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Worked at Sheffield Twist Drill which was next Door to James Neil. We heard that an apprentice fitter started at one and worked in the morning at James Neill and the afternoon at Sheffield Twist Drill.

As the place was like a warren caught the shop steward having a knee trembler on the stairs with a woman. He was coming up to retirement. think it was his retirement present.

That's a lot better than a watch

I started at the school in or around 1962 to 1966 i have never been able to track anyone i went to school with Mr Hughs was the Head and Mr Roach was the DH after him came Mr Cooper i think i know he was also a Math teacher Mr Howe was my form teacher we also had Drama with a Mr Whitehouse if anyone went around that time i would love to hear from you,

I left in 67 so you must have been in an older year than me,can't you remember anybodies names from your year I can remember a few. Whereabouts on GV did you live

Yeah - 137. I was born in the upstairs bedroom of that very maisonette, nearly 55 years ago. We moved out in 1963 (just after the hurricane) up to Constable Drive were I was raised. I left Constable Drive in May 1979 to join the Royal Navy, and am still in. Have lived away from Sheffield ever since but still come back round my old haunts and Hemsworth/The Valley is always very special to me.

 

Julie is in her mid sixties and lives in Spain now and Helen lost her battle with cancer in 2010 aged 56.

 

Where did you live? I have quite a few pictures of that era but unsure if this forum allows uploads.

 

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We lived at 123 in the same maisonettes from 58 to 63 then we moved to near the Bagshawe Arms my mother still lives there. I moved to Manchester in 70 and still live there.My mother has a picture of all the kids in our flats stood on the bridge to the flats in around 1960 Julie and Helen are on it.Sorry to hear about Helen 56 is no age.It was a great place to grow up,so much to do we had all the countryside to play in yet we were only 20 mins by bus from town.Have you been down Gaunt rd recently, it's overgrown and shabby not like I like to remember it

Art teacher William Proctor's nickname was 'Whistling Jack' on account of his overbite giving him the whistles when he talked. He retired in '75 I think and was replaced by Mr James.

 

'Cyril' Smith was certainly there in the late sixties as he taught both my sisters (Julie and Helen Woods)

 

Garth Howe died recently from cancer. Great teacher.

 

Mr Turner was also a nice bloke too.

Did your sisters live in the maisonettes on Gaunt rd

Dave Berry eh? The Crying Game! Only hit record he ever made wasn't it? I've still got a copy on a 45.

 

It's a little bit before my time this really, I was only a babe growing up in the 60's, but with two older brothers at home I got exposed to a lot of the 60's stuff. The Dave Berry record is a hand-me-down, from my big bruv.

 

My memory of him, apart from watching his name rotate on a 45 beneath the fluff-gathering stylus of my Dansette, was seeing him out on the town in the 1970's. He used to dress like Bela Lugosi and strut around the clubs and The Nursery Tavern. Folks would whisper, "that's Dave Berry!" because he was something of a celebrity figure. But he'd had his day by then in terms of fame I think?

 

Other bands I remember from my era would be "ABC" - who I think made the big time for a while - and a band called "The Push". A friend of mine was a drummer for them. Crackin' lad - with a slight resemblance to Ringo Starr.

He had another hit with a record called Mama,

Does anyone know if the flooded quarry is still there, as kids in the early 60s we used to climb down there and catch newts in our fishing nets bought from the basegreen shops, the prized catch was a black and yellow crested newt.there was a submerged car and we used to jump from the edge onto its roof, none of us could swim but we never fell off, im sure some kid did drown there , just wondering if lts still there or been filled in

Would they be allowed to fill the quarry, as the Crested Newt is protected

Pop Smedley physics, Proctor (hearing aid) Art and chess class at night. Howe geography, can hear brass neck now, go and fetch Mr Howes cane so I can hit you with it,LOL. Mrs Maillard? Was she the French teacher?

Anyone remember a music teacher called Miss or Mrs Sablovs? She was off het head LOL>

Yes she was,she was from Belgium,Mr Howe was his nickname Plod?

Mr. Howe (Geography)

 

Mr. Proctor (art or Chemistry, something like that)

 

Mr Smith (English?)

 

Mr Turner (Metalwork)

I was there 63 to 67 don't recall Mr Smith, Mr Proctor was Art,I think he was our House (Kestrel) leader

Gleadless Valley Secondary (Modern) school ‘64-‘65

 

Any memories?

Yes Miss Chapman the girls P.E. teacher in her hockey skirt

Formark rd was on other side of Stubbin to me I lived on Horninglow rd and like I said earlier my sister still lives there . My grand parents lived on Fairthorne rd last house on corner where it meets Hatfield house lane .Used to hang around the dial a bit . I was in the life boys then boys brigade and a few lads came from that area .David and Maureen Flood come to mind

My Great Grandma lived in that house in the 50ts,my Grandma,your Auntie Lucy lived next door

Ron Springett was my hero, he wasn,t very tall but every cross was his, he didn't wear gloves, we used to throw oranges to him, he squeezed the juice on to his hands for grip, he is never mentioned when England goalies are talked about but he was one of the greats, he held the record for England caps before Banks came along and was reserve for the 66 world cup team.

I was going to mention the oranges,then I thought am I right with that,I remember watching him at Filbert st we beat Leicester 1.0 he got 10 in the News of the World ratings on Sunday morning.Not sure, but I think it was the first time I'd seen that

My favourite Wednesday players....Bronco and left-winger Colin Dobson.

And Ron Springett, you can't miss him out, He was my hero as a kid,

Just going back to how bad Clumber were at sports. We couldn't even muster enough swimmers for the Friday night water polo matches. The goalkeeper was OK in the shallow end but was hanging on to the goal for dear life in the deep end. We gave bad a new meaning.

Excellent I can just picture that goalie,but water polo on Friday night after school ?

I remember about Blaskeys. My sister used to work for them at the house She did cleaning and ironing also. I was only young but I remember she said they worked her very hard and paid very little.

I could use someone like your sister, can she sew?

There was a nice Pub in Middleton, Manchester called Who'd A Thowt It, the building is still there and maybe it's name was apt because who'd a thought it would be, what it is nowadays. Bet you can't guess

Take a drive over to the chip inn at whitwell been over today from Beighton well worth the drive! proper thick fish cakes and nice white fish inside! also great chips and mushy pea! this is not your average chippy its really good

If anyone is ever in the Bury area,there is a Chippy in Ramsbottom called the Wayward Tyke.It's original owner was from Yorkshire and he taught the present owner how to cook fish,chips and mushy peas the proper way,he still uses Dripping and makes really good proper fish cakes.So if you are ever over there bear it in mind you won't be disappointed

I never knew that cafe was called Chris's but remember it well, on the left going away from Piccadilly. Am I right in thinking it stayed open all night? I know that I was never in there until well after midnight and always had liver and onions for some reason.

I didn't know El Bosanova but there were lots of places in Manchester in the late 60s/early 70s that fitted your description. Many of them were afternoon drinking clubs that started to fill up shortly after 3:00pm. The Theatre Club on Kennedy Street was the one I remember best but there was one on Whitworth Street and another on Quay Street whose names escape me. At night late drinking could be had in the Press Club which was more upmarket but harder to gain entry.

There was also one above the Grosvenor Cinema in All Saints Square which I think was called George's. Lots of unlicensed gambling in that one.

Happy memories of my misspent youth in Manchester. Thank you for taking me back.

The Saddle on West st,was good but for me it was The Truro on Queens rd in the late 6ts

Now i think it's Woodseats Fisheries on Chesterfield Rd. When i was a kid it was Wilkinsons on the manor, Prince of Wales Rd Shops. When it was open the queue used to be massive.That's when they still came in Newspaper!

When I come to see my family I go to Woodseats Fisheries, when I come over to watch Wednesday I go to Riverlin fisheries never had bad food at either.I remember the one on Prince of Wales Rd we used to pass it on the no2/3 circular bus was always busy

Memories of forty years or so ago - when they transferred the business- Vaus`s

fishcakes opposite Wadsley Church, Worrall Road...unbeatable..I`ve found

no other chippy in the country to compare with those fishcakes - and they were the real ones - not scallops.

Have you tried the chippy opposite Hillsbro Park,I had a couple of nice fishcakes from there, I think it's called the Jolly Rodger

Only when you move away from Sheffield/Yorkshire can you appreciate how good our food is from a decent Chippy

If you don't live in Sheffield anymore,but visit now and again it makes you appreciate how tasty Sheffield/Yorkshire Fish and Chips are from good Chippy.Even the Peas are better and you can't get proper Fishcakes

I used to work at Davey's many moons ago. There were several floors with differing service. The top floor was ultra posh the next was silver service and the ground floor was self service and downstairs was a grill. I worked in the self service and we were allowed lunch and that was my 1st ever taste of tomato sausage ( still love it now! ). they used to serve it with a pool of fresh tomato sauce and the pork sausage with apple sauce! classy place.

My Grandma was a cook there,if it's the same one,didn't they get done for selling Horse meat. My uncle owned Fredricks Pork butchers, best tomato sausage ever

Yes the old juke box singles with no centres. That meant that they had some over usage before one even bought them and you then had to go and buy the 'middles'.

 

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Not if they had any sense, utter garbage even if the records (and artists) were cheap.

Hey come on,don't be so nasty the guy was only asking a question,there Is loads of great records that came out on unusual labels.Check out Music for Pleasure

Violet Mays was on the corner of Matilda Street and Earl Way in the mid 60s.At the time my parents had a pub and my mother used to go there to buy records for the juke box...with hole punched out...sometimes I would take her in the car and would park in a small car park on Earl Way a few yards down from the shop....

I spent hours in Violet May's trawling thru loads of Ska and Bluebeat records,I found some really good stuff,I often wondered were she got it all from.I also found some nice Soul stuff,I found Billy's Bag and Harlem Shuffle both on Sue Records, I thought I would get them for pennies, but no she knew exactly what they were worth, this would have been 68/69 she was so clued in