It's suprising how many people from Sheffield now call Australia home, where did you live in Sheffield & where are you now.
Do you ever consider going back ? are you glad you made the move ?
I grew up in Crookes and moved to Shirecliffe at 12 years old, after 5 years of marraige we moved to Wollongong NSW in 1970, I found the first few years were hard & I missed family and friends so much, after making the trip back in 1992, I realised that we had made the right decision, all my family have been here on holidays and now wish they had come here too after seeing the place.

I've got a friend who headed south for a year and loved the place so much she has stayed there and is now happily married. I hate cold weather and ice and snow and it really doesn't help when I recieve e-mails going on about warm or in most cases hot weather and xmas dinner on the beach.
Thinking about it I know of four people who have made the move although one of those only got as far as New Zealand.

Hi Skippy, We moved from Woodhouse to Oz in 1974 just in time for Darwin. We now live outside Sydney- Lwr Macdonald.
Would love to come 'home' if all our family came, l daughter- 5grandkids & partners and 4 great.grandkids. but that'll never happen. I still moan about the heat and bless the inventor of r/c air conditioning. regards

Its a funny thing but when youre living out there you get fed up with it being hot all the time, and start to miss the ice and snow (never the cold rain though). When you get back to an English winter you realise you were missing nothing

My sons comments on coming to sheffield for a visit from Oz after 10 yrs were.

everything is so green here..

and the drivers are more polite.

hazel

Hi Skip
Sentenced to life back in 1968 and originally from Hyde Park flats/Wybourn and now living on the Mornington peninsula.

In 1967 we fled from Harold Wilson's wage freeze, and settled in Austinmer on the coast of New South Wales. Now we live in retirement near Queensland's lovely Noosa Beach.

We come back to Sheffield when we can, but I think we'll be too old to make the trip after 2007, our next planned visit.

John Fisher
ex King Ted's & Sheffield University

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jfish1936
[B]In 1967 we fled from Harold Wilson's wage freeze,

At least you missed M. Thatchers wanton destruction of South Yorkshire

nanrobbo, I was the same until I went back to Sheff for a second look.

wallbuilder, I'm sweating like a pig, [SORRY, Ha Ha]

artisan, we have had snow here twice in 36 years, only for a couple of hours, it's only real hot where we are around Xmas time.

Hazel,You couldn't get much greener than where we are, it's like Derbyshire and very rural & only 10 mins from the greatest beaches on the eastern seaboard.

bazmanau, I met an old Wybourne lad a while ago that lives in our area, [Harry Richardson].

John, it's nice at Noosa, Austinmer traffic is as bad as the Sydney traffic since the opening of the new Sea Cliff Bridge.
It was good hearing from you all.

Have a great New Year Skippy. Cheers.

My mum side of the family hobson- ridge originates from Australia.And i know my aunty and uncle moved over to trace family and found quiet a few of the family members on my grandad side of the family still alive, love it that much they moved over.
Now they feal so much at home in Australia and do not feal home sick on bit they say it is like they been living in Oz all the lives.I carnt wait to go over this year be great to meet the family over there.

Can’t say I know Harry but it as been a long time, head him in my direction if he as Email.
Thanks
Barry







Two Cities one team together living the dream.

Which football team do you ex-pats support?

Sheffield Wednesday:cry:

Originally posted by nanrobbo
Sheffield Wednesday:cry:

Good man. Up The Owls!

we have just been over here for one year don't miss uk at all only the family hope they wil come to visit sometime

Sydney Swans and Sheffield Wednesday

ESSENDON AND SHEFFIELD UNITED

Originally posted by jfish1936
In 1967 we fled from Harold Wilson's wage freeze, and settled in Austinmer on the coast of New South Wales. Now we live in retirement near Queensland's lovely Noosa Beach.

We come back to Sheffield when we can, but I think we'll be too old to make the trip after 2007, our next planned visit.

John Fisher
ex King Ted's & Sheffield University



I've got an idea jfish1936 you could come back to Sheffield with all your kin and come stay with me :thumbsup: I'd need to win the lottery and buy a massive house first though.
However there is a certain young man who says we should come to you:D

peppermint (lil)

Originally posted by ozgirl
we have just been over here for one year don't miss uk at all only the family hope they wil come to visit sometime I get the feeling your being economical with the truth, why do you ex pats always come to this forum, because part of you misses Sheffield.
So though you are now loving Oz a tiny part of you stills lies here..:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Cycleracer
I get the feeling your being economical with the truth, why do you ex pats always come to this forum, because part of you misses Sheffield.
So though you are now loving Oz a tiny part of you stills lies here..:thumbsup:


cycleracer
you right part of them is here, its called family, it's not easy leaving love one behind I'm sure jfish1936 agrees with me
:thumbsup:

Stevie 1957 -I'm really female an old Hen- But Owls for ever!!
United Never!

I grew up in Whirlow and lived in Crooks until just over a month ago. I've moved to Melbourne and really have no idea how long I'll be here but I can't see myself rushing back any time soon! Christmas was very strange. A bit of cold and dark would have done wonders for my mood! It didn't seem like such a big deal here. I've a theory that you throw yourself into the celebrations more in the UK because you need some relief from the English winter!

It's only in relatively recent times that I've had a 'hankering' for some specific parts of my Sheffield past. I'd never previously considered myself as being an ex-pat since I don't ever recall having felt an actual 'bond' with Sheffield, or even England for that matter. I was institutionalized for a big part of my young life and I left the country within a relatively short period of time after my 'release' from that institution. I didn't even have the time to develop any actual long-term friendships or relationships, even though I certainly had a few special people in my life who deserve a place in my memory.

Although the recent experience of my having been reunited with someone connected to my past has been and continues to be very special for me, Sheffield itself seems to be rather 'foreign' to my thinking. I really can't relate to it as an ex-pat might. Having lived a life for a far greater period of time both in the United States and in Australia leaves room in my mind for only a few specific memories of Sheffield that revolve around a few short years. Those memories are certainly a part of my past but I don't really regard myself as an ex-pat as such.

So, where do my 'loyalties' lie? I can take my pick although I choose not to be 'loyal' to any country per se. It's the people within those countries that I'm more concerned about. Having said that, this forum has been a great blessing for me and I appreciate many of the posts and the posters and the numerous topics of discussion whether they concern me or not. I'd like to say a big thanks to those who have contributed to bringing to reality some of those areas of my life that were previously just 'memories'.

Alan52
How about a beer before the first game of the season?
I'l be heading to Telstra for the first game after all we are the Premiers.
Barry











TWO CITIES ONE TEAM TOGETHER LIVING THE DREAM.

Originally posted by kristo
I grew up in Whirlow and lived in Crooks until just over a month ago. I've moved to Melbourne and really have no idea how long I'll be here but I can't see myself rushing back any time soon! Christmas was very strange. A bit of cold and dark would have done wonders for my mood! It didn't seem like such a big deal here. I've a theory that you throw yourself into the celebrations more in the UK because you need some relief from the English winter!
It never seems like Christmas when you are in Oz does it? They always seem a bit embarrassed by it for some reason.
Mind you Australia Day makes up for it

My parents in law moved out to Sussex Inlet about four years ago - about an hour and a half car journey from you, Skippy?

We're on our second visit soon - see you in the RSL ;)

Draggletail, let me know when you will be there & we will come down to the club to say Gday, you can email me direct.
We actually live 25 mins south of Wollongong, 10 mins north of Kiama, so the drive is about an hour. we live 4 mins from the infamous Maquarie Pass at Albion Park.
I Took my brother down to Sussex Inlet last April to show him the Kangaroos in the streets, it's just like most people expect Australia to be, Hyams beach at Jervis Bay has the whitest sand in the world & a great place to visit.

Kristo, that's the time of year when you really miss family, friends etc, I'd love snow but only for xmas day.
Unfortunatley we can't have everything in life so I'll settle for the 95% that we have now, at least our descendents will thank us for making the big move later on in life.

I wish Id gone back out there when I left P&O in the late 70's, I was an Engineer based in Sydney,cruising 'in the old specific sea'
But we stayed here due to family commitments etc. and now its too late.
I am advising my kids to make the move though, as I think England has had its day:(

Cycleracer, Peppermint is absolutly right, the part of us there is family, it's also a great site for catching up with old friends.
A contact of mine in Sheffield told me about this site last week, the first day I found my old school buddy from 50 years ago that I've been trying to contact through other sites to no avail,
what a suprise to find that he lives up the road from me in Oz, mind you it's 4,500 kilometers up the road, Ha Ha, when we say we are going for a drive here we don't mess about.
Don't you ever think what certain people from your past are doing sometimes and where they are today, it's no good looking in our local paper for our old friends, you see it's the people not the place.
Skippy.

Originally posted by skippy
Cycleracer, Peppermint is absolutly right, the part of us there is family, it's also a great site for catching up with old friends.
A contact of mine in Sheffield told me about this site last week, the first day I found my old school buddy from 50 years ago that I've been trying to contact through other sites to no avail,
what a suprise to find that he lives up the road from me in Oz, mind you it's 4,500 kilometers up the road, Ha Ha, when we say we are going for a drive here we don't mess about.
Don't you ever think what certain people from your past are doing sometimes and where they are today, it's no good looking in our local paper for our old friends, you see it's the people not the place.
Skippy.
Yes, one of our big laughs is when a visitor from UK asks to borrow a car to run over to a relative's for the afternoon; we tell him it's 14 hours drive, and watch his expression.
The weather here is great; our back patio was flooded one inch deep (the undercover part) in yesterday's rain. Today I got sunburnt picking up branches blown down from the trees. Ah well, only about 18 months to our next trip to the earthly paradise on the banks of the Don.

Originally posted by skippy

I Took my brother down to Sussex Inlet last April to show him the Kangaroos in the streets, it's just like most people expect Australia to be, Hyams beach at Jervis Bay has the whitest sand in the world & a great place to visit.

A couple of photos here I took whilst last down under Skippy, the 'roos and Jervis Bay (I thnk it was Jervis) - excuse the 'copyright' - I had a load of photos 'harvested' by google :(

Sussex Inlet kangaroos (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/draggletail/Kangaroos%20Sussex%20Inlet%20NSW/91e7d6a9.jpg)

Jervis Bay (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/draggletail/Jervis%20Bay/32554ce4.jpg)

I have a friend who went to OZ about 20 years ago she went to ashleigh school and shes called sharon bridges....she went to OZ with her husband.anyone know her?

:clap: Sheffield United, Up the Blades.
Anyone remember the good old days when Jimmy Hagan, Alf Ringstead and Ted Burgin played for them ?

Originally posted by skippy
:clap: Sheffield United, Up the Blades.
Anyone remember the good old days when Jimmy Hagan, Alf Ringstead and Ted Burgin played for them ?

Who, who, and who? ;)

Skippy Skippy- so disappointed had you down for an Owls fan- still you're from Sheffield so I'll forgive ya. Owls Forever!

I live in Auckland, New Zealand, been here since 1974, and have hardly met anyone from Sheffield, plenty others from Liverpool, Manchester etc. and heaps from Coventry and round those parts, they must all be in Oz.

Cycleracer, you are correct, I was 16 when I came here, and love it when can find English sweets etc, just memories of the past, but dont think I could cope with the cold weather and snow again thats why we live in Auckland

Been to Australia and my husbands family is in Perth and Newman

My wife's family,live in Australia Sydney,her uncle stayed there after WW2 & a friend I recall as Karen & her family went over there from Heeley in the early 70s.

Originally posted by skippy
nanrobbo, I was the same until I went back to Sheff for a second look.

wallbuilder, I'm sweating like a pig, [SORRY, Ha Ha]

artisan, we have had snow here twice in 36 years, only for a couple of hours, it's only real hot where we are around Xmas time.

Hazel,You couldn't get much greener than where we are, it's like Derbyshire and very rural & only 10 mins from the greatest beaches on the eastern seaboard.

bazmanau, I met an old Wybourne lad a while ago that lives in our area, [Harry Richardson].

John, it's nice at Noosa, Austinmer traffic is as bad as the Sydney traffic since the opening of the new Sea Cliff Bridge.
It was good hearing from you all. skippy i have pm you i thin harry richardson is my cousin:clap:

Me and a friend are hoping to go to Australia in a few months. We plan to travel around a bit, and stay in the country for at least six months. The planning is still in its very early stages, but we are quite adamant about this now.

Due to our limited funds, we will have to settle in certain places and work.

Any recommendations?

pilon, Sydney is a good place to start, any of the major centres have part time jobs going, working in the cafe's etc.
Why not start another thread asking if anyone has done what you are thinking about doing as I've met heaps of Pommies working the cafe's in Sydney, Perth, Freemantle & Brisbane.

nanrobbo, I went to Bramall lane up to being 12, then changed to the Owls when I moved to the Shirecliffe, mind you I stopped supporting them after the bribes etc came on line and supported a wife and 2 kids instead.
LONG LIVE RUGBY LEAGUE.

Left Attercliffe and came to Australia in 1952 and love the area that we live in, it's very much like the dales country, even gets very cold in the winter. This year we were even snowed in for a couple of days,though I must admit that this was very unusual.
We have neighbours from Barnsley, so feel quite at home here,but our living conditions are different from Attercliffe as we are on an acre of land and grow most of our own fruit and vegies.
I still think of myself as a Sheffielder and am glad that I had the luck to be born there and I still support Sheffield Wednesday.:clap:

Skippy Glad you changed your team for a while- I've never been a fanatical fan, just sentiment really used to go with my Dad. And I know what you mean about the bribes etc. I went to school with Kay and was a bit disgusted with the strife he got into, seemed such a shame 'cos he wasn't a bad kid.
Rugby League ! :gag:

hiya,
not quite an expat, but will be soon! (well, ok, in about 11-12 months time!)
i know of many sheffielders who have emigrated to aus in the past 2-3 years......especially nurses!!

sue:D

i was on a backpacking trip to Oz last summer, and stayed at a beutifull place called Noosa, as we were checking int a campsite and elderley couple heard out accents and came to talk with us. It turns out they moved from sheffield many years ago, but were delighted to hear a true sheffielder again. They were a very nice couple and seemed to have made a good move.

Small world eh.

Hi Skippy.I lived in Crookes conduit rd,no 31.I worked at The Sheffield Twist Drill And steel Company.I now live in Tweed Heads and love it.Some of my relatives lived in Shirecliffe,Longley Ave West.Spent many an hour playing on the valley.All The Best.:wave:

i think one day i hope to retire in the sun! i cant think of anything more appealing :)

bazmanau Thay did a great job to win the primiership lets see if they can back it up first round against the BOMBERS GO THE BOMBERS

Skippy mate,

Unless I missed the bit where you live, or the place has changed by way of magic...the 'Gong', aint anything like Derbyshire! Maybe Gerringong is nice if the water is still clean , but that aint Derbyshire either!

Methinks you're pulling some legs Blue!

I left in 'Raincoat', Wilson's time but had spent years as a walker in and across the moors from Castleton usually, and tabbing around Derbyshire etc.
The flora and fauna are as different as between Atherton and the Nullabor.

Up here in NSW North we have stinking heat at the moment(as we 'speak' even) of 30C (Celsius not Centigrade, don't ask me why!) in our kitchen....and no, we are not cooking stuff; it's 1.10 am Tues Jan 24. It was 42C during the day and we had both a/conds going..both 2 1/2 horse.

If you like watching huge fire destruction of trees, bush, animals, houses etc etc as an almost summer certainty, then tune in to the tv news here. and the the Oz summer is for you. Me, I'm almost ready for the wanderer's return. (my beloved Aussie spouse just came in and had the same reaction as me to the comparison) and she is sick of the heat and the dying plantlife.

I think you work for the 'shrimp on the barby' campaign Skip; gimme fresh rain, rat poison (Fluoride) free water, and 4 seasons a year rather than Ghobi and not so Ghobi, anyday!

Can't find the Smilies so assume a wink!

Ex Shiregreen.
The557

Looks like Derbyshire to me, the rural part of course, we live at Albion Park, 5 mins from the bottom of the Macquarie pass & 5 mins from Jamberoo,20 mins north of Gerringong where the water is still crystal clear.
We have had 37 deg this last few days also & very humid, comes with the territory but better than those Pommie winters.
Don't know how to add a photo to this.
Skip.

looking for pat varney lived on prince of wales rd sheffield then went down under with family stuaurt kids paul,i think theres 1 called mike its been so long

I'd back Skippy, the area he refers to always struck me as being like Derbyshire.
There are fields and hills there very like the ones I cycled through 55 years ago

Good on yer Jfish, I thought age might be catching up with me, I spent a lot of time at Stannington when I was very young, it was a village back in 1945 & I went to live with my Aunty as Sheffield was no place for a kid because of the blitz.
I know that is Yorkshire, [before someone jumps on my back] but 200 yards up the road was the border of Derbyshire, if it wasn't for a sign, no one would know they were crossing from one shire to another, as far as trees go, there wasn't any as the land had been cleared for farming.
When my Brother came out last year, he was amazed how similar this area was to the English countryside and had always thought Australia was a desert.
Skippy.

Who, who, and who? ;)
although Hagen many times kept the ball too long one had to admire his ball control and dribbling one of the best, almost as good as BEST

Our area is just like Derbyshire and we even have the four seasons, sometimes all in the one day. We are in the middle of autumn now and are getting the morning mists or fog and the leaves on the european trees are starting to fall and we are picking the apples, at least we are picking the ones that the pesky cockatoos and rosellas have left for us. Yes it does get warmer than the U.K on occasions, but we know that the weather will cool down after a few days and so we can put up with the heat.

Skippy mate,

Unless I missed the bit where you live, or the place has changed by way of magic...the 'Gong', aint anything like Derbyshire! Maybe Gerringong is nice if the water is still clean , but that aint Derbyshire either!

Methinks you're pulling some legs Blue!

Whilst visiting relatives in Australia this year, we were struck by how similar to Derbyshire the landscape is around Berry, shoalhaven, NSW (about an hours drive south from you in Wollongong Skippy?)

By the way, if any of you Aussies want any photos posting up of the front of your old house or whatever, let us know. I'll do my best. Try not to send me too far - I live up the hill from Banner Cross :)


Draggle

Hi Dieselbabe just seen your post and saw the name Ridge an old Ecclesfield name, and also the name of an old friend of mine George Ridge who lived on Strawberry Ave any relation?Arthur Fearn; [ his parents once kept the Ball Inn]

What ever happened to all the young people from Carbrook who went to Australia in the 50's/60´s. I remember Laurence Mills from Dunlop Street. the Limb Family from Carbrook Street. My cousin Josie Cooke went and is married to an Australian. How are you all doing?

Skippy... I moved out here a year ago... now I'm happily married and based in the Karri forrests of the South West corner.

I can safely say that I do not miss Sheffield at all, but I do miss my friends and family. But with Skype I get to see and talk to them all regularly.

For me there is no looking back... yeh I used to work out in Bakewell for a few years and when I was a child my Nanny lived in Stoney Middleton... Derbyshire will always be a special place. However for me this place is just as enchanting and as a photographer I am in my element. The landscape takes my breath away every single day... and the sunsets are to die for.

Me and my family are visitiing the UK next year... it will be the first time my wife and kids have left OZ so I imagine it will be pretty darn amazing for them but for me... Sheffield and the UK had done its time... Life is too rushed there... evryone is too stressed... My town is a small country town and very laid back just like me.

Still I don't find many people out here who can come on holiday and not want to stay.