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  1. Hi Granny Pat, Elaine did mention before she passed away that she had been in touch with a few of her old friends on the forum. I think I'm right in that your surname was Owen and you had a couple of brothers about our Ronnies age (Pete and Tony ?). Her passing was big loss for all of us, as you know she was so much more than a big sister to us. A quick run down on the rest of the clan, Susan married Stewart and they emigrated to Canada, returning to Sheffield in the late 70's. They have now (about 12 years ago) emigrated to New Zealand along with their son Philip who is a teacher and they have a Grandaughter. Susan was a Teacher/Head Mistress/Lecturer in Education but is now retired Ronnie is married to Gill and they stiil live at Beauchief with a grown up son and grand daughter in Bath. Ronnie is now retired after many years working in Telecoms. Keith is married to Barbara, they still live in Stannington and have a son who actually lives in the flats where the old Wards Brewery was. Keith is also a Telecoms Engineer and still works for BT specialising in IT security. Youngest brother Andrew married an Australian girl (Kylie) and they have 2 daughters, they have lived in Melbourne for many years, although he is currently working in Hong Kong (he is a lawyer). As for me, I did an apprenticeship as an Electrician before moving into the IT and outsourcing industry. I married Kim (a nurse who trained at the the Northern General) in 1986 and my job took us to Solihull in 1989 where we have been ever since. I'm kind of retired now in that Kim is partners in a couple of Lingerie shops and I help out with the backoffice stuff and have also done a lot property renovation over the last 10 years. We have 2 kids, Amy (29 lives in Leeds) and James (25 and lives in Crawley) - sadly no grandchildren yet ! After all this time we still think of Sheffield as home and when we retire properly our plan is to maybe move back to the Hope Valley area. Still visit Sheffield on a regular basis with family and friends still there, it's a great City.
  2. Hi, A bit late to this but thought I would reply, reading it has brought back many memories of life around the Moorfoot in the 60 and 70's. I am craig dewsnap, along with Mum (Doreen/Dot) and dad (Ron) sisters Elaine, Susan, brothers Ronnie, Keith and Andrew we lived in 44 Michael Rd, around the corner from Clarence st and actually in the next yard to the Bujko's. Mr and Mrs Bujkco (I cant call them Victor and Evlyn !) were indeed the nicest of people, we were big friends with their son's David and Mark. Evelyn regularly used to walk their dog up to Endliffe Park and back down frog walk with a gang of local kids in tow. Our house in Michael rd was a 2 up, 2 down terrace with one cold tap in the corner of the kitchen and an outside loo in the yard. Newspaper served as toilet paper and if you were posh it would be cut into squares and hung on a nail (we weren't posh). It was only the late 60's but my kids think I'm talking about another planet from a million years ago. The Moorfoot then was like the biggest kids adventure playground ever, slum clearance, building the Hanover and Broomhall flats, building the power station, Santa's Grotto, the Tyre Dump, scrompin - we got ourselves into all kinds of trouble and its a wonder that there no serious injuries. Not really bad kids, just an adventurous and mischievous gang that made their own entertainment. I remember sitting on the step outside Pikes corner shop one Sunday afternoon, leaning back and the door opening, they'd forgotton to lock it. Did we raid it for sweets - no, we told Mrs Bujko and she phoned them to come back and lock up. A few darker memories mixed in of life back then, but mostly happy thoughts !
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