[shaunfl]

Originally Posted by Texas

I seem to remember, when we were kids, having 'brick wars' on Parkwood. That is chucking bricks at each other, one side being 'Woodies' and the other being 'Springers'. The 'Springers' being from Neepsend and Parkwood Springs, the 'Woodies' being from anywhere south of Rutland Road, complicated these territorial claims.

I've only just read this but it brought a smile to my face, I was hit by "friendly fire" in one of these battles. I was in unarmed combat with a Parkie lad and one of my mates decided I might need some help, my head was split by an incoming half brick, blood everywhere !
After coming back to my senses my mates and I set off down Douglas Rd heading for the Infirmary. Halfway down was a young lady wiith a baby in her arms, on seeing all the blood she ushered me into her home and bathed the wound with warm water and TCP, it must have been about an hour until it stopped bleeding.
That was 50 yrs ago and I remain very grateful to that lady, I can't imagine that happening nowadays somehow !

[chavey42]

i was born at 27 platt street in 1942

[old tup]

Originally Posted by retep

Remnants of the Engine shed are seen as the tall stone wall to the left of this pic,

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/100_0022.jpg

Hey up Retep do you remember Whitey and Mrs having the corner shop a little further up from your photo,sometime in the late 70s I think.

[retep]

Originally Posted by old tup

Hey up Retep do you remember Whitey and Mrs having the corner shop a little further up from your photo,sometime in the late 70s I think.

Yes he was only short of the delivery bike, or with his mechanical knowledge a mobo scooter.

[kevm]

My grandparents used to live in Hoyland Road,near the top,opposite the high walls for the coal.I used to attend Hillfoot School.My auntie used to take me up the steps at top of Farfield Road,over the railway bridge,to a playground "up the wood" with swings,see-saw etc.On the way back we'd stop in the shop at the top of Farfield Road to buy sweets or something.I'd be around 5 or 6 years old I guess.(Tears in eyes)My granddad used to work at Hallamshire Steel and my auntie and I used to meet him outside when his shift finished and walk back along Neepsend Lane,back to Hoyland Road.(More tears).

[Texas]

Originally Posted by shaunfl

I've only just read this but it brought a smile to my face, I was hit by "friendly fire" in one of these battles. I was in unarmed combat with a Parkie lad and one of my mates decided I might need some help, my head was split by an incoming half brick, blood everywhere !
After coming back to my senses my mates and I set off down Douglas Rd heading for the Infirmary. Halfway down was a young lady wiith a baby in her arms, on seeing all the blood she ushered me into her home and bathed the wound with warm water and TCP, it must have been about an hour until it stopped bleeding.
That was 50 yrs ago and I remain very grateful to that lady, I can't imagine that happening nowadays somehow !

I've only just come across your post. I'm pleased to know that there are still some 'Woodys' around having survived those old battles. They all seemingly ended in chaos. I remember more than once somebody running into a bunch of 'Springers' and haring down Woodside Lane or Hayward Road shouting about a possible 'war', then running up Woodfold and finding nothing happening at all. I remember some of us hauling a-I think it was a tractor tyre- up to the crest of Parkwood and launching it down the other side. Miraculously it stayed upright and nearly went thro' the greengrocers on the road at the bottom. Dare I say 'Happy Days'?

[davebrmm]

Originally Posted by Vulcan B2

My Dad, Peter Bartholomew grew up on Hicks Rd in the late 30's/40's/

Iknew Pete and his brother I lived inHobson Ave all the kids on the river side went to burton st most of the kids on your dads side went to hiilfoot or philydelphia my name is dave brumpton nearly 74 happy days among the muck

[lazyec]

The shop at the bottom of Cook St was definitely Olive Dungworth in the early fifties.

Trams did run along Neepsend Lane (from town to Hillsborough via Hillfoot Bridge) and back.
The tram to town ran down Neepsend Lane over the junction with Rutland Rd. carrying on along Neepsend Lane, past the bottom of Harvest Lane and then past the Corporation St. baths, Nursery St. then turned right over Lady's Bridge and up to Fitzalan Square.

When I moved to a "posh" school at age 11 (still living on Manners St. Neepsend) in 1958, I caught the tram to town each school day, across the road from the Gardeners Rest, and quite near the junction of Rutland Rd. and Neepsend Lane.

The tram terminated in Fitzalan Square and then I caught another tram from High St. to Millhouses to get to school ( every single day- unaccompanied).

There was another pub opposite the Gardeners, nicknamed "the Stone House", whose real name was The Crown (I think!)

I was involved in the stone throwing wars between the "Woodies" and the "Springies" and I also fetched coke (fuel not white powder) from the "Gas House" on Neepsend Lane.

My dad worked at Hallamshire Steel and File and still worked there after all the houses on Manners St. were demolished (c. 1960) and we moved to Hunters Bar (v. upmarket!)
He was made redundant in 1974.

[bus man]

Originally Posted by Falls

Hello,

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I have no idea what bus services are provided now.


Regards

There are no special football services to either sheffield clubs

[freeshia]

the road going thro the arch was woodside lane we used to live wher stanley tools security box was but before that we lived on rutland road where the car repaire place is my brothers was derek sorsby and kenneth sorsby my older sister joyce sorsby and my twin june and me patricia sorsby

[brian1941]

Originally Posted by Jay69

Does anybody know any history about neepsend lane s3 area just of rutland road ?

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We had friends that lived on Farfield rd and would call in Farfield pub
and we called in a pub monkey house another called stag bottom
of rutland rd, good old days.

[freeshia]

Originally Posted by brian1941

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We had friends that lived on Farfield rd and would call in Farfield pub
and we called in a pub monkey house another called stag bottom
of rutland rd, good old days.

brian1941;9192513------------
the stag was down harvest lane ime sure on a corner of harvest lane and woodside lane

[retep]

Originally Posted by freeshia

brian1941;9192513------------
the stag was down harvest lane ime sure on a corner of harvest lane and woodside lane

Corner of Harvest Lane and Wilson Street, also the Wheatsheaf Inn on Platt Street

[freeshia]

Originally Posted by retep

Corner of Harvest Lane and Wilson Street, also the Wheatsheaf Inn on Platt Street

yes i forgot about platt street boyland street

[davebrmm]

Originally Posted by jennyren

where wood street gone of penistone road..

still theer but blocked off at bottom I lived in hobson ave next to abc streets

[davebrmm]

Originally Posted by Vulcan B2

My Dad, Peter Bartholomew grew up on Hicks Rd in the late 30's/40's/

I kne w your dad I,m dave brumpton ex hobson ave

[brian1941]

Originally Posted by freeshia

brian1941;9192513------------
the stag was down harvest lane ime sure on a corner of harvest lane and woodside lane

---- Hi freeshia, i couldn't remember the streets or roads but
we had good nights in stag, the very last night in there i remember
Dave clark five record playing, Glad all over whiched we danced to
and a Frank Ifields song, i remember you.
Do you remember these good old 60s