Hi Everyone,

I am wondering if there is anyone out there who can remember a pub called 'Star Inn' on Danville Street at Burngreave/Pitsmore.

Thanks

Glynn

hiya glynn, i remember the star, the wreck and lower down towards grimesthorpe road was the "hollow"

i lived at 109 danville street until i was 12 years old i often went to the star inn with a jug for my grandad he lived on danville mount i also used to take his betting slip and money to a man who lived on the terrace opposite to the one that had the entrance to the allotments. we used to play on the hill at the top of danville street and throw stones at the boys who lived in the lodge at the gates of burngreave cemeterary on melrose road, until the local bobby gave us a clip- an a stern warning!!!!!

Thanks for the memories. I dont suppose anyone has any photos of Danville Street or even the Star Public house.
It would be great if you have

Glynn

not sure where he is at the moment glynn but an old friend of mine called bob turnbull lived on danville street.i'll see if i can locate him and try for some pictures

That would be fantastic if you could. Do you ever remember anyone talking about a WW1 Bomb hitting Danville Street.

Glynn

hi glynn
i havent any photos but will have a look through my mothers old boxes she was born on danville mount in 1914!!!
do you remember the old shop gumbys on the corner of the second terrace from the top (cant remember the names) but think the one that had the gates to burngreave school on the end was called Sun street

Taine,

Many thanks. If there are any photos that would be great. Do you remember your mother ever mentioning about a ww1 bomb landing in Danville Street ?. Or anyone else mentioning about it ?.

Glynn

hi glyn
unfortunatley shes not here to ask anymore but i do remember that at the bottom of danville street there was always some bombed out buildings that were there before 1945 maybe this would be the place it landed there are no more of our old relations left to ask im afraid but i will try and find out at the reference library in sheffield city town i am going there for some information and will try for you i am quite intrigued i enjoy research- on a very small sale of course.

Hi Taine,

Can you remember the bombed out buildings at the bottom of Danville Street ?. Were these buildings next to the Star Inn.

Glynn

glynn, just thought.if you came up grimesthorpe road from the vestry hall.past danville street but before earldomstreet.there was the shell of a house (in between the terraces) on the left that was hit during the blitz.just across from the "tea gardens pub" and up a bit.There was also a large crater just facing the pub that we played in as kids,we all knew it locally as the hollow

dadorunrun,

Do you mean the Star Inn pub, and if you do was the crater in front of, or behind the pub. And was it from ww1 or ww2 bombing.

Glynn

hiya glynn,on grimesthorpe on the right coming up from the vestry hall there was a pub called the tea garden terrace (not sure if it's still there).across the road was the hollow which i was told as a kid was a bomb crater.going up grimesthopre road on the same side as the hollow was a stretch of terraced houses (before you get to the normanton pub), in between these houses was 1 demolished house that was hit in the blitz it was probably somewhere in the range of 93-95 grimesthorpe rd, i lived at 135 .my dad had a caravan parked on danville street for a short while and i can vaguely remember the star pub,although it was derelict then.my dads not here anymore but i have 2 older sisters that went to burngreave school. i'll ask them if they have any further info

Thanks alot i would be interested in whatever they can remember.

Glynn

hi glynn have been through the box but have not found any photos of the pub or even danville street, one or two gruesome pictures of me and my brother when we were small sorry i couldnt help. i know im getting old cos i can remember the milk being delivered by horse and cart to the top of danville street and the coal man and the old scrapman he used to give us a balloon for old stuff not that there was much in those days, recycling .....they dont know the meaning of the word.....does anyone remember eating sheeps head broth and the brains used to float on the top !!! i know its gross but we did!!mind you im pretty healthy even now.

ok thanks Taine. I was hoping that you would have something, but i will have to keep trying.
Thanks again

Glynn.

hi glynn have been through the box but have not found any photos of the pub or even danville street, one or two gruesome pictures of me and my brother when we were small sorry i couldnt help. i know im getting old cos i can remember the milk being delivered by horse and cart to the top of danville street and the coal man and the old scrapman he used to give us a balloon for old stuff not that there was much in those days, recycling .....they dont know the meaning of the word.....does anyone remember eating sheeps head broth and the brains used to float on the top !!! i know its gross but we did!!mind you im pretty healthy even now.Hi I went with a lot of the danville st lads during the war, i recall the house opposite tea gardens being bombed, the house above was shored up for years recall carving my initialls on the wood, John Wragg lived across
the rd. the pub got its name because in 19th century there was tea gardens there.

hello
would you know of the howarths who lived on danville st
in particular frank

hello
would you know of the howarths who lived on danville st
in particular frank
The name rings a bell but can,t place the face did they live on the right about 20 houses up Arthur

hiya glynn,on grimesthorpe on the right coming up from the vestry hall there was a pub called the tea garden terrace (not sure if it's still there).across the road was the hollow which i was told as a kid was a bomb crater.going up grimesthopre road on the same side as the hollow was a stretch of terraced houses (before you get to the normanton pub), in between these houses was 1 demolished house that was hit in the blitz it was probably somewhere in the range of 93-95 grimesthorpe rd, i lived at 135 .my dad had a caravan parked on danville street for a short while and i can vaguely remember the star pub,although it was derelict then.my dads not here anymore but i have 2 older sisters that went to burngreave school. i'll ask them if they have any further infoThe Tea Gardens was still there 8 yrs back there was a tea garden terrace nearby

Hi Everyone,

I am wondering if there is anyone out there who can remember a pub called 'Star Inn' on Danville Street at Burngreave/Pitsmore.

Thanks

Glynn

My mum was born on Danville Street and often talks about it and the people from there. I told her about this thread and she remembers the Star Inn. She is Iris Smith and was born at no. 48 and lived there with her mum Lily, grandparents George and Lily and Cousin Ike Smith. She says she can remember Ellis' Shop on the corner, Janet's shop, and various people including Elmore's, Matthew's, Holmes's, Young's, Mrs. King, Eric Barnett and Lawrence Brookes(I think these two were friends of Ike Smith). Does anyone else remember these and I will pass your message on to her.

The name rings a bell but can,t place the face did they live on the right about 20 houses up Arthur
My mum remembers Frank Howarth, please read:thumbsup: the other thread I have put on here to see if you remember any of the people I have mentioned. My Mum is Iris (nee Smith) from no. 48 Danville Street.

My mum was born on Danville Street and often talks about it and the people from there. I told her about this thread and she remembers the Star Inn. She is Iris Smith and was born at no. 48 and lived there with her mum Lily, grandparents George and Lily and Cousin Ike Smith. She says she can remember Ellis' Shop on the corner, Janet's shop, and various people including Elmore's, Matthew's, Holmes's, Young's, Mrs. King, Eric Barnett and Lawrence Brookes(I think these two were friends of Ike Smith). Does anyone else remember these and I will pass your message on to her.Hi I am
glad you posted I have mentioned the Danville st lads on this thread and Ike ,Lol and Eric are the very lads I meant we used to play cards in Ike;s house I don;t recall the number but it was about the 3rd yard up on the right and the bottom house there was a nice looking lass lived at the top house used to play with us , we all used to play snooker in the Cambridge billiard hall on Sunday mornings are any of them still alive Iwould like to remembed to them this was in the early yrs of the war, Cheers Arthur

Hi Dadoronron what amouthfull! as we used to say, I just saw that you lived at 135 Grimesthorpe rd I lived at 23 earldom st from 1935 to 1946 when I got wed, then came back to Sedan st, Ihad a joiners shop there till the property was demolished Cheers Arthur.

Hi I am
glad you posted I have mentioned the Danville st lads on this thread and Ike ,Lol and Eric are the very lads I meant we used to play cards in Ike;s house I don;t recall the number but it was about the 3rd yard up on the right and the bottom house there was a nice looking lass lived at the top house used to play with us , we all used to play snooker in the Cambridge billiard hall on Sunday mornings are any of them still alive Iwould like to remembed to them this was in the early yrs of the war, Cheers Arthur
Hi Arthur! I will be seeing my mum (Iris Smith, Ike's cousin) tomorrow and I will pass this on! Ike is still alive and well and lives on Herries Road near Northern General. Don't know about Eric and Lol but will try and find out and let you know so keep checking the threads!! :thumbsup: Lisa

That would be fantastic if you could. Do you ever remember anyone talking about a WW1 Bomb hitting Danville Street.

Glynn
Danville Street was damaged by the German Navy in WW1.

Hi I am
glad you posted I have mentioned the Danville st lads on this thread and Ike ,Lol and Eric are the very lads I meant we used to play cards in Ike;s house I don;t recall the number but it was about the 3rd yard up on the right and the bottom house there was a nice looking lass lived at the top house used to play with us , we all used to play snooker in the Cambridge billiard hall on Sunday mornings are any of them still alive Iwould like to remembed to them this was in the early yrs of the war, Cheers Arthur
Hi Arthur, just noticed you were on line and thought I'd let you that Lol Brookes is alive and well and living in Skegness(according to my mum when I saw her yesterday). Still trying to find out about Eric for you! Lisa:)

frank howarth was my grandfather. if your mum remembers him he lived on danville court and was brought up by his grandparents, she might remember his wife edith kelsey. her sister dorothy still lives on longley lane and well remembers life around the wicker

frank howarth was my grandfather. if your mum remembers him he lived on danville court and was brought up by his grandparents, she might remember his wife edith kelsey. her sister dorothy still lives on longley lane and well remembers life around the wicker
I will certainly ask her! and get back to you debjohn! - footiefreak:thumbsup:

Re Danville Street, my grandmother lived there, at No 58, for many years until about 1954. I remember a family called Hall lived opposite, and below my grandmother's was a family called Elmore (James was the oldest son), a woman called Mrs Brown. A family called Lowe (son Chester) lived in the house immediately behind my grandmother's (the houses were back to back). I also remember a family called Matthews lived just above grandmother's, and across the road there was a little old lady called Mrs King, who had a grand-daughter called Carol. Up the hill there was a Mrs Hartley, who took bets for Dobbie Dobson (he lived on the next street). One the same side as my grandmother's, a few doors up, there was a family called Webster, with a son called Terry.
Lower down, and across the road, just above the Star pub, was a family called Smith.
Anyone know what happened to all these people?

My mum was born on Danville Street and often talks about it and the people from there. I told her about this thread and she remembers the Star Inn. She is Iris Smith and was born at no. 48 and lived there with her mum Lily, grandparents George and Lily and Cousin Ike Smith. She says she can remember Ellis' Shop on the corner, Janet's shop, and various people including Elmore's, Matthew's, Holmes's, Young's, Mrs. King, Eric Barnett and Lawrence Brookes(I think these two were friends of Ike Smith). Does anyone else remember these and I will pass your message on to her.

James Elmore was in the same class as me at burngreave 1948-52

Re Kidorry & Footiefreak on subject of Danville Street, I can tell you that, sadly, James Elmore died in November 2005. You may not know that James and his wife Helen emigrated to the USA and settled in Belair, Texas. I located him a few years before his death, and we exchanged a few memories. I think he went into hospital for a run of the mill op, but he did not survive it. I never knew the full story. I remember him being at Burngreave, and he was a year in front of me, though I did not spend much of my school career there. James did have a brother called David, who, I believe, became a doctor, but I never knew David.
Re Mrs Iris Smith who lived at 48 Danville Street --that would be just five doors down from my grandmother's. If I am not mistaken, the house in which Iris lived will have been back to back with a house in which lived a family called Judge...that is, the Judge family lived in the bottom house in the backyard, just as the Lowe family lived in the top house at the back of my grandmother's.
Incidentally, Re the house at the back of 58, I remember when I was very small, during the war, a couple lived there, and they moved to live in Earldom Road. In fact, if you went into the back yard at Danville Street, climbed over the wall and into the gardens, there was a path leading to Earldom Road, and the backyard on your left as you reached the road was where this couple's house was. I didn't know the number, and I have never been able to remember their name, but they were a very kind couple and I am sure they used to camp in the same air-raid shelter as us at the back of 58 D Street during the early years of the war.
You might ask Iris if she can remember another family called Smith, who lived on the opposite side of D Street, just above The Star Inn.
48 would be two doors below a Mrs Longmore, as I recall.
Lower down, on the same side as 48 was a family called Johnstone, head of the family being Bob --he was the brother of my step-grandfather.
The Hall family who lived just across the road from 58 had a lad called Michael (he had ginger hair), who, if he is still around, would now be about 70. As I have said before, the Halls moved to Catherine Street.
Do you remember Joe and Lizzie, who lived just below the Halls, on the other side of the entry?
Have you any memories of football matches on the Danville Street Rec? I can recall The Star team playing there in the 1940s on what must have been a Sunday morning. Chester Lowe's dad played in one game.
I can remember Janet's shop, which, I think, was on the same side of the street as The Star Inn, but further down. When I was a boy, the houses just below The Star Inn were still standing. There was a forest of heavy wooden supports, for the houses were not in a very good condition (they may have been damaged during the war). Then, I don't know exactly when, all those houses suddenly went, demolished. Before they were pulled down, the only spare land on that side of the street was right down at the bottom (I think that had been 'spare' since a bomb dropped in the first war, but I am not sure). There was also only a bit of spare land at the bottom on the other side, until they pulled a few more houses down. One of the houses on that side (even numbers) near the bottom also doubled as a shop, but I can't remember its name. Ellis's shop is not a name that rings a bell with me, but I can remember Gumby's (?) right up at the top of Danville Street.
Thinking of Danville Street leads me to wonder whether any old D Street folk have memories of The Coliseum picture house, and the pubs on Grimesthorpe Road run by Ernest Makin and Tommy Thompson. And what about Lily Bell's shop? Mrs Bell was quite a character as I recall. I had many a two ounces of spice from there! Then there was Mrs Gallacher's sweet shop on Grimesthorpe Road. That was popular with us as kids.

Re Kidorry & Footiefreak on subject of Danville Street, I can tell you that, sadly, James Elmore died in November 2005. You may not know that James and his wife Helen emigrated to the USA and settled in Belair, Texas. I located him a few years before his death, and we exchanged a few memories. I think he went into hospital for a run of the mill op, but he did not survive it. I never knew the full story. I remember him being at Burngreave, and he was a year in front of me, though I did not spend much of my school career there. James did have a brother called David, who, I believe, became a doctor, but I never knew David.
Re Mrs Iris Smith who lived at 48 Danville Street --that would be just five doors down from my grandmother's. If I am not mistaken, the house in which Iris lived will have been back to back with a house in which lived a family called Judge...that is, the Judge family lived in the bottom house in the backyard, just as the Lowe family lived in the top house at the back of my grandmother's.
Incidentally, Re the house at the back of 58, I remember when I was very small, during the war, a couple lived there, and they moved to live in Earldom Road. In fact, if you went into the back yard at Danville Street, climbed over the wall and into the gardens, there was a path leading to Earldom Road, and the backyard on your left as you reached the road was where this couple's house was. I didn't know the number, and I have never been able to remember their name, but they were a very kind couple and I am sure they used to camp in the same air-raid shelter as us at the back of 58 D Street during the early years of the war.
You might ask Iris if she can remember another family called Smith, who lived on the opposite side of D Street, just above The Star Inn.
48 would be two doors below a Mrs Longmore, as I recall.
Lower down, on the same side as 48 was a family called Johnstone, head of the family being Bob --he was the brother of my step-grandfather.
The Hall family who lived just across the road from 58 had a lad called Michael (he had ginger hair), who, if he is still around, would now be about 70. As I have said before, the Halls moved to Catherine Street.
Do you remember Joe and Lizzie, who lived just below the Halls, on the other side of the entry?
Have you any memories of football matches on the Danville Street Rec? I can recall The Star team playing there in the 1940s on what must have been a Sunday morning. Chester Lowe's dad played in one game.
I can remember Janet's shop, which, I think, was on the same side of the street as The Star Inn, but further down. When I was a boy, the houses just below The Star Inn were still standing. There was a forest of heavy wooden supports, for the houses were not in a very good condition (they may have been damaged during the war). Then, I don't know exactly when, all those houses suddenly went, demolished. Before they were pulled down, the only spare land on that side of the street was right down at the bottom (I think that had been 'spare' since a bomb dropped in the first war, but I am not sure). There was also only a bit of spare land at the bottom on the other side, until they pulled a few more houses down. One of the houses on that side (even numbers) near the bottom also doubled as a shop, but I can't remember its name. Ellis's shop is not a name that rings a bell with me, but I can remember Gumby's (?) right up at the top of Danville Street.
Thinking of Danville Street leads me to wonder whether any old D Street folk have memories of The Coliseum picture house, and the pubs on Grimesthorpe Road run by Ernest Makin and Tommy Thompson. And what about Lily Bell's shop? Mrs Bell was quite a character as I recall. I had many a two ounces of spice from there! Then there was Mrs Gallacher's sweet shop on Grimesthorpe Road. That was popular with us as kids.
Well! Quite a post there! I have just phoned my mum (Iris Smith - maiden name) and read this out to her! She remembered EVERYONE listed! You brought back a few memories with it too I can tell you! She did know about James Elmore as she has kept in contact with James' sister Brenda for many years. And yes, David did become a doctor.

The other family of Smith's near the Star had 2 daughters called Joyce and Jean.

The shop you mention with the name you cannot recall (the house that doubled as a shop) - well my mum seems to remember that the same Janet Armstrong from 'Janet's' took on that shop as well.

My Uncle (Ike Smith) was best friends with Chester Lowe and he was also in the footie team you spoke of.

Do you remember a Mrs. Rodan (Annie) who also had a daughter by the same name?

Do you remember Maureen Smith? (She had red hair) She is my mum's
cousin but also lived with them back in those days. Think my auntie will be coming up for 70 now (not that you'd know!)

Do you remember the Sharman's? They had a daughter called Evelyn and lived next door to my mum (though not sure which side she said now! - sorry!)

Now, last question! Was your Grandmother who lived at 58 called Mrs. Johnson? And have YOU written a book? Might be a strange question to ask but if this is you, both my mum and auntie Maureen have read it a while ago! (And thought it was great!!!!) :thumbsup:

Can anyone remember the Mc,farlanes who lived at the bottom of Danville St. ish.In the yard by the Teagarden pub.

Hi all, If anyone has any photos of Danville I would love to see some. My Grandparents lived there when they got married & family lived in that area for quite some time ( Goodwin, Gumby, Clarkson, Barlow) My Grandparents died some time ago so have not seen any pics of Danville, only top of Petre Street where GreatGran lived.
Thanks

Re Footiefreak's response, I had forgotten the Sharmans on D Street. To be honest, I can't remember them in one sense, but the name certainly rings a bell. I can't recall a Mrs Rodan, and I have to admit that the only Smith's I can remember are the family who lived just above The Star Inn. I think my mother was quite friendly with them. I wonder what happend to Joyce and Jean?
Kiddorry mentions the McFarlane family. I don't remember them too well, but I am fairly sure that Ian McF was either in my year or the year above (at Burngreave) during our schooldays. I always thought they lived just above the Brunswick pub on Grimesthorpe Road. Or was that the Ellis family? There was a lad called Ellis who was a pal of the McFarlanes.
Re Pressy, I remember Gumby as the chap with the shop at the top of Danville Street. I can't remember his face too well, but I have never forgotten him he was a bit of a legend in the area really --nearly as famous in my memory as Lily Bell and Dobbie Dobson (Dobbie once lived on D Street but was living on Buckenham Road when I was a kid.)
By the way, the mention of Petre Street reminds me of how I used to watch the old Petre Street Cricket Club matches, sitting on a seat just outside the dressing rooms and by the "scorebox". The great hero in those days was a ginger haired chap called Hancock.

Re Footiefreak's response, I had forgotten the Sharmans on D Street. To be honest, I can't remember them in one sense, but the name certainly rings a bell. I can't recall a Mrs Rodan, and I have to admit that the only Smith's I can remember are the family who lived just above The Star Inn. I think my mother was quite friendly with them. I wonder what happend to Joyce and Jean?
Kiddorry mentions the McFarlane family. I don't remember them too well, but I am fairly sure that Ian McF was either in my year or the year above (at Burngreave) during our schooldays. I always thought they lived just above the Brunswick pub on Grimesthorpe Road. Or was that the Ellis family? There was a lad called Ellis who was a pal of the McFarlanes.
Re Pressy, I remember Gumby as the chap with the shop at the top of Danville Street. I can't remember his face too well, but I have never forgotten him he was a bit of a legend in the area really --nearly as famous in my memory as Lily Bell and Dobbie Dobson (Dobbie once lived on D Street but was living on Buckenham Road when I was a kid.)
By the way, the mention of Petre Street reminds me of how I used to watch the old Petre Street Cricket Club matches, sitting on a seat just outside the dressing rooms and by the "scorebox". The great hero in those days was a ginger haired chap called Hancock.

Yes Keith Ellis was in our class also.He lived at the back of Firth Browns ambulance room.I think the street was called Fawcett St.They both got shot in the Easthouse shooting one new years eve.

Just found out, the Gumby at the shop was my mums great great grandparents ..her mum was brought up with them ..dont know how long she lived there.

Bit more info ...... mums relation lived at No4,Court 5 Danville street & mums Great Gran lived at 22 Danville Street..... not sure of names but could be either of Goodwin,Gumby,Barlow or Clarkson...... only names I know.

HI Footiefreak! I was glad to hear that your family still have contact with James Elmore's brother and sister. After hearing the news from Texas re Jim's passing, I tried to find Jim's brother to get more details, but didn't succeed. I think he was a bit younger than Jim (so he may not remember me), and I think Jim's sister was older than him (I am sure she would have some memory of my grandparents). I can remember that Jim's dad worked on the railways.
My step grandfather was called Billy Johnstone. He was born in Woodside Lane, and I am not sure how long he and my grandmother lived at 58 Danville Street, but they were probably there some time (possibly some considerable time) before the 39-45 war. (My real grandad died at sea in 1914, and grandmother re-married sometime around 1920.) My grandmother died in 1954, and Billy Johnstone remained at No 58 for only a short time after that (I think the properties were demolished around 1956? Billy negotiated a swap with someone on Bramber Street).
As I have mentioned before, Billy Johnstone had a younger brother called Bob, who lived further down the street, on the same side. Bob and his wife were lovely people. A few years ago, I met Bob's son and Bob's son's wife, they lived at Low Edges. They reminisced about old Danville Street, and it was fascinating because they knew stories about when my dad was a lad in Danville Street. Sadly, they are both now dead. One thing they did tell me was the name of the couple who used to live at the back of 58 (Court number not known) in the war years, but, disappointingly, I lost the note I made...and now I may never know what they were called!
Has anyone mentioned Mrs Hartley, who lived further up the hill from 58 and on the opposite side, on the corner above the short street that led to the Rec (Danville Mount?). She had some link with local bookie Dobbie (sorry, I can't recall his proper first name) Dobson, and took bets for him (that was in the days before betting shops!).
I think my mother was quite friendly with the Matthews family, who lived just above at No 60. I think Mr Matthews worked for the Post Office, and I have a hunch that their son (Kenneth?) was also a postman at one time.
Another name that for me will always be synonymous with Danville Street is Terry Webster. If he is still around, he would be in his late 60s now. Like Chester Lowe, he was a very good footballer, and, I believe, he had a spell with Sheffield United after leaving school. Mr & Mrs Webster, Terry's parents, were a nice couple. Their house was further up the street than gran's, and, if I remember right, it was not a back-to-back like gran's, so it was posher! Once when I was trying to run a little football team, and I had collected a few coppeers in "subs" from Terry and Chester, Mrs Webster came knocking on our door, demanding the money back! The football team was promptly disbanded!

Hi
Having been reading these posts on Danville St .Wondering if any of you folk remember any of these names from Danville St, I think that they were at 96.

Names are George Rupert Shields...and his partner Martha Robinson.they were never married but did have several children Frank..Hilda. Annie.Edna.Joan and they were called Robinson not Shields . I also believe that a Louis Robinson (Martha son from her husband) lived in Danville St for a while he had 3 children Kenneth, Steven and Verina ...
Martha may also have had some of here other children from her marriage living at 96 ..Blanche .Ada.Theodore.

Blanche Robinson is my Grandmother and my interst is through my family tree research

Dave

Does anyone have any photos of Danville Street??? Asked my mum & she doesnt know of any.
Thanks

Hi, Arthur Fearn,
Have just noted your reference to Earldom Street, and wonder whether you have any knowledge of Earldom Road and whether the odd numbers were on the left side or the right as you climbed the hill from Grimesthorpe Road. Reason is I am trying to guess at the number of a house that was on the left as you went up Earldom Road, but near the bottom. In fact, it was immediately above the gap that led to the gardens between Earldom Road and Danville Street. Around 1946 an elderly couple lived in that house, and this same couple had lived at the back of 58 Danville Street during the war --I can't remember what ct and number was back of 58. But, anyway, this couple used the same air raid shelter as my grandparents, and I am told I also spent some time in that shelter! I would love to know what the couple were called, for I remember talking to them at their back gate, off Earldom Street, in the late 1940s. Any ideas Arthur?

Hi, Arthur Fearn,
Have just noted your reference to Earldom Street, and wonder whether you have any knowledge of Earldom Road and whether the odd numbers were on the left side or the right as you climbed the hill from Grimesthorpe Road. Reason is I am trying to guess at the number of a house that was on the left as you went up Earldom Road, but near the bottom. In fact, it was immediately above the gap that led to the gardens between Earldom Road and Danville Street. Around 1946 an elderly couple lived in that house, and this same couple had lived at the back of 58 Danville Street during the war --I can't remember what ct and number was back of 58. But, anyway, this couple used the same air raid shelter as my grandparents, and I am told I also spent some time in that shelter! I would love to know what the couple were called, for I remember talking to them at their back gate, off Earldom Street, in the late 1940s. Any ideas Arthur?

Hi, Arthur, are you still in action?

Hi ya anyone out there. I am new to this, but would be very grateful if anyone remembers the FAWCETT family from 89 Danville Street. I am the youngest daughter from the family. Mrs. Gumbys shop was next door to us, and at no 87 I remember two brothers Frank and Harold Wilkinson, Harold was, if my memory serves me well, disabled . It would be so good to hear from anyone out there. I do remember lots more, and I am so excited by the prospect of the past, but it would take me all night and forever probably to send all this info, but I will be keeping in touch. Thanks

Hi joheraty,
My Gran lived with her grandparents ( the Gumbys) at that shop when she was young (not sure of the years) & she lived on Danville when she was married & became a Goodwin (prob very early 40's) Do you know the names of the Gumbys who owned the shop???

tea gardens is still standing but derelict,the land as planning permission for 18 flats.

Has anyone found photographs of Danville Street yet?

Has anyone found photographs of Danville Street yet?

The Star published a pic of D St last Saturday or the Saturday before. Contact Fiona Firth at the paper, I am sure she will be able to help.

Anyone remember Bob Godfrey and wife Emily,and daughters Marilyn and Winnifred From Danville Street?

Hi joheraty,
My Gran lived with her grandparents ( the Gumbys) at that shop when she was young (not sure of the years) & she lived on Danville when she was married & became a Goodwin (prob very early 40's) Do you know the names of the Gumbys who owned the shop???

It could be worthwhile looking in a Kelly's Directory in the Local Studies dept of the Central Library, for that will give Mr Gumby's first name. Or, better, look up the Electoral Roll for Danville Street in the 40s. I can remember old man Gumby standing in the doorway of the shop many a time when I was a kid.
I am still trying to find out the name of the couple who lived in the house at the back of No 58 D Street up to around 1945. They subsequently moved to the next street up Grimesthorpe Road.

Re Kidorry & Footiefreak on subject of Danville Street, I can tell you that, sadly, James Elmore died in November 2005. You may not know that James and his wife Helen emigrated to the USA and settled in Belair, Texas. I located him a few years before his death, and we exchanged a few memories. I think he went into hospital for a run of the mill op, but he did not survive it. I never knew the full story. I remember him being at Burngreave, and he was a year in front of me, though I did not spend much of my school career there. James did have a brother called David, who, I believe, became a doctor, but I never knew David.
Re Mrs Iris Smith who lived at 48 Danville Street --that would be just five doors down from my grandmother's. If I am not mistaken, the house in which Iris lived will have been back to back with a house in which lived a family called Judge...that is, the Judge family lived in the bottom house in the backyard, just as the Lowe family lived in the top house at the back of my grandmother's.
Incidentally, Re the house at the back of 58, I remember when I was very small, during the war, a couple lived there, and they moved to live in Earldom Road. In fact, if you went into the back yard at Danville Street, climbed over the wall and into the gardens, there was a path leading to Earldom Road, and the backyard on your left as you reached the road was where this couple's house was. I didn't know the number, and I have never been able to remember their name, but they were a very kind couple and I am sure they used to camp in the same air-raid shelter as us at the back of 58 D Street during the early years of the war.
You might ask Iris if she can remember another family called Smith, who lived on the opposite side of D Street, just above The Star Inn.
48 would be two doors below a Mrs Longmore, as I recall.
Lower down, on the same side as 48 was a family called Johnstone, head of the family being Bob --he was the brother of my step-grandfather.
The Hall family who lived just across the road from 58 had a lad called Michael (he had ginger hair), who, if he is still around, would now be about 70. As I have said before, the Halls moved to Catherine Street.
Do you remember Joe and Lizzie, who lived just below the Halls, on the other side of the entry?
Have you any memories of football matches on the Danville Street Rec? I can recall The Star team playing there in the 1940s on what must have been a Sunday morning. Chester Lowe's dad played in one game.
I can remember Janet's shop, which, I think, was on the same side of the street as The Star Inn, but further down. When I was a boy, the houses just below The Star Inn were still standing. There was a forest of heavy wooden supports, for the houses were not in a very good condition (they may have been damaged during the war). Then, I don't know exactly when, all those houses suddenly went, demolished. Before they were pulled down, the only spare land on that side of the street was right down at the bottom (I think that had been 'spare' since a bomb dropped in the first war, but I am not sure). There was also only a bit of spare land at the bottom on the other side, until they pulled a few more houses down. One of the houses on that side (even numbers) near the bottom also doubled as a shop, but I can't remember its name. Ellis's shop is not a name that rings a bell with me, but I can remember Gumby's (?) right up at the top of Danville Street.
Thinking of Danville Street leads me to wonder whether any old D Street folk have memories of The Coliseum picture house, and the pubs on Grimesthorpe Road run by Ernest Makin and Tommy Thompson. And what about Lily Bell's shop? Mrs Bell was quite a character as I recall. I had many a two ounces of spice from there! Then there was Mrs Gallacher's sweet shop on Grimesthorpe Road. That was popular with us as kids.

Does anyone no of anyone who spoke of a violet bishop who lived in danville st whats there now thanks

does anyone no if danville st is still there or whats there now is there a court danville st
thanks

Danville Steet is no longer there .You can see where it joined Catherine Street (so I've been told) ..have a look on Google Earth

Can anyone remember the Mc,farlanes who lived at the bottom of Danville St. ish.In the yard by the Teagarden pub.

Hi, I've just joined, so am not familiar with the system.
The Macs lived behind us in Grimesthorpe Rd, beside the Buckenham Arms.
Dad was Tommy, Mother Alice. Children-Annie, Margaret,Don( shot in East House in c1962, Michael(shot dead in East House),Carol, Neil, Richard and Kathleen.They all lived in a back to back, moved to Perkyn Rd, Shiregreen about 1957 .

Danville Steet is no longer there .You can see where it joined Catherine Street (so I've been told) ..have a look on Google Earth

Strictly speaking, Danville Street was not connected to Catherine Street, but you could reach it through the backyard of some houses halfway up (the boundary wall had fallen down!), or via a path which was immediately below The Star inn --the path leading onto some waste land close to the junction of Buckenham and Catherine Streets.

Hi, I've just joined, so am not familiar with the system.
The Macs lived behind us in Grimesthorpe Rd, beside the Buckenham Arms.
Dad was Tommy, Mother Alice. Children-Annie, Margaret,Don( shot in East House in c1962, Michael(shot dead in East House),Carol, Neil, Richard and Kathleen.They all lived in a back to back, moved to Perkyn Rd, Shiregreen about 1957 .

I remember the MacFarlanes, especially Michael, who was, I believe, just a few months older than me. As you say, the family lived on Grimesthorpe Road, near Ernest Makin's pub. I recall that Michael was very friendly with a lad called Ellis, who lived further down Grimesthorpe Road (near Tommy Thompson's pub) and who was later, like Michael, a victim of the East House shooting. I think that Michael McFarlane was in the same class as an old pal of mine, James Elmore, at Burngreave School.

I remember the MacFarlanes, especially Michael, who was, I believe, just a few months older than me. As you say, the family lived on Grimesthorpe Road, near Ernest Makin's pub. I recall that Michael was very friendly with a lad called Ellis, who lived further down Grimesthorpe Road (near Tommy Thompson's pub) and who was later, like Michael, a victim of the East House shooting. I think that Michael McFarlane was in the same class as an old pal of mine, James Elmore, at Burngreave School.
Michael Mc Farlane,James Elmore & Keith Ellis were all in our class at Burngreave.Keith Ellis lived on Fawcett street(just behind Firth Browns medical centre) where we kept some pigeons together for a short time.Michael Mc Farlane lived in the yard next to the Tea Gardens pub.

I must confess that in my memory I thought Keith Ellis lived in a house in the middle to the row on Grimesthorpe Road that had the Brunswick Arms at one end. There was a house where I am saying from which I remember seeing Keith Ellis and Michael MacFarlane emerge on a number of occasions. Obviously another mate of theirs must have lived there. I often saw them when I was fetching some groceries from Lily Bell's shop, which was across the road from Tommy Thompson's pub.

Further to the MacFarlane family, I don't remember any Ellis's but the big family friendly with the Macs were the Gales or Gails. They lived in the house on Grimesthorpe Rd between Bricklebank's Tobacconist and Ward's/ Bramhall's
Grocers(previously owned by Schofields).

He Redfyre, I'm new to the net. I composed a reply a few days ago and thought I had sent it but it hasn't shown, but if two appear you'll know why. I have relations who lived on Danville St. up to being re-housed in the mid 50's. They were about half way up on the right side, opposite and a little lower than the 'Star'. They are the Young family, father had died, just mother, daughters Jessie, Edna, Elsie and Hetty and sons Fred and Edwin known as Tim. There was a bad gale one year and as theirs had become and 'end terrace' after earlier demolition of the houses below, the property beacame unsafe and was propped up with huge wooden shorings. None of these Young's survive, but their children do. It was the same gale I think which blew down a wall near the Tea Garden pub killing a woman.Should you, or anyone interested, wish to know more of the Young family I'd be glad to relate.

My dad Keith Ager lived at 26 Danville Street from 1938 to July 1953. He lived with his brother David and parents Grace and Fred Ager. At the back of them lived his grandparents Polly and Alf Aldridge and their sons Eric and Alf Aldridge. His aunt and uncle Joe and Florrie King lived down the street. His best friends were Philip Howarth and Gordon Robinson. The Bailey family who lived further up Danville Street were related to the Howarth's. Across the road at number 33 lived Jack Ager and his wife Netta. Dad used to be friends with Charlie Abbott who lived on Ellesmere Road. He remembers that the cellars used to flood and he used to sail a tin bath in the cellar from his grandparents to his house! He used to shop at Janet's shop and thinks that the fruit shop on Grimesthorpe Road used to be Mrs Grices. The family were all members of Clun Road Club. Dad used to go round the houses every christmas selling raffle tickets for one of his grandmothers chickens. He also used to go door to door selling flowers and mint from Joe King's allotment. His dad used to put bets on at Dobby's. He was friends with Stan Rogers and Peter Clarke and Tony Cuthbertson. At the back of the house lived a family called Kemptons. He went to All Saints then Burngreave School and remembers Mick Round, Colin Tandy and Tom Dyal. The Young family mentioned above were friends of his grandparents.
Would be nice to hear if anyone remembers my dad.

I actually lived at 108 Danville street from 1959 till they pulled then down, dont remember the pub but remember th red reck. our yard was on sun street, and i used to get my sweets from Mrs gunbys.

hillc4
i lived at the top of d,s across from 108 till 1953 would like to know what year they were pulled down

Hi hillc4 ... my great great gran was Mrs Gumby .... do you know what number the shop was?? My gran lived with them for some time when she was very young

gumbys shop 93 danville st

thanks a lot rabitter

My granparents were brought up on danville street , my nan was minnie graham (lots of brothers) and my grandad was harry benson both sadly passed away, this brings back memories of them talking about it.

hello
would you know of the howarths who lived on danville st
in particular frank

keithager
hi i knew the howarths frank ,cyril, philip .i was a friend of phiips hope this is a help i lived at 26 danville st they lived in the yard below me with there mum