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  1. Hi hillsbro again Well researched! (I tried a few places for DOD but had no luck - although I did learn something about the interesting history of the Jewish community in Sheffield.) The DOB sounds plausible to me. Also I didn't think he was married (though I wouldn't have known for sure of course). A good age - 88 - so I would imagine he enjoyed the best part of his retired years. Hope so anyway. Maybe they have nice motors 'up there' too .. though I like to think my Dad (as well as Sydney) will be just driving them - rather than cleaning them - this time .. (I expect bullerboY will also be interested in your findings.) Thanks again for helping to 'close a chapter' for me ...
  2. Thanks for that anyway. Happy memories.
  3. Hi bullerboY Very interested to read your comments. So Mr Carlton was still into 'nice motors' in the 70s! Glad to hear it. We left Sheffield in '64, so lost touch (though I commuted back about 15 miles to finish my schooling/A' levels at Abbeydale until mid-65). The 'munching' rings a bit of a bell; I think I can remember him walking up the path/up the hill from the store to get his car, and occasionally chewing a sweet or something. He was a good customer of my Dad's, and kind to me - occasional short trips/treats in his motor, and some post-holiday gifts, eg colour card booklets from Italy/Sicily etc. Haugh Lane - in or near the Ringinglow area? - nice part of the suburbs. I seem to remember Dad saying he lived (maybe early 60's) off the Manchester Road/Sandygate Road area at some stage. I didn't know about Westfield Terrace, but then I didn't know much about Bradford Woollen in those early days. Do you know what eventually happened to Mr Carlton and his store? (I presume Sydney Carlton would have known the Swycher bros quite well.)
  4. 'A (strange) turn-up for the book/s!?' Having started relatively recently to sift through and sort old (wider-)family photos etc, I spotted - in my first 'schoolboy' photo album - among some 'strip-print'/test print small B&W photos from when I lived with my parents at Bank Street, Sheffield - some Daimler Sports (SP250) pics, which then rang a bell with above/previous posts on Bradford Woollen and the Swycher brothers. The strip prints show an SP250 which appears to be a 1960-ish model (made from 1959-1964, apparently) with two-tone body/hood, and clear (when magnified!) 'DS3' personalised registration plate/s (I took front and rear shots). So my vague recollections, triggered by previous comments/posts, seem to have been vindicated. Somewhere there might even be a negative! I'm not clear on how to attach my cameraphone JPEGS here, but if anyone wants to see the pics, let me know (eg PM) and I'll be happy to share them/find a way to send them on.
  5. Yes indeed. [And I see misty3's second post of 3.1.11 confirms the personalised plates that rang a bell with me (as further above) re. Bradford Woollen]. It feels a bit like dipping into a virtual reality world - but of 60 years ago ..
  6. Thanks very much, hillsbro. (And I read your earlier posts with interest.) That'll be the one, yes. As I said, I thought the owner was indeed Sydney Carlton, just couldn't remember the exact store name. Good for you - and your Kellys Directories! That scan from the Directory brings back more memories .. inc: 'The Ideal Benefit Society' - think my Dad put a few bob in there; 'Alexander Barnet, chamois leather dresser' - that's obviously the place my Dad bought his chamois leathers (I remember I once did an hour's 'Bob-a-Job' in there as young lad - powerful smell of skins/leathers - and the kind old gent in charge gave me a good few bob I think - no doubt also appreciative of my Dad's custom!); 'Arthur Turner, Gummakers' - yes, on the corner of Scargill Croft and West Bar main road - spent many an hour peering at the goodies in their windows (and spent some pocket money I think) - inc. air guns and fishing rods, etc, I recollect; and the Chinese Rest. - how could I forget the permanent smell of soy source etc .. ! And that pic. - fabulous! Brings it all back, with Turners on the opp. side of the road. Thank you hillsbro! You've made my day.
  7. Hi slotter47 Yeah - those names did ring a vague bell, and the initials ES, DS - I suspect I maybe saw personalised number plates with those on (did they have them then?!). Though as I said I think I only was taken along there by my Dad the odd time .. In a separate thread/post I've also been asking if anyone remembers Carltons (?) furniture store, which was further along West Bar towards the bottom of Snig Hill. My Dad also washed/polished/waxed the owner's (Sydney Carlton's?) cars, parked off Scargill Croft - above West Bar and behind Bank Street. I remember they variously included Bentleys, RRs, an American 'Pontiac', a three-ton Alvis ... quite something in those relatively early days of modern motoring in the late 50s. I remember being taken out for a short ride by the owner, a friendly, gregarious chap, who use a steering-wheel knob so that he could steer the (in those days, often) big steering wheels easily with one hand..
  8. Just spotted this thread (ex-Sheffield 'lad' but moved away with family many years back). I seem to be a bit late!.. Going back to some of the earlier comments, I think my Dad probably washed/cleaned the owners' cars at Bradford Woollen on/off West Bar in the 50s and early 60s. I'm sure I went along as a young lad just the odd time. He ran a car parking and cleaning business off Scargill Croft, at the back of Bank Street, and I remember him - in his dark blue overalls and always wearing an old maroon parachute regiment beret - carrying heavy pails of hot water, with his sponge and chamois leather (sold in an old shop also in West Bar at that time), to go further along West Bar to a client/s premises. (In a separate recent post, I've asked if anyone also remembers [Carlton's?] Furniture Store, which was further along West Bar towards Snig Hill.)
  9. Anyone remember this furniture store, on the south side of West Bar, near Snig Hill? Think it may have been called Carlton's - after the owner. I lived quite close to it as a kid in the 50's and 60's, and my Dad ran a car parking and cleaning business on the (then) waste ground at the back of the store and bordering the lower part of Scargill Croft, below Bank Street. Don't know how long it traded for (or how long the original owner ran it) after 1964, since we moved away from Sheffield then.
  10. So you two were 'sweet' on Mrs Dixon, eh! Tin of talc! - amazing. No wonder you never told me! Well well. (Think I remember her for occasional science/maybe biology? lessons?) Of course I couldn't possibly say which female teachers I liked ... (not that there were many young enough to be fanciable/..er, I mean likeable..) Hah hah.
  11. Hi Jim (or James, as I knew you then!) I'm happy that the years have been good to you. I also have a lot to be thankful for, all in all. Intriguingly, I share an association at least with one part your career manifestations.. and am one of the names you mention. Indeed, I recollect we saw quite a bit of each other at one time. I also share an old friendship with another of the names you mention. If I say Bank Street, Sheffield 1, I think you'll know which one of the group I am!? I can't yet send a private message on this Forum (haven't quite had enough posts yet) but we can 'talk'/message further if you wish via Friends Reunited (whilst it's still in existence - but not long left I fear - I note it's due to be closed) if you register there under Brincliffe Grammar. Best Regards
  12. No prob. fatrajah! Your comments to 'Linnie' bring it all back.. (And thanks for your card too, in case you didn't get my email to your gmail address.)
  13. Hi Linnie I'm a bit late responding to your 2012 post (!), but interested to read it. My wife and I love France. I was pals with classmate Roger Wells, and you'll find my info. included on FriendsReunited. Regards
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