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Worked opposite early 70s at BSC Tubes Div,mate in office married Thelma who worked in brickworks office having seen her walking to and from work.

Worked in Registry office,happy days.

Remember a good day out on the outer circular bus.

My first few years were at 91 Helen Rd where my parents lived with my mums parents Bill and Lillian Shepherd until we moved to the newly built Ballifield estate in the early 50s.

Has anyone found the Yorkshire accent a disadvantage or taken as someone living in the real world?

Have you ever gone back to your old house or neighbourhood just to take in the nostalgia ?

That was another interesting aspect to the journey,i think Wards had some connection to the Rootes Group and so we were given new Hillman Imps,at 6ft3ins it was quite cramped as you can imagine.

Worked in the team of site supervisers involved in reclaiming materials from the railway branch lines closed under the beeching plan in the 60s.I was given Devon and Cornwall,quite a journey in those days,drove down the fosse way to the southwest.

1958 Busby Babes plane crash in Munich.

Worked at Record Ridgway,used it as a route home to avoid Parkway at rush hour.

Remember in a pre test lesson I was busy changing gear and giving a hand signal when the instructer commented "it might be a good idea if at least one hand was on the steering wheel".

Any memories of the brick works on Rutland Road.

Mine was Stewart and Stewart armed with a list sent of all the requirements on top of the main uniform eg. house sports shirt,craft apron etc. and name tags to be made.It's only later you realise the expense put on our parents to give us a good education.

Do you remember going for your school uniform and where you got it from back in the 50s/60s.

Been going to Whitby 60s weekend for 10 years now,it's when we all get nostalgic and think we're 19 again until we try and climb the abbey steps.

Jubilee Sports on Claywheels Lane,got a crate of beer in the changing room.

Hi Hibbsy,played for Handsworth St Josephs cricket team originally in High Hazels park but then moved to Dormer Tools ground at Jordanthorpe,which later became Boundary Club and then moved to Davys ground Prince of Wales Rd.

You did and got a rubber band with the number on it.

Remember this before the lido when the water was cold and dark straight from the hills and the deep end was deep.

Hi Hibbsy,some fond memories of those matches on Handsworth rec. an old mate off the Ballifield,John Bingham,lives in Canada at Gravenhurst ON,he posts on here as Joe Bloggs,who would we know you as?

Hi Geoff,Pete Carr here "Slotter" good to hear from you I posted some time ago asking for lads who played for Club 62 and got some replies you could look at ,happy days.

Hi guys,worked in the sales office mid 70s with Jack Watson,Philip Winfield,Pete Rice,Madge on stock control....happy days.

A few of the grounds I played cricket on were Brown Bayleys on Olivers Mount,BSC,Aurora,Phoenix on Bawtry Rd,Dormer Tools later Boundary Club at Jordanthorpe,Civil Service Ecclesfield,Davy Loewy Darnall all great venues.

Remember when the major steel firms,and others,all had a great sportsground.

Hi mate,thanks for the photos brings back some great memories and good to catch up on what happened to you.Still in touch with a few of the lads still in the area,only thinking about the team the other day as they are demolishing Woodhouse Mill WMC where we used to change,all in the name of progress.Seem to remember Ernest Booth had a spell at centre forward and scored a hatful,think we all remember the lads from any team sport we played,special times.