Any of you 'oldies' remember the name of the pork butchers located down the Wicker on the RHS moving away from town.

They used to sell the most magnificent pork scraps I have ever tasted. Never seen anything remotely like them since. They looked like oyster shells and made from layers of pork fat.

Think the name was something like Fredriches????

I believe they called it friedrichs and they also had a shop in Firth Park at the bottom of Bellhouse road .I used to like their polony and roast hocks,and if you bought a joint they always asked if you wanted it dipping.I always said no because I didn't know what they were dipping it in.Talking about the Wicker what's happened to all the pubs ?One left out of about 7 !

You're a star feederfil. Did the family retire or move away?

Can't answer you about the pubs as I was only a little girl when I used to be taken to the butchers shop.

The Wicker wasn't as depressing and run down as it is these days.

Yes definately Friedriches, although I know this is not spelt right.They had the wicker branch and bottom of Bellhouse Rd, they were on the go long before the war, the Firth Park shop closed in the 90's after the shop did not come up to local health regs, sad, their pork pies have never been bettered.

I know a former manager of the firth park shop (John Scott )who has a shop on Lindsay Ave,Parson cross.His father worked in the original shop down the wicker and his mother worked there also.
I know that in the late 80's/early 90's the buisness was taken over by the Nephew and it went down hill after that.
If you want to know any info John Scott can probably tell you..his No. is 0114 2570434.

Originally posted by feederfil
I believe they called it friedrichs and they also had a shop in Firth Park at the bottom of Bellhouse road .

Sure was, E. Friedrich & Son. They had a shop at the bottom of Bellhouse Road next to Styan's (bakers) and Watson's (family butcher).

If you've got a magnifying glass, you can see them from Hucklow Road at http://www.hpac.org.uk/cgi-bin/hpac.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=308

Originally posted by superCol
Sure was, E. Friedrich & Son. They had a shop at the bottom of Bellhouse Road next to Styan's (bakers) and Watson's (family butcher).

If you've got a magnifying glass, you can see them from Hucklow Road at http://www.hpac.org.uk/cgi-bin/hpac.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=308

My family owned a bakers there on bellhouse road, Merrills', or Morrell's, it was called... i can't quite remember, as it was a great-aunt/ uncle and their family that owned it.

PT

I remember there was a pork butchers on Attercliffe common near the Huntsman's Garden school opposite the old Lambpool pub.

They served up amazing pork sandwiches.

An old bespectacled lady with her hair done up in plaits German style used to stand facing the window carving the joint of pork. She was a true artist with that carving knife and fork I watched her every day whilst my mate Tony queued for the sandwiches. You didn't have to watch her long before your mouth was watering for one of her sandwiches.

What an Advert!

This shop had a German name but I cannot remember if it was Friedrich.

Perhaps someone could jolt my memory?

pop t

"SHULTZ'S"

been talking to a elderly relative, they reckon it was"Shultz's", telling me how whenever she served someone she would always wipe her hands on her apron before and after handling the money.

Thanks Pietro, you hit the nail on the head 'Shultz's' was the place and what a load of memories come flooding back.

I could taste one of those pork sandwiches right out here in New Zealand.

Lovely Jubbly!

The Pork bitchers shop in the wicker was called "Freidrichs"
( note the spelling as they german originated ) It was on the corner of willey street and the wicker I used to work at Samuel Osbournes at the bottom of Willey (where the car boot car park is now ) and yes their pork sandwiches were legendary

Their Pork pies and sausage were superb, to say nothing about the black pudding.:)

I was rummaging through the spare bedroom and I have come across an old stamp album If you give me an address I will send them to you
I dont' know if they are worth any thing but you are welcome to them

Originally posted by PopT
Thanks Pietro, you hit the nail on the head 'Shultz's' was the place and what a load of memories come flooding back.

I could taste one of those pork sandwiches right out here in New Zealand.

Lovely Jubbly!

It certainly brings back tasty memories of the pork sandwiches , the bread cakes dipped in hot dripping and the mouth watering fruit pies they used to bake on the premises. If you were lucky and called in just when they had come out of the oven, you thought all your birthdays had come at once. It's making my mouth water at the thoughts of them !
deecee

Friedrich were on the Wicker. but Frederick Shultz were
pork butchers at 205 Attercliffe common in 1954.
In 1938 304 Attercliffe Common.:thumbsup:

Fredrich's Tomato Sausage - to die for!

Never had any like it since and probably never will - shame

Originally posted by Marky Baby
Fredrich's Tomato Sausage - to die for!

Never had any like it since and probably never will - shame I have to agree with that, one of my childhood memories was "Freidrichs tomato sausage" My aunt Nellie who lived on "Hatfield House Lane in Shiregreen" used to worship them...I still (now and again ) go back to Sheffield and buy some tomato sausage..The best I can find is on "Chapel Walk" if anyone knows a better place let me know and I'll go there next time.

My mother's cousin's husband Mr Clifford
worked at Friedrichs during the 50's and 60's.

Originally posted by Timbuck
I have to agree with that, one of my childhood memories was "Freidrichs tomato sausage" My aunt Nellie who lived on "Hatfield House Lane in Shiregreen" used to worship them...I still (now and again ) go back to Sheffield and buy some tomato sausage..The best I can find is on "Chapel Walk" if anyone knows a better place let me know and I'll go there next time.

I agree too. Have you tried Asda's tomato sausage - that's not too bad. There is another butchers on Bellhouse across the road from where Freidrich's used to be whose sausage is quite good too (next door to the Nat West). Give them a try you might like that.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sharkw
The Pork bitchers shop in the wicker was called "Freidrichs"
( note the spelling as they german originated ) It was on the corner of willey street and the wicker I used to work at Samuel Osbournes at the bottom of Willey (where the car boot car park is now ) and yes their pork sandwiches were legendary [/QUOT
Pork Bitchers, were they anything like mince beef mardy's?
I used to work at Sam Osbornes as well from about 1965 for a couple of years.

I believe they called it friedrichs and they also had a shop in Firth Park at the bottom of Bellhouse road .I used to like their polony and roast hocks,and if you bought a joint they always asked if you wanted it dipping.I always said no because I didn't know what they were dipping it in.Talking about the Wicker what's happened to all the pubs ?One left out of about 7 !
Hi Feederfil Your joint tasted much better when dipped it was brine [salt water] the cooked joint was pinky colour. Arthur.

Fredrich's Tomato Sausage - to die for!

Never had any like it since and probably never will - shamethe equivalent was Weningers pork butchers London rd . Arthur.

the equivalent was Weningers pork butchers London rd . Arthur.

They are also long gone Arthur. I used to buy their Pork Pies, and can still hear the girls behind the counter telling everyone "don't tip it, the jelly's still runny" ....... not like the supermarket rubbish that passes for fresh these days.

I have a faint recollection of my dad telling me many years ago that Fredrich,s were of german origin and changed there name during the first world war,i cannot remember what the original name was though.They had the shop in the Wicker for many years

Hi,

Freidrich's was a top quality pork butchers and their pies,etc. were as good as everyone has said. The shope in the Wicker had been there most of the 20th century but I don't know the exact start date. Certainly it was there before World War I. According to my mother (who grew up in the area and went to school with a Freidrich daughter) hostility against business' with German names ran very high during the war. Hot-headed gangs roaming the streets at the time smashed all the windows in the shop at least once. The shop at Firth Park came later, and was where most of the famous pork pies and other products were made.

I was sorry to see the Wicker shop go down. In my childhood there, the Wicker was always busy with people from Pitsmoor walking by, and shopping, on their way to and from town. Also, a lot of people used to change trams and buses in the Wicker and did a little shopping in between. Thats why the side walks(pavements) were so wide, to handle all the foot traffic.

Business in the Wicker had also been in decline since the late 1930's when most of housing in area had been cleared. The explosion of car ownership in the 60's on, the closure of Victoria Station, changes to bus routes, closure of the steel works, etc. finally killed the Wicker trade.

Regards