lennonman

It might interest anyone who worked at Moore and Wrights that i visited the Science Museum in London last week and on display in the 'Britain through the ages' section was a Moore and Wrights Micrometer and original box. Got a swell of pride when i saw it! My dad could have made that! Shows that the company made an impact on the world.

I lived on Ashford Road on and off for a few years in the eighties and nineties and as my memories revolve around food, the two-steps chip shop with Graham and his mother running it, was my favourite chip shop of all time. Used to play football with Graham and he always slipped some extra food into my order! Is Roney's still there on the corner of Hickmott Road? Great pork sandwiches there, traditional butchers you dont see much nowadays. Remember the amazing hardware shop near Cowlishaw Road. You could buy anything there it was a real treasure trove of a place.

Peterf eh? I know who you are sunshine but something that i didnt know in all these years is that you are Beverley Earnshaw's cousin...kept that one quiet....or was there something more to 'playing' that you arent telling us!!! hope you are ok mr F keep in touch.

I used to go to manor pictures for the saturday matinees in the sixties. it was a bit of a free for all if i remember, lots of kids running around and screaming and the staff constantly trying to keep order. We had to sing happy birthday to kids who we didnt know and were probably lying about it being their birthday anyway!! they seemed to give a lot of seaside rock away as prizes. loved going there though my dad took me to all the james bond movies in those days shown as double bills. went to see one million years bc with raquel welch, and another dinosaur film, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, when a cavewoman exposed her breasts and my dad didnt know where to put his face!!

Just discovered this old thread. I worked at Loxleys and went to psalter lane college for art and design from 1976 to 1980 on day release. Hated having to go it seemed a long way away (two buses) and the art students were a right set of stuck up t***s! Remember mr cross who taught us composition he was a bit odd, and jack spires, who we also used to get talking on any other subject other than printing to dodge boring lessons. Frank Allen taught us general printing studies and mr Hall was some kind of a science teacher i think. I forget who taught machine minding but the lads in our classes were a great bunch. We also used to go to the banner cross for a liquid lunch and when one of the lads got a car we all piled in to go to pubs further affield, like the cherry tree at nether edge and the captive queen at norfolk park when the final lesson was at granville college as it was then. Remember a fateful occasion when we had been to the pub at lunchtime and one of the lads who was really quiet and wasnt used to drinking, had 3 pints of lager before chucking up on the floor of the comp room in front of Crossy! Happy days!

Mulberry, then Daisy/Geisha bar, Stonehouse, the gladstone, golden ball, wig and pen, dove and rainbow, silks, complete angler and then cairo jax.... for some bizarre reason, the surrey opposite the lyceum was a favourite too, ah happy days, wish they were back!!

yes remember that bowie video being on all the time. lots of stuff for the girls at that time, spandau, duran, wham (if they knew then what we know now!) remember the mulberry being full of big hair and long mullets. pity it sounds like its closed now, sheffield seems to be full of trendy soulless bars now.

the mulberry was great in the eighties. video jukebox was amazing, you were right we just used to stare at it in the days we thought madonna was fit! me and my mates used to meet for the first one in there, fridays 10 to 8, not quarter to or five to!

really surprised there arent more posts on this one. Remember this club well even though it wasnt there as the rhythm rooms for long. It was a brilliant place, i liked it because it wasnt as trendy as the other posy places in town, people were there just to have a great time, the music was party music and was all the better for it. Remember the pitchers of strong lager, used to get p****d mega quickly! Was the first place i remember the girls with the tequila holsters selling shots on the move. Oh and the women were gorgeous!

had many sleepless teenage nights thinking about mrs woofe.....

great teacher memories escort1 how the hell do you remember all those? Anyway Shakespere about the dogfood...must admit i have to laugh everytime i see it in the supermarket its me int it!! Do remember Wraggy but think his name is Terry, he was a right character very funny lad, did see him with Marie a few years ago. Do remember both Connelly's as well, was a real shock to hear about them. Also Julie Moxon rings a bell though i dont think i knew her that well. Robert Horton, Barry Fearn, Kevin Bloodworth, Andy Booth, Tony Lowe, all manor lads if i remember. You are still keeping me in suspenders with your name arent you mate, still cant place you. anyway keep the memories coming

Hi i started a recent thread about Loxleys if you want to have a look. I started as a comp in 1976 so might have just missed you, worked there for 9 years before moving to Garnetts.

Think i was in 2-7 etc..so it doesnt say a lot for me according to your previous post re streaming classes. Do remember schools like Whitby Road in Darnall being at Hurlfield a year before us in Prince Edwards and a lot of them were in the first few classes. Mark Claypole, Bill Young, David Verity and Neil Palmer were in our class along with Jackie Thomas, Linda Plews, Pamela Gregory, Elaine Winter and Wendy Clarke of the girls. Dont remember that nickname of yours although i have got to know you if you knew Bill and Rich. Dont know if they still do the reunions, found out about them on friends reunited, some great old names on there!!

went to hurlfield the same years as you and remember a lot of the names so you must have been in my year. Went to a reunion a few years ago and Karl Schmidt was there it was great to see the old faces. They had a 'turn' and it was David Verity who was in our year and is playing the clubs now.

Rich i dont know how you remember things like the paint on the arms. I dont remember it and it was me doing it!!! Does anyone remember the temporary teacher Miss Sutton. must have made an impression on me to still remember her. she was only young and very attractive and lads from other classes used to stare at her through the door while lessons were going on. Even at that young age the hormones were kicking in! In no particular order...Beverley Earnshaw, Kim Clarke, Pat Smith....enough said.

Now then young Smith Miss Veal was great she was our first teacher in the juniors and used to read us The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for 10 minutes at the end of the day. It was definitely Man Hill who was the head but there was a Mrs Biddulph but i cant recall her status. Mrs Drury did have a son and he was a bit of a boffin, recall a school quiz contest (complete with buzzers) where he answered all the questions, wonder what he's doing now! My mum always made either butterfly buns or jelly to take to the christmas party, remember dancing to Johnny Reggae by the Piglets do you remember that! Oh and just remembered my first crush, Beverley Earnshaw what a woman......er.....girl We called yellow paint Bad Bananas if i recall and i do remember the Zither too, bit medieval that wasnt it? Yes Miss Pilgrim used to do scottish dancing, remember doing that dance with the wooden swords where you interlocked them to make a star or something....and the maypole.

that sounds like something out of victorian times doesnt it? She must have died a very unhappy person. There were good teachers there though, Mr Shepherd was a great teacher, ive great memories of him.

oh yes and Mr Hill...remember the Russian hat as if it were yesterday. Me and Paul Kenny had to see him when we wanted to go and see Wednesday versus Santos when Pele played. It was a midweek afternoon kick off so we had to take letters from our parents to ask for the afternoon off so we could go. To give him credit he let us go. Was a nasty little bugger when his cage was rattled though wasnt he? Ditto Miss Kingdom and Miss Hodkin. Saw Miss Hodkin in a car park in Derbyshire about 10 years ago now. Asked her if she remembered me, she didnt, wasnt naughty enough to be remembered probably. I wasnt a member of the 'Cant Be Bothered To Work Brigade'!

Miss Pilgrim would have been really old then when she taught us in the late sixties, early seventies. Always wondered why certain teachers had to play the nasty one, as if they hated being there, she was definately one of them! Remember her teaching us needlework, dont think that would happen now.

....and the scary underpass at Manor Top where you would risk death rather than go under it. Barnards was great, a real treasure trove for kids with its sweets on one side and its toys on the other. Remember Wayne Sykes (icabard) always getting broken chocolate pieces from there. It competed with Hibberts on the other side of the island for kids' pennys and halpennys. Do remember well Mr Shepherd and the sex lessons though. it brought a tear of laughter to me when i recalled it. Did we have to get our parents permission to have the lessons or have i imagined it? He never let it drop did he, even in the changing rooms when we had p.e. he sat us down to say 'now have we all got this reproduction business then lads?' before launching into another session of dads lying on top of mums.... Neil Palmer is now driving for a printing company and has been married 25 years. What was the name of the headmaster its doing my head in, he used to come into assembly wagging his slipper when someone had nicked the milk or something. Actually slipper them in assembly too. Blimey!

Wow im truly amazed at the stuff you two can remember, its 40 years ago now isnt it! Yes Irish night where the parents were invited with me panicking if id remembered to invite them. Hollowed out jacket potatoes filled with cheese to give them, and a film show showing how the Irish dug peat up...must have been a cracking night out for them. Was on holiday for the moon landings but remember watching Charlie become the prince of Wales on the giant telly in the hall. What a treat to miss lessons to watch tv, by all accounts thats all they do at schools now. Fancy dress, ah yes Mr Kenny looked great in his fu manchu outfit with his bootlace moustache that his mum made. He must have had a certain prowess in the changing rooms because there used to be an advert out at the time for a chocolate bar called 'big one' and we used to sing 'Kenny's sticks out a mile' to the song on the advert.....while walking to Woodthorpe baths!! Make contact Paul we need you on here. Dont remember making an effort for the fancy dress but Neil Palmer went as a boxer with a silk dressing gown...will speak to him about that soon. Yes, the showers and Wacky Races, what a laugh that was, you are right Bill a complete overreaction to put the slip mats down spoiled all the fun!! We had some great games of togger in the playground, David Kiddy was always on the opposing side and he always cheated, right dirty bugger if i remember. When we played for the school team we always had a rivalry i used to wrestle with him with the ball to take the throw ins! There is still a photo somewhere in my family of the school team in 70-71 with me holding the ball on the front row, Richard and Paul Kenny are on it, others being David Kiddy, Sharpy Nigel Cutts, Ian Parkin, and a few that never seemed to play but were on the photo like Tony Lowe and Robert Horton. Remember Rich doing his collar bone on the slide in the yard at winter time and also remember Kevin Maw was the best at sneaking up behind you and slapping your arse with the back of his hand that really hurt! great memories keep em coming

you are right Eldonsmith, Vasquez Rich has a very famous name and i am left handed! Remember Rich having a harpoon gun and its very likely it was fired into a bedroom door.....You remember a lot more than me, cant for the life of me remember making cows out of chicken wire, or the Frankie Vaughan thing, do remember Trevor though. The only charity thing i did was do the walkaid thing every year where you had to walk 15 miles and get sponsored for it. Racking my brains to think who you may be, you know Sharpy and Jock so I should know you!

I used to go in the Redhouse when Linda Greatorex had it a few years ago before she retired. She was at the old Harlequin in the wicker now demolished. We had some fantastic nights in the Redhouse, i used to play and run music sessions in there and we had some amazing musicians turn up. Would be great to remember the good times in there with musicians and regulars alike.

hey drinkingman, thanks a million for the pic, yes that's me dad and ive never seen that photo before! Ive saved it if thats ok will be great to show everyone. Thanks again mate.

hi nanrobbo and drinkingman, do you remember my dad Bert Winnell, he was at Moore and Wrights for many years. he sadly passed away 16 years ago now.