Any memories anyone?

My playground in the sixties - especially the river at Heeley Bridge.

Same here me & my mate used to play down under the bridge all the time,we had some right laughs down there.great memories

There used to be some right deep bits where if you threw a big stone in it would splash back up onto the road

Our old neighbour Ian Andrews was bragging about some new wellies he had,so we took them off his feet & threw them into the river,he was very upset at the time,so if Ian see's this I apologies LOL

I remember a great toy shop where we could spend our pocket money after my mum had done her shopping at "Fine Fare" then we had to track back up to the top of Richards Rd with the shopping. (no car).

The post office was still open ... I used to long to work in there when I grew up. :smile:

Fine Fare,

Prize Bingo underneath the railway bridge.

Major floods down Broadfield Rd.

Ernest's shop? used to be nr Fine fare and sold a load of old tat.

Maybe this was a bit later in the 70's.

Langtons Shoe shop.

God knows why we never caught anything nasty from playing down there all day. The rivers' edge used to be a forest of Himalayan Balsam and you could paddle up to the London Rd bridge past some steel factory on Saxon Rd.
If you followed the river there, it turned right to follow Broadfield Rd. Underneath, near the rickety wooden bridge there was a sewer outlet or something. We used to take torches and follow it as far as we'd dare.
You could also climb up onto the railway lines from London Rd bridge and take your chances until you got to the derelict Heeley Station.
There was a subway of some sort that was blocked off at the Chesterfield Rd side that would have opened right in front of the Heeley Palace.
I can't understand why some of us never got killed or worse.
We never got up to anything wicked - but we were definately out of control at times.

My dad used to live on Richards road, both my parents are from heeley. The house my dad lived in was knocked down.

In the early 70's we used to hang around cutlers walk (it ran from gleadless rd to guernsey rd) . Any one remember spaffords toolmakers that stood behind where halfords is now. And all the shops including the post office and bingo under the bridge' and the army stores further along. was hardy's bakery around in the 60's (up the side of the bridge pub). Also there were 4 banks so it shows how busy heeley bottom was in those days.

Originally posted by sexylass1983
My dad used to live on Richards road, both my parents are from heeley. The house my dad lived in was knocked down.
I used to live on Forster Road up to 1975.

I remember when under the Heeley Bridge used to get flooded & some moron tried getting through in a triumph spitfire,his car was nearly submerged & he got out wet through & he swore a lot.Heeley Picture Palace was of fond memories & 1 bad memory,I had to leave my Man From Uncle gun at the pay in & when I came out the woman had gone & so had my gun,I never got it back,I was heartbroken,so if anyone has seen my gun.please let me know LOL

I dont know when my dad lived there till, but he is 49, and i think he went to anns road.

Originally posted by sexylass1983
I dont know when my dad lived there till, but he is 49, and i think he went to anns road. Well I am the same age as your Dad & I went to Anns Road School

His name is stephen Kay do you know him?

Anybody remember going to the snooker hall next to the shoe shop? A very cantankerous and miserable old bloke (probably wasn't, but he seemed to be ) took your money and made you wait for ever for a crap table at the back somewhere even though there were plenty of good tables available. I think they were reserved for the local wide boys though who didn't take kindly to anyone not from their gang using it.
Also - did anyone have a paper round.
We used to do them for a guy who lived in a house behind one of the shops on the corner of Broadfield and London Roads.
He was another miserable sod

wasnt fine fare where machine mart now stands, and i seem to remember fine ware (clothes etc) briefly opening where the solicitors is now, or i could have got these the wrong way around.
The school dentist at Lowfield school (the fear of that place and the gas), i remember the Skeltons, and Rodgers factories where Guernsey Road was, and Walkers sweet shop near the Earl. Wasnt there a Fish Monger and a butcher with rabbits and various poultry hung up outside in the street?

The Fine Fare site used to be the Heeley Colliseum.

Originally posted by Bratby
If you followed the river there, it turned right to follow Broadfield Rd. Underneath, near the rickety wooden bridge .

When I are a lad etc. I can remember some really bad floods and the River Sheaf burst its banks.
my dad was working at the Hardy Pick at the time and it was forced to close for the day. We went round and the foot bridge was completely covered by water, the Sheaf was a raging torrent. Under the Railway Bridge the water was about 15 feet deep at least.

Originally posted by sexylass1983
His name is stephen Kay do you know him?

I knew him, brother called Haydn?

I used to live on Richards Rd too

That would have been a dangerous name in the time we lived there

yeah thats him, haydn is my uncle.

Originally posted by artisan
That would have been a dangerous name in the time we lived there #

Explain, I am confused.

Originally posted by mikey
#

Explain, I am confused.

Me too

I am just joking. if you had a name anything out of the ordinary we all used to laugh at it. I did not mean any offense mate :thumbsup:

None taken, It is quite a wierd name for them days i suppose. The rest of em had normal names.

Can anybody remember the Wilsons ( brothers) lived on gifford rd heeley bottom?

Originally posted by only_me
Can anybody remember the Wilsons ( brothers) lived on gifford rd heeley bottom? Tony Wilson & Mike

Originally posted by sexylass1983
His name is stephen Kay do you know him? The Name rings a bell

Hi tosh' there was Noel the oldest then i think possibly Tony then Dean (Deano) the youngest who was my old mate.

I won and lost a few tanners at that snooker hall. I lived in Abbeydale just off Broadfield road, so the picture house choices were great, the Abbeydale, the Heeley Palace, and the Coli. If you wanted to wear out a little more footwear there was Heeley Green too. Living here among all these 12 movie multiplexes, with there drab auditoriums, their terrible movie choices aimed solely at teenagers, I stay home and rent a DVD, if I can find one that's worth it.

Originally posted by only_me
Hi tosh' there was Noel the oldest then i think possibly Tony then Dean (Deano) the youngest who was my old mate. Tony was my mate

Tony wilson is an industrial window cleaner' i have seen him around i beleave he cleans the windows on the sheffield courts. I think he maybe around 45 now.

Originally posted by Bratby
The Fine Fare site used to be the Heeley Colliseum. i thought fine fair was where machine mart stands , and i also remember a fine wear around 1970s

I'm sure that machine mart was the fine fare that was the colly,does anyone remember Leo who used to shine his torch at you,there was three Wainwrights shop on Heeley bottom, from the bridge pub, cross the bridge then there was a tiny sweet shop, then one Wainwrights that sold grandad shirts before grandads shirts was well known, collar studs, lyle stockings the choice was endless, then a locksmiths, a steelworks which had a big steel door, then a cleaners and then Lewis's, in their doorway there was a square post that had mirrors on all sides and you could walk round it, they sold blouses etc, in one window then mens things in another window,there was a Gowers, Gallons, Davy's,an army surplus store and the plumtree cafe, that had one of the first juke boxes in Sheffield, it still is a cafe now.The Teen Bar which had to be one of the first coffee bars for teenagers.Back at the Heeley Palace, at the bus stop can anyone remember a little hole cut out of the wall just where the bus stop was, where we used to sit in when it rained.

hi applegrim the steelworks you mentioned on heeley bottom do you mean ross's it was across road from the army stores , i thought the coliseum pictures was at back of langtons shoe shop i may be wrong , and machine mart was fine fair . across the road on the other corner was snelsons im talking early 60s they used to sell records , i used to go in there to get a new pp3 battery fitted in my first transistor pocket radio the price was 2/6 .

Originally posted by boston
wasnt fine fare where machine mart now stands, and i seem to remember fine ware (clothes etc) briefly opening where the solicitors is now, or i could have got these the wrong way around.
The school dentist at Lowfield school (the fear of that place and the gas), i remember the Skeltons, and Rodgers factories where Guernsey Road was, and Walkers sweet shop near the Earl. Wasnt there a Fish Monger and a butcher with rabbits and various poultry hung up outside in the street?

My mum used to work in Walkers,


and yes fine fayre was where machine mart is now

Originally posted by Applegrim
I'm sure that machine mart was the fine fare that was the colly,does anyone remember Leo who used to shine his torch at you,there was three Wainwrights shop on Heeley bottom, from the bridge pub, cross the bridge then there was a tiny sweet shop, then one Wainwrights that sold grandad shirts before grandads shirts was well known, collar studs, lyle stockings the choice was endless, then a locksmiths, a steelworks which had a big steel door, then a cleaners and then Lewis's, in their doorway there was a square post that had mirrors on all sides and you could walk round it, they sold blouses etc, in one window then mens things in another window,there was a Gowers, Gallons, Davy's,an army surplus store and the plumtree cafe, that had one of the first juke boxes in Sheffield, it still is a cafe now.The Teen Bar which had to be one of the first coffee bars for teenagers.Back at the Heeley Palace, at the bus stop can anyone remember a little hole cut out of the wall just where the bus stop was, where we used to sit in when it rained. Gowers were on the corner leading to Forster Road accross from the Heeley Church,I think

Originally posted by only_me
Tony wilson is an industrial window cleaner' i have seen him around i beleave he cleans the windows on the sheffield courts. I think he maybe around 45 now. Yes Tony was a little younger than me,he was a good lad

I think around that time or a little later my Grandad ran a piano shop at heely bottom think it was called nelson pianos.

Originally posted by tosh13
Gowers were on the corner leading to Forster Road accross from the Heeley Church,I think hi tosh, gowers was on the corner of forster road and gleadless road , but maybe there was one on heeley bottom as well .

When Fine Fare took over the Coliseum my mum and I shopped there the first week that it opened. It felt so 'wrong' taking goods of off the shelves without asking the assistant first. We soon got used to the new system!
The passage to our back yard was opposite Walkers sweets and toy shop.
When I left Sheffield in 1964 the shop next to Walkers, on Queens Road, was Mathers (grocers).
Between Mathers and the Earl was Rawsons' chippie. They had a fish tank in the window.

Tosh,yes Gowers was on the corner of Foster Road, but I'm sure there was another one on Heeley Bottom,but next to Gowers on Foster Road, there were John and Jim Ledger's butcher's shop,they were brothers, then Nick Carter, who was the barbers,I love going back down memory lane,what about the shops on the other side, Wool shop, hairdressers,Heeley's chemist,Staley's newsagents,wash house? wrays sweet shop, Mrs Hunter who sold hardware, then Mrs Moss who sold brick a brack, I think the last two were sisters, then a fruit shop and on the corner of Wilson Road, there was a pawnshop.Is that how you remember it or have I got it wrong?

Tosh,yes Gowers was on the corner of Foster Road, but I'm sure there was another one on Heeley Bottom,but next to Gowers on Foster Road, there were John and Jim Ledger's butcher's shop,they were brothers, then Nick Carter, who was the barbers,I love going back down memory lane,what about the shops on the other side, Wool shop, hairdressers,Heeley's chemist,Staley's newsagents,wash house? wrays sweet shop, Mrs Hunter who sold hardware, then Mrs Moss who sold brick a brack, I think the last two were sisters, then a fruit shop and on the corner of Wilson Road, there was a pawnshop.Is that how you remember it or have I got it wrong?
Yes it is how I remember it my Mum used to go to the hairdressers & I did some part time work with the fruit shop guy,going around in his van ,I had to ring the bell & shout Tates.I lived at 21 Forster Road

Tosh,yes Gowers was on the corner of Foster Road, but I'm sure there was another one on Heeley Bottom,but next to Gowers on Foster Road, there were John and Jim Ledger's butcher's shop,they were brothers, then Nick Carter, who was the barbers,I love going back down memory lane,what about the shops on the other side, Wool shop, hairdressers,Heeley's chemist,Staley's newsagents,wash house? wrays sweet shop, Mrs Hunter who sold hardware, then Mrs Moss who sold brick a brack, I think the last two were sisters, then a fruit shop and on the corner of Wilson Road, there was a pawnshop.Is that how you remember it or have I got it wrong?
I think that it was Wilson Place actually, it ran between Gleadless Rd and Boyton St. Going towards Boyton St on the same side as the pawnshop was a yard where someone kept pigs (and geese I think) and across from that was an iron foundry. Straight across from the bottom of Wilson Place on Boyton St was Florrie Morton's shop.

the other gowers shop would i be right in thinking it was at the bottom of wolseley road on the right hand side going up ?? .

I think that it was Wilson Place actually, it ran between Gleadless Rd and Boyton St. Going towards Boyton St on the same side as the pawnshop was a yard where someone kept pigs (and geese I think) and across from that was an iron foundry. Straight across from the bottom of Wilson Place on Boyton St was Florrie Morton's shop.

Yes you're right it was Wilson Place, but I don't remember any pigs and geese,
but did Amy Morton have a sister then? because I can only remember the shop at the top of Boyton Street.

the other gowers shop would i be right in thinking it was at the bottom of wolseley road on the right hand side going up ?? .

Now are you thinking of the shop where the new Mosque is? If so that used to be a Co-op, but I think it was near to what was the old army stores, or was that Gallons?
Do you remember a Boots the chemist,and a Blaskeys wallpaper shop?

Now are you thinking of the shop where the new Mosque is? If so that used to be a Co-op, but I think it was near to what was the old army stores, or was that Gallons?
Do you remember a Boots the chemist,and a Blaskeys wallpaper shop? yes i was thinking of the shop where new mosque is , yes i remember boots the chemist it was on the same side as the army stores the last time i went in there i took a film in for developing about 30 years ago , and i never got chance to collect it when i went back about 10 years later they had shut down , what a pity .i think the blaskey's was across on the other side .

wasnt fine fare where machine mart now stands, and i seem to remember fine ware (clothes etc) briefly opening where the solicitors is now, or i could have got these the wrong way around.
The school dentist at Lowfield school (the fear of that place and the gas), i remember the Skeltons, and Rodgers factories where Guernsey Road was, and Walkers sweet shop near the Earl. Wasnt there a Fish Monger and a butcher with rabbits and various poultry hung up outside in the street?
Hi Boston, The clothes shop where the solicitors is now was originally one of Wainrights stores, the shop was then bought by Snelsons who totally modernised it,and traded as a furniture shop, and opposite at the bottom of Chippinghouse Road,where the bathroom shop is now, was Fred Snelsons TV store.
I can remember going on to Asline Road to Mr. Jowetts the pawnshop, but going up to Highfields there was a horse meat shop.

When I are a lad etc. I can remember some really bad floods and the River Sheaf burst its banks.
my dad was working at the Hardy Pick at the time and it was forced to close for the day. We went round and the foot bridge was completely covered by water, the Sheaf was a raging torrent. Under the Railway Bridge the water was about 15 feet deep at least.

Was the flood when it was still Hardy Pick ?, or when it had been bought by Laycock's ?. My husband worked there when it was HP & Laycocks.
1944-1982. He was on nights during the infamous Sheffield gale. all the workshop flooded and a house across the back collapsed into the river.

Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.

Yes you're right it was Wilson Place, but I don't remember any pigs and geese,
but did Amy Morton have a sister then? because I can only remember the shop at the top of Boyton Street.
Amy was a great old lady,I lived bang across the road from her shop,was her husband called Zen,I think he was Polish,maybe wrong.

Yes you're right it was Wilson Place, but I don't remember any pigs and geese,
but did Amy Morton have a sister then? because I can only remember the shop at the top of Boyton Street.
I don't really know whether Amy and Florrie were sisters or not. They were quite different in appearance. Amy.as you know was a large lady whereas Florrie was a skinny little lady with grey hair. They both had the same type of shop though selling basically the same stuff. Amy of course used to put up the Father Christmas in her window. Didn't used to think it was that time of the year until her window was decorated. I think Tosh is right about Amy's husband being Polish although I can't remember his name at all.
I lived at 19 Forster Rd and our attic skylight faced Amy's shop. There was a metal cigarette sign hanging above the shop door (Craven A or Park Drive, I think) I used to plunk at it with an air pistol that I had for a while.

chuffinel have we had the conversation about me living at 21 Forster Road,our house which I lived in from 1957 to 1975 was bang across the road from Amy's shop & her husband was Polish & his name was Zen he was a nasty old man,but Amy was great & at the back of the shop in the yard lived a lad called Richard Bray & Len Yates my mate lived a few doors on from Amy's.

Hi Tosh. Yes we spoke previously about that. I lived there until 1955 or thereabouts. I believe that we both knew Ross Cantrell. Cheers

The name Cantrel rings a bell, was there a Josaphine Cantrell? I didn't know her too well but I was friends with Jean Jarrett for a long time, her dad had a talking minor bird, do you know them?

The name Cantrel rings a bell, was there a Josaphine Cantrell? I didn't know her too well but I was friends with Jean Jarrett for a long time, her dad had a talking minor bird, do you know them?
Applegrim, I must know you. Jean is my sister and the bird we had was actually a jackdaw. It had a broken wing and couldn't fly anymore. My dad built a big cage for it and used to put it outside during the day. The people next door had a cat called Tony and the bird used to drive the cat crazy calling its name. It also used to tell the binmen to "shurrup" when they were banging the bins. My dad stayed up until the early hours one day trying to feed the bird with diluted whisky from an eyedropper when it was dying. Jose Cantrell was about the same age as our Jean. Please p.m. with your details. Thanks.

Hi again Applegrim. My last sentence seemed a little pushy and I apologize for this. Should have asked if you would mind sending me a p.m. or should I p.m. you ? Thanks

"Applegrim" please check your p.m. inbox Thanks

This thread took me back to a night club we used to go in when we were in our teen's. It was called The Sunrise Club, it was situated just under the bridge opposite the pub called The Bridge Inn.

wonder what is there now?????

can anyone remember bon marche , the ladies clothes shop. it was nest to the army stores

Applegrim, I had long forgotten the name of the tall, uniformed cadaverous looking bloke who was the usher at Heeley Colly. Leo - he's the one. In the early 50s Saturday night was a cuppa coffee in the Plumtree at the bottom of Broadfield, then queue for the colly. Old Leo used to come along to ensure law and order in the queue and, when in a benevolent mood, would stand and tell us war stories of Africa, Burma, D Day, Iwo Jima etc. until we realised he'd was quoting newsreels. I think the coffee, 5 woodbines and the cinema could be done for half a crown.

Help!! Nearly forgot, just above Heeley Palace was a large furniture shop in the 60s. Ponsfords? This got bigger as it swallowed up a whole shed load of smaller shops, one being a butchers. Can anybody name this shop as it appears in my family history?

Hmm,Heeley palace.Remember it well,Saturday morning rush, the cheering for the good guys and booing for the bad guys, the noise must have been horrendous but what a great time everybody had.The walk home was just a continuation of the films we'd seen, boys/girls pretending to shoot/fence each other (depending on which film was seen) and no one was ever hurt.
Just Could'nt wait untill the following Saturday to find what had happend to Zorro/Roy Rogers/Flash Gordon etc.
Would'nt it be nice just to visit that period of time again if only for a short while.

This thread took me back to a night club we used to go in when we were in our teen's. It was called The Sunrise Club, it was situated just under the bridge opposite the pub called The Bridge Inn.
wonder what is there now?????

It was in the old Heeley Station building next door to the Post Office ... it's very rundown now and it's a car breakers yard and store ...

Do you remember the Rendezvous, run by Boris? Lot of bikers used to go in there ... was another of the small shops eventually taken over by Ponnies... they own the whole block now up as far as the White Lion ... and have a HUGE new building on the site of the old Heeley Palace.

Applegrim, I remember the little hole in the walll. I used to sit in there whilst we waited for the bus when I was little, pretending it was my house. Was it an old blocked up cellar entrance do you think?

Hi Boston, The clothes shop where the solicitors is now was originally one of Wainrights stores, the shop was then bought by Snelsons who totally modernised it,and traded as a furniture shop, and opposite at the bottom of Chippinghouse Road,where the bathroom shop is now, was Fred Snelsons TV store.
I can remember going on to Asline Road to Mr. Jowetts the pawnshop, but going up to Highfields there was a horse meat shop.

I used to work at Snelsons, then we moved to the Malthouses old building on Cliffefield Road. I used to have dinner at the Plumtree Cafe on the corner of Chippinghouse Road they had a juke box by the door and the lads used to have a game of snooker across the road.

Help!! Nearly forgot, just above Heeley Palace was a large furniture shop in the 60s. Ponsfords? This got bigger as it swallowed up a whole shed load of smaller shops, one being a butchers. Can anybody name this shop as it appears in my family history?
Wasn't this one of Dewhursts(sp) butchers shops ?

My cousin Ernie and I got chucked out of the Collie by Leo because Ernie shouted out the F word in astonishment when he saw Jane Russell in "Outlaw", so we ended up in the snooker hall at the top of Broadfield Road, under age of course.

Lived at 67 Alexandra Road (now a pig farm!!!!), but only very late in the 60's, was born in 1968. Went to Heeley Bank School before moving to Mosborough in about 1978 when we were turfed out to make way for the farm!!

Loved carting down the 1 in 4 hill!!!

Help!! Nearly forgot, just above Heeley Palace was a large furniture shop in the 60s. Ponsfords? This got bigger as it swallowed up a whole shed load of smaller shops, one being a butchers. Can anybody name this shop as it appears in my family history? could you mean phillips pork butchers ?

could you mean phillips pork butchers ?

If you're on about the furniture store it was definately Ponsfords. As for the butchers, then I'm at a loss, but hopefully tinkers post helped you.

Lived at 67 Alexandra Road (now a pig farm!!!!), but only very late in the 60's, was born in 1968. Went to Heeley Bank School before moving to Mosborough in about 1978 when we were turfed out to make way for the farm!!

Loved carting down the 1 in 4 hill!!!

I lived on Myrtle Road not far from the pub (can't recall its name). The house and pub have gone now to make way for the farm. I was also born in 1968. I moved from Myrtle Rd to Moffatt Rd in the early 70's and went to Heeley Bank School. We might have been in the same class!!
I remember some of the teachers; Mr Benson, Mrs bellamy, Mrs lay to name but a few).
I had some wonderful time growing up there. Playing hares and Hounds in the streets. We weren't restricted like todays kids.

I lived on Myrtle Road not far from the pub (can't recall its name). The house and pub have gone now to make way for the farm. I was also born in 1968. I moved from Myrtle Rd to Moffatt Rd in the early 70's and went to Heeley Bank School. We might have been in the same class!!
I remember some of the teachers; Mr Benson, Mrs bellamy, Mrs lay to name but a few).
I had some wonderful time growing up there. Playing hares and Hounds in the streets. We weren't restricted like todays kids.

The pub was "The Myrtle Inn" The back was on Alexander Road and the front on Myrtle Road. I worked at the pub in about 1962 and enjoyed every moment. Saturday nights were buzzing with laughter from the locals, young and old alike and music from the juke box rang around the place. Toward the end of the night everyone broke into unaccompanied song, there was always someone willing to give their own unique rendition, sometimes whilst standing on a table. The place was run by Eric and Helen, I can't recall their surname. Eric died during my time working there and Helen continued on alone for a few years, though she did have an aunt or someone helping out.
Upstairs would be hired our for private functions and it was whilst tending bar up there for a wedding reception I met my husband. I have the most wonderful memories of that pub !!!!!!

It was in the old Heeley Station building next door to the Post Office ... it's very rundown now and it's a car breakers yard and store ...

Do you remember the Rendezvous, run by Boris? Lot of bikers used to go in there ... was another of the small shops eventually taken over by Ponnies... they own the whole block now up as far as the White Lion ... and have a HUGE new building on the site of the old Heeley Palace.

Applegrim, I remember the little hole in the walll. I used to sit in there whilst we waited for the bus when I was little, pretending it was my house. Was it an old blocked up cellar entrance do you think?

Yes thats right ruby although saddened to here it now very run down but it was a long time ago.

I do remember the rendezvous was a meeting place for all our gang but we wer'nt bikers lol.

Applegrim, can't remember the hole in the wall, not sure where it was, please enlighten me. cheers

If you're on about the furniture store it was definately Ponsfords. As for the butchers, then I'm at a loss, but hopefully tinkers post helped you.

If I remeber right I think the butchers shop was calld Pashleys. Did a very good pork sandwich. It was situated just before the red lion pub.

Does you remember the crown inn at the corner of albert road, happy days. My father used to work there as a barman. His name was walter. cheers Jauntyone

Applegrim, can't remember the hole in the wall, not sure where it was, please enlighten me. cheers

jaunty1 - do you remember where the bus stop was outside the Heeley Palace? Right there in the wall, was a little entrance type thing. It was about 3 feet high and about the same wide and deep. If you were small enough you could crouch down and get inside out of the weather.

I remember being small enough to walk inside and pretend it was my house! Must have been about 3 or 4 at the time. Mother used to go mad cos we wore those white kid ankle strap shoes with white socks ... used to get em filthy in there!

I'm sure that what Applegrim is referring to.

So where is the top of heeley bottom

So where is the top of heeley bottom

Heeley Green!!!! :D

Lived at 67 Alexandra Road (now a pig farm!!!!), but only very late in the 60's, was born in 1968. Went to Heeley Bank School before moving to Mosborough in about 1978 when we were turfed out to make way for the farm!!

Loved carting down the 1 in 4 hill!!!


I am sure that my sister-in-law lived at 65.

The shop on the corner (that is now Ponsfords) was a bakery,confectionery & sweets owned by Proctor's, the son's set up in business as- Proctors Haulage & Storage.

Cynthia, Canada.

could you mean phillips pork butchers ?
Many thanks- a daughter of the butcher married an uncle of mine, both since long gone but I can cross check it now with various BMDs available online.

Many thanks- a daughter of the butcher married an uncle of mine, both since long gone but I can cross check it now with various BMDs available online. the butchers name of phillips has been there in the same place for many years ,( well over 35 years ) and is now still there today and still in business as phillips pork butchers , it is situated just below the red lion pub , hope this helps you .

If anyone knows about that chippy in the row of houses now Ponsford, my great aunt (or sommut like that owned it). I'd love to hear bout it, apart from imagining smelly lard instead of leather I don't have much to go for.

Many thanks- a daughter of the butcher married an uncle of mine, both since long gone but I can cross check it now with various BMDs available online.

Walter Phillips, at the pork shop AFAIR, only had a son ... Young Walter as he was known ... don't think he ever married but I could be wrong was only a child at the time.

Jessie Pashley's shop was further up past the bottom of Albert Road ... maybe where In A Nutshell is now. We used to be sent there to get pork sandwiches sometimes ... yummy they were too! Although we mostly got pork from Mr Phillips shop.

The chippy was a chinese chippy in the 60s called the Sun? They used to do these rissole things called savoury cakes, they were lovely!!

Trying to remember the shops when I was a teen, Proctors(mum always got potted meat from there, home made, I think and sugared almonds, Ponsfords had about four or five of the shops, then the Rendezvous coffee bar, a greengrocers, The Sun chinese chip shop, White Lion, then Kings the Grocer, then the genuine USA style Bendix Launderette at the bottom of Artisan View, Freddie Wood's barbers and hair salon, a wet fish shop, another greengrocer, gregorys bakers, Walter Phillips pork shop, don't know whether the bookies was there then, then the motor bike shop (which used to be Wigfalls years before), Thirlwell Rd, Red Lion, Albert Road, Crown Inn, then a little sweetie cum all sorts shop which was once a pig shed or something, I can't remember anymore till Taylors at the corner of Meersbrook Park Road and the Co-Op on the other corner ..

i think they was also a pet shop as well , a bit higher up than phillips butchers shop i just cant remember the name of it , i think it closed down about 6 years ago .

i think they was also a pet shop as well , a bit higher up than phillips butchers shop i just cant remember the name of it , i think it closed down about 6 years ago .

YAY!!! ur right .... Copleys!! they had another one on Abbeydale Rd near the Gatefield Club ....

YAY!!! ur right .... Copleys!! they had another one on Abbeydale Rd near the Gatefield Club .... yes thats it copleys and before that in the early 70s it was m j price's pet store then next to that was benhaven motor company later to be a motor bike shop , thirlwell road then the red lion pub .

So where is the top of heeley bottom
The top of heeley bottom is stood behind the heeley station wall where the platforms used to have been, I would love to go up there and have a look at the view down, its so high!

Grahame, what did you do at Snelsons? dd you work on heeley bottom, or did you work on Derbyshire Lane?

Rubydazzler, yes you're right, you also remember the little black hole at the bus stop.Now another thing, do you remember a sweet shop at the corner of Well Road(I think) opposite corner to the Heeley Palace.I can remember looking in the window, with eyes as big as saucers to an Easter egg which was the size of a huge rugby ball, can you remember that?

I am sure that my sister-in-law lived at 65.

The shop on the corner (that is now Ponsfords) was a bakery,confectionery & sweets owned by Proctor's, the son's set up in business as- Proctors Haulage & Storage.

Cynthia, Canada.

Wow, small world.

Ask if she lived next to a mad doberman pinscher dog named Prince!!

Where abouts in Canada? Been to Calgary 3 times with work this year!!:D

The Fine Fare site used to be the Heeley Colliseum.

yes thats right. it was the colliseuum, with a guy called leo who was the usher. he used to dress in all the facy gear hat and all. we used to give him hell and he once chucked snuff in my mates eyes.:loopy:

Wow, small world.

Ask if she lived next to a mad doberman pinscher dog named Prince!!

Where abouts in Canada? Been to Calgary 3 times with work this year!!:D

I will be phoning her this weekend, will let you know.
I live about 45 minutes east of Toronto.
Cities are named after Yorkshire locations, guess the first settlers were from good old Yorkshire.

Going east-- Toronto- Scarborough- Pickering- Ajax (after the battleship)
and Whitby.
Cynthia.

I will be phoning her this weekend, will let you know.
I live about 45 minutes east of Toronto.
Cities are named after Yorkshire locations, guess the first settlers were from good old Yorkshire.

Going east-- Toronto- Scarborough- Pickering- Ajax (after the battleship)
and Whitby.
Cynthia.

Cheers we lived there from 1969 to when they chucked us out!!

does anyone remember the Garnett family who lived at gleadless rd from the late 40's to 60's

my father charlie edwards used to play cricket for the myrtle pub m.c.c, myrtle cricket club peako the coal man used to play as well earnest edwards ,arthur edwards of tillotson road. and morris edwards also played and to top it all myra edwards of rushdale road was the scorer this was in the early 1950,s anyone else remember.the cricket pitch used to be up arberthourne above the ball in ground at the side of some pig stys

Walter Phillips, at the pork shop AFAIR, only had a son ... Young Walter as he was known ... don't think he ever married but I could be wrong was only a child at the time.

Jessie Pashley's shop was further up past the bottom of Albert Road ... maybe where In A Nutshell is now. We used to be sent there to get pork sandwiches sometimes ... yummy they were too! Although we mostly got pork from Mr Phillips shop.

The chippy was a chinese chippy in the 60s called the Sun? They used to do these rissole things called savoury cakes, they were lovely!!

Trying to remember the shops when I was a teen, Proctors(mum always got potted meat from there, home made, I think and sugared almonds, Ponsfords had about four or five of the shops, then the Rendezvous coffee bar, a greengrocers, The Sun chinese chip shop, White Lion, then Kings the Grocer, then the genuine USA style Bendix Launderette at the bottom of Artisan View, Freddie Wood's barbers and hair salon, a wet fish shop, another greengrocer, gregorys bakers, Walter Phillips pork shop, don't know whether the bookies was there then, then the motor bike shop (which used to be Wigfalls years before), Thirlwell Rd, Red Lion, Albert Road, Crown Inn, then a little sweetie cum all sorts shop which was once a pig shed or something, I can't remember anymore till Taylors at the corner of Meersbrook Park Road and the Co-Op on the other corner ..god i used to love those savoury cakes,never found anywhere else that did them

my memories of heeley bottom in the early 60s.the tremendous noise and steam from the steam engines.a fire at ponsfords furniture shop.gerry booth from coronation street opening heeley picture palace as a bingo hall-i think?chinese laundry.playing underneath heeley bridge and skimming stones.getting bath tickets from annes road school and going to heeley baths.boys brigade marches.salvation army playing hymns on a sunday morning.the rag and bone man with his horse and cart giving balloons and goldfish in return for rags.

I remember all them activities martinC where did you live at Heeley

3 court 5 well road

I wonder why we all remember Heeley so much, it's like being in a very elite club
and by the sound of us all, we seemed so happy even though times were hard,so was there something special about Heeley?I know we all think so, but why is it that we all seem to refleck back with so much happiness.

The houses on Forster Road were terrible,the front door would not open fully,but Heeley was a great place to grow up & I have nothing but great memories of living there until they pulled it down.

Anybody remember Firma Chrome and the Wolf Safety Lamp Company on Saxon Rd ?
I used to live on that road and there was even a builders' yard somewhere half way down. All these factories and businesses squeezed neck and neck between all the terraced houses. Plus the River Sheaf and derelict Heeley Station, the Express Dairy and countless other places were all there to see, explore and play on.
There was so much activity then, so many families that everyone knew so many things to see and do. I'm beginning to forget that we hadn't two halfpennies to rub together. The place was a paradise for the imagination. No wonder I'm so bloody eccentric living in that environment.
All bulldozed for a stupid ring-road.
Slum-clearance my backside. That wasn't a slum, it was a community and it's all gone.
I took the opportunity of having a look at it when I was last 'home' - very sad and deserted.
Even Abbeydale Secondary looksas if it's shrunk to half it's size.

Tosh, do you remember all the walls on Foster Road had all had there railings cut down for the war effort and as kids we used to start at one end and jump all the walls even where the passages were.

Maybe we should have a Heeley meet ... for all those of us who were exiled from the promised land ... to make way for a by pass that never came to pass!

I nominate the Sheaf View pub ....

Anybody remember Firma Chrome and the Wolf Safety Lamp Company on Saxon Rd ?
I used to live on that road and there was even a builders' yard somewhere half way down. All these factories and businesses squeezed neck and neck between all the terraced houses. Plus the River Sheaf and derelict Heeley Station, the Express Dairy and countless other places were all there to see, explore and play on.
There was so much activity then, so many families that everyone knew so many things to see and do. I'm beginning to forget that we hadn't two halfpennies to rub together. The place was a paradise for the imagination. No wonder I'm so bloody eccentric living in that environment.
All bulldozed for a stupid ring-road.
Slum-clearance my backside. That wasn't a slum, it was a community and it's all gone.
I took the opportunity of having a look at it when I was last 'home' - very sad and deserted.
Even Abbeydale Secondary looksas if it's shrunk to half it's size. Builders yard was FRED MORTON, Arthur.

my memories of heeley bottom in the early 60s.the tremendous noise and steam from the steam engines.a fire at ponsfords furniture shop.gerry booth from coronation street opening heeley picture palace as a bingo hall-i think?chinese laundry.playing underneath heeley bridge and skimming stones.getting bath tickets from annes road school and going to heeley baths.boys brigade marches.salvation army playing hymns on a sunday morning.the rag and bone man with his horse and cart giving balloons and goldfish in return for rags.

It was Pat Phoenix I think (Elsie Tanner)

Builders yard was FRED MORTON, Arthur.

That's the one ! Thank you

Snelsons had a TV repair shop on Heely Bottom on the opposite side of Chippinghouse Rd next to the corset shop on the corner. There were always loads of hugh TV valves dumped at the back which we used to take down to Skelly's bridge to throw in the river. Then we climbed up the railway embankment to get ballast off the tracks to throw at the valves.
Snelsons had a big TV shop on the other corner of Chippinghouse , next door was Gowers and Burgons ( or maybe Gallons ), then Boots the chemist, Blaskeys wallpaper shop and ended with a gents outfitters at the bottom of Wolsely Rd.
There used to be a Co-op where the mosque is and they stacked up tins or bog rolls in hugh pyramids in the windows. If they built it too close to the window you could bash the window with your arse and knock the pyramid down.
Betting shop on the corner of Gifford Rd where I won the princely sum of £ 11.00 on a 6.4.1 when I was 15, riches indeed.
The Coliseum was shut for quite a time before they knocked it down to build Fine Fare, we used to get in through the fire doors on Guernsey Rd and play about in there for hours , and when they knocked it down we snaffled a load of the bricks to build a wall round our garden on Gifford Rd.
Spoilt for choice with chip shops. You could get the very light soft chips from a chippy halfway up Wolsely Rd, or dark brown crunchy ones from the chippy opposite Lowfields school on the corner, the dark ones were the best, you don't see 'em like that anymore.
I remember the piano shop , and the Cafe across the road where nobody ever spent any money but it was always open.
The Jacksons , the Pellegrinis , the Birkses , the Ochins , the Conroys , all lived in the two big yards on Gifford Rd , with outside toilets that froze in the winter then burst when it thawed.
regards Mick.

God knows why we never caught anything nasty from playing down there all day. The rivers' edge used to be a forest of Himalayan Balsam and you could paddle up to the London Rd bridge past some steel factory on Saxon Rd.
If you followed the river there, it turned right to follow Broadfield Rd. Underneath, near the rickety wooden bridge there was a sewer outlet or something. We used to take torches and follow it as far as we'd dare.
You could also climb up onto the railway lines from London Rd bridge and take your chances until you got to the derelict Heeley Station.
There was a subway of some sort that was blocked off at the Chesterfield Rd side that would have opened right in front of the Heeley Palace.
I can't understand why some of us never got killed or worse.
We never got up to anything wicked - but we were definately out of control at times.
The subway you talk about was in fact the approach to the old Heely Station.

Wow, small world.

Ask if she lived next to a mad doberman pinscher dog named Prince!!

Where abouts in Canada? Been to Calgary 3 times with work this year!!:D


Just remembered to ask my sister-in-law if she knew you, she said that they lived at no.65 from 1962 until 1969, she remembers a family with two sons, thinks that their name was Harrop. They bought their house from Bert Fell who had a driving instructing business.
Cheers, Cynthia Canada.

Anybody live around Broadfield Rd from 1964 to 1972 ?

Just remembered to ask my sister-in-law if she knew you, she said that they lived at no.65 from 1962 until 1969, she remembers a family with two sons, thinks that their name was Harrop. They bought their house from Bert Fell who had a driving instructing business.
Cheers, Cynthia Canada.

Yep they lived at 69 (over the wall), Susan was the mother (can't remember the dads name). Matthew and David? Harrop were the sons!! They now live up Aston way I believe. My mum bumped into them a couple of years back. :thumbsup:

We moved in in around 1969 just after I was born in 1968. I seemed to remember the house being boarded up and playing in the back yard.

Small world!!

Best Regards

Mark H

YAY!!! ur right .... Copleys!! they had another one on Abbeydale Rd near the Gatefield Club ....

I was at school with Steven Copley, we were in the same class.

The pet store (on the corner of Gatefield Rd) closed down a year (maybe two) ago.

The copleys still ran it.

PT

The subway you talk about was in fact the approach to the old Heely Station.
The works trips to Blackpool and Cleethorpes etc. when they used to put special trains on from Heeley Station were something to remember. Platform full of people all in their best clothes for a day out at the seaside :thumbsup:

I was at school with Steven Copley, we were in the same class.

The pet store (on the corner of Gatefield Rd) closed down a year (maybe two) ago.

The copleys still ran it.

PT
Did Steve Copley have a sister called Anne as she was a Copley & lived on Gleadless road ,I think?.

Did Steve Copley have a sister called Anne as she was a Copley & lived on Gleadless road ,I think?.

couldn't tell you, sorry, only knew steven through school

pt

hi banksia,
the landlord of the myrtle inn was called eric stanfield
my father charles edwards played cricket for them
i think it would have been about 1963
there were 5 edwards played all brothers
my mom used to be the scorer for them
can you remember

Upper Healey Workingmens Club,
Any one remember the day trips for kids to Cleethorpes

Upper Healey Workingmens Club,
Any one remember the day trips for kids to Cleethorpesthe upper heeley club trip , yes i remember the trips very well we used to go every year with the 15 bob spending money they gave us all what a great day out that was .

Hi Davided, Yes I remember going on the trips with the club, I remember lining up inside and we all got an envelope with our money in and our label, but I'm sure we also got a ticket for our lunch, it was a big cafe opposite the sands.
Talking about the sands at Cleethorpes, can anyone remember a ship on the beach that was converted into a cafe?

You also got 7/6d pocket money. One year I lost mine on the sands (or someone nicked it) and my mates had a whip round and I ended up with 10 bob! So I had to get the ice creams to make it fair.
Funny how you remember things like that all your life eh? :thumbsup:

i think the trip was always on a tuesday and in the month of august i remember they used to be loads of coaches all lined up gleadless road right back above the old pub we used to call the cuckoo .

This thread is going on and on, still we talk with such affection, I wonder what all the little kids that are living in Heeley now will remember, speaking for myself,
this thread has brought two schoolfriends back into my life, who have not only left Heeley, but the Country as well, I myself didn't roam far, still only two minutes away.Lets keep these memories coming.

White Lion, gregorys bakers, Walter Phillips pork shop, don't know whether the bookies was there then, .

Lots of blokes from the local works went in the White Lion at lunchtime in those days (a bet and a pint) if they had no sandwiches, Martin Devilly who was the landlord (Mr Wilkes as he was also known after the character in Emmerdale farm, due to his mutton chop sideburns) used to tell to go to Gregorys for a breadcake, then take it to Mr Phillips to get it filled with hot roast pork. That and a pint of the best Tetleys in Sheffield! Wonderful :thumbsup:

Hi Davided, Yes I remember going on the trips with the club, I remember lining up inside and we all got an envelope with our money in and our label, but I'm sure we also got a ticket for our lunch, it was a big cafe opposite the sands.
Talking about the sands at Cleethorpes, can anyone remember a ship on the beach that was converted into a cafe?
Happy memories. I remember that most of the time that I went to Cleethorpes the lunch voucher was for a cafe in in the square (St Peter's Square I think) Looking back, through the mists of time, you really have to give credit to the people who organized and ran those trips. It was an event to be looked forward to all year.
Remember all us kids singing "For he's a jolly good driver" if our coach managed to pass another one.

Lots of blokes from the local works went in the White Lion at lunchtime in those days (a bet and a pint) if they had no sandwiches, Martin Devilly who was the landlord (Mr Wilkes as he was also known after the character in Emmerdale farm, due to his mutton chop sideburns) used to tell to go to Gregorys for a breadcake, then take it to Mr Phillips to get it filled with hot roast pork. That and a pint of the best Tetleys in Sheffield! Wonderful :thumbsup:

I worked at Tyzack Sons & Turner from 1978 - 1988 and used to go in The Crown at the bottom of Albert Road some lunchtimes for a pint of Wards and a game of darts. That Wards was fantastic, there is no beer to touch it these days. I also remember as an apprentice being sent to Jessies for the pork sandwiches at Christmas. Great times.

I worked at Tyzack Sons & Turner from 1978 - 1988 and used to go in The Crown at the bottom of Albert Road some lunchtimes for a pint of Wards and a game of darts. That Wards was fantastic, there is no beer to touch it these days. I also remember as an apprentice being sent to Jessies for the pork sandwiches at Christmas. Great times.
I bet I know you. Do you remember a guy called Bernard, died about 24 years ago. Worked on the spring hammers I think they were called

My Mum worked at the Upper Heeley WMC in the sixties behind the bar & my Dad was a regular & my Mum also worked at Tyzacks.

My Dad also worked at Tyzacks for over 30 years. He didn't belong to a workingman's club, did his drinking at the "Boilers" on Well Road but he always got tickets for the Upper Heeley WMC trip. From someone at work, I imagine.

My uncle Jack had a shop on Heeley bottom. it was on the corner (now asian womens centre) He sold lino and mens clothes what a combination!! when someone came in for a flat cap he asked "yes sir do you want the neb at the back or the front?"

Hi Applegrim,
Can you remember anyone called Christine Hunter lived up yourway. Nicholson Road or Gregory road.
Davided

Hi Davided, sorry that name doesn't ring any bells,did she go to Annes Road?
how old will she be, I've usually got a good memory, but can't say I know her.

Hi Davided, sorry that name doesn't ring any bells,did she go to Annes Road?
how old will she be, I've usually got a good memory, but can't say I know her.
Hi Applegrim,
She went to Carfield, perhapse 3 or 4 years younger than us.
Called her father lol he did the same job at Heeley Green Cinema as leo did at colli.

Is the NEWFIELD PUB still at Newfield Green, if so whats it like now.
Can any-one remember the cottages that used to be of Gleadless road
somewhere between Jeffrey st and Penns road, You used to go up a lane to it
and their was some steps leading on toDenmark road. I think a day nursery has been built their now.
Davided.

Is the NEWFIELD PUB still at Newfield Green, if so whats it like now.
Can any-one remember the cottages that used to be of Gleadless road
somewhere between Jeffrey st and Penns road, You used to go up a lane to it
and their was some steps leading on toDenmark road. I think a day nursery has been built their now.
Davided.

I think that the steps were leading from Gleadless Rd. between Heeley Green & Jeffrey St. opposite the chip shop. The steps did go up to Denmark Rd.

Cynthia, Ontario, Canada.

Reading this thread has brough back many happy memories of growing up in Heeley. I lived on Springwood Road till mum died in 1977. Before Foster Road was demolished two friends used to live in the houses before the shops. You got to their backs through a yard off the top of Boyton Street --- Gary Bush and Paul Carrington. Does anyone remember the fishshop at the bottom of Boyton Street? There used to be queues around the corner and up Well Road.

There used to be teacher at Annes Road, can't remember his name, but he looked like Lurch of the Adams Family and used to put the fear of God in all of us. He set the school on fire, or at least his classroom, by throwing a match in the wastebin. Luckily we were all in the dining-room and we got the rest of the week off.

Reading this thread has brough back many happy memories of growing up in Heeley. I lived on Springwood Road till mum died in 1977. Before Foster Road was demolished two friends used to live in the houses before the shops. You got to their backs through a yard off the top of Boyton Street --- Gary Bush and Paul Carrington. Does anyone remember the fishshop at the bottom of Boyton Street? There used to be queues around the corner and up Well Road.

There used to be teacher at Annes Road, can't remember his name, but he looked like Lurch of the Adams Family and used to put the fear of God in all of us. He set the school on fire, or at least his classroom, by throwing a match in the wastebin. Luckily we were all in the dining-room and we got the rest of the week off.
Hi I lived at 21 Foster Road bang opposite Boynton Street & I Remember both lads Gary & Paul.The shop was Millers & opposite was Amy Mortons.Paul used to have loads of dinosaur models.

Hi Tosh, I can't reply to your private message because I haven't enough posts yet. I was in the same class at Annes Road as your sister, Jayne. You and your mates used to give me stick because I sang in the choir at Heeley Church!! It can't have worked --- I've been a Vicar for the last 20 years!! Best wishes Chris

Hi Tosh, I can't reply to your private message because I haven't enough posts yet. I was in the same class at Annes Road as your sister, Jayne. You and your mates used to give me stick because I sang in the choir at Heeley Church!! It can't have worked --- I've been a Vicar for the last 20 years!! Best wishes Chris
I apologies Chris for my youthful stupidity,but I used to sing in the church choir myself .Was the vicar at the time called Jenkins, he had a disabled son.

Was the vicar at the time called Jenkins, he had a disabled son.
Hi Tosh, Yes, the son was called Gareth. Donald Jenkins was from near Llanell, but spent most of his ministry in Sheffield. So it's somewhat ironic that I've worked all my ministry the last 20 years in Newport and the S. Wales Valleys!! He died in 1973, and when I was ordained in 1985 his widow sent me his white stole, which I still have.

Having this 'blast from the past' and being so far from Sheffield, set me thinking about the kids I grew up with. In our street on Springwood Road were Terry Folkstone, David Sanderson and his younger brother John, Russel Hartley, and Richard Mayor. Nearer you were Stephen Kimpton and Wayne Bramhall, and round the corner a lad called Carl Bradford. In school at Annes Road were Julie Chapman, Kay Morrison, Vicky Hewitt --- your Jayne would remember all these --- Stephen Rhodes from Sturge Street. All of us were in Peter Bennett's class in J4, a brilliant teacher. I know what some of them went on to through FriendsReunited, but some have vanished off the map. Maybe there'll be a reunion one day

Yes Chris I remember most of Jayne's friends,Julie was her best friend along with Vicky.My mate's were Andrew ( Butch) Bullen,Shaun Shackleton,Glenn Oxley,Len Yates.When I was 11 yrs old 1967 I had a 12 month stay in hospital due to a hip problem & I had to wear calipers & came out in Dec 1967,and I went with my Mum to sunday school & Rev Jenkins said I would have to come back next week as I was 5 minutes late,it took me 15 minutes from our house to the church,I was devastated,I had been going to the Heeley church since I was 4 & could not understand why Rev Jenkins had turned me away.But I got over it & his son was a gentle giant who we used to talk too.You can send private message's after 5 post's ,let me know your surname & I can tell our Jayne you have been in touch,she lives in Hoyland,Barnsley like me ,I have been there for nearly 30 years & getting ready for my 50th very shortly,time has flown by,but it is great to hear from you.Cheers Tosh

can anyone remember bon marche , the ladies clothes shop. it was nest to the army stores
I can remember the shop I use to go in with my Mum,I was born on Alderney Road in 1969 then moved to Highfields when I was 6.I have great memories of living down Heeley Bottom what a great childhood playing on the cobbles dodging the work lorries while you picked the tar buttons off the cobbles.I LOVED IT

Someone wanted to know the name of the motorbike shop: Rainbow Motorcycles. I think the shop is still there, but it's called Manhatten now. I wouldn't say that was on Heeley Bottom though. I would say Heeley Bottom was between the railway bridge and the traffic lights (start of Queens Road?). Is there an official demarkation?

The pub on Myrtle Road/Alexandra Road was indeed called the Myrtle which was run by Eric and Helen Staniforth.
My grandfather Albert Norton and all my family were regulars there for many years until 1973 when Albert sadly died.
The Staniforths had two or maybe three daughters which we kids used to play with in their back living room sometimes whilst the family was in the pub!
Where we lived on Alexandra Road was right next door to George Bowers the milkman, he ran the business with Stanley Quincey, two really good chaps who both died within a short time of each other, they never even had chance to enjoy retirement.
I remember a policeman lived on Alexandra Road, don't recall his name but, he saw me smoking one day and he asked me whether my mother knew I smoked. Naturally, I wasn't going to admit she didn't so I replied that of course she did which prompted him to set off to ask my mum. I had to come clean that she didn't know so he said he would let me off provided that I stopped smoking which I did, but not until about 10 years later, I just made sure that he never saw me! We used to go down to the City Surveyors ground where no-one could see you smoking.
Keep this Heeley thread going as it's fascinating to see so many people with such fond memories.
Does anyone remember the people who lived on Prospect Road called Goodison? I've been trying to trace them for family history research.
Regards,
Mo

Yes I can remember the hole in the wall of the Heeley Palace, and I can remember the horrow films which they had on every Sunday. We weren't quite old enought to get in so us to go to my mates house and slap on the makeup. Spent hours in the Teen Bar and use to go hiking with them on Sundays taking the train from Heeley Station, As I remember every Sunday was sunny and we use to spend the whole day clambering about on Winnetts Pass at Castleton. Such great days in the late 50s

I used to go in the Teenbar a bit in 1956-7 . Couldn't go in too often as we didn't live near there but Heeley was a popular place to meet up and the Teenbar was quite famous { I think it was an experiment by someone or other to combine the Youth Club and the Coffee Bar and one in the East End of London and the Sheffield one were the first two in the U.K.}

We also used to go regularly to Castleton on Sundays, catching the 10 a.m. train from the Midland Station.We got up to some strange antics on the journeys there and back, which are not suitable to mention on a Family- type Forum ! Needless to say, our main aim in going to Castleton wasn't hiking or climbing.There were often gang fights in or around Castleton between the Sheffield lot and gangs who came from Manchester and the police were always scouting around and the railway police were apt to patrol the trains too.

We'd generally get back to Sheffield early evening and try to get to see a good film to round things off. I remember I met a really nice girl from the Manor, called Stella, on one of the Castleton trips and went out with her for a time.

Apart from the Teenbar there was also the Plumtree cafe and the Oak Tree .Later, aged about 17, it was the pubs round Heeley and anyhere else that would serve us under-age.

As you say, Heeley Girl, great days, the late '50's-------the beginning, more or less, of teenage power!

Yes I can remember the hole in the wall of the Heeley Palace, and I can remember the horrow films which they had on every Sunday. We weren't quite old enought to get in so us to go to my mates house and slap on the makeup. Spent hours in the Teen Bar and use to go hiking with them on Sundays taking the train from Heeley Station, As I remember every Sunday was sunny and we use to spend the whole day clambering about on Winnetts Pass at Castleton. Such great days in the late 50s
I remember my brothers hiding in the hole in the wall and jumping out to scare me and my Mum while walking to Meersbrrook Park.,Alot of the time we never got to the park for moaning how far it was so we use to stop at the Red Lion for a drink and play in the beer garden,but my god we were happy kids.

Does anyone remember the fishshop at the bottom of Boyton Street? There used to be queues around the corner and up Well Road.


That was Mrs Scales who ran it with her son, Kenneth
Used to ask for a threpny and a fourpny, wi scraps and salt and vinegar.
Three old pennies for chips and four for fish, feed a family of four for 2/4d (lessthan 12p) :thumbsup: you have to take out a bank loan to get fish and chips these days.
My mother used to say, dont go too early, they'll give you last nights warmed up :D
Fish and chips from there, a bottle of Jusoda and a Mars bar from Mrs Newcombes and it was a real feast.

Heeley Colliseum was on Guernsey St behind London Rd. Ken

The "lurch" Teacher Character Was Called Mr Golding......scarey!!!!

We also used to go regularly to Castleton on Sundays, catching the 10 a.m. train from the Midland Station.We got up to some strange antics on the journeys there and back, which are not suitable to mention on a Family- type Forum !


You'd be one of the lads then who took the light-bulbs out just before the train went into Totley tunnel ? :D

I can't believe I'd forgotten so much about Heeley Bottom. I lived on Cutts Terrace (Broadfield Road) for a short time when I was born (mid sixties).
My gran stayed in the house until 1977 when they knocked it down. I used to stay with her most weekends and school holidays. I remember swimming at Heeley Baths, the welfare centre in the same block and playing on the wooden bridge opposite.
What happened to the giant cow in Express dairy's window, or their vending machine that sold milk or still orange in third pint cartons, brilliant if you didn't have your own fridge.
People I remember : George & Betty stevenson (think they moved to chippinghouse road), Danny, Margret, Janet, Phillip Smith (moved to Crosspool), Paul Simpson and his twin sisters, Alf & Mrs Witney (& Dereck) (moved to batemoor), Mr & Mrs Wilson (had a son at Uni very rare in thoose days), The Robinson family (Mr & Mrs R & Julie moved to batemoor).
Other bits I remember are; pie & peas from Heeley Social Club, Kershaws bone trucks & yard, Ducketts? paint factory, and The Heeley Potato Centre (a massive ex hair salon filled with 56lb sacks of spuds!).
Favorite play area,The scrapyard (still is).
I think the small cut outs in the wall mentioned in this thread are where the horse troughs used to be. Does one still exist in "Lavers" stone wall?

I also forgot about Styans Bakery which later became Aluminium Systems (Barlows) and the Rag & Bone yard somewhere past the dairy!

I used to go in the Teenbar a bit in 1956-7 . Couldn't go in too often as we didn't live near there but Heeley was a popular place to meet up and the Teenbar was quite famous { I think it was an experiment by someone or other to combine the Youth Club and the Coffee Bar and one in the East End of London and the Sheffield one were the first two in the U.K.}

We also used to go regularly to Castleton on Sundays, catching the 10 a.m. train from the Midland Station.We got up to some strange antics on the journeys there and back, which are not suitable to mention on a Family- type Forum ! Needless to say, our main aim in going to Castleton wasn't hiking or climbing.There were often gang fights in or around Castleton between the Sheffield lot and gangs who came from Manchester and the police were always scouting around and the railway police were apt to patrol the trains too.

We'd generally get back to Sheffield early evening and try to get to see a good film to round things off. I remember I met a really nice girl from the Manor, called Stella, on one of the Castleton trips and went out with her for a time.

Apart from the Teenbar there was also the Plumtree cafe and the Oak Tree .Later, aged about 17, it was the pubs round Heeley and anyhere else that would serve us under-age.

As you say, Heeley Girl, great days, the late '50's-------the beginning, more or less, of teenage power!

You're right about the teen bar - it was an experimental sort of place but I can only remember playing cards there once. I, and girlfriend Pat S. from Ecclesall way also used that train on Sundays. It used to get packed. But we weren't of the 'Castleton Cowboys'. They were from Manchester. I have lots of photos from that period. Anthony

WOW, what a host of memories on this thread!!!!

I've been around Heeley for a lot of my life. I was born just off Abbeydale Road, near the top of Wolsley Road, but mum used to do a lot of her shopping down on Heeley Bottom. At the time, most of my relatives also lived in and around the area.

I can vividly recall her buying me shoes (probably in the early-mid 50's) from Langtons (below the snooker hall), but on the walk home back up Wolsley Road home - I lost them!! What a belting I got :cry: !

She also used to shop at Gowers (later Gowers & Burgin) which was on the corner of Abbeydale Road and Chippinghouse Road. Across from there was a shop that sold butter from a barrel or something - they had to weigh it out and make it into a butter pat before wrapping it in greaseproof paper, but then again, most food was weighed out then before being put into paper bags!!

I can also remember the launderette half way up Wolsley Road on the left and there was a decent chippie around there too (maybe Harmer Road).

Later, when I got married, we lived on Thirlwell Road for about seven years (from 68 ) in the run up to the houses being demolished :confused: for the non-existant by-pass :huh: :rant: . My son first went to Denby Street nursery, and later to Anns Road School for a couple of years before we had to move out. I used to do my shopping either in Fine Fair (now Machine Mart) or the Co-op (now the mosque) and get my child benefit at the now closed post office under the bridge. When my sister used to babysit for me, she would also go the bingo hall and waste all her money too - she never won anything!

I'm still not far away - only near the Hallamshire Hospital

hi i used to work at both the finefare and the fine ware in 69 &70 It did used to be a good shoppin centre back then.Loads of shops.a boots chemist wallpaper shop on the corner of wolseley rd.Two wool shops,an electrical shop who sold records at the bottom of Chippinhouse road.wiltex house on the other corner.oo annd a shop called the maypole a groceries shop i often wondered how they got sooo much stuff in there when i was little i grew up on wolseley road and used to get sent for stuff from there, then go to look in the sweet shop that was next door to the river.There was more than one or two butchers shops to choose from aswell.It sort of went into decline when most of the shops closed in the late 70s i think. What a great shame.

maggy, i remember the finefare well, and the aladdins cave of a hardware shop that was right next door, sold everything from a pin to an elephant!

I remember lavender -smelling, lingards disinfectant from there, and all the mops, brushes and mop-buckets stacked outside. oh, and the multi coloured plastic strip fly- repellant blinds that " almost everyone" had up to their back door in summer. (you could get them in multi, or red n white/ blue n white...)

Wainwrights ladies and childrens wear. My aunty used to work there. they had the fascinating cash system where you put money in a recepticle, placed it in a shute up above your head and it went to the cash office and back with the change.

hi i used to work at both the finefare and the fine ware in 69 &70 It did used to be a good shoppin centre back then.Loads of shops.a boots chemist wallpaper shop on the corner of wolseley rd.Two wool shops,an electrical shop who sold records at the bottom of Chippinhouse road.wiltex house on the other corner.oo annd a shop called the maypole a groceries shop i often wondered how they got sooo much stuff in there when i was little i grew up on wolseley road and used to get sent for stuff from there, then go to look in the sweet shop that was next door to the river.There was more than one or two butchers shops to choose from aswell.It sort of went into decline when most of the shops closed in the late 70s i think. What a great shame.
I also remember the fineware (last time i looked it was Howels solicitors) me mum would take us in for some clothes. Can also remember fine fare and it being flooded out. And the record shop on wolsley road near the cafe, maybe you remember the Flemming family or the Wilsons on gifford rd? I think the sweet shop next to the river was later owned by Betty who then moved to sharrow. I wonder if you remember the printers (maybe bishops) across from lowfield school and the tiny little shop next door that sold secondhand clothes and bought cigarette coupons (old lady).

hiii only me
yes i do remember them.oh and yer i did know the wilsons tony was my age.he lived in the same yard as my friend jean.i used to live in the yard up from the chippie on wolseley road.

hi mist all the chat i was born in boynton street me gran lived in 31 foster road

Heeley Colliseum was on Guernsey St behind London Rd. Ken

surely not its front entrance was on London road I worked there in 1958

surely not its front entrance was on London road I worked there in 1958
I think that the box office and entrance was on Guernsey Road but the main exit doors were on London Rd.
I also think that the forthcoming attractions posters and photos were at the front too, but not sure about that.

hi mist all the chat i was born in boynton street me gran lived in 31 foster road

I lived at 21 forster road.

I lived on Prospect Square,which sounds very posh, but was actually a gennel running off Prospect Rd., down towards the river and train lines.I used to climb the river wall like a monkey.It was about 30 ft. high.I remember the Buckleys. Oldales, Haddans,who all lived in "our yard".Also, Wostenholmes barber shop, which was at the top of the gennel.Happy days.I remember having to hold on to the washing line to go to the bog when snow was on the ground.

Lived at woodseats so used to through heeley on the 63 bus (Before the servcie was changed and became the 75/6) like the rest remember fine fare , the newsagents next to the bridge inn (Where the tile place is) .

Also remember siting on the bench seat of a weyman / regent v when it went through the flood at heeley brdige the conductress got her feet wet I got a clip round the ear from mother for laughing.

Also rember the shops on both sides of queens road near the earl of arundle ....

The chip shop next to it 9Was it called walkers) then the newsagents and all the other little shops also remember those on the other side again a newsagents where the opticians is now.

I can also remember but not doubt will be told I am wrong:

The car sales pitch on what is now halfords wasnt there very long probably around 3 months suspect it was a temp one before it opened where it is now next to the closed washer shop. About the only shops to survive are mallins pork shop and the tv/ radio shop .

i also remmber the houses at the back of the school, and all the houses and shops where the car sales is oposite the pub.

The works at the junction of queens road and myrtle road.

Its a piity all the shops have gone at least in woodseats some have survived and there are supermarkets which there arnt in Heeley

surely not its front entrance was on London road I worked there in 1958

There was an exit/fire door on Guernsey road - I remember it well 'cos that's the way we used to get in free sometimes :P

I might be putting my neck on the line here, but where Halfords is now, right at the corner of Havelock Bridge, wasn't there a funeral directors there?
I'm not 100% sure, but perhaps someone will remember.

Can anyone say if the iron railings are still there under Heeley railway bridge on the raised pavement ?

According to Mary Walton, the Sheffield historian, these railings used to stand alongside the cottages opposite the bottom of Sharrow lane and when these were demolished to widen London road, the railings were re-used under Heeley railway bridge.

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I lived on Prospect Square,which sounds very posh, but was actually a gennel running off Prospect Rd., down towards the river and train lines.I used to climb the river wall like a monkey.It was about 30 ft. high.I remember the Buckleys. Oldales, Haddans,who all lived in "our yard".Also, Wostenholmes barber shop, which was at the top of the gennel.Happy days.I remember having to hold on to the washing line to go to the bog when snow was on the ground.

The Buckley's would that be Phil Buckley he was my best mate.

I might be putting my neck on the line here, but where Halfords is now, right at the corner of Havelock Bridge, wasn't there a funeral directors there?
I'm not 100% sure, but perhaps someone will remember.

From the early 70s i can only remember a row of houses there, however there was a larger building on the very corner, a friend of mine seems to think it was just a large house, again that was in the early 70s. My dad actually worked at a large tool company called spaffords that was behind those houses. Take a look on Picture Sheffield.com you can just see that building on queens road that you refer to dated 1950.

Wainwrights ladies and childrens wear. My aunty used to work there. they had the fascinating cash system where you put money in a recepticle, placed it in a shute up above your head and it went to the cash office and back with the change.


I remember that cash system. It was widely used in Co-op shops as well. The system was called "Pawson's Patent Pulley".
There is still a shop in Gateshead that uses this system!

Many years ago, there was a small chip shop at the bottom of Albert Rd. next to the Crown pub.
My grandfather knew the owners quite well and its claim to fame is that in the back bedroom saw the birth of a well-known Sheffield Comedian, Jimmy Jewell of "Jewell and Warris" duo.

Slightly off topic but I remember in the middle 60s the manger at the co op in woodseats (Next to the youth club) sent one of the cash things going on the rope to show me how it worked unfortunatley a lot of dust dropped on to the floor

From the early 70s i can only remember a row of houses there, however there was a larger building on the very corner, a friend of mine seems to think it was just a large house, again that was in the early 70s. My dad actually worked at a large tool company called spaffords that was behind those houses. Take a look on Picture Sheffield.com you can just see that building on queens road that you refer to dated 1950.

I worked at Spaffords in the early 70s in the stores.A guy called John bought a Triumph Bonnavile & I think the engine blew up soon after he bought it.

Tosh 13. I only remember Anne and Lynne Buckley, can't recall a son.They used to live on Prospect Rd., but moved downyard to the Square to get a better house more quickley.They moved into our old house, number 10, after we moved to number 12.I think Mrs. Buckley's mum lived further up Prospect Road

Probably the wrong Buckley thanks for the reply.

hi mist all the chat i was born in boynton street me gran lived in 31 foster road

Hi k40. I was born at 19 Forster Rd and lived there until about 1953 or so.
Your gran lived in the next yard over, corner house would be number 31, I think.
When did she live there ?

I worked at Spaffords in the early 70s in the stores.A guy called John bought a Triumph Bonnavile & I think the engine blew up soon after he bought it.

I think my dad must have been a workaholic, they gave him the keys so he could go into spaffords anytime, i went with him a couple of times on a sunday when no one was there. I remember a bloke called Jack, he lived on glover road and maybe worked there for many years.

I might be putting my neck on the line here, but where Halfords is now, right at the corner of Havelock Bridge, wasn't there a funeral directors there?
I'm not 100% sure, but perhaps someone will remember.

My friends gran lived in this building it was either a solicitors,insurance or accountants some kind of office.Her gran lived up stairs in a flat it was massive

Any memories anyone?

My dad and mum were there. What exactly do you want to know?:suspect:

I lived on Prospect Square,which sounds very posh, but was actually a gennel running off Prospect Rd., down towards the river and train lines.I used to climb the river wall like a monkey.It was about 30 ft. high.I remember the Buckleys. Oldales, Haddans,who all lived in "our yard".Also, Wostenholmes barber shop, which was at the top of the gennel.Happy days.I remember having to hold on to the washing line to go to the bog when snow was on the ground.

Did you know anyone named GOODISON in the area of Prospect Road or anywhere around the Heeley district please?
I'm researching my family history and I do now that some GOODISON people lived on Prospect Road and also perhaps Carfield area.
Duffems

Anyone remember the name of the guy who ran a car scrapyard at Heeley Bottom in the 60s? No idea whether one is still there now. The guy there kept my old jalopy going until he finally persuaded me to turn it in to its final resting place, his scrapyard of course.

I spent many happy hours in the Heeley "Coli" and remember that as a young boy the entrance on one side of the pay box on Guernsey Rd. was for the "pit" which was about the front 6 rows of seats(6d.) and the other side was for the stalls(1/-) and the front on London Rd. was where you went in for the Balcony(1/9d.) and later Fine fare and Machine mart. I've stood many-a-time in Guernsey Rd. saying "will you take me in mister" when it was an 'A' film and then in later years gone in the front when I was courting. If anybody got in without paying they were lucky if Leo didn't see them, my late father knew Leo and sometimes when we went as a family on a Saturday night Leo would walk along the queue and have a word with him and then advise people further back that they wouldn't get in, he knew from experience and with the cinema being small just how to judge the queue.

Anyone remember the guy who sold the Green Un on a Saturday night, stood in the entrance next to the bed shop at the bottom of Broadfield Road.
Leo as mentioned by Sharrovian was a real character and a bloke not to be messed with, as could be testified by the many youths he through out of the Heeley Coli.

What was his surname and was he as I was told a WW1 veteran ?

I too spent many happy hours in the Coliseum, in the days when crossing London Road at the bottom of Chippinghouse Road wasn't a problem, due the level of traffic compared with the conditions today.

My friends gran lived in this building it was either a solicitors,insurance or accountants some kind of office.Her gran lived up stairs in a flat it was massive

The building on the corner of Havelock Bridge and Queens Road was Reuben Thompsons. Their workshops backed onto our yard - we lived on Guernsey Road next to Spaffords gate. We could hear the hammering when they were making coffins.

On the opposite corner of Havelock Bridge and Queens Road was Hodkin and Jones.

Anyone remember the guy who sold the Green Un on a Saturday night, stood in the entrance next to the bed shop at the bottom of Broadfield Road.

Yes, I used to deliver newspapers for him. He lived around the back and used to pay you out in coppers piled up on his kitchen table.
Can't remember his name though - but he was a cantankerous old codger.

I lived on Myrtle Road not far from the pub (can't recall its name). The house and pub have gone now to make way for the farm. I was also born in 1968. I moved from Myrtle Rd to Moffatt Rd in the early 70's and went to Heeley Bank School. We might have been in the same class!!
I remember some of the teachers; Mr Benson, Mrs bellamy, Mrs lay to name but a few).
I had some wonderful time growing up there. Playing hares and Hounds in the streets. We weren't restricted like todays kids.

Myrtle Inn

Myrtle Inn was run by Eric & Ellen Staniforth during the late 50's & 60's.

Did anyone mention the famous "Skelly's Bridge" As for snooker halls there were two. One above the shoe shop and one on the corner of Broadfield Road, both well partronised. Spent my early teens down there and have happy memories.

Myrtle Inn was run by Eric & Ellen Staniforth during the late 50's & 60's.

Knew them both, it was my Dad's local

It was my family's too, they lived on Alexandra Road. Spent many an hour courting down under Skelly's Bridge!

It was my family's too, they lived on Alexandra Road. Spent many an hour courting down under Skelly's Bridge!

Say no more :thumbsup:

Myrtle Inn was run by Eric & Ellen Staniforth during the late 50's & 60's.

I think her patents were the landlords before them

I believe you're right, I'll ask my mother who knew them well. They had 3 daughters who we used to sit in their back room with whilst the family was in the pub.

I can remember sitting on the bench in the back yard (front of pub was on the next Road) hoping for a lemonade. At that time I could never understand why all the men were walking across the yard and back in the pub

The front of The Myrtle was on Alexandra Road and the back was on Myrtle Road. The toilets were outside in the backyard which is why, as kids sitting with our bottle of lemonade we had a constant stream of blokes going backwards and forwards. At least our parents knew what we were up to!

Anyone remember the guy who sold the Green Un on a Saturday night, stood in the entrance next to the bed shop at the bottom of Broadfield Road.

Yes, I used to deliver newspapers for him. He lived around the back and used to pay you out in coppers piled up on his kitchen table.
Can't remember his name though - but he was a cantankerous old codger.

I was always told by my Mother and Dad
that the guy who sold the Green Un etc was called Charlie.

His main claim to fame was telling my Dad that he would marry my Mother he was right and now they have been together for over 57 years

He also did a window cleaning round if I remember rightly

hi, i went to the school there in the sixties. i think it was called lowfields school but not 100% sure. i know it's changed a lot. have been trying to remember some names of other kids but the brain cells won't get going this morning. i'm 49, not sure of the year i left

jaunty1 - do you remember where the bus stop was outside the Heeley Palace? Right there in the wall, was a little entrance type thing. It was about 3 feet high and about the same wide and deep. If you were small enough you could crouch down and get inside out of the weather.

I remember being small enough to walk inside and pretend it was my house! Must have been about 3 or 4 at the time. Mother used to go mad cos we wore those white kid ankle strap shoes with white socks ... used to get em filthy in there!

I'm sure that what Applegrim is referring to.

The little house/hole was to allow access to an inspection cover.

Anyone remember the name of the guy who ran a car scrapyard at Heeley Bottom in the 60s? No idea whether one is still there now. The guy there kept my old jalopy going until he finally persuaded me to turn it in to its final resting place, his scrapyard of course.

It was owned by mr.richardson who also owned the " car spares shop " chesterfield road .he later opened a series of shops around the area.In the seventies he sold me a brand new cylinderhead gasket for a 1959 e93a ford pop for the original marked up price of five shillings.He was a proper gent of a bloke my sister went to school with his daughter he later moved from the chesterfield road shop to live at dronfield.Outside the shop were two very old fibreglass car body shells one was a single seater formula one type and the other was a saloon, they were there for years often wondered if they were ever fitted to a chassis. the cars in them days tended to have a removeable body and special building was all the rage.

does anyone remember the Garnett family who lived at gleadless rd from the late 40's to 60's
i knew mick well he had brothers and sister but did not no them mick died a few years ago great bloke

The building on the corner of Havelock Bridge and Queens Road was Reuben Thompsons. Their workshops backed onto our yard - we lived on Guernsey Road next to Spaffords gate. We could hear the hammering when they were making coffins.

Was that on the corner across Myrtle Road from Hodkin and Jones ?

When the Heeley Palace was still standing there was a paper shop same side just up well rd.
Remember it was owned by an ex-United player in the early 60s, was it Harold Brook?
and I remember there was a customized Land rover used to park on the bend higher up with the legend "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" above the passenger side...
Ring any bells...

Across the road from Hodkin & Jones was Rubin & Thompson's funeral directors & taxis,
Across the road from them was the Earl of Arundal pub, next to them was a fish shop, Then a grocers shop - the owner was called Charley ?
Len F.

My Nanan and Grandad lived on Albert Road , it was where Nanan was born and they lived on the same terrace until it was demolished around 1978 when they were in the late 80`s . I spent many very happy times at their house on Albert rd, Nanan used to shop on Heeley Bottom, I remember a shop which sold fancy goods and you could have good laid away for Christmas . Nanan used to buy the most wonderful loose potted meat from a butchers , cant remember the name now , happy memeories !

Across the road from Hodkin & Jones was Rubin & Thompson's funeral directors & taxis,
Across the road from them was the Earl of Arundal pub, next to them was a fish shop, Then a grocers shop - the owner was called Charley ?
Len F.

The fish & chip shop was Rawsons.
Next door, after Charley died, came Mrs Mather (Mr Mather worked for the NCB).
The other side of the passage was Walkers Toy Shop followed by Walkers Sweet Shop.
Then came Peppers (a herbalist)
After Peppers was a door with a glass panel saying 'Ethel (can't remember her surname) Wreaths made to order'. I never saw that door open.
Then there was a Ladies Hairdresser (can't remember the name).
On the corner was Harrisons beer-off.

Hi tosh' there was Noel the oldest then i think possibly Tony then Dean (Deano) the youngest who was my old mate.

You nearly got it right mate, 4 brothers in all ,Tony was the eldest who I used to knock around with as a kid then there was Noel, Gary and Dean...we got up to all sorts of mischief in the mid-sixties belive me we were only 11 or 12 but that didn't stop us nickin' a barrel o'beer from a new Indian restaurant that had just opened on Abbeydale Rd and then takin it back to Tony's for a party while his parents were out boozin...!!

You nearly got it right mate, 4 brothers in all ,Tony was the eldest who I used to knock around with as a kid then there was Noel, Gary and Dean...we got up to all sorts of mischief in the mid-sixties belive me we were only 11 or 12 but that didn't stop us nickin' a barrel o'beer from a new Indian restaurant that had just opened on Abbeydale Rd and then takin it back to Tony's for a party while his parents were out boozin...!!

Yea your 100% right Steve. Me and Deano (who at the time spoke a lot of dog latin) had some right laughs as well. Was Mr Wilson a bit of a boxer? Im sure he had two jobs, one was with Securicor and he sometimes brought the security van home. Funny how Noel use to threaten me a Dean not to get in any trouble and him just as bad lol.

I was born & lived in Well Rd, Heeley 1960 to 65. My family also occupied most of the block of 6 back to back houses/shops. My grandmother & grandfather Sid & Nora Fry had the bakers/tripe shop, my aunt Olive & Arthur Payne had the hairdressers & greengrocers. My Grandad Sid had a workshop above a shop or something down London Rd. He did a lot of work for cinemas & also did work for some of the gangs venues & clubs, so didn't make a great profit.

I well remember Taggy's ice cream & bands marching by one day, going down the yard to the outside toilet, newspaper squares nailed on the door to wipe.
The Lump across the Rd from us, Mr Kendall's yard just up from us (I saw his chimney fall down in the gales on night, from my mum & dad's bed, as the storm had spooked me too). The boy next door to grandma's was called Broderick & always wanted to set fire to things!!!.

I loved Heeley, visiting my family regularly until they were forced out by compulsory purchase order.

I have only just found this thread, it has sparked off great memories, thanks to all that have posted & made this a great site.

I was born & lived in Well Rd, Heeley 1960 to 65. My family also occupied most of the block of 6 back to back houses/shops. My grandmother & grandfather Sid & Nora Fry had the bakers/tripe shop, my aunt Olive & Arthur Payne had the hairdressers & greengrocers. My Grandad Sid had a workshop above a shop or something down London Rd. He did a lot of work for cinemas & also did work for some of the gangs venues & clubs, so didn't make a great profit.

I well remember Taggy's ice cream & bands marching by one day, going down the yard to the outside toilet, newspaper squares nailed on the door to wipe.
The Lump across the Rd from us, Mr Kendall's yard just up from us (I saw his chimney fall down in the gales on night, from my mum & dad's bed, as the storm had spooked me too). The boy next door to grandma's was called Broderick & always wanted to set fire to things!!!.

I loved Heeley, visiting my family regularly until they were forced out by compulsory purchase order.

I have only just found this thread, it has sparked off great memories, thanks to all that have posted & made this a great site.

My mums friend remembers Broderick and he had a younger sister called Bernadette I think she said

Many memories - Heeley Bottom and the old man who used to sell the Sunday papers - the sweet shop at the bottom of the gennel just before the dairy on Broadfield Road, walking along the river band and climbing up what seemed a high wall just after the Heeley baths, the old bridge - saw a photo of Broadfield Road on google street view - couldn't believe there are traffic lights at Bedale Road. Cutts Terrace, Markham Terrace, Saxon Road - anyone remember the same?

I was born & lived in Well Rd, Heeley 1960 to 65. My family also occupied most of the block of 6 back to back houses/shops. My grandmother & grandfather Sid & Nora Fry had the bakers/tripe shop, my aunt Olive & Arthur Payne had the hairdressers & greengrocers. My Grandad Sid had a workshop above a shop or something down London Rd. He did a lot of work for cinemas & also did work for some of the gangs venues & clubs, so didn't make a great profit.

I well remember Taggy's ice cream & bands marching by one day, going down the yard to the outside toilet, newspaper squares nailed on the door to wipe.
The Lump across the Rd from us, Mr Kendall's yard just up from us (I saw his chimney fall down in the gales on night, from my mum & dad's bed, as the storm had spooked me too). The boy next door to grandma's was called Broderick & always wanted to set fire to things!!!.

I loved Heeley, visiting my family regularly until they were forced out by compulsory purchase order.

I have only just found this thread, it has sparked off great memories, thanks to all that have posted & made this a great site.

hiya markfry
my wife and me were married in 1961,our first home was on gleadless road we moved in 1962 in the the terrace houses opposite taggy's shop at 49.we lived there until 1967 then due to compulsory purchase, then we moved onto the jordanthorpe then in the seventies my wife started work on the home helps ond one of her visits were to your grandfather and grandmother, she allways said what a lovely couple they were. my wife told me your grandma would only heve a certain marmalade on her toast at breakfast my wife looked forward to her visits, as they were always grateful, i myself never met them but as they came from heeley i suppose they had the heeley bond

p s while you were in bed with your parents when the 1962 gales were going on that night my wife and me had only been in our house about 4 weeks as you say happy days. small world innit.

When the Heeley Palace was still standing there was a paper shop same side just up well rd.
Remember it was owned by an ex-United player in the early 60s, was it Harold Brook?
and I remember there was a customized Land rover used to park on the bend higher up with the legend "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" above the passenger side...
Ring any bells...

hiya grinder, i used to use the said papershop it got me thinking who's shop it was, could it have been tommy hoyland? i know he had a pub in between london rd and bramall lane my son used to go in there with his mates they called it the "office" i know jimmy hagan and harold brook had a sports shop opposite wigfalls on london rd.

dose anyone remember bob barry joan margaret graharm maureen sheila was all kay at some time

dose anyone remember bob barry joan margaret graharm maureen sheila was all kay at some time

My mum remembers them one of them married a bloke called Judd

yes thats them

Hi Willybite.
No don't think it was Hoyland, I started going to the lane in 57 He didn't finish playing till 61 and I'm pretty sure this guy had finished before I started going, Brook finished in 54
Also Hoyland had fair wavy hair and Brook had dark greased back hair and this is how I remember the owner.......
BUT... I could be wrong.

My mum and dad lived on Oak Street in the mid sixties. I think my mum said that their house either used to be a cinema or adjoined the cinema or something.

Hi Willybite.
No don't think it was Hoyland, I started going to the lane in 57 He didn't finish playing till 61 and I'm pretty sure this guy had finished before I started going, Brook finished in 54
Also Hoyland had fair wavy hair and Brook had dark greased back hair and this is how I remember the owner.......
BUT... I could be wrong.It was Hills at the side of Ponsfords, two steps up into a tiny shop, then they moved over the road to the side of the Heeley Palace, a double front shop, then it was taken over and became Brooks, iirc.

It was Hills at the side of Ponsfords, two steps up into a tiny shop, then they moved over the road to the side of the Heeley Palace, a double front shop, then it was taken over and became Brooks, iirc.

Would that be any relation to Betty Hill ? She later had a shop next to the bridge on heeley bottom (1970s)

I dont know if its true or not but according to my mum who was only a kid at the time, she said Brook's papershop belonged to Harold Brooks who once played for Sheffield United. And she remembers Frys Bakers on Well Road.

You nearly got it right mate, 4 brothers in all ,Tony was the eldest who I used to knock around with as a kid then there was Noel, Gary and Dean...we got up to all sorts of mischief in the mid-sixties belive me we were only 11 or 12 but that didn't stop us nickin' a barrel o'beer from a new Indian restaurant that had just opened on Abbeydale Rd and then takin it back to Tony's for a party while his parents were out boozin...!!

Hi Steve. Are you related to Mrs Maltby,s daughter,s ??-Mary & Dorothy whos mum had the corner shop at the corner of Carter Place & Carter road at heeley

await your reply- Dave

Tosh, do you remember all the walls on Foster Road had all had there railings cut down for the war effort and as kids we used to start at one end and jump all the walls even where the passages were.

yes - I remember the small stumps of steel sticking up above the coping stones on foster rd .- Every time I have a shower I see the holes in my knees where I tripped over one and landed on the one in front - Those short trousers dident help/// bye Dave

I remember a guy called mick baker selling green uns!! on the corner of, I think it was broardfield rd

I remember a guy called mick baker selling green uns!! on the corner of, I think it was broardfield rd

I wonder if this is the same bloke who lived near the corner of Gifford/Chippinghouse road. There was an archway type passage at his house, the papers were always pilled up at the side. Im sure he always wore a flat cap.

Hi tosh cant send you a private message but i new your family used to hang out with john and malc been in yer mam dads house a lot dont think you will remember me lived on cambridge rd no10 across from dens shop.new about john very sad,i used to pick him up in my taxi, top man send my regards to your malc.all the best doger,roger harrison

hi only me !! I think you are right about the bloke with the flat cap,he was on the corner of chipping house rd, is that the road that leads to the heeley baths and abbydale rd?, I remember the archway and across the road was the snooker hall T P.

hi only me !! I think you are right about the bloke with the flat cap,he was on the corner of chipping house rd, is that the road that leads to the heeley baths and abbydale rd?, I remember the archway and across the road was the snooker hall T P.

Hi Tony, the road that leads to the baths is Broadfield road and its quite probable he stood there. However you could see the snooker hall from the archway as well but that is where he also lived. Do you remember the hardware shop i think it was called Dickens? He was on heeley bottom up to a few years ago (not far from snooker hall). I often wondered if parts of heeley bottom was bombed in ww2 ?? . There was a big clothes shop called fine ware in the 1970s(not fine fare further up) i think it was last used as Howells solicitors. This building looked out of place like it was added to Hb later perhaps 1960s. maybe if someone knows where i mean they can recollect what was there prior.

Gowers were on the corner leading to Forster Road accross from the Heeley Church,I think

Hi tosh13 I remember the teen bar,just at the side of the railway bridge and the little cafe the other side,we would go there play the juke box, and have a bottle of pop!!! and make it last!! the plumtree attracted more girls than the teen bar,the good days ah!!!!! T P

I dont know if its true or not but according to my mum who was only a kid at the time, she said Brook's papershop belonged to Harold Brooks who once played for Sheffield United. And she remembers Frys Bakers on Well Road.

You're right about Harold Brooks Woggle :D

Mrs Nora Fry of the bakers shop was my Grandmother & I would quite often assist :huh:(age 4 or 5), especially if the customer usually tipped. ;). We lived at the opposite side of the gennel, 4 houses away in the back to back's, so I used to go to Brocks for my grandfather's Green Un which was a great adventure for me, especially as I used to ask for a 'Green One'.

What memories! My Mum & Anuntie worked at the Plumtree cafe at the corner of broadfield rd and when I was about 12 I worked there on Saturdays.

Previously my mum Thora Boulby (nee Myers) worked at Heeley picture palace as an usherette and then when they converted it to a bingo hall she still worked there. Both Gerry Booth and Pat Phoenix visited the bingo hall - I have photos somewhere in our loft of both their visits along with one of Mum winning a twist competition at the Locano

We lived at the bottom end of Richards Rd and my Dad Barry Boulby worked at Skeltons (prospect Rd -tall chimney). He then went on the buses as a contuctor and his last job before he died was as head relish maker at Hendersons.

I remember the day when about 10 kids ran down the road to our house shouting "Your Hazels got run ore" my mum nearly had a heart attack running up the road to see what had happened- she had been crossing from the juncion of Anns Rd and Richards Rd (near Ashmores fruitshop). - not much harm done she had been hit by a car but only scratches & a bruise on her leg.

Some of the names I remember from that time are Susan & Brenda Saville, Deborah & Kerry Skit, Richard & Andrea Yeardley, Denis Pownall, Paul Fell, Bruce Nash, Paul & Susan Lake, Ian Boynton Karen Morrison. We all went to Anns Rd School.

My Nan Vera was the caretaker at the Methodist Church opposite the school - she lived 2 doors away from the church on Anns Rd.

Happy days!

I remember a guy called mick baker selling green uns!! on the corner of, I think it was broardfield rd

Hi Tony
It could have been him , I lost contact when I left school

Hi tosh is your surname siddall

I remember a great toy shop where we could spend our pocket money after my mum had done her shopping at "Fine Fare" then we had to track back up to the top of Richards Rd with the shopping. (no car).

The post office was still open ... I used to long to work in there when I grew up. :smile:

I think you might be talkin about 'aunties'. I had some great memories visiting my grandma on Springwood road. Tommy Newsome the milkie lived on Artisan View and there used to be a playground just up from Ponsfords where we ha some fun. But can anyone tell me the point of the steps going up to Springwood road, when there was a path the same distance going aroound (if you were there you'll know what i mean?)
Mikey

I worked at Tyzack Sons & Turner from 1978 - 1988 and used to go in The Crown at the bottom of Albert Road some lunchtimes for a pint of Wards and a game of darts. That Wards was fantastic, there is no beer to touch it these days. I also remember as an apprentice being sent to Jessies for the pork sandwiches at Christmas. Great times.

Funny that, cos my Grandma who lived on Springwood road worked at Tyzacks - it was Mark Tyzacks back then and her name was Edna Strafford (nee Hunter)

I have Soooooo many questions about Heeley - and sooo many memories too, mostly from the 70's, but i do remember most of the shops discussed on here. I remember walking on heeley shops and buying a bunch of 45's from a second hand store and going back to Grandma's and playing them on her gramophone player. Ahhh sweet memories

Mikey xx

Upper Healey Workingmens Club,
Any one remember the day trips for kids to Cleethorpes

Fantastic. Are we there yet mister

The pub was "The Myrtle Inn" The back was on Alexander Road and the front on Myrtle Road. I worked at the pub in about 1962 and enjoyed every moment. Saturday nights were buzzing with laughter from the locals, young and old alike and music from the juke box rang around the place. Toward the end of the night everyone broke into unaccompanied song, there was always someone willing to give their own unique rendition, sometimes whilst standing on a table. The place was run by Eric and Helen, I can't recall their surname. Eric died during my time working there and Helen continued on alone for a few years, though she did have an aunt or someone helping out.
Upstairs would be hired our for private functions and it was whilst tending bar up there for a wedding reception I met my husband. I have the most wonderful memories of that pub !!!!!!

Hi - my parents had their wedding reception in the Myrtle Inn back in 1961 have managed to find a photo of the pub - think it was the Alexndra Road side - has anyone got any photos of that pub? It's my parents golden wedding anniversary and am trying to get some memorabilia together??

Does anyone remember the Bell family from Artisan View? Brian, Terry, Kenneth, Keith and Linda, the offspring of Elsie and Arthur Bell.

I'm sure that machine mart was the fine fare that was the colly,does anyone remember Leo who used to shine his torch at you,there was three Wainwrights shop on Heeley bottom, from the bridge pub, cross the bridge then there was a tiny sweet shop, then one Wainwrights that sold grandad shirts before grandads shirts was well known, collar studs, lyle stockings the choice was endless, then a locksmiths, a steelworks which had a big steel door, then a cleaners and then Lewis's, in their doorway there was a square post that had mirrors on all sides and you could walk round it, they sold blouses etc, in one window then mens things in another window,there was a Gowers, Gallons, Davy's,an army surplus store and the plumtree cafe, that had one of the first juke boxes in Sheffield, it still is a cafe now.The Teen Bar which had to be one of the first coffee bars for teenagers.Back at the Heeley Palace, at the bus stop can anyone remember a little hole cut out of the wall just where the bus stop was, where we used to sit in when it rained.
Yes I remember the hole in the wall Also the old movie house...went many times....And later there was/is pub up the left hand side called ??? my old mate Tony Marsh used to run it...said there was a rough mob used to go...But most of the town small pubs were working class men in those days..They worked hard and played harder...tough jobs and little pleasure other than the pub and the pub....great days and some great people...most would do anything to help you....Sheffield still has many really down to earth people who are salt of the earth

I always thought it was called Highway 66, or did it change its name at some point? I spent many great nights there in the 60's and we used to come all the way from stannington on the bus as well!

Across the road from Hodkin & Jones was Rubin & Thompson's funeral directors & taxis,
Across the road from them was the Earl of Arundal pub, next to them was a fish shop, Then a grocers shop - the owner was called Charley ?
Len F.

I remember the fish & chip shop just past the Earl. Chips were 3d and fish 7d around 1954/1955.

When the Heeley Palace was still standing there was a paper shop same side just up well rd.
Remember it was owned by an ex-United player in the early 60s, was it Harold Brook?
and I remember there was a customized Land rover used to park on the bend higher up with the legend "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" above the passenger side...
Ring any bells...

I think Harold Brook had another newsagents on Paternoster Row around that time.

I remember the fish & chip shop just past the Earl. Chips were 3d and fish 7d around 1954/1955.

The fish & chip shop was Rawsons.
Next door, after Charley died, came Mrs Mather (Mr Mather worked for the NCB).
The other side of the passage was Walkers Toy Shop followed by Walkers Sweet Shop.
Then came Peppers (a herbalist)
After Peppers was a door with a glass panel saying 'Ethel (can't remember her surname) Wreaths made to order'. I never saw that door open.
Then there was a Ladies Hairdresser (can't remember the name).
On the corner was Harrisons beer-off.

I always thought it was called Highway 66, or did it change its name at some point? I spent many great nights there in the 60's and we used to come all the way from stannington on the bus as well!
Highway 61 as in being on the A61 road! Called the Silhouette after that!

Any memories anyone?

yes i remember me and a couple of mates playing snooker above a shop i think it was calle landtons but not sure

yes i remember me and a couple of mates playing snooker above a shop i think it was calle landtons but not sure


I seem to think it was above Langtons Shoe Shop

The fish & chip shop was Rawsons.
Next door, after Charley died, came Mrs Mather (Mr Mather worked for the NCB).
The other side of the passage was Walkers Toy Shop followed by Walkers Sweet Shop.
Then came Peppers (a herbalist)
After Peppers was a door with a glass panel saying 'Ethel (can't remember her surname) Wreaths made to order'. I never saw that door open.
Then there was a Ladies Hairdresser (can't remember the name).
On the corner was Harrisons beer-off.

That was it, Rawsons.
I remember playing on Harrington Road (now a short unnamed cul-de-sac) just past the Earl as a five or six year old with a couple of my pals. I was hanging on to a gas lamp with one hand, both feet on the base and sticking my tongue out at no one in particular. A passing woman took exception, pulled me off the gas lamp and delivered several slaps to the back of my legs.
It was my first experience of injustice! I wonder if everyone remembers theirs.

That was it, Rawsons.
I remember playing on Harrington Road (now a short unnamed cul-de-sac) just past the Earl as a five or six year old with a couple of my pals. I was hanging on to a gas lamp with one hand, both feet on the base and sticking my tongue out at no one in particular. A passing woman took exception, pulled me off the gas lamp and delivered several slaps to the back of my legs.
It was my first experience of injustice! I wonder if everyone remembers theirs.

Remember chucking a snowball at a "gassie" and getting a clipped earole for it.

Remember chucking a snowball at a "gassie" and getting a clipped earole for it.

Heh, heh. That wasn't an injustice though Duffems.