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Jan39

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About Jan39

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  • Birthday 11/01/1939

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    Sheffield
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    computer,walking,reading,gardening travel
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    retired
  1. I always clean up after my dog, and then tread in some one else's dog mess. too many thoughtless <removed> about these days.
  2. no he shouldn't, ok things have been a bit up and down, but he's kept them near the top since he came, best manager we've had for a long time. give the man a break, some are too quick to start shouting for the managers head. remember he saved the team when he came.
  3. My grandmother had the fruit shop at gleadless town end in the 30's and 40's, my father built a barbers shop at the top of the garage in the 40's.
  4. I remember Mrs Weston. she was a big friend of my mother-in-law Mrs Quinn, I lived with my my inlaws on Norwood Avenue when I was first married. You mention Norwood Avenue it was my mother-in-law who got the name changed from Longley Avenue, to Norwood Avenue when the Shirecliffe estate was built. I agree with you about Norwood being a lovely estate, everyone took interest in their homes and kept the them nice along with the gardens.I was shocked when I passed through a few years ago it, it looks dreadful now. My husband Keith obtained a photo of the street party after the war, from Weston Park museum, they had an exibition of sheffield after the war. and he spotted the photo on display, I'm sure you'd be able to get one from there. you'd find it very interesting with all the people on it.
  5. Yes I remember C & A in sheffield city centre, and Meadowhall, I could always find what I wanted in there, my Daughter lives in Germany, and there's a couple of their shops over there, one being in Cologne.
  6. yes it was a nice estate back then. I remember the dog Rex, your aunt used to go for a cuppa and a chat every thursday to my mother-in-laws, and she would get him to sing, as she called it.
  7. Hi my mother-in-law was Mrs Quinn, she told me she submitted a letter to the council to have the road renamed Norwood Avenue, from Longley Avenue, when they built Longley Avenue West, to save any confusion, also regarding the Street Party after the war, there are photo's of it at the Weston Park Musium, if you're interested they will let you have some prints. I remember Mrs Weston very well, they'd been friends for years. I remember Aurther and Lenard, but only by name as they were maried and left before I went there.
  8. I'm with you on this one Frank Sidney I'm retired now,when I worked I used the bus to and from work, then I payed for lessons and learned to drive. I always made it plain I'd give anyone a lift if they left at the same time as me, and I wouldn't wait for anyone, I know how much bitchyness went off with other people who expected other's to wait around for them.
  9. Hi, my sympathy is with you shizodoor, when to have your pet put to sleep is a very hard decision to make, and we know it has to be done at some time. but I think you will know when the time is right. I had my dog put to sleep just before last Christmas, I had had her for just over 15 years, infact I helped her into the world. She was wonderful therapy for me when I lost my son, as I knew I had to get out there and walk her, when I might have been tempted not to bother. so i'd say there was a special bond with her, she had always been a very active dog, loved to play and fetch things. loved swimming at Rothervally. over the last couple of years her legs started to go and had to have a ligament repaired. It took her about 6 months to get over that,and was reasonably active up untill 6 month's before I made the heartbreaking decision.she started losing the strength in her legs they would give way she and wasn't able get up under her own steam , she'd look at me so pityful,she got very reluctant to go out walking and even if she had been willing, had her legs given away, she was too heavy for me to carry home, it was the look in her eyes when her legs went that made me think she'd had enough, when I took her to the vet he said to consider her age and quality of life, I couldn't make the decision straight away, the vet was really nice, made me another apointment for the following week. althouh it was a hard decision, I couldn't watch her struggle any more, and she was put to sleep when I returned with her. I still miss her, but knew it was the best for her.
  10. Hi, As stated above amitriptyline is prescribed for various medical treatments, I have been prescribed it in the past for stress. I take it now for trigeminal neuralga. it seems to be working at the moment, thank goodness.
  11. My sister received the funeral payment, after her husband died suddenly at the age of 59 years, as she was working at the time she had to pay it back through her tax deductions. so don't think for one minute you get it free.she also received a widows pension for one year and then it stops. the old widows pension was stopped a few years ago.
  12. I'm sure I'm right in saying you cannot use the bus passes over the borders, it has been talked about on several occasions by the polititions, but as yet not put into force.
  13. I had the same problem a few weeks ago, and decided to check the filter, it is a Hoover washer the filter is behind a narrow strip at the bottom of the machine (easily removed) it turned out it was a small cloth item blocking it, the washer worked perfectly after I removed it, I was quite pleased with myself, must have saved my self at least £90 in call out and labour.
  14. I have a Garmin Street Pilot which my family bought me as a pressie, one of the best things I have ever had, I wouldn't be without it, It always get's me to where I'm going, and back home again.
  15. I remember Wilson Tupholme on Pitsmoor Road. My then to be mother-in-law was a customer there, and introduced me to the shop when we got married, it was a good shop, very helpful. some of my furniture was purchased there in my early married years, it was quality stuff and you could pay weekly, something that was frowned on in those days, as the saying used by some older people was if you can't buy it outright you can't afford it. In those days we acquired one thing at a time and payed for it before we bought anything else. a bit different to the young of today.
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