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Hi Charlie 79 Some further information from The Kelly’s Directories of Sheffield & Rotherham. From my experience, always treat the information in the Directories with a little caution, particularly the fact that a person lived at the address stated in a particular year. The Directories were not a Census, never the less they are a very helpful resource. Lancing Road , Sheffield 2: 135 KAY Mrs. Annie Beatrice. 1940. 84 BARTLETT Fred, lorry driver. 1940. 135 (house number not listed and is the last time it is listed in the directories I personally hold). 1944. 84 KAY Arthur labourer. 1944. 84 KAY Arthur labourer. 1948. 84 KAY Arthur labourer. 1951. 84 KAY Arthur. 1954. 84 KAY Arthur. 1957. 84 KAY Arthur. 1961. 84 KAY Arthur. 1963. 84 KAY Arthur. 1965. 84 KAY Arthur. 1968. 84 KAY Arthur. 1969. 84 KAY Arthur. 1970. 84 KAY Arthur. 1972. 84 KAY E. 1973. 84 KAY E. 1974. Kind regards Leipzig

Hi Charlie 79 From the Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1951 there is: Lancing Road, Sheffield (2): 84 KAY Arth. labourer Just a suggestion, I don't know if Arthur is of any connection to Ella KAY but if there is, could the number 84 have be a miss-transcribed as 54, at some point in the past. Kind regards Leipzig

Hi Open Dore Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1940: Furniss Avenue (off Totley Rise) Nobody with the surname TELFER listed. Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1944: Furniss Avenue (off Totley Rise) Nobody with the surname TELFER listed. Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1948: Furniss Avenue (off Totley Rise) Nobody with the surname TELFER listed. Are you sure that James TELFER was the householder, as only the householder was listed in a directory. I have also checked the Alphabetical Listing Section for Sheffield and there isn't a James TELFER listed I'm afraid. Kind regards Leipzig

Hi Gleadly The lower part of Arbourthorne Road only ran from City Road to the edge of the upper end of the Norfolk Park. These were the lower house numbers, 1-39 and 4-16a then the Arbourthorne Cottages and Arbourthorne Lodge, running up to Fellbrigg Road. From here the estate houses continued towards Hurfield Road with houses; 353-641, and 392-640. Sometime between 1951 and 1954 the lower part of Arbourthorne Road was renamed St Aidan's Road (the 1954 Directory says '(Formerley part of Arbourthorne road.) (No throughfare.)' St Aiden's Road covered the house numbers 1-39 and 4-22; followed on by the Arbourthorne Cottages and Arbourthorne Lodge. Kind Regards Leipzig

Hi Linda I've not come across this address before. Iv'e had a quick look in the directories but come up with a blank. If you are able to buy a copy of Arthur's death certificate, it might be more informative, or the hand writing could be difficult to decipher. However if you ask the question on this and other forums, some one may know if there was or wasn't a '3 High Gell' at the time of Arthur's death. Sorry I cannot be of more help. Kind regards Leipzig

Hi again Linda In the 1901 Census of England & Wales: RG13/4353/121 Page 21 you will find William MERRILL and his family living at 104 Franklin Street, Sharrow. The Family are: William MERRILL / Head / Married / age 40,/ Blade Forger / from Sheffield, WRY Annie E MERRILL / Wife / Married / age 38 / / from Sheffield, WRY Beatrice MERRILL / Daughter / Single / age 11 / / from Sheffield, WRY Frank MERRILL / Son / Single / 8 / / from Sheffield, WRY Florence MERRILL / Daughter / Single / age 6 / / from Sheffield, WRY Arthur MERRILL / Son / Single / age 3 / / from Sheffield, WRY Charlotte MERRILL / daughter / Single / age 1 / / from Sheffield, WRY Here is Arthur's birth registration based on his date of birth, there is only one result for the West Riding of Yorkshire: Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MERRILL, ARTHUR HOLLAM GRO Reference: 1897 J Quarter in ECCLESALL BIERLOW Volume 09C Page 455 The mother's Maiden Surname is recorded as HOLLAM but should be HALLAM On the Sheffield Indexers site this is the marriage transcription for William MERRILL and Annie Elizabeth HALLAM: HALLAM, Annie Elizabeth (Spinster, age 22, ~, residing at Bath St). Married William MERRILL, on August 23, 1885, by H K Moore (Banns) at St Silas, Gilcar. Father's name is George Thomas Hallam, Deceased (Grinder). Married in the presence of Joseph Whitehead (mark), Florence Hallam (mark). Notes: Groom signed with his mark. Page No: 159 Reg No: 317 MERRILL, William (Bachelor, age 25, Blade forger, residing at Egerton St). Married Annie Elizabeth HALLAM, on August 23, 1885, by H K Moore (Banns) at St Silas, Gilcar. Father's name is George Merrill (Stone mason). Married in the presence of Joseph Whitehead (mark), Florence Hallam (mark). Notes: Groom signed with his mark. Page No: 159 Reg No: 317 If you check out the births from the marriage date of 1885 on the GRO site for the registration district of Ecclesall Bierlow you will find more children belonging to the marriage with the mother's maiden surname of HALLAM. Kind regards Leipzig

Hi Linda Children whose births are registered in Ecclesall Bierlow with the surname MERRILL and the mother's maiden surname of WARRIS from 1919 are Births Dec 1920 (>99%) MERRILL Lily, WARRIS, Ecclesall B, Vol. 9c, Page 851 Births Mar 1922 (>99%) MERRILL Leslie N, WARRIS, Ecclesall B, Vol. 9c, Page 856 Births Dec 1928 (>99%) MERRILL Dennis, WARRIS, Ecclesall B, Vol. 9c, Page 657 source: freeBMD.org.uk On cross referencing with the GRO site, Leslie's middle name is Norman Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MERRILL, LESLIE NORMAN WARRIS GRO Reference: 1922 M Quarter in ECCLESALL BIERLOW Volume 09C Page 856 Kind regards Leipzig

Hi Linda Sorry, just discovered a typo of mine - the address in the Kelly's Directory is CARTER ROAD. Apologies. Kind regards Leipzig

Hi again Linda Just checked the address of 104 Franklin Street Sheffield in the 1921 Census on the findmypast site and for free it records that an Arthur and a Lily are living there. Pay per View to see the actual records at this time I'm afraid. Also Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1957 has an Arthur MERRILL living at 76 Cater Road, Sheffield 8 - which is a possibility. King regards Leipzig

Hi Linda From the Sheffield Indexers site - BURIALS: MERRILL, Arthur (Retired, age 77). Died at 3 High Gell; Buried on January 27, 1975 in Unconsecrated ground; Grave Number 32212, Section K6 of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield. Parent or Next of Kin if Available: ~. Remarks: ~. Plot Owner: ~ ~ of ~. Page No 166 MERRILL, Lily (Retired, age 86). Died at Nether Edge Hospital; Buried on September 14, 1984 in Consecrated ground; Grave Number 32212, Section K6 of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield. Parent or Next of Kin if Available: ~. Remarks: ~. Plot Owner: ~ ~ of ~. Page No 107 From https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Deaths Mar 1975 (>99%) Merrill Arthur 23Ap1897 Sheffield 3 1550 Deaths 1984 (>99%) MERRILL LILY 2SE1898 SHEFFIELD 3 952 Fromhttps://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/ Year 1984 MERRILL, Lily of 10 Sellers Street Sheffield, died 8 September 1984. Probate Leeds, 8 October. Not exceeding £40000 8481605362J Kind regards Leipzig

Hi Rockers Rule, Jim Hardie and Tbt https://gofile.io/d/AcB35O In the above link, I've joined the three photographs to give an impression of walking from Ecclesall road towards Cemetery Road, with Angus Terrace and Angus Square being on your left hand side. Angus Terrace consisted of three storey back-to back houses (numbered 1 to 10). Angus Square originally consisted of three storey back to back houses (numbered 11 to 20) and the block of two storey houses (numbered 1 to 10). A Godfrey map of Ecclesall and Sharrow of 1903 cleary shows the two storey block of houses at this time to consist of 10 properties. At sometime between this date and early 1950 the properties numered 1 to 2 were either destroyed or demolished. I have indicated on the photo two small red dots which indicate both ends of the passageway show on the map, by which you could access Angus Terrace from Angus Square. Hope the above helps Leipzig

Here is a link to the 1948 Kelly's directory of Sheffield, there are small differences with the 1950 version. https://gofile.io/d/ukVQ4p

Hi Johnofwrong The picture is Franklin Street, Lansdowne Road is in the background. Half of the front of the bakery can be seen directly behind the two women. Link to picture: https://ibb.co/album/fYRc1G

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Hi Chris Yes I remember the song well, happier and simpler times than today's. Cub night was always on a Wednesday night if I remember and as you say we used to go either to the chippy after or Mrs Tudor's shop and probably buy a bag of tiger nuts. Remember when we had the two day expedition to Ecllesall Woods one school holiday, you, me and Fungi, taking the wood, hammer and nails with us on the bus to build a tree house there. That's where your DIY career started Chris! Best regards Leipzig

Hi Minimo If you google "Sharrow Residents 1961" (include the quote maks) you should find electoral lists for the area for 1961 - 1962, hosted by http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk site.

From Kelly's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham (1970): Greaves, Cyril H., M.B., Ch.B. physen. & surgn as WALLBUILDER says, up near the roundabout.

Here is the scan from the 1970 edition, which may fill the gap. Regards Leipzig

The majority of houses on Franklin Street were back-to-backs and existed on both sides of the street, but as you can see from this 1950s map (map 269), it is possible to differentiate the back-to-back properties.

Picture of the certificated here

This was one of my favourite Christmas presents as a kid - brilliant game. The joy stick controlled a magnet under the board, which moved the vehicles about. I remember that you were instructed to lightly dust the board surface with talc to aid the movement of the cars and bikes. At a slightly earlier age I was given another game which worked on the same principle, except the board was designed to look like a black and white tiled floor. There were about 7 plastic crates, which had a horizontally hinged flaps at each end, which meant you could drive a small model of a pouncing cat through them. The idea was that a small mouse was hidden inside one of the crates, out of sight of the 'driver'. The player who discovered the mouse by entering the least number of crates was the winner.

Dan Dare Radio Station, but frustratingly the wired walkie-talkies didn't work!

Hi Cissy999 Electoral roll extract for Sharrow area 1961-1962 here I remember Mr James and his wife running the paper shop, he had the left hand wall of the shop, full of 6d bags of toys. I seem to remember an old chap had the shop before him, who had a glass display case with old wooden toys in it. Mr James wasn't there too long before he opened his first bike shop on Alderson Road, and then gradually expanded it, shop by shop, down Brammall Lane. You always had a difficult decision to make in Millership's shop. With 3d to spend, did you buy three things from the penny tray, or one thing from the tuppenny tray and one from the penny tray, other some other combination. I once went in there aged about seven, put my money on the counter but it rolled off. Couldn't for the life of me find where it had rolled to, until the owner said "have a look in the turnups of your trousers" - and there it was. Happy days. Regards Leipzig

I hope you haven't been on a water meter all these years.

True - but then again, yours is an openly biased opinion J.