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Hi I enjoyed reading your piece on Pitsmoor Grove St fowler St I had a grandma lived on Marshall St and delivered Newspapers around the area from the Newsagents on Rock St Cutts his name was I lived on Fitzalan st and also went to Pye bank School a Mr Spieght was the head master at that time so I think I was there a bit Earlier than you.I do remember the old houses getting demolished and the Flats being built.I had a friend lived in one but never visited.I did read that they were being knock down but not been round the area for a long time

I have a 1967 68 Sheffield Street Guide which lists Gertrude St, 21 Thirza St to Langsett Rd, Thirza St is familier to me I had a Aunt lived on there and visited her a lot when I was a kid, I am not sure about what they called the cinema but there was one at the top of Wood St Langsett road I all so had a Grandma lived at 1 Court 1 Langsett rd down a entry opposite the Salvation Army building

You are spot on with that I lived on Fitzalan St

Hi I think the street you mentioned was Railway street, on the righthand side was a tall blackstone wall which went to a metal bridge which went over the railway and the Bridgehouses goods yard. opposite was Fitzalan st where I lived,the stone wall continued further down opposite the wall was Denholme St the wall ended at the bottom of Orbourn st

Hi it was great to see Oborne St mentioned and the playground it was called the Wembly My Dad was a shunter at Brigdehouses goods yard over the wall we lived on Fitzalan st so he only had to walk down the street to work I also started as a messenger lad at the yard when I left school,I also spent as you quoted in the playgroud on the Flying Plank and did shopping for my Mother on Spittal Hill Thangs for the Memories

I had a E Mail about this some weeks ago but never got round to answering it which I am sorry about I was reminded about it by my Sister in law who I met this morning we would like to take you up on your offer to have a chat with your Grandad if it still stands

Hi I knew Les Cotton very well I started as a Messenger lad at Bridgehouses goods yard in 1953 one of the jobs I had in the Cartage office I used to collect all the Drivers work tickets out of a box and sort them out Any driver that had not put his in I wrote their name on a list and was out quick to catch them before they went out delivering for the day before,s work ticket and at times Les was one of them so I knew all the drivers at that time

I was in the same class as him at Burngreave secondary School

Lived on Wincobank Ave for 47 years

Grays on Bridge St opposite the old Bus Station spent some time looking their big Window when I was a kid

I went to Pyebank school around that time and your sister Mavis Roebuck rings a bell I lived on the old Fitzalan st

I lived on Fitzalan St a lot of years ago at the bottom of the St was Railway St,turn left,and the first St on the left was Denhome St and on the right hand side was a very high black stone wall at the other side of the wall was the railway Sheffield to Manchester and Bridgehouses goods yard,the wall finished at the bottom of Oborne St a play park with swings the flying plank and roundabouts was on the right hand side half way up the rest of the St on both sides had various types of houses,it joined Marcus St which passed the top of Denhome St across Fitzalan St and finished at Rock St directly acoss was Fox hill which is still there

I certainly remember that saying My Mother used it a lot of times to me my brother and sister when she caught us doing something we should not have being doing,her version was "What is this a pippy show " as to where it originates I don't know thanks for the memories

I drove the old Scammell call the Mechanical Horse the engine was inside the cab,you had to swing it to start the engine the choke was a piece of wire under the starting handle which you pulled and held while turning a nightmare on a cold frosty morning,the Scarab was the updated version and a lot better I drove one new still think it was the best delivery vehicle of all time with that one wheel up front nothing on the road had a turning circle like that the old one was the same great for shed work with the trailers

After reading your Quote,It had me thinking this Pet shop,was it situated next to the lift up to Victoria stn.I was a driver at Bridgehouses Stn and remember a driver going to work there I cant remember his name but I remember is face a tall lean guy