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Hi Brian, yes I had 2 scooters back in the late 60's a Lambretta series 2 TV175 and a series 3 SX200 and I have recently restored a 1981 GP150. If I can work it out I've got some photo's to show you... but be patient.

A Tommy Pywell lives in Grimesthorpe.

Cheers, it's been bugging me what they called that pub'.

Brian, go to Brid' the last weekend in October, it's the Lambretta Club of Great Britain's last show of the year, you can't move for them, and there are some fantastic scooters.

Well there's a name from the past, Ingram's Tea, my sister and myself used to deliver their tea in the Grimesthorpe area in the 60's. I think it was 64/65 that we stopped delivering, often wondered what happened to the company.

Cheers for that.

Yes 'Butcher Bentall' , still shudder at the thought of him. Only went twice, first time I thought, must be one of his bad days, gosh was I wrong.

Can anyone remember the Saturday matinee at the Victory Picture Palace, I can remember one of the serials being about Seaplanes, anybody any idea what it was called.

Yes, very sorry to hear about 'Micky' Carol and their two lads must be distraught. RIP Micky.

I've been told it's going to be a Polski shop, I think a people are guessing, but the way they are doing it, do a bit, stop, do a bit stop, not sure, will let you know.

Don't know about Boots, I would have thought if were Boots it would have been done by now.

A body has been found in the river don. It was found by the volunteers clearing debris from the river.

Hey up bantycock, I'm fine thanks, took early retirement just before Christmas and think it's brilliant, wish I could have done it years ago, I can recommend it, provided you keep yourself busy doing the things you want to do.

How is John, must be 40 years since I last saw him.

Hi wallace2720, which of the Wrights are you, I used to go to school with John?

Hi hillsbro, yes that's it, the lower one. You mention the hydraulic lifts on Sheffield Station, As a young apprentice I worked on the station with the electricians and fitters (OMD, Plant and Machinery Department) whose workshop was in the old 'Barbers shop' on the station front, I remember going into the pumphouse, where the pumps were that pumped up a massive weight, which gave the pressure to operate the lifts, everything was spotlessly clean and shinny. The punphouse was where the B&C Funeral Parlour is now.

Many years ago (late 60's early 70's) along with a work mate, we walked through the tunnel, I believe from Nunnery Carriage Sidings, near the old drivers, hostel onto the bridge. That was just before they started constructing the Parkway

When I was an apprentice with British Rail, I worked with fitters and electricians who worked at 'Wicker Goods'. I was told the tunnel was for moving goods wagons from 'Wicker Goods' up to Bridgehouses, and a winch being used rather than a locomotive?

Hi Brian, on the corner of Carlisle St towards Brightside Lane was the old BR coal yard, later to become a scrap yard. The National Freight Warehouse (Sheffield Freight Terminal) was further down Upwell St, at the junction where Upwell St meets Brightside Lane (where the post office is now). As you came out of the bridge towards Brightside Lane, on the right was a long blue building, that was the Maintenance shop where I served my apprenticeship, starting 1966, but I had moved away from there and was working at a railway depot in Worksop when the Freight Terminal caught fire, I could see the smoke from Worksop.

Hi Brian, it's not a case of spotting it, sad thing is, I remember it as it was.

Hi Brian, good photo' I've got a painting of that picture, done by 'Rick' and I've just noticed that in the background you can just see the old Victory Picture Palace, then to the right side is the old Regent and you can see the top of the Bentleys Brewery sign on the Ball Inn. The cottage at the back of Truswell's yard is where Cyril Seaman used to live, do you remember him from Grimesthorpe Club?

I used to walk past it every day on my way to Owler Lane Infants School, it was Truswells (Cottams) stables, when they had horse and carts, then a few years later when I walked to Owler Lane Senior School it was their lorry park, and of course it was all demolished when the cottages were demolished. A man called Ron Spencer, lived on Southwell Rd, used to drive one of the horse and carts then later one of the lorries, one thing I remember about him was his hands, they were really big, like shovels. The lorry park behind the houses at the bottom of Wensley St was P & O Middletons (green lorries).

Hi Brian, brilliant photo.

It doesn't look like that now.

I passed the 'Arms' yesterday, builders were putting in new windows so could see inside...it's been gutted and it looks like cladding put on the interior walls.. like it's going to be a shop????? We'll have to wait and see.