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I’ve done this tour round the old stomping ground several times and Im glad you tried it , Meltman , as it really is an eye opener if you’ve been away as long as we both have. The first shock for me was Lemont Rd being accessible from Green Oak Ave. What happened to Pearsons Nursery ? Still strange to go up the Avenue and not turn into Baslow Rd I think I’ve mentioned how built up it is in the Laverdene Ave , Back Lane area countless times . It really is a shock to see all that green space eaten up.. Obviously all the streets are now lined with parked cars which makes negotiating the area quite difficult enough anyway. On my first return trip I was amazed how what I remembered as long distances were actually really short but that a lot of the street patterns had remained the same. The roads I played in seemed incredibly narrow Sadly those days are fast becoming a distant memory that only a few remember

Blissfully unaware of my first child to be born in Aug 77 The other four followed closely after. The very last summer I could ‘ Take it Easy ‘

Listening to the Eagles Chilled cans of McEwans in the fridge Cucumber and onions That’s the summer of 76

Must admit it wasn’t something Id remembered till Ann mentioned it but now I definitely do

Sadly I never managed photos that sharp on my Brownie 127 , Philip 🙄

Ah the Sweet Fresh faced young guys with long hair Wonder what they look like now

Yes Ann , I agree It is indeed an incredible thing to be reunited with people we’ve not seen for 65 years. I started this thread in 2011 and so many people have been part of it that it always gives me encouragement to keep it going I’ve reconnected with not only fellow TCS pupils and Totleyites from our generation but also old friends and even family I’d lost touch with . From our year at school there are at least 4 or 5 that have contributed and I’m really grateful that they did. There've also been a fair few from other years Sadly I’m aware that several have passed which is the inevitability of us all being mid 70s or older.. Talking of Pop Roberts, I noticed on another thread that a couple of years after we parted he was headmaster at Anns Road school at Heeley and at other schools after that . i remember the incident you mention. It was typical of him . He was an excellent ‘ old school ‘ teacher and I think we all have fond memories of him

I’m 3rd left on front row in Reception class 4th right front row in J4 Pop Robert’s class Yes 46 must have been a handful No classroom assistants in those days but instead they’d got disciplined young children who knew how to behave. Nobody wanted to be on a straw mat in the foyer outside the assembly hall and risking Miss Clarebrughs ire

I had a newsagents in the 60s People used to come in and order them and we’d have boxes of them delivered from the wholesalers Beano Annual was by far the most popular closely followed by Dandy . Rupert was always a favourite and Eagle and Girl Annuals The older folks went for Giles and Andy Capp and the old ladies bought People’s Friend and the Friendship Book of Francis Gay We used to sell the latter in huge numbers which was always a source of great amusement to me

Yep I concur

Hi Ann I reckon you’re on this one too Hope you can open the link.

Yes you are all of course entirely right, as I can now see myself scuttling along Chapel Walk , crossing over the road and the Lyceum would be bang opposite at the end of that lane . If you missed a bus , wasn’t it about 30 mins wait at normal times ? There was an occasional Owler Bar one as well I think

It seemed to me that they were at the end of Surrey St after you passed the Central Library but I’d definitely stand corrected on that

hi echo When you say , just off Abbey Lane , do you mean the Woodseats end ?

Hi echo Yes you’ve dated it correctly I think . Could be even mid 50s but I’m sure the bus buffs will tell us when that model of bus was in service . People often say what a dirty and depressing image the black and white photos show of the city but I never ever saw it like that The post war years are often depicted as grey and depressing but that’s the opposite to how it seemed to me The city was full of life, it was full of colourful characters all with a common sense of purpose I was lucky in that I grew up in Totley with green fields all around and clean air . My partner grew up in Attercliffe with all its smoke and grime but she never noticed it . She lived in a cheerful, friendly community that she still misses