given that for his lunch would have given some right kick-up! :lol:

i remeber Kevin Tansley very very very very well. and i'm sure he knows me. would LOVE to meet up and have a little chat. hmm 30 years is a very long time.

Hi are you male or female. Do you also remember martin manterfield i think he hung around with tansleys & lived on same block of maisonettes.

Hi Siren.
I am 62 years old now so going back a long time. Helen terrace i know well. I was in the Boys brigade after the life boys.
The Captain then was John Cheetham also the other oficers were
John Watkins and Les Wright. Did you go to the youth club because thats where i met my wife Vicki. You must know the shop on Rock st called Cairios (excuse the spelling) the coblers called Bartroms.and i think the greengrosers were Feezis. I used to live on Montfort Rd coming from Rock st go past Fitzalan st and i was in one of those houses on the left with cellers on street level. This was opposite where Verdon st forked off. Remember Blackshaws drapers..Let me Know your age then i might Know if i Know youThis quote is a bit belated so you'll be about 65 now, I hope you're in good health.
The thing is though I'm a bit older than you, ten years in fact, but I was brought up in Fox Street in my early years and reading through the postings on Pitsmoor, suddenly realised I recognised one of the names you mention.
Bartroms. I know that name from the 30's. The shop must've been there some years. I remember a lot of the others, Cairas(?), Hancocks etc; but Bartroms didn't register at first.

Hi are you male or female. Do you also remember martin manterfield i think he hung around with tansleys & lived on same block of maisonettes.


I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but, Martin passed away some time ago, i went to his funeral on city rd.!

I still see his sister now and then Micheal..

john

i remeber Kevin Tansley very very very very well. and i'm sure he knows me. would LOVE to meet up and have a little chat. hmm 30 years is a very long time.


Well then you should also know me as well.!

pm me your details and if you want i'll pass them on to him.!

john

if you know kevin you will possibly know me and my twin brother mick as i'm is cousin lived on grey street in the 60s we used to hang around quite a lot playing football kickcan delaveio etc always in to mischief hee hee :cool:

Hi everyone,
just found this site, really addictive reading so I thought I would share my memories of pitsmoor.
stensons,cooks,lockeys,taylors,hardmans,pursehouse s,marshes,
these are original neighbours when we moved into our house,
find the missing family and you should know of us/me.
Went to pye bank , someone mentioned loco club? my fondest memory of sunday night strippers at maybe 8-10 yr old climbing on railings then up the wall to an outside fan, you could just see the stage.I can only remember commitee men Joe Belshaw, & Alan Roberts dad(lived on tall towers, 12th floor) used to chase us.
Sliding down hancocks hill in winter,fishing/scromping/playing in rowe woods, football on the rec,used to love scrounging in old houses.
Does anyone remember The Bomb? old waste ground on rock street.

Hi everyone,
just found this site, really addictive reading so I thought I would share my memories of pitsmoor.
stensons,cooks,lockeys,taylors,hardmans,pursehouse s,marshes,
these are original neighbours when we moved into our house,
find the missing family and you should know of us/me.
Went to pye bank , someone mentioned loco club? my fondest memory of sunday night strippers at maybe 8-10 yr old climbing on railings then up the wall to an outside fan, you could just see the stage.I can only remember commitee men Joe Belshaw, & Alan Roberts dad(lived on tall towers, 12th floor) used to chase us.
Sliding down hancocks hill in winter,fishing/scromping/playing in rowe woods, football on the rec,used to love scrounging in old houses.
Does anyone remember The Bomb? old waste ground on rock street.

Hi Graystreet
Dont know any of the names you mentioned but I use to do similar things to you at the Loco Club my uncle was the steward there when I was younger. Im 60 now, how old are you. Does Hancocks Hill run down to Rock St from Pye Bank School, if so we used to call that School Board Hill. I remember looting the old houses on Verdon St, Neville St, Brunswick Rd etc etc. every house seemed to have a gas mask a steel helmet and a swordstick.
I also remember the bombsite on Rock St there were 3 in fact one at the bottom where the old Vicarage was blown up one in the middle near the bus stop Opp the shops and one at the top Opp the "top" Rock pub a lot of people were killed there. Apart from that sad fact, happy memories.

Hi everyone,
just found this site, really addictive reading so I thought I would share my memories of pitsmoor.
stensons,cooks,lockeys,taylors,hardmans,pursehouse s,marshes,
these are original neighbours when we moved into our house,
find the missing family and you should know of us/me.
Went to pye bank , someone mentioned loco club? my fondest memory of sunday night strippers at maybe 8-10 yr old climbing on railings then up the wall to an outside fan, you could just see the stage.I can only remember commitee men Joe Belshaw, & Alan Roberts dad(lived on tall towers, 12th floor) used to chase us.
Sliding down hancocks hill in winter,fishing/scromping/playing in rowe woods, football on the rec,used to love scrounging in old houses.
Does anyone remember The Bomb? old waste ground on rock street.

Thanks for posting that.Was trying to remember a name the other day and you've just mentioned him Alan Roberts as for the others I remember the Stensons. What year are we talking about re the Loco?

Hi Graystreet
Dont know any of the names you mentioned but I use to do similar things to you at the Loco Club my uncle was the steward there when I was younger. Im 60 now, how old are you. Does Hancocks Hill run down to Rock St from Pye Bank School, if so we used to call that School Board Hill. I remember looting the old houses on Verdon St, Neville St, Brunswick Rd etc etc. every house seemed to have a gas mask a steel helmet and a swordstick.
I also remember the bombsite on Rock St there were 3 in fact one at the bottom where the old Vicarage was blown up one in the middle near the bus stop Opp the shops and one at the top Opp the "top" Rock pub a lot of people were killed there. Apart from that sad fact, happy memories.

Hi Siren Not quite as old as you, I used to slide down Hancocks hill (School board hill) from Fox Street to Rock street holding on to railing. Used to play on the bomb just after Fox Hill with Longleys . Used to buy chips from White House (Bernard & Kath?) Do you remember the penny tray in Hancocks shop!!

Hi Darra Know the Stensons very well, especially Johnny (dubber) Re - loco 1966? Do you remember Steptoe's scrap/junk yard off Pyebank Road.

Yes i remember the teachers you mentioned above .Do you also remember the evil Miss Sailes. I think everybody disliked the woman.
You mentioned Michael Wilkes ,would this be the same guy who lived a few houses away from the post office on Petre Street. He was a mate of mine in the early 60s , I think he moved to Attercliff at some stage. I attended All Saints infant and junior school and after failing the 11 plus went on to the magnificient Burngreave Boys High school. By the way my brother and i lived on Edgar Street (does that ring a bell).Our mother used to work at the corner shop on Harleston Street.

Do you remember the Whiffins of Edgar St.? My parents were great friends of theirs. I also went to All Saints, and I had Miss Sailes, as did my mum quite a lot of years before. They abolished the 11 plus when I was 10 so I went on to Earl Marshal :hihi:

Hi Gray St
I Was An Original On Grey St, Lived The Opposite Side To You No 3 Had A Twin Brother Mick, A Sister Sadly Passed Away Now And A Younger Brother Did All The Things You Did (do They Call You Legs)

Does anyone remember the walshes, they lived on grey st. Was good friends with janet. There was also a sister called hazel who was i think deaf & dumb cant remember rest of family.

I had an aunt & uncle who lived on fox st, kath & fred warriner also my cousin paul who would be in his mid 50s now.Dont know what year they left but was a long time ago.

Hi Gray St
I Was An Original On Grey St, Lived The Opposite Side To You No 3 Had A Twin Brother Mick, A Sister Sadly Passed Away Now And A Younger Brother Did All The Things You Did (do They Call You Legs)
Hi Swervin,(or is it Melvin)
No I am not legs,but from my original families (I missed off the Marsdens)the Longleys moved into the Pursehouses house, I know all the longleys very well ,all good friends.
If you are who I am thinking of, did you live on Pye Bank Road flats.
Were you friends at Pye Bank School with Robert Hargate(Algea)?

Hi Swervin,(or is it Melvin)
No I am not legs,but from my original families (I missed off the Marsdens)the Longleys moved into the Pursehouses house, I know all the longleys very well ,all good friends.
If you are who I am thinking of, did you live on Pye Bank Road flats.
Were you friends at Pye Bank School with Robert Hargate(Algea)?

Anyone remember the Barker family. I worked in a Bank with Helen Barker in 1962 and all I know is that she lived somewhere in Pitsmoor. Haven't seen or heard of her since Chrismas 1963.

Hi Swervin,(or is it Melvin)
No I am not legs,but from my original families (I missed off the Marsdens)the Longleys moved into the Pursehouses house, I know all the longleys very well ,all good friends.
If you are who I am thinking of, did you live on Pye Bank Road flats.
Were you friends at Pye Bank School with Robert Hargate(Algea)?

I am indeed Melvin ,I still can't for the life of me think who you could possibly be. Can i have some more clues. I wonder what ever happened to algy last i saw of him was is dads funeral years ago the late 70s i think. He lived on Greenland Rd estate Darnall then I live at Firth Park married with a grown up son (still at home neally 26)

Hi Swervin,
I was good friends with your brother Mick and David Whitney when I was about 13/16yr old used to go to Top Rank on Saturday afternoons and Tuesday nights. Also used to hang out with Alan Roberts,Derek Longley,Martin Hardman(muffer),Brian Wilson(bert),to name but a few.

Hi Swervin,
I was good friends with your brother Mick and David Whitney when I was about 13/16yr old used to go to Top Rank on Saturday afternoons and Tuesday nights. Also used to hang out with Alan Roberts,Derek Longley,Martin Hardman(muffer),Brian Wilson(bert),to name but a few.

Did your dad use to be on the commitee at Gower street club if so
is your name John M---itt i'm hoping it is. I clawed that from the back of my brain good to here from you if it is.

Did your dad use to be on the commitee at Gower street club if so
is your name John M---itt i'm hoping it is. I clawed that from the back of my brain good to here from you if it is.


back of the brain !!!!! fronts dodgy enough alzeimers and that

Nearly right Swervin, the name ends ...att.

back of the brain !!!!! fronts dodgy enough alzeimers and that

Front's packed up, that's why he's using the back! :hihi:

Nearly right Swervin, the name ends ...att.

Got you Gordon M---att , (If not i give in )Hope you are well. Our Mick is doing OK my younger brother Darren see's Dave Whitneys younger brother regular i think Daves been Married about 3/4 times think he likes marsie pan I'LL tell our Mick that iv'e been in contact with you when i see him he's not on internet but i will let him know

back of the brain !!!!! fronts dodgy enough alzeimers and that

:loopy:not wrong there doley:loopy:

Someone above briefly mention the Pursehouse family, I remember Pat, a tall lass left Pitsmoor mid sixties 64/65.
She was the spiting image of cilla Black (a young cilla then) and I used to sing Anyone who had a heart everytime I saw her and she would chase me all over.

Also another one who used to chase me after taking the p**s out of her name was the elsest sister of the Halidays, I used to sing Were all going on a summer Haliday and she would run after me spitting feathers, god help me when she caught me, thankfully which wasn't often.

Swervin, you were right first time,it was the surame spelling that was wrong.
My brother Gordon runs the Mason Arms pub on Keppel Street,off penistone road,just before Morrisons next to the Peugot car sales.
All you friends from burngreave club and blades fans call and say hello on saturday afternoon,you might get a free pint.

Hi Paul,
Yes Pat Pursehouse lived at No.16 Gray Street and I think had an older brother called Paul, Pat was friends with my sis Julie.

Swervin, you were right first time,it was the surame spelling that was wrong.
My brother Gordon runs the Mason Arms pub on Keppel Street,off penistone road,just before Morrisons next to the Peugot car sales.
All you friends from burngreave club and blades fans call and say hello on saturday afternoon,you might get a free pint.


if your pete (rip)was still with us we would. then pop next door and turn weenies gaff over.

Swervin, you were right first time,it was the surame spelling that was wrong.
My brother Gordon runs the Mason Arms pub on Keppel Street,off penistone road,just before Morrisons next to the Peugot car sales.
All you friends from burngreave club and blades fans call and say hello on saturday afternoon,you might get a free pint.

I got there in the end it took a while.Me and my missus went in the Masons a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday night had a decent band on (The Call) Big bloke behind bar was that your Gordon .A mate of mine goes in there on Thursday nights with a couple of his old work mates for the quiz you may know him Tony Redfearn he lives in Leeds now (POOR SOD) Just been speaking to our Mick told him all about talking to you great days :hihi:

Say hello to Mick from me,
If the guy behind the bar has thick grey hair,thats him, ask him, but dont expect a free drink. The karaoke nights are good there.

Hi Bladebloke,
You mentioned our Pete (pie-eye), would you believe he's been gone 20yrs in July.
It would have been his birthday last week (9th oct.) he'd be 47yrs.

Hi Bladebloke,
You mentioned our Pete (pie-eye), would you believe he's been gone 20yrs in July.
It would have been his birthday last week (9th oct.) he'd be 47yrs.


yep he was in the same year as me but differant schools. used to meet up in little wembley of sutherland road when waggin school.

too many good old pitsmoor boys left us far too early. mark w, wayne c, mick w and your pie eye all good blades as well. rip lads.

In the late 60's drinking in the Hallcar, I told my friends & neighbours that we were heading down under to Oz for a better life, they called me a daft bugger & said it'll be oreyht when tha gets thi new owse afta slum cleerance etc, this is where we have lived for the last 37 years, AM I A DAFT BUGGER ?

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In the late 60's drinking in the Hallcar, I told my friends & neighbours that we were heading down under to Oz for a better life, they called me a daft bugger & said it'll be oreyht when tha gets thi new owse afta slum cleerance etc, this is where we have lived for the last 37 years, AM I A DAFT BUGGER ?

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Yes, you could have done better in South Australia:)

Good one Tom, I'll pay that one, a mate of mine lives in Hallett, no thanks.

In the late 60's drinking in the Hallcar, I told my friends & neighbours that we were heading down under to Oz for a better life, they called me a daft bugger & said it'll be oreyht when tha gets thi new owse afta slum cleerance etc, this is where we have lived for the last 37 years, AM I A DAFT BUGGER ?

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its not a patch on skeggy or cleethorpes though

In the late 60's drinking in the Hallcar, I told my friends & neighbours that we were heading down under to Oz for a better life, they called me a daft bugger & said it'll be oreyht when tha gets thi new owse afta slum cleerance etc, this is where we have lived for the last 37 years, AM I A DAFT BUGGER ?


Yeah, but about four weeks after you left Pitsmoor and one day you blew your nose; and for the first time in your life what came out WASN'T all black and sooty like normal; weren't you worried?

I was a few weeks after I left!

Yeah, but about four weeks after you left Pitsmoor and one day you blew your nose; and for the first time in your life what came out WASN'T all black and sooty like normal; weren't you worried?
I was a few weeks after I left!

I did notice a difference, although there is a steelworks in this area, it's nothing like Sheffield was, this is the Port Kembla steel industry, where the big chimney is.
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I was born in the slums in Pitsmoor in 1959 on Grove Street, and most of the family lived on or around Fowler Street.
I don,t remember much if anything about that area apart from what i,ve been told as i was born in 1959 and fortunatly that area was about to be demolished to make way for the modern Pitsmoor we see now, which again is about to be demolished.
We moved to Woodseats in 1961 and according to my mum who was born and bred in Fowler street was full of snotty white collar workers, our next door neighbour being a rent collector thinking he was a top accountant and Dad working the building sites Odd carrying who did,nt fit in with these middle class wannabees so we moved on to the all new Pitsmoor and being the first to move into our new massonette on Andover Drive.
We all went to Pye Bank which was run by that great authourtarian Mr Cook and we made a lot of friends throughout our time in Pitsmoor which spanned from 1963 to 1976.
I lived at number 67 and i know that people especially the seniors of our generation always keep saying that these days people don,t care or mix like the older days but there very right that locals then were always looking out for one another and some of my biggest mates today are the kids of then from Woodside.
Did you live in Pitsmoor during the sixtys, whats your opinion or maybe you lived in the old Pitsmoor and think the newly built one was,nt the same as the old one.
I would be interested in your views.

Hi
My dad grew up on Grove Street - 6? - not totally sure of the number but the family name was Booker. My nan was Nelly and my grandad was Fred and I am presuming that the other kids would have still been at home then so there was a Fred (junior), Joan, my dad John (called Jack now but not sure about then!) and the youngest Christine.

Hi
My dad grew up on Grove Street - 6? - not totally sure of the number but the family name was Booker. My nan was Nelly and my grandad was Fred and I am presuming that the other kids would have still been at home then so there was a Fred (junior), Joan, my dad John (called Jack now but not sure about then!) and the youngest Christine.

Problem is I'm to young to remember it but ask your Dad if he knew the Corbridges, because we moved out of the slum clearance when I was only two or three.
Most of us moved to the new Pitsmoor now gone but we actually moved to Woodseats and were only there about 18 months before returning to the new estate of Woodside.

You are absolutely right about the location of the house. It was on the opposite side of the road to Peperdined the green-grocers.I also think their dad was a radio ham like you said. Unfortunately as i recall he did get killed in the early 60s during the very severe gales which we were having at the time. Apparently he was hit on the head by a falling chimmney pot.I felt so sorry for Mrs Braeley having to bring all those boys up on her own.


Ya, I remember my dad telling me that story when I asked him about his dad...I'm Peter Braeley's daughter...I only met my Uncle Alan, and Uncle Stephen, hopefully one day soon I can meet Uncle Jon and Uncle David. I can't believe I found this website, and saw familiar names.

Ya, I remember my dad telling me that story when I asked him about his dad...I'm Peter Braeley's daughter...I only met my Uncle Alan, and Uncle Stephen, hopefully one day soon I can meet Uncle Jon and Uncle David. I can't believe I found this website, and saw familiar names.
Hi Gennylove,
If you meet up with your Uncle David just give my regards from the post office boy, he'll know who I am then. I'm trying to remember all the boys, am I right in thinking that Peter was the next eldest from David. I have been in contact with Alan but he was only a baby when I used to play with David.

Hi, I've only just joined the forum, but I've already been hit by loads of lovely memories!
My maiden name was DARLING. My dad Michael& his brother Keith went to Pye Bank. So did I, my step brother David and My step sister Julie. Does anyone remember us?
My dad and uncle lived on Fox Street, a big cobbled hill. Then we lived on Catherine Street, then Andover Street. My mum, Ann, worked at the Rock pub on Rock Street.
It would be great to hear from anyone who remembers us. :hihi:

Hi, I've only just joined the forum, but I've already been hit by loads of lovely memories!
My maiden name was DARLING. My dad Michael& his brother Keith went to Pye Bank. So did I, my step brother David and My step sister Julie. Does anyone remember us?
My dad and uncle lived on Fox Street, a big cobbled hill. Then we lived on Catherine Street, then Andover Street. My mum, Ann, worked at the Rock pub on Rock Street.
It would be great to hear from anyone who remembers us. :hihi:

My relatives lived on Andover street for a bit 1960s. The Gordons from Jamaica. Went back in the 70s, lily , eual , katherine and keith. Yor mum might remember them if she worked at the Rock.
Happy nostalgia hunting.

OMG, I remember David Darling. He was in my class/year at Pye Bank infants. Didn't they have a macaw or some sort of bird? I have vivid(ish) memories of going to a birthday party on a Sunday afternoon.

Of course, when we moved out of the area a couple of years later (first year in juniors) we lost contact with most people except a few, including family.

Oh, yea, we were/are the Blands LOL

*Smiles*

Angi


Hi, I've only just joined the forum, but I've already been hit by loads of lovely memories!
My maiden name was DARLING. My dad Michael& his brother Keith went to Pye Bank. So did I, my step brother David and My step sister Julie. Does anyone remember us?
My dad and uncle lived on Fox Street, a big cobbled hill. Then we lived on Catherine Street, then Andover Street. My mum, Ann, worked at the Rock pub on Rock Street.
It would be great to hear from anyone who remembers us. :hihi:

I saw that The Tea Gardens Pub was up for auction with Mark Jenkinson.Not sure if it has been sold

I am 43 and lived in Pitsmoor on the flats just above The tea Gardens( Earldom Drive)
I lived there from the age of 5 until we moved to Jamaica Street when I was 17.
The flats were not the best place to live and most of them are gone.

I went to Burngreave Middle school and then moved on to Ashleigh Comp at Gleadless.
My brother ran a hardware shop on the corner of Scott Road( now a house)

did you know the gordon family who lived on andover street. they also returned to jamaica in the 70s lily,luel, katherine,keith

My dad James Henry (Jim) Moore was born at 40 Jamaica Street but lived most of his younger days at 309 Petre Street ; my grandma and grandad (Harry Watson and Mary Ann Moore) lived there until it was demolished.
Dad went to All Saints school and was a choir boy at the church plus went to the Boys Brigade there.
My Uncle Harry Moore lived at 305 Petre Street until it was demolished.
My friend and later to be best man, Neil Ward lived at 2 Edgar Street.
Anybody know any of these names?
John

OMG, I remember David Darling. He was in my class/year at Pye Bank infants. Didn't they have a macaw or some sort of bird? I have vivid(ish) memories of going to a birthday party on a Sunday afternoon.

Of course, when we moved out of the area a couple of years later (first year in juniors) we lost contact with most people except a few, including family.

Oh, yea, we were/are the Blands LOL

*Smiles*

Angi

Hi Angi,

Dunno about the bird, I'll have to look into that one! I'll ask my dad if he remembers you and your family,

Lisa.

I'm going off your subject a bit! Can anyone remember a 2 year old toddler getting killed by a Softies Ice Cream Van in and around Andover St area in the 6 wks holidays, either 1965/6..
Thanks in advance for any answers.

yes i can i was about 10 years old at the time lived just down the rd on grey st very sad

I'm going off your subject a bit! Can anyone remember a 2 year old toddler getting killed by a Softies Ice Cream Van in and around Andover St area in the 6 wks holidays, either 1965/6..
Thanks in advance for any answers.

Hi,

Ive just asked my dad, Michael Darling, and he remembers the incident very well. He said the toddler was a little boy and that the ice cream van backed over him and he unfortunately died. It was on Andover Drive. Dad did some work for the little boys family, and said that the boys mother was truly devastated, and was really ill after.

Lisa

Yes, I vaguely remember the incident too, although I was only 2 or 3.

Just chatted with my Mum and she has told me some more. The accident was outside their home, and the icecream van always reversed to turn around.

My M