Gleadless townend businesses of yesteryear.

There was a milkman called George .he did Arnold ave .stoneley close and surrounding streets . He had black slicked back hair and wore glasses.

See post 55, 69, 70

Mmmm, well, the shops that I remember are more 50s to 60s but here goes. yes, Nutts milk and the first shop, the chippy was owned by Ron Brown who, I think built some of the houses on Charnock estate, he then sold to ( I think) Lawlers. Next door was Prices, fruit and veg. Next one was Wilkinsons hairdressers, gents on the right and ladies on the left, it was a husband and wife team. Then there was Smiths hardware and at the end of the row was Mary Walkers grocery shop, I think the next owners were called Barthelomew. Over the wall next door was Barkers petrol station and next to that where G T news was/is

was plumbs newsagents but it was only a very small shop, the building is now almost double its original size but originally the shop was divided, shop on left hand side and their front living room on the right and a garden with a privet hedge round it stretching about 20 feet towards the road so the shop was full if more than 2 or 3 people went in Between the shop and the gennel was Plumbs garden with a picket fence round it where Mr Plumb used to grow bedding plants to sell in front of the shop. On the other side of the gennel was Beckets grocery, then Woodheads haberdashery and the third shop was Madelys chemist, however, I think this shop used to be Curleys radio shop, I know Derek has previousy posted that he thought that Woodheads was the radio shop and he, s probably right but I dont think so. Now, so far noone seems to have mentioned the cobblers, that was across Ridgeway Rd, on Gleadless Rd, the first building was the cobblers shop but I dont have a clue what his name was, beyond that was an old farmyard and inside the yard in the outbuildings was The Astron Ironworks, they were into welding/ fabricating/blacksmithing. Also near there although not strictly Townend , behind the cobblers was a row of about three old cottages on Victoria row and beyond that was Seagrave nurseries who grew plants etc and then sold them on Sheffield market. Across Gleadless road was, as others have said, the Coop, two seperate shops, grocery on the right and butchery on the left, as has already been said, much of the goods were weighed out into blue bags, sugar, flour currants, sultanas were just a few, butter was weighed out and wrapped in gteaseproof paper. We used to take empty jamjars and sell them back for a penny each

but I cant remember what they did with them, I seem to recall treacle being weighed out but cant say for sure,,,,,, it would seem to be a messy process if they did. Anyway, we must have been "posh"at our house because our treacle came in a Tate and Lyles tin. Across Ridgeway Rd again was Flemings petrol station, now, that wouldnt have looked like a great business plan to set up a filling station just after the war, after all, petrol was on ration and on top of that.....nobody could afford a car! but within a few years, everybody seemed to have bought a car and Mrs Fleming was driving around Gleadless doing her shopping in a huge American car, boy, as a schoolboy american cars really had style.....to be continued

you have a very good memory winterskye,much better than mine but i do remember flemings,they lived on seagrave road and also had a small haulage business.I was very friendly with one of the daughters for a while!

Yes jackanne, memory is spot on but please dont ask me what I did last week as I probably wont be able to remember.

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MY MEMORIES OF GLEADLESS SHOPS PART TWO

To the right of Flemings, as others have already said was what we called the cafe, it was a cafe that also had the best range of sweets in Gleadless and was also one of the few shops that sold ice cream.The cafe bit didnt seem to last for long though.Next door was Huddarts hardware, they also sold wood etc. Not too sure, but I seem to think these two shops were built around the same time as Flemings garage was extended, maybe around 1954 or so. Across the road again, starting with the row of shops at the bottom of Norton Ave......this is where my memory fails me, the top shop was The Meadow, sold a limited selection of groceries but was a good place to buy eggs because they had a box with "EGG HOLES" in the top, when you bought eggs they would stand the eggs on it and switch on a

light underneath, this shone through the eggs and they could pick out the bad ones, you used to get quite a few of those then. There was a butchers and a ladies/chijldrens clothing shop on that row but details are wooly, however, other people brighter than me have described these. Austins and Eves sounds about right to me. The bottom shop, nearest to Briarfield was Simpsons fruit and veg with the bit nearest the corner selling fish, as with all fish shops in those days there was nearly always flies hovering over the fish. At the bottom of Briarfield

Rd up some steps was the well discussed Stans barbers, someone was asking if the "young man"Jeff was Stans son....If hes the one Im thinking about then no, he wasnt. There was a boy left Frecheville school about 1959 ish and he went to work for Stan, I think he lived on Lister Crescent.

Across Briarfield Rd was Artie Elliots post office, he moved there around 1954 give or take a year or so, from the old Gleadless post office which was near the Heeley and Sheffield pub. Next shop was at the bottom of Smithfield Rd, Mrs Roberts groceries. Across Smithfield Rd still on White Lane there was a row of houses, maybe three or four and at the end of the row, set back a few feet and up half a dozen steps was a shop no one seems to have mentioned, it was Battersbys, again, a grocers, he also had a fridge for ice cream. past there was a row of old cottages, I dont know what they were like inside but from the outside they were the nicest houses in Gleadless, they looked really old and I suppose they were possibly the last survivors of Old Gleadless

As Derrek has pointed out on the triangle where the toilets are was a wooden hut, the Bug Hut, originally they used to have dances in it( before my time) but then it became a car repair workshop and yes he, s right Easthopes kept the Red Lion and Keens or Keans kept the Old Harrow

GLEADLESS TOWNEND BUSINESSES OF YESTERYEAR.

Confusion, confusion, it's a terrible thing. The info below may have a few misteaks in it. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I came to live at Crossland Drive during 1968. I then moved abroad in 1975 aged 21.

On the White Lane side of the garage next to Plumbs newsagents were a row of shops. They stood back from White Lane. Starting with the first shop farthest from the Red Lion there were;

1. Lawler - Butchers

2. Lee - Greengrocer

3. Wilkinson - Hairdresser

4. Clark - Hardware

5. Ward's - Groceries.

I seem to recall the shops stayed like that until 1971-2ish, when some of the shops changed hands.

a. Lawler became Webster - Butchers

b. Lee became Bonsall - confection, then later fruitiers

c. Clark became Hedar - Hardware.

I remembered something quite recently, but wasn't sure whether I had dreamt it or not. I contacted one of my brother's and he confirmed I hadn't dreamed it.

Lawlers butchers - By day Lawler's sold meat, by evening they sold chips & snips. I was a customer at least 6 times at this shop in the evenings about 1968-70.

Storyette;

In the winterof '68 our family received a late afternoon visit from Aunty Lily and Uncle Lol all the way from Hood Green. When they were leaving early evening they kindly gave me haif-a crown. A short while later I decided to spend some of the two-and-a tanner, I fancied some chips. I came out of our maisonette block and noticed it had been snowing, but the temperature wasn't cold. There was about a half inch of the white stuff upon the ground, it was dead quiet and the air was as clean and as clear as I've ever known it.

When I arrived at Lawler's, there were no customers to be seen. Behind the counter were 2 white besmocked men, possibly brothers. One of the men reminded me of that funny man from tv called Toe-knee-han[d]-****. I partook in the general banter whilst waiting for my chips and fishcake to be cooked. I remember the chips were some of the best I have ever etten. Bliss.

On the way home, the only footsteps I saw in the snow were my own from 15 minutes prior. Aaah memories.

I rarely went in the White Heather fish bar near't Old Harrow. I believe it was taken over by a bloke called Tony, possibly an Eyetalian.

Back at the Townend. There was a Fine Fare supermarket. I recall people saying " you can touch the items, it's quick service and it's cheaper than other shops, and you get free carrier bags." my mother used to say, "You don't get a welcome, you have to pay to the exact penny, and they don't give you tick until Friday, when your dad gets paid." I used to buy Ski yoghurts there. Yummy.

There were 2 Styans bread and bun bakery shops at the Townend. Gleadless Road and White Lane [atween Midland bank and Red Lion pub].

The doctor's surgery on White Lane were Doctors; Whitaker, Mathews, Smith, Crowther and Porteous. my favourite was Dr Mathews. Dr Smith was a misery guts.

Next to Fine Fare was a launderette called Washerteria. At the end of the builbing was a narrow gap between the wall and the fence belonging to the filling station on Ridgeway Rooad. I spent some quality time there with 2 girls from Crossland Drive, but not at the same time. Their initials were L. H. and A. D. I believe this gap is now blocked off. Bleedin' spoil spoorts!

In which year did the first chip shop arrive next to Fine Fare?

Opposite the Red Lion is an islet with public bogs [now closed]. What was on that islet before the lavs were built? This was also the terminus for the nr 51 bus.

Behind these toilets over White Lane are some flats with a car park in front. It's at the bottom of Smithfield Road. What used to be there? A house or perhaps allotments? I seem to remember a large hawthorned hedgerow.

I remember the library being built in the late 60's on White Lane near to the Azena Danse Hall. Was this the first library ever at the Townend area?

I have had my hair chopped, sorry cropped at Stan's many times. I recall it was on Briarfield Road , on the right near the bottom. You had to go up the steps to gain entry. I also seem to recall that Stan's moved about 1974. I have in mind that he moved to White Lane where Pacey's ladies hairdressers was situated, 2 or 3 doors up from Eve's clothing shop. Is this correct?

When and why did Stan eventually close down?

Thankyou for perusing this stuff.

I rarely went in the White Heather fish bar near't Old Harrow. I believe it was taken over by a bloke called Tony, possibly an Eyetalian.

 

If I remember correctly then it was still there in 1984 when I started at Thornbridge School (now Birley). It then changed to Rainbow chinese takeaway, run by a Chinese man we used to know as 'Lee'. I recall in my youth I used to swap porn films on VHS with him!

 

 

Opposite the Red Lion is an islet with public bogs [now closed]. What was on that islet before the lavs were built? This was also the terminus for the nr 51 bus.

 

It used to be what I believe was called a 'pinfold' and was where stray sheep etc would be placed, for the farmer to collect them. A quote from Google states how streets such as Pinfold Street acquired their name..

 

Pinfold Street - named after the area set aside to hold stray livestock until their owners collected them and paid the required fine. The monies went to the upkeep of the community and paid the wages of the pinner, he responsible for the pinfold and whose job title became a surname.

 

Se my replies in red;)

Before the toilets were there opposite red lion was a large old wooden building which i believe was once a car repair garage.

The shop which was wards grocers was at some time in 60s owned by man who had previously been manager at rex cinema.

I can also remember an old wooden building on charnock hall road where i used to go to sunday school in late 50s.

Before the toilets were there opposite red lion was a large old wooden building which i believe was once a car repair garage.

The shop which was wards grocers was at some time in 60s owned by man who had previously been manager at rex cinema.

I can also remember an old wooden building on charnock hall road where i used to go to sunday school in late 50s.

Whereabouts on Charnock Hall Rd was the wooden building please?

Before the toilets were there opposite red lion was a large old wooden building which i believe was once a car repair garage.

The shop which was wards grocers was at some time in 60s owned by man who had previously been manager at rex cinema.

I can also remember an old wooden building on charnock hall road where i used to go to sunday school in late 50s.

According to my wife the old wooden building used as a Sunday School was on the left hand side of Charnock Hall Road at the top of the hill. John Frost was the Sunday School teacher from Elim Pentecostal Church.

Chris.

I know that Charnock Hall once stood at the top of Charnock Hall Rd, sadly now demolished. But there is a large stone from the building sat in the grass verge outside St Peters church on White Lane.

Gowers and Burgons, one of the first supermarkets in Sheffield. My Mum did her shopping there

Yes jackanne, memory is spot on but please dont ask me what I did last week as I probably wont be able to remember.

 

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MY MEMORIES OF GLEADLESS SHOPS PART TWO

To the right of Flemings, as others have already said was what we called the cafe, it was a cafe that also had the best range of sweets in Gleadless and was also one of the few shops that sold ice cream.The cafe bit didnt seem to last for long though.Next door was Huddarts hardware, they also sold wood etc. Not too sure, but I seem to think these two shops were built around the same time as Flemings garage was extended, maybe around 1954 or so. Across the road again, starting with the row of shops at the bottom of Norton Ave......this is where my memory fails me, the top shop was The Meadow, sold a limited selection of groceries but was a good place to buy eggs because they had a box with "EGG HOLES" in the top, when you bought eggs they would stand the eggs on it and switch on a

light underneath, this shone through the eggs and they could pick out the bad ones, you used to get quite a few of those then. There was a butchers and a ladies/chijldrens clothing shop on that row but details are wooly, however, other people brighter than me have described these. Austins and Eves sounds about right to me. The bottom shop, nearest to Briarfield was Simpsons fruit and veg with the bit nearest the corner selling fish, as with all fish shops in those days there was nearly always flies hovering over the fish. At the bottom of Briarfield

Rd up some steps was the well discussed Stans barbers, someone was asking if the "young man"Jeff was Stans son....If hes the one Im thinking about then no, he wasnt. There was a boy left Frecheville school about 1959 ish and he went to work for Stan, I think he lived on Lister Crescent.

Across Briarfield Rd was Artie Elliots post office, he moved there around 1954 give or take a year or so, from the old Gleadless post office which was near the Heeley and Sheffield pub. Next shop was at the bottom of Smithfield Rd, Mrs Roberts groceries. Across Smithfield Rd still on White Lane there was a row of houses, maybe three or four and at the end of the row, set back a few feet and up half a dozen steps was a shop no one seems to have mentioned, it was Battersbys, again, a grocers, he also had a fridge for ice cream. past there was a row of old cottages, I dont know what they were like inside but from the outside they were the nicest houses in Gleadless, they looked really old and I suppose they were possibly the last survivors of Old Gleadless

As Derrek has pointed out on the triangle where the toilets are was a wooden hut, the Bug Hut, originally they used to have dances in it( before my time) but then it became a car repair workshop and yes he, s right Easthopes kept the Red Lion and Keens or Keans kept the Old Harrow

Hi wintersyke and everyone,

I was a salesman for Ever Ready (batteries and torches etc.) in the mid sixties /early seventies. I used to call once a fortnight on Huddarts Hardware. It was run by Mr. Huddart and his son. In the early seventies they had a shop at Firth Park on the corner of Bellhouse Road and North Quadrant where I also called.

Regards, Peter.