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I can remember it being a Bentleys pub but to young to have drank it my father was a regular when Don Greaves had the Ball, I drank the Hammonds beer in there though.

John Carnell used to frequent the Arms in 80,s havn`t seen him since, George and John, Vic Betts, Kieth Green and your`re right 68 all my age.

Spoke to my brother on the phone yesterday and he tells me Vic Betts is back visiting from Australia, plan to go up to Sheff in a couple of weeks to see if I can catch up.

Brilliant photo`s can just see the old gun plant in the mist on the photo looking down Hunsley street. Does anyone recall a bad accident outside St Thomas`s church, according to my brother a truck`s brakes failed as it came over the brow of the hill on Holywell. I can`t remember supposedly late fifties.

I can`t remember Terry, I knew Mick Rhodes worked for Jimmy Childs after leaving school with Barry Lowkes who`s mother had the shop on the corner of Rothay and Wincobank Lane.

What times did the Buzzer/Siren go off every day. I think it sounded at twelve noon and 5.30 teatime but did it also go of in the evening?. When as youngsters we were up wood no one had a watch in them days so the only way of knowing the time is when the siren went off, either that or go down and have a look at Jimmy Childs clock.

Probably a bit older than you as I remember my mother taking us to Millhouses on the tram, changed trams at the town hall as the trams going in to town from Upwell Street went to Woodseats, as a kid I always thought it had Woodseats on the tram because the tram had wooden seats. I`m not that thick honest.

It`s been quiet on here for a while has grimesthorpe closed for Lent. I`ll have to wait until the weekend for any updates as I`ve got 3 grimey visitors brother John, Brian Glasby and Seth Fothergill, it`s given nice weather for them just hope they get run out of town by the locals.

On the first photo showing Reform Chapel and jennal at the end of the terraced houses there used to be a very popular Cafe always plenty of trucks parked up, never went in it I think it only opened for lunch. Used to go in Emery`s Cafe watching Albert Parr and Freddy Yarrow having a go at each other, no violence only verbal.

Mick (Buler) Swords lived in the back to back cottages on Upwell Street, you could access their yard either from Upwell Street side of Williams`s house or off Chambers Lane. Same yard as Kelvin Holland (Flake) and Christifors.

And Chappels, Annie stood for no nonsense, a old workmate of mine lived around the back called Pete Prior. John Carnell lived at the Arms end of Chambers lane in the yard before the dyke, I think its a tyre place now.

That`s the one one, used to deliver papers on there for Huntingdon`s 50 odd years ago, memories Eh:roll:

Did they call it Upwell Terrace ?

Doesn't Martin Wilkes still live in his parents old house? HAPPY 2014 take care.

From Chambers Lane through to Huntingdons paper shop (later Collins swapshop) were all back to back houses, excluding Williams house.