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God where do i start? i lived there for 8 years or more before moving to norfolk park. I can remember them coming round changing all the font door locks for "erm erm" high security locks that kids could put there arms though the letter boxes and unlock the twistable lock other side before they come round and put the letter box gaurd on. I remember the jcb smashing up the play area outside the target pub before they come and put all the new block paving and shubbery etc... before they did that it was all open and 3ft x 3ft slabs from the community centre end to the ramps down to the stepney buildings....when they changed it it was like the wizard of oz and the "Red bricked roads" What a waste of money as one of the times i visted it was piled high near the shops with materials being striped from the flats before being demolished. Loads of names i remember....John from chancel....Pete from Bevis...Janet and ???? (The Ace BMXer And Rap DJ) ....Bono...Clair...Sammy....Scot from Chancel....Craig Etc Etc I could make a million photos from whats in my mind still from all the differant parts of hyde park....I just wish id have taken many of them esp at night time looking out over the city and don valley area.. remember the "bang bang" of the steel works hammer you could hear when it was quiet at night?? Can ur remember em getting the new super duper electric caretakers carts which were much faster than the older ones. If only i could paint my memories of hyde park flats onto paper it would be like looking at a 3d computerised image lols.

Hiya, i used to live on the stairs in the main big block, I remember LOADS!... Like going out with a project for the flats to humber bridge,hull etc to create a project painting on a wall for the flats. I lived there in the 80's and also went to St johns school and Park hill school. i remember Des Lols and was sorry to hear of him gone. i had many years on there and i sometimetimes wish i could project my memories onto a projection panel lols. I knew loads of people. Plain Talker...maybe you n me owt to swop thoughts lols?

Looking For Infomation On The Surnames Clawson,Matthews,Attwood,Birch Can You Help?Only Names That May Be Connected Will Help, They Had Connections With Sheffield,Canada,London. Thanks.

Coal Miner Relatives Or Miners Of 1931 At Or Around Handsworth Etc.. Looking For Infomation On Josepth Matthews Who Worked In Handsworth As A Coal Miner (Ripper) Can You Remember " Olivers Field" ?

CAN ANYBODY PLZ HELP ON INFO ON WHAT WAS Called... OLIVERS FIELD IN HANDSWORTH,My Grandma Was Born There In Caravan 2 And I'm Researching. Thanks.

What Great Photos Pete...You Can Almost Feel The Action And Hear The Noise As These Photos Are 100% Excellant!!!! You've Caught The Effect Of Them Clappsing At An Absolute Spot On Moment..... Keep Them Coming.... I Know Not Only Me But Everybody Else On "Ere" Will Treasure Em For Time T Come!

Thanks M8...Most Gratefull For Your Info.. I Remember The 2nd Lot Of Bendibuses Coming Out And All The Schollchildren Had To Enter A Competion To Name Them? God They Looked Modern Then But How Dated They Look Now And What A Shame To See The City Clipper Route Abolished..I Have A Photo Too Of A Bendibus City Clipper On Pond St Old Exchange If Anyones Intrested. Remember Waiting For The Bus And Watching The Postal Bags Go Round And The Roxy Sign Trailing Round.

i surprised ur dont remember me..aint it a small world cause id have gone by ur many a time.we lived on chancel row me and my dad on the stairs in the corner near the news agents end and he was well known on the flats. we lived opposite pete who worked for tuffnells parcells...i know i would 'nt go back and live on em again.

Any Photos Or Pics Of Bendibuses? Esp The 1st White MAN Ones . I Remember The 1st Ones Borrowed From Germany?And They Were On Trial But They Werent Up To The Job? The Newer Bendibuses Had Rear Wheel Steering To Help With The Sharp Bends Around The City Clipper Route Which I Remember Used To Be Free To Use. I Remember In The Transport Executive Shop Under The Hole In The Road They Had A Model Of One Of These Bendibuses And Now For The Life Of Me I Car nt Find One. Those Were The Days When Ur Could jump On The City Clipper If Ur Were Bored N Nowt T Do And Ride Around Town For Free! And If Ur Went Anywhere It Was 2p On Another bus. I Remember Travelling Between Mansfield And Sheffield For £1-00 And That Included 3! Buses:o

I Went to king edward lower school at crosspool before moving up to the upper school near the hallamshire hospital..i left in 1986 after my final year of schooling. i had a "ride out" round crosspool a while back and was shocked to see king edward lower school has been demolished and a college there now:o i can still remember most of the teachers..mr gallager (head of the lower school...god he was a big chap!) who i heard died of a heart attack just after the lower school closed. miss jones depeuty head?miss walker? 20 years on now nearly!....where has the time gone?????? :o :

i remember on hyde park when they come round every flat and changed the locks for ones you could open from the inside with no keys...the little kids would put there arms thru the letterboxes and be able to unlock ur front door when ur wernt in!!!!!!! that is till they come round with them letter box plates and the door handle gaurds! i remember one of the porters too..his name was granville..he had artharitis in his leg and moved his job to work on park hill after hyde park. off bevis row i can remember kirk (he knew bono and they both were a wizard on the bmx's) who moved to wyborn...pete lawson...claire and samantha who were sisters. can ur remember the sinks on hyde park too...they had a drain pipe sized piece ud pull up to let ur waste down...phhewww they always use to smell never mind how much bleach etc ud use. More Photos Please Pete...As Many As Ur Got!

Yes Pllllllz...Any Photos And Pics Would Be Vvvvvery Gratefull! I Carnt Believe I ve Managed To Get The Photos Off This Site Of Before It Went As Id Have Lost Them Forever. I Remember Des As Looking Abit Like Frank Butcher . How Right Him At The Meeting Was About In Twenty Years Time The State Of The Flats Would Be.What A Waste Of Money ETC They Spent On That So Called Improvements In The Centre Near The Shops.

hey yo! i was bowled over to find this about hyde park flats,i used to live on chancel row number 56 or 58 i think..it was on the stairs,creeepy they were especialy at night. i remember the target pub and i can remember derek chambers cause i used to hang around with his lad craig..can ur remember micheal comber who use to live on st johns row cause i know him too..i can remember the electric carts used by the porters and i can remember when they updated them to faster zippier ones too!..i think they had a yelow one and a orange un i can remember when near the shops it used to be flat and they came along and built all manner of stuff to try and tidy the place up...there was a little park up near the target pub and i can still remember the jcb with the hydraulic hammer smashing it up...remember the marble sign on the wall near the community centre,it was a browny color about who opened the flats..people used to use it as a ledge to get down off that grass bit above. hey yo too...i can remember mexican des too cause he knew me to talk too and my dad Mick Evans. we moved away to norfolk park sometime in the 80's but i have many memories of this place still today and most days i think back to the great BMX catch me if ur can cat and mouse games we' d play around the landings. i went to st johns school temp and park hill too and i remember the day before we 'd had a game of tiggy and i tried to carry it on nxt morning...only prob was i tug him nxt morning with a pot on my arm forgeting it was on my arm and he was not amused! still hyde park was great if ur had a bike cause it cut city road out! u could come from town and use it to get to sky edge then across to the BMX track across the road where the 96 bus used to run...by the way i was at the meeting in the comunity centre that helped design that bmx track. i can remeber the police station being built near the shops because they reckoned it would help curb crime on the flats. i remeber sue too at the shop cause my dad used to go in too and "scrap" betwen giros and if ur did nt pay her lad would come and !ask ur! . Can ur remember the (sorry to call em this) rapper lot? one moved away to wyborne and one was a colored youth. can you remember the paintings they did near the porters offices....i helped out with those on the days away to hull and cleethorpes etc with a group involved in them. I could go on and on cause i 've many merories.