anyone rember the watering holes in the square .the royal the stagg .cross daggers before it was turned into a hearty farty resturant.the barbers shop in the square owened i think by a bill barley. mrs hunts sweet shop?and any old teddy boys,from the 50s/60

I remember a pub on the road that led down from the square that sold the best pint of Stones beer anywhere. Opposite was a little sweet shop that sold sweets in big glass jars. I've been in Canada for many years now Pollyann so my memory is a bit rusty and I don't know for sure if the pub and the sweet shop are there now. I don't think they will be because I seem to remember that the winding little road has now gone and in its place is an awful highway The stocks and the old picture house stand out in my meory of the old square.

Have you two had a good prod around the www.picturesheffield.com website? ;)

If you two were around in the 50s you might remember my grandpa's on Sheffield road opposite the old West End school. It was the one next door to the butchers and had the apple trees in the back garden.

rogG, I think the pub you mentioned would be the George, if memory serves me right (sometimes doesn't). Used to love playing dominoes in there with the old chaps- always lost though they were good. Still love dominoes and used to play with my smallest Granddaughter until she got too grown-up.

i lived down woodhouse ..............near the junction in the 80s but spent alot of time in the village.........loads of mates lived up that way / stradbroke etc and my grandma lives near the library.
i also did work experience at school at andersons supermarket.

i remember buying toys with my pocket money from the post office (and paying weekly) and the small shop further down (the wizard???)

I remember the Wizard- near the Cross Daaggers -long gone though. I lived on Chapel street next the firstChapel. Left in 1974.

It's moved (again) and is a couple of doors down from the Royal

Hi Strix, do you mean about where Hall's bakery was?

I don't know - it was a newsagents when we arrived in Woodhouse 4 years ago ;)

Hi
I was born in Woodhouse down on Revil Lane had alot of good fun in the square near to the stocks. I remember the sweet shop and also the cobblers on the corner where our worn out shoes had to be taken! we did`nt throw them away and by new!
Can anyone remember the picture hall that used to stand where the new shops are now that was near the sweet shop.

Hi Pollyann, There was the Brunswic Hotel on Station road just below the Police Station, The Junction on the Railway, the George, Stag and the cross Daggers which was turned into a Restrant. This was before they changed the Village centre. There was Rose and French the electrical shop Machin Newsagents and at Woodhouse Mill A Holdsworth Newsagents. This was all in the mid to late 60's.
At the age of 15 I met my first girlfriend at the Junction Pub outside the Jug and Bottle (OFFSALES) her name was Margret Senior from Driver Street
Happy Memories

anyone rember the watering holes in the square .the royal the stagg .cross daggers before it was turned into a hearty farty resturant.the barbers shop in the square owened i think by a bill barley. mrs hunts sweet shop?and any old teddy boys,from the 50s/60
Hiya Pollyann, My dad was born n bred in Woodhouse, and yes indeed he was a teddy boy, sadly he passed away 4 years ago, his name was Jack Briggs. A lot of people knew him, i remember him telling me about the old barbers shop where he used to have his hair cut, he also told that Dave Berry went there too, I myself was born in woodhouse , i really used to love the old place, not so much now its really changed, an sadly for the worse its a pity .My mum still lives there.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Does anyone know of someone who lived on Junction road in the 40's and 50's
number 31 in particular?

I went to live in Woodhouse in 1948 [a bad winter as i remember] our house was on Mauncer Crescent. I attended Woodhouse West School, always at war with Woodhouse East School. I remember most of the shops down Market St. The newsagent opposite Hunters grocers was Williamson's, a gentleman. I was a paper boy there. Amongst my deliveries was a paper for Rose Cottage,[long gone] which stood at the bottom of Tannery St. next to the Zion. The cinema was affectionately known as the 'bug hut'!
The Sheffield Council have a lot to answer for, for tearing the heart out of the old village. Look at it now.
Do you remember.....................Pear Tree Yard, Josh Whites Snooker Hall, 'Orange' the decorators shop, Sally Clarks, The Vestry, The Butchers[side of the Coop],the Post Office[end of Stradbroke Rd],The house in the 'middle' of Sheffield Rd, The Chippie on Sheffield Rd, Stradbroke Rd. when it was a country lane from the Cemetary until you reached Richmond, The Endowed Hall, The Farm at the rear of Barnards toy shop, & more..................

GOLDENBABE 1966 My husband was also a ted born in Woodhouse he says he knew your dad quite well he is very sorry for your loss they worked together and knocked about together early sixties his name is Ron Warren

aint there anybodys from the 80s in here?


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I went to live in Woodhouse in 1948 [a bad winter as i remember] our house was on Mauncer Crescent. I attended Woodhouse West School, always at war with Woodhouse East School. I remember most of the shops down Market St. The newsagent opposite Hunters grocers was Williamson's, a gentleman. I was a paper boy there. Amongst my deliveries was a paper for Rose Cottage,[long gone] which stood at the bottom of Tannery St. next to the Zion. The cinema was affectionately known as the 'bug hut'!
The Sheffield Council have a lot to answer for, for tearing the heart out of the old village. Look at it now.
My in-laws lived on Mauncer Crescent for many years- until the late 80's.
You probably knew them Robinsons?

GOLDENBABE 1966 My husband was also a ted born in Woodhouse he says he knew your dad quite well he is very sorry for your loss they worked together and knocked about together early sixties his name is Ron Warren
hiya pollyann,
i asked my mum if she remembered your husband and she does, she even has photo of Ron and my dad on a night out (one of many ):hihi: .its a small world :) my dad was a lovely man and we all miss him.he would do anything for anybody.is your husband still a woodhouse lad at heart?my dad always was :)

Hi there its RON here I,m glad your mum remembers me, I left woodhouse al long time ago. The photo your mum,s got if its the same one ive got theres a group of us all dressed up in our BARNEYS suits, We were a real handsome bunch of guys,then.Ha,Ha.

My in-laws lived on Mauncer Crescent for many years- until the late 80's.
You probably knew them Robinsons?
Hi Mary Chapel Street Sharon W is my name

Sent you a PM but since you cannot reply yet I have enclosed my e-mail address. Regards Mary

Does anyone know of Ida Chapman who lived on Junction Rd. Would be in her 80's now.

I remember the Wizard- near the Cross Daaggers -long gone though. I lived on Chapel street next the firstChapel. Left in 1974.
oooo i might be living in your house now :) im at 19. the next door neighbours have been there for over 40 years i think they said

My in-laws lived on Mauncer Crescent for many years- until the late 80's.
You probably knew them Robinsons?
Your parents lived at the other side of the circle as i remember.Their back garden abutted ours with a tall privet hedge in between.

oooo i might be living in your house now :) im at 19. the next door neighbours have been there for over 40 years i think they said
Hi Litha I lived at 25, I think Barbara and Tony? lived in your house- say hello to Dot for me. Mary.

Your parents lived at the other side of the circle as i remember.Their back garden abutted ours with a tall privet hedge in between.
They were my in-laws- good estate wasn't it. I'll ask himself tomorrow who you were- he's switched off ( watching TV) nice to say hello tho'.

Hi Litha I lived at 25, I think Barbara and Tony? lived in your house- say hello to Dot for me. Mary.
an old lady lives there now i think shes deaf her alarm is always going off. i will say helloo to dot for you :)

I really must go out wearing my SF tee shirt because it seems as if I live so near to quite a few of you.
I probably stand next to you in the Post Office queue, not that I spend much time in the PO queue I try to avoid it as much as possible.
Litha I must pass your front door most days, Will peer in your windoow and wave next time I pass. ( just joking )
hazel

ooo hazel ya gotta av a nosey n wave now :P altho im a lazy herbert and me curtains r usually shut, av you seen me cats in the winda a blue one and a black one. if you eva see me say helloo im the short arse with the evil yella hair ( dont ask, LOL it was bleach wot went wrong haahaa) :hihi: :hihi:

Well I saw Litha when I was in the post office queue ;)

She was distracting my dog from practicing 'stay' :hihi:

Thanks for minding him Litha :thumbsup:

I COULDNT HELP IT............................. it was his fault he hypmotised me wiv his cuteness :love:

pounced on you and went for Storm smell more like :suspect:

His repuatation in the walking group is well earned :roll:

ooooo yes i saw him in action, he soon left me to elope round the corner with a sweet little girly dog.......... omar sherriff has nowt on Brude heeheee those big i lurrrrrve you eyes :D

Is your messenger broke? we'll get into trouble here :P

I'm from Wudus, born 1965, left in 1986 for Meersbrook but regularly visit my parents. A few random musings:

The 60s development of shops with flats above in Market Place should be demolished, the London company who owns them would rather they all stand empty than rent them cheaply, it is an eyesore.

That's an impressive villiage christmas tree by the Royal pub this year.

I used to drink in the Royal, Junction and Angel. The Stag and George didn't seem as welcoming of the 16-18s.

Shops I remember: Manning's chippy, John's barbers, MacMarket, Keetons, Fox's, Wizzard.

aint there anybodys from the 80s in here?


:P
i grew up in the 80s and i went to woodhouse west then city. i lived in hackenthorpe at the time but live here in woodhouse now. my mum and dad lived here for years, my dad recently passed away his name was jack bishop.

i remember a pub on the road that led down from the square that sold the best pint of stones beer anywhere. Opposite was a little sweet shop that sold sweets in big glass jars. I've been in canada for many years now pollyann so my memory is a bit rusty and i don't know for sure if the pub and the sweet shop are there now. I don't think they will be because i seem to remember that the winding little road has now gone and in its place is an awful highway the stocks and the old picture house stand out in my meory of the old square.

just seen your entry from years back, as stated the pub is the george , and the sweet shop, beside the stag pub is long gone. It was run by annie mason , and just beyond was arow of shops . A fruit shop, loll banks betting shop, a drapers and crosslands newsagents

Good to see so many Woodhouse memories flooding in. The barber
mentioned by Pollyann would have been Bill Varley. His shop in Cross
Street is still providing 'short back and sides'. The other longtime barber
was Henry Wheeler, then in Tannery Street, and later in Chapel Street
just below and opposite the Wesleyan chapel. Henry had started as a 'lather boy' at Trueman's barbers after the first world war. He was succeeded in 1974 by John's, now based in Beighton Road. The newsagent mentioned by Majid179 would have been Dickinson's. Billy Dickinson founded it before the first
world war and was succeeded by his son Billy and grandson Scott. The other village newsagents were Crosslands, at the end of Hoyland Lane, and
Miss Knight, in Chapel Street, who was succeeded by Roy and Maureen
Machin in the 1960s. Roy's father, Arthur ('Art') Machin, delivered most
of the village's Sunday papers for many years up to his death in 1956.

Good to see so many Woodhouse memories flooding in. The barber
mentioned by Pollyann would have been Bill Varley. His shop in Cross
Street is still providing 'short back and sides'. The other longtime barber
was Henry Wheeler, then in Tannery Street, and later in Chapel Street
just below and opposite the Wesleyan chapel. Henry had started as a 'lather boy' at Trueman's barbers after the first world war. He was succeeded in 1974 by John's, now based in Beighton Road. The newsagent mentioned by Majid179 would have been Dickinson's. Billy Dickinson founded it before the first
world war and was succeeded by his son Billy and grandson Scott. The other village newsagents were Crosslands, at the end of Hoyland Lane, and
Miss Knight, in Chapel Street, who was succeeded by Roy and Maureen
Machin in the 1960s. Roy's father, Arthur ('Art') Machin, delivered most
of the village's Sunday papers for many years up to his death in 1956.

I remember Roy Machin from the 60's as a teenager we moved from Stannington to Woodhouse to Rodger Road opposite Goathland Street.
We lived at number 6 Roy lived at Number 10, there was another Newsagent who was Alan Holdsworth that lived at Number 2.
I used to do a paper round for Alan from Woodhouse Mill to the Bruswick and Station Road.

Roy and Alan as newsagents towards the end of the 60's joined together, I left Woodhouse in 69 so I am not sure how it went.

Calling all Woodhouse expats in Australia, in search of Ray and Ann Shaw. They emigrated around 1972 to Dapto, Sydney. Would like to catch up with them.

Where was Buck Croft in woodhouse? Has anyone got a picture?

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Buck Croft in Woodhouse was, and still is, Tilford Road, running parallel with Station Road, at the rear of the school. It was probably an enclosure where deer were kept in ages past. One side was occupied by a long row of back-to-back houses with large yards, a close community whose 'local' was the Brunswick pub in Station Road. Opposite the pub was a football ground, with turnstile, where Sheffield United A-team played home matches, and is now school playing fields. The players' changing room was in the pub whose landlords have included ex-Blades stars Harry Cawthorne who also played for Huddersfield Town between the two wars, and Albert Cox, a Bramall Lane favourite at left-back after world war two into the 1950s alongside the likes of Fred Furniss, goalie Jack Smith, Ernest Jackson, Harry Latham, Alex Forbes,
Jimmy Hagan, Albert Nightingale, Harold Brook, and Colin Collindridge. Ernest Atkin's extensive history of Woodhouse recalls that in the 1870s Tilford Road had a somewhat doubtful reputation. It was undeserved, but when the Salvation Army set up in the village they announced that one of their first targets would be 'the devil's kingdom in Buck Croft'.

an old lady lives there now i think shes deaf her alarm is always going off. i will say helloo to dot for you :)

hi im kenny wainman used too live at 19 chapel street until about 1984/85 my mum and dad sre barbara and tony and the neighbours are auntie dorothy and uncle lewis (my god parents) say hi too them for me plse :thumbsup: so anyone remember me?:hihi:

Does anyone know any history of the old Buck Croft area of Woodhouse?


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[QUOTE=kenny66;5079974]hi im kenny wainman used too live at 19 chapel street until about 1984/85 my mum and dad sre barbara and tony and the neighbours are auntie dorothy and uncle lewis (my god parents) say hi too them for me plse :thumbsup: so anyone remember me?:hihi:[/QUOTe
I remember you Kenneth, do you remember the Robinsons who lived at #25? I have a lovely photo of you aged about 5-6 in our black swivel chair which you loved to swing in. Our daughter is Marina- ring any bells?:thumbsup:

[QUOTE=kenny66;5079974]hi im kenny wainman used too live at 19 chapel street until about 1984/85 my mum and dad sre barbara and tony and the neighbours are auntie dorothy and uncle lewis (my god parents) say hi too them for me plse :thumbsup: so anyone remember me?:hihi:[/QUOTe
I remember you Kenneth, do you remember the Robinsons who lived at #25? I have a lovely photo of you aged about 5-6 in our black swivel chair which you loved to swing in. Our daughter is Marina- ring any bells?:thumbsup:

omg yes i do ya moved too australia and you owned i think it was a silver zephyr haha omg so many memories flooding back now mainly me putting footballs through th church window hehe .. hope ya all well ??? :D

Hi Pollyann, There was the Brunswic Hotel on Station road just below the Police Station, The Junction on the Railway, the George, Stag and the cross Daggers which was turned into a Restrant. This was before they changed the Village centre. There was Rose and French the electrical shop Machin Newsagents and at Woodhouse Mill A Holdsworth Newsagents. This was all in the mid to late 60's.
At the age of 15 I met my first girlfriend at the Junction Pub outside the Jug and Bottle (OFFSALES) her name was Margret Senior from Driver Street
Happy Memories

any relation too paul and debbie etc??

Hi, I'm Andrew Morris.

Although I lived at Stradbroke, I was a member of the 173rd. St. James, Woodhouse and Woodhouse Mill Mission Scout Group from about 1954 to 1969.

When I started with them, Stradbroke Road did not run all the way through. It was just a footpath in part and the road was put in around 1958 or 59.

I started out as a Cub, progressed through the Scouts and finished up as a Senior Scout. I helped to run the Cubs for many years too.

John Shepherd, who ran the drapers shop was a prominent member of the Woodhouse Scout Group. Unfortunately, both John and his wife Maureen are no longer with us but they will long be remembered for their work for the Scouts.

From my perspective, it was John's relentless efforts, working and encouraging me that resulted in me becoming a Queen's Scout and achieving the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award. Indeed, he was one of my guests when I was presented with it at Buckingham Palace.

The Scouts used to meet in the Endowed Schoolrooms opposite the end of Stradbroke Road. Are they still there? I live in Scotland now and haven't been to Woodhouse for many years.

My parents - Jim and Mary Morris (they are both getting on a bit now (!) and live in Aldershot) were members of the Parents Committee for many years. Through their endless efforts and those of the Committee raising money, the Scout Hall which is attached to St. James Church was built.

If anyone remembers me or Mary & Jim, do get in touch.

I have just found one of my rellies working as a Domestic Servant at Eastfields in the 1891 Census.

Can anyone tell me where Eastfields was as I cannot find it on the map.

I wondered if it was the name of a house or a place???

Can anyone help please.

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have pm you weemorris but not sure if sent.shebba

I was born in Woodhus and lived there for 30 years, on Sheffield Road had a paper round for Dicko,s and used to frequent the Stag/Royal and the George . However got my first pint at 15 in the Normanton Springs Pub, does anyone remember the grumpy old fella.

Ello I lived at Woodhouse from 65 till 80. We lived on the Badger Estate.I too had a paper round But my first round was from the old newsagent opposite the George it was on the same block as the old sweet shop next to the Stag I can't think of the name. then I joined Dicko's. I also drank at the George, Royal and the Junc, (got barred from the Stag by the old bag).

Hi all.

My names Ryan Cox. My Grandad lived in Woodhouse and my dads first few months were spent in the Brunswick pub.

Just wondering if any of you guys have any memories of them. My grandad passed away a few years ago and I never reallygot to know him due to family problems. I do remember the twinkle he always had in his eye when ever he saw me and the way he always had a new football waiting for me at the door.

Anyone have memories of him as a young man? Or indeed any photos that could be copied and emailed/sent to me. Also would love to hear of my nan if anyone was friends with her?

Thanks all

Sorry mate hardly went to Brunswick.

Good to see so many Woodhouse memories flooding in. The barber
mentioned by Pollyann would have been Bill Varley. His shop in Cross
Street is still providing 'short back and sides'. The other longtime barber
was Henry Wheeler, then in Tannery Street, and later in Chapel Street
just below and opposite the Wesleyan chapel. Henry had started as a 'lather boy' at Trueman's barbers after the first world war. He was succeeded in 1974 by John's, now based in Beighton Road. The newsagent mentioned by Majid179 would have been Dickinson's. Billy Dickinson founded it before the first
world war and was succeeded by his son Billy and grandson Scott. The other village newsagents were Crosslands, at the end of Hoyland Lane, and
Miss Knight, in Chapel Street, who was succeeded by Roy and Maureen
Machin in the 1960s. Roy's father, Arthur ('Art') Machin, delivered most
of the village's Sunday papers for many years up to his death in 1956.

I remember Roy Machin from the 60's as a teenager we moved from Stannington to Woodhouse to Rodger Road opposite Goathland Street.
We lived at number 6 Roy lived at Number 10, there was another Newsagent who was Alan Holdsworth that lived at Number 2.
I used to do a paper round for Alan from Woodhouse Mill to the Bruswick and Station Road.

Roy and Alan as newsagents towards the end of the 60's joined together, I left Woodhouse in 69 so I am not sure how it went.

I live on Rodger Road now.I have lived here all my life and my family has been form Woodhouse forever. My Grandad is Henry Mortime.Everyone knows him My Nan is PearlMortimer but would have been Jackson Previously.I am trying to find out about my great grandfather Lawrence Jackson. My mum never met him. I'msure my Nan could tell me about him but I would appreciate if anyone knew him.

Woodhouse now is a bit of a dump to be quite honest. My mum and Aunty own Mortimer's Cafe but since then it has become over run with cheap takeaways and scruffy shops. All the original bits are being taken away. The Royal, George, Stag and Junction are still there- just about. The Brunswick has just been turned into a NISA which makes driving down tilford road a nightmare if it wasn't already. Mr Anderson has retired but thet still do he flowers from home. The Wizard has moved from next to Peggy's bakery next to the barber's. Dickinsons has closed down and it's a ladbrokes and an a charity shop and the square is just a complete and utter wreck. It doesn't help the fact that they opened a hostel near Beighton road tip. No one takes care of it anymore there are just drtunks and druggies everywhere. All of the businesses are struggling which makes it easier for the place to be commercialised. The heart of the village is already half way out.I'm only 22 and even I can see this it's just a shame that no one has any respect for it anymore.

Does anyone remember the shoe shop that used to be next door to tythe barn community gym?
Also prudence who used to scare me.

Hey.. The shoe shop was Kendalls, my nan used to drag me in for some horrendous but sensible boots every year as a kid...
I remember Prudence... also Fred Hardcastle, had loads of money but preferred to live as a porper..
Anyone remember when Bubbles burnt down?? it used to be where Ladbrooks is now (formally Dickinsons newsagent) god I feel old.....

Anyone remember my grandparents? I'd love to know what they were like when they were younger... Edith and George (Jud) Kelk???

Who remembers Lennons supermarket, i got my first Saturday job there, when the manager used to be a Mr Fox, also Woodhouse video Viewing at the top of Station Road, my mother Pat was the manager there for a good few years, and who could forget Joe's Ices me, my bother & my mother also worked the Woodhouse route for a good few years, Alan Lees Fruit shop was one of the best around, The Cross Daggers restaurant where many a good party was had.

Who remembers Lennons supermarket, i got my first Saturday job there, when the manager used to be a Mr Fox, also Woodhouse video Viewing at the top of Station Road, my mother Pat was the manager there for a good few years, and who could forget Joe's Ices me, my bother & my mother also worked the Woodhouse route for a good few years, Alan Lees Fruit shop was one of the best around, The Cross Daggers restaurant where many a good party was had.

Weren't Joe's from Beighton?

Yes but the route that we sold the ice-cream encompassed most of Woodhouse village IE Tithe Barn, Badger, Severnside, Mauncer, Massey, Rodger Road area, Normanton springs and so on

Yes but the route that we sold the ice-cream encompassed most of Woodhouse village IE Tithe Barn, Badger, Severnside, Mauncer, Massey, Rodger Road area, Normanton springs and so on

Ah Ok.... My G'dad used to live at Normanton Springs..on Coisley Hill..there's a roundabout just where his house was....

Who remembers Lennons supermarket, i got my first Saturday job there, when the manager used to be a Mr Fox, also Woodhouse video Viewing at the top of Station Road, my mother Pat was the manager there for a good few years, and who could forget Joe's Ices me, my bother & my mother also worked the Woodhouse route for a good few years, Alan Lees Fruit shop was one of the best around, The Cross Daggers restaurant where many a good party was had.

Joes ices do the best ice cream ever. Even when i left woodhouse i still came back to buy some. Now ive moved back its easier to get to. I remember Lennons, the cross daggers, the house of cards wizard, andersons, the little chip shop in the middle of the bungalows between the angel and the west end club, shirebrook school that i went to and the beer off on sheffield road.

Ah Ok.... My G'dad used to live at Normanton Springs..on Coisley Hill..there's a roundabout just where his house was....

Hey so did my grandad ......

Joes ices do the best ice cream ever. Even when i left woodhouse i still came back to buy some. Now ive moved back its easier to get to. I remember Lennons, the cross daggers, the house of cards wizard, andersons, the little chip shop in the middle of the bungalows between the angel and the west end club, shirebrook school that i went to and the beer off on sheffield road.

Wonder if my girls know you they went to Shirebrook School- had a fab time best primary school in Woodhouse

Ah Ok.... My G'dad used to live at Normanton Springs..on Coisley Hill..there's a roundabout just where his house was....

My Great Aunt and Uncle lived at Normanton Springs from about 1937-1972, when the houses were knocked down they moved into a flat at Tannery Close, Woodhouse. Their relatives lived on Sheffield Road, Woodhouse

Does anyone remember the shoe shop that used to be next door to tythe barn community gym?
Also prudence who used to scare me.

Was the shoe shop Kendalls?

The Prudence who lived on Normanton hill opposite Mrs Knights shop?

Ah Ok.... My G'dad used to live at Normanton Springs..on Coisley Hill..there's a roundabout just where his house was....

I used to live on Coisley Hill pretty much exactly where the roundabout is. We were the last family to live there before they pulled it down.

Wonder if my girls know you they went to Shirebrook School- had a fab time best primary school in Woodhouse

Who are your girls?

Who are your girls?

Have sent you a pm who are you cos I'll be talking to them tomorrow

[QUOTE=hellsbell;6717461]Hey.. The shoe shop was Kendalls, my nan used to drag me in for some horrendous but sensible boots every year as a kid...
I remember Prudence... also Fred Hardcastle, had loads of money but preferred to live as a porper..
Anyone remember when Bubbles burnt down?? it used to be where Ladbrooks is now (formally Dickinsons newsagent) god I feel old.....

Anyone remember my grandparents? I'd love to know what they were like when they were younger... Edith and George (Jud) Kelk???[/QUOTE I remember your Granma very well she lived next door to my Mum in law and was a lovely lady - last saw her when we came home for a holiday in 1996. I don't really remember George. I knew and loved June- Tell her Mary & Peter Rob said hello!

Who are your girls?

Did you have the same surname when when you was at Shirebrook?

Edith and George (Jud) Kelk???[/QUOTE I remember your Granma very well she lived next door to my Mum in law and was a lovely lady - last saw her when we came home for a holiday in 1996. I don't really remember George. I knew and loved June- Tell her Mary & Peter Rob said hello!
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Nan Robbo.. Was your dad Charlie??
It's a shame cos I only really know my nan her older years, but from the storys she told she was quite a character, everyone says i'm like her which I suppose isn't a bad thing, she was a plucky old bird.. she was chuffed to become a great grandma a couple of months before she passed away. My mum and dad's fine, nothing changes with them much..

x

Hey so did my grandad ......

Small world

Hey.. The shoe shop was Kendalls, my nan used to drag me in for some horrendous but sensible boots every year as a kid...
I remember Prudence... also Fred Hardcastle, had loads of money but preferred to live as a porper..
Anyone remember when Bubbles burnt down?? it used to be where Ladbrooks is now (formally Dickinsons newsagent) god I feel old.....

Anyone remember my grandparents? I'd love to know what they were like when they were younger... Edith and George (Jud) Kelk???

i used to serve tommy kelk when i worked behind the bar in the woodhouse central club,played darts for ,em with steve kelk,good lad,happy days.

Edith and George (Jud) Kelk???[/QUOTE I remember your Granma very well she lived next door to my Mum in law and was a lovely lady - last saw her when we came home for a holiday in 1996. I don't really remember George. I knew and loved June- Tell her Mary & Peter Rob said hello!
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Nan Robbo.. Was your dad Charlie??
It's a shame cos I only really know my nan her older years, but from the storys she told she was quite a character, everyone says i'm like her which I suppose isn't a bad thing, she was a plucky old bird.. she was chuffed to become a great grandma a couple of months before she passed away. My mum and dad's fine, nothing changes with them much..

x
No Charlie was Mum-in-laws second husband. Bill Robinson was my Dad-in-law, he died probably before you were born. Edie was a beaut lady and so straight forward, and as I remember she never said a bad word about anyone. She could be very funny and my sister-in-law Pat and I loved her dearly.

I used to live on Badger Close in the masonettes from 1965 then we moved across the road to Badger Road in 1969, and I lived there until 1979, I can remember the olde sweet shop opposite the George next to the Stag,The paper shop as well, I remember the old Cobblers & the old gents toilet which were under the memorial cross, I remember the old Picture house and the old court yard to the right, the house in the yard had a date like 1634 above the door, they were all derelict when I was a kid, we used to play in all the buildings and all the old houses behind the Stag and cross keys we used to play in them as well, finding the odd German helmet or Jack boots, or old tin bath, The good old days
Johnny P (Piggy)

My family moved to Woodhouse when I was 11 in 1958. We lived on the then new Tithe Barn estate at number 32 Tithe Barn Avenue. The one with an electricity sub station in the back garden! We came from the slums on Hodgson Street near to Bramall Lane.

I remember the Badger estate being built. Both my sister and brother were married in St James's church. My sister's reception was held in the then disco room at the Royal.

I started as a cub in the 173rd. St James scout group, went through scout, senior scout and rover scout and finished up taking over as Scout master from Eric Moody. I left after getting married in 1973.

I remember sneeking out for my first pint ever at 18 (no under age drinking then!) at the small pub that changed into some type of restaurant in the village square.

Our neighbours just below us on Tithe Barn Ave had a French mum and I remember her relatives coming to visit them in an old 2CV Citroen. Perhaps that's why I live in Brittany now!!!

BE:)

I used to live on Badger Close in the masonettes from 1965 then we moved across the road to Badger Road in 1969, and I lived there until 1979, I can remember the olde sweet shop opposite the George next to the Stag,The paper shop as well, I remember the old Cobblers & the old gents toilet which were under the memorial cross, I remember the old Picture house and the old court yard to the right, the house in the yard had a date like 1634 above the door, they were all derelict when I was a kid, we used to play in all the buildings and all the old houses behind the Stag and cross keys we used to play in them as well, finding the odd German helmet or Jack boots, or old tin bath, The good old days
Johnny P (Piggy)

My family moved to Woodhouse when I was 11 in 1958. We lived on the then new Tithe Barn estate at number 32 Tithe Barn Avenue. The one with an electricity sub station in the back garden! We came from the slums on Hodgson Street near to Bramall Lane.

I remember the Badger estate being built. Both my sister and brother were married in St James's church. My sister's reception was held in the then disco room at the Royal.

I started as a cub in the 173rd. St James scout group, went through scout, senior scout and rover scout and finished up taking over as Scout master from Eric Moody. I left after getting married in 1973.

I remember sneeking out for my first pint ever at 18 (no under age drinking then!) at the small pub that changed into some type of restaurant in the village square.

Our neighbours just below us on Tithe Barn Ave had a French mum and I remember her relatives coming to visit them in an old 2CV Citroen. Perhaps that's why I live in Brittany now!!!

BE:)

both quite a bit before my time lol, think i moved to woodhouse in 81

bald, the restraunt wouldve been the cross daggers?
small building, far corner of the square near the stocks

Cross Daggers it is/was?! In my day you went outside to the blokes toilet.

Cross Daggers it is/was?! In my day you went outside to the blokes toilet.
cant remember ever going in tbh but im sure in my day they had a bog indoor :P

Born in 1931 on Rodman ST Woodhouse Mill.
I'm 79 now, I think I predate most of your correspondents.
What the heck is Badger Rd. It was a field opposite the Grammar School when I went there.
Bob Graves was Cubmaster, and Mr Edwards was Scoutmaster. Mr Evans was the Headmaster at the Grammar School. I went to Woodhouse East Council School until it was turned into a Casualty Clearing Station, and we had to do home service in Mrs Blooms front room at the end of Rodman St. Miss Halford was the teacher. I remember Miss Jenkins and Miss Meredith and Miss Walton and Mr Richardson . Mr Knott was the Headteacher. We (the scouts ) used to help the emergency services by playing casualties. I started work as an apprentice in 1947 (16 yrs of age) at Firth Browns in Attercliffe, and went to do national service in 1953 (22 years of age) in the Royal Air Force. Came out in 1955 and went to work at Aerex. Moved from there to Davy United for the next 35 years. Running out of space here All the Best to you all from Jack Maltby

I used to live on Badger Close in the masonettes from 1965 then we moved across the road to Badger Road in 1969, and I lived there until 1979, I can remember the olde sweet shop opposite the George next to the Stag,The paper shop as well, I remember the old Cobblers & the old gents toilet which were under the memorial cross, I remember the old Picture house and the old court yard to the right, the house in the yard had a date like 1634 above the door, they were all derelict when I was a kid, we used to play in all the buildings and all the old houses behind the Stag and cross keys we used to play in them as well, finding the odd German helmet or Jack boots, or old tin bath, The good old days
Johnny P (Piggy)can you remember pauline butler and her brothers david, roger, and alan.

I went to Woodhouse Grammar School and lived on Spa lane for a short time in the seventies. Anyone remember the Tilleries/Adrian Sensicall/Angelica Schirenbeck?

Linda Swallow, Dinnington. (formerly Trehearn)

Does anyone remember denise and dawn dawson who lived on the badger estate.

hi anyone remember my grandma and grandad,they was in the salvation army in woodhouse.elsie and harold ellis

Goldenbabe1966
Was your dad born on the Mauncer Crescent if it was the same man I knew, he and his parents lived three doors away from me.

Nanrobbo
The Robinsons you are talking of did they have son called Billy if so we lived across from them

Goldenbabe1966
Was your dad born on the Mauncer Crescent if it was the same man I knew, he and his parents lived three doors away from me.

no my dad lived on arbourthorne but my grandma and grandad lived on watch street woodhouse

I did not live in Woodhouse, but went to Woodhouse Grammar School Sept 1951 to July 1958.

My father was well known in Woodhouse, having lived on Sheffield Road until age 21 - in 1938 when he married my mother and went to live in Swallownest.
His name - Victor Bartholomew Hutchinson - radio and tv repairs all around the area - the first to do tv's in the area, but in 1963 he changed to being a garage proprietor at Swallownest and Handsworth

Many of the pubs and street names you mention I remember, particulalrly the Station Hotel, run by ny fathers friend Peter Hollis and his wife Kath, but add to those :-

G.L.Curr and Son - watches, radios, cycles, tv's - George Curr and his son Derek Curr - Derek married a girl by the name of Edith Bowler from Balmoral Road
Win Camden - hats and millinery - her husband was Bill Fathers who worked at Cocker Brothers Springs at Attercliffe
Bill White chemist
George Hotel - Stones pub I think - all above on same side of Market place
opposite side was newsagents - ?? and a few other shops
Not far from the libray was the garage - Cliff ??
The projectionist at the cinema was Charlie Denton
There was a guy who cooked dinners at home and then served his lunchtime customers, a building above where the toilets were, and close to the Meadow shop. He was knows as Josh "Dinners" Dyson - had a gammy leg

On Beighton Road there was the butchers shop on the corner with Station Road, had 2 sons, Glyn and Peter, then there was Mossis's furniture shop, a fish and chip shop, one or two other shops and the greengrocers at the end on the corner with Balmoral Road. Family who had that were called Whinfrey - still in contact with the elder son - Fred

My uncle was a Woddhouse guy, born about 1918, Kenneth Brooks - lived on Balmoral Road, just a bit futher down from Jim Maxwell the coach proprietor - business later taken over by his son Nobby. One of the houses just below Maxwells rented out their front room to a dentist

There was the first betting shop opened down Station Road, by Mr Finley, and taken over by his son Trevor.

Other business behind shops on Market Place was Keetons, taxis, wedding card, funeral cars, underakers etc.. Now located at Orgreave and part of a national chain of undertakers

I remember a lot more, but not the names at the moment. I left Swallownst in Nov 1867 and moved to Driffield near Bridlington, then in late 2006 moved my company and manufacturing to Malaysia, near to Kuala Lumpur

Hope this helps your memories - Victor Marshall Hutchinson, Wangsa Baiduri, Subang Jaya, Selangor D.E., Malaysia

On Beighton Road there was the butchers shop on the corner with Station Road, had 2 sons, Glyn and Peter, then there was Mossis's furniture shop, a fish and chip shop, one or two other shops and the greengrocers at the end on the corner with Balmoral Road. Family who had that were called Whinfrey - still in contact with the elder son - Fred

blimey how things change

on that row of shops i remember on the corner with station road was an electrical shop (where i used to buy zx spectrum games), there was also a video shop and shop that sold sweets, trying to think what else was on that row......hairdressers and estate agents?
mine was about early to mid 80s tho

I did not live in Woodhouse, but went to Woodhouse Grammar School Sept 1951 to July 1958.

My father was well known in Woodhouse, having lived on Sheffield Road until age 21 - in 1938 when he married my mother and went to live in Swallownest.
His name - Victor Bartholomew Hutchinson - radio and tv repairs all around the area - the first to do tv's in the area, but in 1963 he changed to being a garage proprietor at Swallownest and Handsworth

Many of the pubs and street names you mention I remember, particulalrly the Station Hotel, run by ny fathers friend Peter Hollis and his wife Kath, but add to those :-

G.L.Curr and Son - watches, radios, cycles, tv's - George Curr and his son Derek Curr - Derek married a girl by the name of Edith Bowler from Balmoral Road
Win Camden - hats and millinery - her husband was Bill Fathers who worked at Cocker Brothers Springs at Attercliffe
Bill White chemist
George Hotel - Stones pub I think - all above on same side of Market place
opposite side was newsagents - ?? and a few other shops
Not far from the libray was the garage - Cliff ??
The projectionist at the cinema was Charlie Denton
There was a guy who cooked dinners at home and then served his lunchtime customers, a building above where the toilets were, and close to the Meadow shop. He was knows as Josh "Dinners" Dyson - had a gammy leg

On Beighton Road there was the butchers shop on the corner with Station Road, had 2 sons, Glyn and Peter, then there was Mossis's furniture shop, a fish and chip shop, one or two other shops and the greengrocers at the end on the corner with Balmoral Road. Family who had that were called Whinfrey - still in contact with the elder son - Fred

My uncle was a Woddhouse guy, born about 1918, Kenneth Brooks - lived on Balmoral Road, just a bit futher down from Jim Maxwell the coach proprietor - business later taken over by his son Nobby. One of the houses just below Maxwells rented out their front room to a dentist

There was the first betting shop opened down Station Road, by Mr Finley, and taken over by his son Trevor.

Other business behind shops on Market Place was Keetons, taxis, wedding card, funeral cars, underakers etc.. Now located at Orgreave and part of a national chain of undertakers

I remember a lot more, but not the names at the moment. I left Swallownst in Nov 1867 and moved to Driffield near Bridlington, then in late 2006 moved my company and manufacturing to Malaysia, near to Kuala Lumpur

Hope this helps your memories - Victor Marshall Hutchinson, Wangsa Baiduri, Subang Jaya, Selangor D.E., Malaysia

Hi,
I remember Fred Whinfrey...how's he keeping? Does he still live in this area?
"Woodhouse"
Regards...Cal

Does anyone looking at this thread remember Ray Houghton? He was one of my good friends at City Grammar School from 1954 onwards. We lost touch when we left the school. He lived at Woodhouse Mill. I visited his house a couple of times but can't remember the address now. I remember that his parents were members of the Salvation Army.

Rod