ACE WASTE

Hands up it was me who put the offer in our young un wanted a cowboy outfit for Christmas, sorry i know its an old joke but couldnt resist,

well done Perry lad i remember you at Veolia,

theres no wonder he did a runner to Monaco, but if you know the story it didnt do him any good karma came round and bit him in the ar5e.

when i first started work on the tip in 1987 Vinnie Maher had the left hand side of the tip as you passed the bridge and John Roper who i worked for at the time had the right he then sold the skip side to Drinkwater Sabey so the Duke reclaimed the tip and paid Vinnie off for the rest of his lease so he could open Parkwood Landfill ltd, then Vinnie moved to the old gas works and used it as a transfer station, the site was cleared and is now Arthurs waste.

John Roper had half the site and Vinnie Maher had the other all the land was owned by the Duke of Norfolk who reclaimed it back in the mid 80s, i think the gas and electricity was further down Parkwood road near the old Monkey pub now La Pla hyrolics

There were two sides to the tip one was Sheffield city council which took the ashes from Bernard road incinerator and also ran the Douglas road civic amenities site which is now run by Veolia. The other half was Parkwood Landfill which in fairness was a Special Waste licensed site and was allowed by their permit to accept hazardous waste and had the backing of the Environment agency who paid regular visits to the site. Hope this helps.

there are four large chimneys and a white water tower, there are now work units on the land.

is the rock on rock street still open? i remember when Rodger Booth had it, some characters went in there

Oakland road Hillsborough, i remember having races bombing down it on a roller skate with a Beano annual on it for a seat, happy days indeed.

I remember getting quite drunk in a bar in Largs Scotland many years ago when the landlord pulled me to one side to have a quiet word to which i replied "whats up wi thi you only live once" and his reply has stayed with me till this day he said "Nay son you live every day you only die once so mind how ya go"

400 degrees c was awful they smash up your popadoms into a hundred pieces my fish starter had to go back it was wafer thin and burnt to a crisp the my chicken biriyani was tasteless and made with cheap drumstick meat so sorry peeps it was not an enjoyable meal at all.

in the 70s as a young lad brought up on oakland road we used to play football in hillsborough park then make our way home via Taplin chippy, with no money in our pockets we never got tired of standing in the doorway and shouting "has tha got any chips left mister" he would play along and say yeah loads which we would reply "serves thi sen reyt for making too many" he would then shake his fist and tell us to bugger off but not before throwing a chip at each of us, if you were good at catching it were a reyt bonus, happy days indeed.

its nailed on there will be a tax on wood burners not because of any of the above its because its free fuel and the government dont like that, the burners are not polluting at all its what you put on them. If you use well seasoned wood there is not a problem so it is the coal that is the problem but the government wont stop selling that because it makes money, take a look at rural France nearly every home has a burner and they have the clearest skies and an abundance of flora and fauna, you make up your own minds but for me if you are responsible they are well worth it at the moment.

We used Hearths and Homes around 8 years ago who took out our gas fire and fitted a wood burner we have never had a problem they are located just off London road hope this helps. whoever you choose make sure you get a HETAS certificate.

we went to the Holly Bush for some underage drinking as we nervously approached the bar who popped up from behind it only the greatest teacher that ever lived Mr Trevor Snell (games teacher at Myers Grove) "good evening gentlemen what will it be four pints of bitter" followed with a wink and that set the standard so every time i hear the Holly Bush i think of my best pint served by a true gent and i will raise a glass to him tonight Trevor Snell R.I.P