Arfer Mo

HI Bri39 l lived on Earldom St off Petre St, you mentioned a girl named Dawn that died, was she about 15 at the time can you tell me, l used to knock about with lads and lasses on that area and had a little heart throb, for this girl named Dawn, never knew lher surname if i did l don't recall.I went to live down Cornwall for awhile and when l came back someone said she had died, l was shocked and went home and never went down there again now l am wondering if it could be the same lass, l am talking 72 years ago Cheers Arfer Mo

Hi Gemini2 l was just browsing this forum and saw you mention Roger Varley, its a name that goes back many years with me, he worked with me in the building trade,if its the same Roger he will about retiring age now, he lived at Wincobank the last address l recall, very keen angler, will you let me know, if l am barking up the wrong tree, Cheers Arfer Mo

HI Tup yes we made those, plus rabbit hutches, shelves for mum , sledges made of old tin and scrap wood ,rope for swings out of orange box ties,we used to build dens out of old carpet old corrugated sheets. [ l won't say what went on in there]l would like to make houses and churches from old cardboard when it was raining, we played games as well, we did not know what being bored was, nowadays it seems a common phrase, not many had even radios, when l was very young,lots had not even electricity. Very happy days. Arfer mo

Big Ada would be about 25 yrs old when l first met her, l was 14, a green apprentice cabinet maker at Cockaynes,l had to go errands during the morn and one of the blokes asked me to go to her and ask for a pound of damaged tomatoes, she said what's his name who sent thee for them, l said Roland, Roland who she said, l don't know his other name said l, well tell him l am on the lookout for him and when l find him i'll break his f.......g neck, when l told him he went white and said why did you tell her my name, bloke on the next bench said it serves thee right, and she will make it in her way to search thee out, he went whiter still. l got my own back a few days later and told him she had grabbed me and forced me to tell her thee name, and where l worked. she said she was coming up there later this afternoon, l can't stand chuffs who take the **** outer kids he had the afternoon off! Cheers Arfer Mo

HI Tup l started as an apprentice cabinet maker at Cockaynes and miine was having my trousers pulled down, and my private parts smeared with the glue brush what a mess, then l was sent to the machine shop fo the long stand,sent back to the shop with a tin of frys breakfast cocoa to change it for dinner cocoa,and several other legpulls and when l was sent for a sweep l refused to go, despite being told several times it was not a joke, finally Len Blackledge, a nice chap, went for it himself and explained to me why it was called a sweep, it swept round in a curve, happy days 74 years ago Skeets

yes, l think when one has quit and got over the withdrawal symptoms, its the aroma of nice tobacco that still lingers in the mind l keep thinking about starting again after thirty years without, at 87 this year they would not have time to do me much harm , then l think of the price and think NO chance.Arfer Mo

l used to treat my old dad to a few ounce of Balkan Sobranie it was fairly expensive but his eyes used to light up when l gave it to him, he loved it, and it did smell good when he lit up, l would not leave till l had a good sniff. Does anyone remember the machines that dispensed 2 woodbines and 2 matches for penny in a slim green box, then there was the open paper packet with 5 cigs for twopence. Cheers everyone Arfer Mo.

HI poppins is this a rehash.Any how my first car was a Standard 10 for70£ the back seats was dirty and torn, but that did not matter as l was to saw the top half of the body off, this was fairly easy as it was aluminium, then l built a little truck body on it for work, this was the first of 41 vehicles i have had in my lifetime, and the only one which l remember the reg; number JO 3290,l went through cars and vans like a dose of salts and lost a little fortune, and l never had a test[tests were relaxed] also in 70 years of driving l always had a clean license and still have. Cheers Arfer Mo.

HI Do you recall old Mrs Wenninger. we traded there 50 yrs ago, she was a nice old lady, she had quite a few houses, l did her work on them at one time. and yes they were the best, and their pork. Cheers. Arfer Mo.

do you mean wilson pecks

Around half a century ago when l WORKED in the UK l knew one and l gave him a little leg up to achieve it [ my accountant! ] Cheers Arfer Mo

HI Old Tup lt's strange l have just posted about a similar thing l had the opportunity to take art at the tech but my dad put his foot down and said they could not afford it, get a job he said [wanted a few more bob to spend on ale] more like. Arfer Mo

HI CHAIRBOY I was going to post to say this thread brought back a tearful day in my life when my teacher Mr Hall at All Saints C of E School had acquired a place for me at C T S ,but my father said no we have been looking for a bit more money coming in [ more like a few less pints a week] the other thing l would like to know, you mentioned a name Pell, do you recall his Christian name, was it Alan, Cheers Arfer Mo.

ours was a box on the wall, earpiece on a bracket, mouthpiece in the middle of the box circa 1935. Arfer Mo

HI Grinder. l go back a little earlier,l was 6 yrs old in 1929, at that time we were living in a professional area Broomhill, but in a back to back house on Gloucester st, and the most brilliant thing happened, we had electricity installed !!. and l could not stop clicking this switch on and off and seeing this brilliant light,,l thought it was miraculous, but a clip round the earhole soon stopped me,about 30 yrs later Broomspring Lane the adjoining rd really did come to be Professioal in the true sense of the word . Cheers Arfer Mo

Hi l worked there from 1949 to 1953 maintenance joiner worked with Charlie Cox and Bernard Oakes,[ l believe his son took his place] l got on well with the Super; Harold Kirkman. left my job open to me for 3 months after l left [to start on my own]but would never have gone back, although it was a good job and money, l heard it was not so good after the other people took it over.Cheers Arfer mo

HI harvey19 Many thanks for your reply, l am so glad to hear l was wrong re;Colin l cannot recall who told me but it was over 40 years ago, here l am thinking and telling others the wrong facts all these years l have a school photo with Colin on it, do you know if he is still alive? i would like to get in touch.look out for the photo,thanks once again, arfer mo.

l suppose you are jesting, as l was, when l posted, but in case you wasn't l will describe it, although l lost my print before l left school,it was my art teacher Mr Hall who entered it on behalf of All Saints C of E School at Pitsmoor Sheffield. It was a lino cut entitled * The Cave Man,*it depicted a sparsely fur clad man with spear and shield, stood in the entrance of a cave looking out into space, and viewed from the rear of the cave,hence the silhouette scene, the theme had to be original so it was only started that certain morning without any premonition, ill' have a print if you find it!!! Cheers Arfer Mo

including my lino cutting exhibited in the schools exhibition of 1935:

HI SUTman l was the first to reply to you, and just as l was to submit l lost it, [don't know how,] so after 2 hours of searching with out a result now a short reply. l used to play as an 11 year old with Colin Gillott son of the firm and needless to say we stuffed ourselves with pastries when Colin sneaked the back door key to the bakery,this was about 1934, so that may surprise you as to how old the firm was, but it was certainly in existence before the war, l don't know when the firm closed but well after the war. l lost touch with Colin when l started to play with girls instead of boys but l heard the poor lad committed suicide a few years later, we both went to All Saints School which incidentally was the very top building of Lyons St and the bakery was the very bottom. Cheers Skeets

HI YOU WICKED WITCH. Was the shop DOLCIS WICKED ARFER MO

in other words mind your own business

was it R0pers

HI Mo are you a full Mo Cos' l am Arfer Mo Excuse the pun l coudn't resist it, anyway you mentioned Cockaynes l went to work there Oct 1937 as an apprentice cabinet maker and l will be talking about that in another thread, Cheers arfer mo

YES She did have at least one younger one . Arthur