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My dad worked for T G Lilleyman & Son from the mid 1940s until he retired in about 1975. He was a press toolmaker and worked on the blanks for surgical forceps and scissors. Mr Ernest Lilleyman, a real gentleman, was the MD at that time (he lived at The Dutch House at Sandygate). Dad sometimes took me into the firm when I was very small. Other people who worked there were Mr Gervase/Jervis; Bill Fisher, Denis Burrell. At the time of my dad's death in 1991, the MD was Mr Ernest Lilleyman's son-in-law, Mr Stewart McK. Hamilton. Somewhere I have a snap of the workers after a presentation of fishing match prizes.

Me, too, though I didn't stay regularly for school dinners until I was in the Juniors'. I remember Miss Pass a lot better than Miss Catherall. They were very happy days at that school; we were very fortunate. I always loved my teachers, Miss Peaker (whose married name, I forget) and Mrs Birch and Miss Wright. Other teachers were Mrs Senior and the lovely Miss Garrison. Another vivid memory is the Coronation Pageant which the infant school put on just after I started at Easter 1953; also the purple tin of chocolate (later used for pencil crayons), and did we get a mug too, Hillsbro?

Hello, thanks for the info; I've pm'd you. ---------- Post added 02-04-2013 at 20:18 ---------- Hello, thanks for the info; I've pm'd you. My grandfather was Lawrence, one of Albert senior's younger brothers, so your fathers and Albert junior were my mum, Joan's, cousins, so we are second cousins.

I think the baker's shop was called Hunts. I remember a Credlands' Decorators but don't remember it being there, maybe down at Malin Bridge or top of Holme Lane area. I was at Malin Bridge School from 1953 to 1959 and lived in Harrison Road. Do you remember Cryers' shop at the corner opposite the school, I used to help in there after school pouring out the 1d drinks. Also remember Wards' shop at the bottom of Loxley New Road; they sold wonderful Vimto lollies.

Richard at Loaf. The salon is on the corner of Abbey Lane and Meadowhead @ Woodseats. Richard is fantastic at cutting and colouring.

I remember this shop too - it was just above the tram sheds, my Nan lived round the corner in Haden St. I can see the proprietor now, small dark haired man with glasses; his name is on the tip of my tongue - was it Hollins or something like that? Hillsbro, please will you consult your Kelly's ......!

When I was very little, I remember going in town with my mum to a coal merchant's office on Change Alley to settle our bill and order more coal. One of the walls inside had a mural of Old King Cole, which fascinated me - I think the office belonged to Burnett and Hallamshire - can anyone else remember this place and confirm, or correct, my recollection. When we moved into our present house 25 years ago, we opened up the fireplace and started to have a coal fire again. My first coal man (and a lovely man) was Mr Plumtree from, I think, Heeley. (I've still got a coal fire and I love it!). Mr Plumtree told me that his hearing loss was caused by years of irritation from the coal dust. None the less, he was a great conversationalist, and I really enjoyed chatting to him and listening to his stories. I grew up at Hillsborough and remember (1950's) Bernard (?) Scragg's coalyard on Hillsborough Road; Bernard Scragg's sister's children, Ricky and Angela Crookes were around my age.

Do you mean "Davys"? If so, "yes" - especially the big one in town, approximately where W H Smith is now, and the small shop at the bottom of Middlewood Road, just round the corner from the Hillsborough Inn - however, my mum and my Nan preferred Styans (?) across the road, so we didn't patronise that Davy's very often.

This used to be one of the best chip shops in Sheffield and we used to go there a lot. I hadn't been for a couple of years and tried it again about 2 weeks ago, very disappointed, chips okay, but thick, soggy batter on the fish. Good luck! The fish and chip shop at Crosspool shops is excellent.

My mum, Joan Bell, worked there for short time in the late 50s. Her younger sister, Nellie Sanders, worked there for many years 50s to late 60s/ early 70s. I remember work colleagues of theirs called Flo Dale, Doreen ? (blonde hair) and Mrs Irving/Irvine.

I too went to Abbeydale Girls' - from 1959 - 1966. I remember some of the girls mentioned above ie Jean Gaunt and Jackie Wallace. Also lots more: Ann Beckett, Susan Wales, Susan Broadhead, Vernie Alcock, Christine Booth, Katie Eyre, Katie Sullivan, Jean Hill, Margaret Hetherington, Jean Macintosh, Susan Haynes (and most of the others from my year in Nightingale). From Darling, I remember Ann Jowle, Margot Broomhead, Margaret Linfoot, Jennifer Donohoe, Helen Pritchard, Elizabeth Styring, Caroline Yellops, Angela Kelly, Yvonne Tummon From Marvel, Janet Kilner, Janet Turner, Jean Gaunt From Cavell (some then moved to Fry), Kerry Brittain, Avis Jackman, Diane Farrand, Susan Houldsworth Etc, etc It was a fantastic school and I loved my time there, I often think how differently my life would have turned out had I not had the opportunity to go there. I'm still very close friends with 3 people I met at 11 when we started. Happy days!

I think the demise of both the Gate and the Travellers' really started way back when the road was widened and lots of the surrounding houses were demolished. The original Gate was demolished and rebuilt as part of the road widening scheme. When I was a child, in the 1950s, the Travellers' was set well back from the old road - now was it the Travellers' or the Gate that had the large garden at the back? There was an old rickety swing and, I think, a small pond. My dad used to often go down to the Travellers'/Gate on his own, but just before works' weeks every year, we would all walk down to the Travellers' to book our day trips with Law Bros charas. (I never did know the backstory to a pub having a booking agency for a coach company.) The downside came on the trip days, when we would have to get up at the crack of dawn to walk down to the Travellers' to get the chara. This could be anywhere between 7 and 8, depending on where we were going; we'd be laden with bags containing towels, swimming costumes, buckets and spades and packing-up. When the charas got back, we always had a drink outside the pub, as did most of the day-trippers. It was so exciting playing in the pub garden in the dark, and I can taste the pop and crisps to this day! We'd then have to trudge wearily home, right to Malin Bridge, I often fell asleep and had to be carried. Does anyone else remember Law Bros coaches' association with the Travellers'? Maybe Hillsboro has some photos?

In the 1950s my father used to by furniture from Leon and Percy Swycher/Schweitzers' shop in the Wicker. They all knew each other growing up around the Garden St/Fawcett St area in the early 1900's.

Hillsborough Baptist Boys' Brigade and Life Boys Does anyone remember Dora Harvey who was Life Boy Leader for many, many years in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, and Eric Newton and Jack Torr who ran the BB? Are LBs and BB still running at Hillsborough Baptist does anyone know? I have a very old photograph of the Life Boy group with Dora, Eric and Jack - think it's late 50s/early 60s.

Back in the 1970's, my Auntie Nellie, a fanatical Owls supporter, had her house painted blue and white. Then, just in case the message didn't get across, she got a blue, white and black budgie, called it Tommy Craig and taught it to say "Up the Owls" when anyone came into the house.

Not giving way to traffic coming up hill - a real annoyance in hilly Sheffield!

If OP is referring to "Loaf", I second it, and for women too. Richard, in particular, is very skilled at cutting, and the other staff are very well-trained also.

Wentworth, on the path going towards the church - wonderful open vista to the left; as already mentioned, Hoober, up near the Stand; grounds of Roche Abbey, near Maltby. All the best!

No, they don't, and it's vile and disgusting. I'm about to try something that's been recommended to me, it's called "Lion's Roar" - pellets impregnated with lion's dung. We'll see .......

Thanks for your reply - that's a shame, but good luck with getting your cutlery repaired.

Hello, I can't help you with your query about replacing your cutlery handles, I'm afraid, but your post caught my attention, because you say they are Sanders and Bowers products and made by your great uncles - were they members of the Sanders family by any chance? I ask, because my grandfather was a Sanders and brother of Albert Sanders of Sanders and Bowers. My grandfather was also a grinder, as was his father and a third brother. If you are descended from any of these Sanders and are interested in exchanging information about the family, please send me a personal message.

Not sure where the 88 Roscoe Bank actually turned round, but it only went as far as Roscoe Bank/Stanwood. Number 7 was the route which went right up to Stannington.

Wasn't/isn't Cupola a little narrow street off Shalesmoor opposite where the "Old Men's Hostel" used to be?

Hello, I have two ancestors who were involved in WW1. My great uncle, Frank Walter Fletcher (Service No 30925), served with 7th Battalion KOYLI and was killed on 18/9/1917, aged 20. His battalion served in the 61st Infantry Brigade in the 20th (Light) Division. The 61st Infantry Brigade fought in the Battle of Langemarck 16 August, 1917. Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to find out where 7th Battalion KOYLI were between 18 Aug (when they came out of the line) and Sep 20th 1917 when they were involved in the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge. Frank's name is listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial. I had visited Tyne Cot several times without realising that he is commemorated there, so, when I went again last year with some friends and my eldest son, we were able to say prayers for him and for all the others who lost their lives in that horrendous carnage. At the time of Frank's death, the Fletcher family were living at 20 Court, 12 House, Hammond St., Sheffield. My grandparents were Walter and Elizabeth, their other children were: Ada Beatrice, Lucy Ann (my gran), Ernest, Alice and Eliza - any other descendants out there?. My mum's father, Lance Corporal Lawrence Sanders (Service No 32010 - he was married to Lucy, see above), was invalided out of the York and Lancs on 27 November 1917. He had originally enlisted with the Territorial Force in 1913, probably the 4th Battalion York and Lancs (The Hallamshires). He later served with the 13th (Service) Battalion Y&L known as the "1st Barnsley Pals". At some stage, (again not yet been able to identify exactly when) he was gassed and suffered schrapnel wounds resulting in his discharge. He never worked again, because of the effects of the schrapnel in his body and head, and the damage done to his lungs by the gas (he later contracted TB). He died 10 May 1948 aged 52; I have a photo of him taken a couple of years before his death and he looks like a man of 75 -80. By trade he was a table blade grinder, as were his father and several of his brothers. One of his brothers, Albert, was the Sanders in the cutlery firm at Globe Works on Penistone Rd called Sanders and Bowers and another brother, Ernest, (late Bellhouse Rd and Hyde Park Flats) was one of the last of the Sheffield grinders. Lawrence was never able to work again after the First WW, and because the Army Pension wasn't sufficient to support a family, they went from being reasonably well-off to nearly destitute. My mum said they were always hungry, had only the clothes they stood up in, and she never had new clothes until a couple of years after she started work - she was the eldest child in the family, so her wage was needed to support the rest of the family. Her brother, my Uncle Ernest (killed WW2) passed the Scholarship and got a place at King Edward VII Grammar School, but was not able to take it up, because the family could not afford the uniform etc. I'm now 64 and, in my opinion, these days we "don't know we're born". Poverty, as experienced by my parents' and grandparents' generations is, I'm glad to say, a thing of the past. We owe such a large debt those who fought in both WWs, so thank you for taking the trouble to document the WW1 story and compile this data bank.