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cookingfat50

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  1. Why don't they o pen up the public toilets there as there are no public toilets in Sheffield x
  2. We get plastic sacks through our letter box 2 or 3 times a week from organisations wanting your old clothing mainly from charities who collect from the end of your front path or door they are from the nspcc, oxfam mcmillan a few different ones ring oxfam if you have any I think they collect
  3. good for you Lazarus those coping stones have been there for generations when the farm was there more than 70 years ago Amey should put back any damage they have done and leave well alone
  4. when I was a young lad of ten to 12 years old where the medical centre is now there used to be 3 old farm cottages there and that small piece of land were it meats the top of blackstock road. there used to be 3 pigs kept on that land I think they were owned by the people who lived in those cottages there must be some people who moved on to the valley must remember those cottages and the pigs
  5. hi can anyone tell me what going on with the road works at the top of blackstock road near newfield green shops. they seem to have been at it for month with little sign of what ever they ae doing, being completed does anyone know what they are doing. are they putting in a bus lane o divirting cars in another direction. it does seem to be taking for ages to complete
  6. One thing it won't be and that's another pub those days have gone the only new ou Pub I know of is one at Healy that I've forgot the name of
  7. Hi I was at the valley from 1962 can any one tell me the name of some of the teachers there I had a stroke a few years back and memory not that good I do remember mr turner my metal work teacher mr gratton maths teacher with a heavy weighted cane, a mr smelled who we walled whistling Walt there was a young woman who took girls for sport who all the male teachers lusted. After, a mr cuts who thought tech drawing there must be more I've forgotten x
  8. Yer there was one conductor mainly on the 95 bus to intake think his name might have been les he was always joking and if he caught any youths having a crafty fag he would charge them full fare I used to love being on his bus
  9. I always thought that trees were protected and could only be taken down if they were deseaded or a danger to the public trees should be left alone some of these may be over 100 year old so keep your chain saws off them
  10. The lad should have let the robbers take what ever they wanted no he should have put a few twenty pound notes in his own pocket tight gits BP and gone to his GP for a sick note then to a solicitor to sue bP for a few hundred grand in fact he still could for post traumatic shock disorder and loss of earnings
  11. hi I travel on blackstock rd every day twice a day and for the last 6 months there as been road alterations at the top of blackstock road at the top at newfield green. there as been road alterations for the past 6 months and it doesn't seem to have progressed in all that time. we don't know if they are putting a new bus lane there or what there's never a workman there to ask whats happening can someone enlighten me as to what is happening and when it will be completed, frustrated motorist and taxi driver
  12. My mother used to live on grieves st around that time her name then was Kathleen bates she lived there from being a young girl she has now passed away and would be about 85 now regards Steve xx
  13. Thanks for remembering me I had many years working there with bob ant tw other landlords I imagine if it was in the tap room it would be me who served you with your first pint I used to serve any body and never asked the ages we used to get coppers coming in the off sales for a quick couple of pints tell me your name and I will see if I can remember it wasn't Jamie was it who went on to become britains strongest man x
  14. My name is Steve I used to work at the Royal Oak I take for many years I used ti work the tap room and made many friends there maybe some readers will remember me I met my first partner there when the landlord was Tommy Poole I met my first partner there and he used to let me pop over the road to see her for ten minutes they were great times there I left once but soon came back I ask Tom if he had any jobs he lifted the flap and told me to start work I knew all the punters by name and they of coarse knew mine I loved all my years there and having met my firth love of my life there which lasted Severn years great times. Steve xxx
  15. Yes the Raven was just of west street on fitzwilliam street used to pop in there for a quick pint when on a pub crawl along west street I think it was wards or whitbread but un sure never the less a good pint pity it had to close along with many Sheffield pubs I blame the beewery's for putting up rents and price of beer, I used to be landlord of the wood seats and I used to buy my own beer and lager from Harold at a fraction of the price breweries churched the breweries didn't know I did this burt the punters loved the cheaper beer Steve x
  16. Every big city in the country has an air port like Liverpool Norwich, Bristol Great Yarmouth, Leeds why hasn't Sheffield a big city like. Ours needs an airport that can take jumbo jets and the big air bus never mind Robin Hood that's not Sheffield planners get your finger out
  17. can anyone tell me were the new Ikea shop is going to be in shefffield please xxx
  18. Yer I do my mum used to buy my sister and my new school cloths from there and our new whitsun cloths as well there was an out fit for whitsunday and another for whitmonday I remember money going up a tube on the wall then coming back half hour later with the change I remember mother bought it all on tick. I hated having to try them all on all the cloths were bought a size to big ma saying we would grow into them, and not to scuff the shoe toe cap or there would be trouble when dad got home the good old days so they say Steve belk
  19. We have had bumble bees in our small hedge in Chesterfield for years they stay around for months but this year they have nearly all gone Dmaybe it's the weather conditions but I miss seeing them around maybe I should leave some sugared water or jam for them a mystery Steve x
  20. old and we have another giver Tom they are blotch about a year old both. They seem to hang around together sines dolly was killed teddy has been looking for her in every room cupboard you name it he has looked and he crys all the time for her so if any one has got a tabby or litter with a tabby that's been chipped and had her first injections please leave a message or ring or 07801886528 I will pay £50 for a genuine kitten not stolen or I'll treated thanks Steve I would like a photo if possible also with some white around her face and tummy thanks for for reading this we will check with our vet to make sure she is not stolen thanks again Steve :)
  21. I want to know if there is any easy way to get portable wifi for my ipad and kindle fire. I spend 15 hours a week in hospital on dialysis and would like to be able to use my stuff there. I'm not any good with technology so would need some advice about setting it up. Thanks.
  22. I was caned at gleadless valley sec school I got 6 strokes on my hand for losing my hymn book which was nicked out of my desk I was given 6 strokes on my hands by mr hughes the headmaster then god did it hurt felt tears in my eyes but kept them under control felt the pain in my hands all day never got the cane again
  23. hi I am a taxi driver in Sheffield. and I get sick and tired of having to stop every few hundred yards because of traffic lights and pelican crossings. in thr morning and evening rush hours it takes ages to get through Sheffield surely theres no need for the amount of traffic lights that hold up traffic getting to work or going home disgruntled taxi driver
  24. like one of our readers points out graves park was a gift to the city by J graves along with other philanthropic gifts to the city and it's up to the council to maintain any property in the parkso the the council should think again before selling parts or the park steve
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