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Not in Sheffield, but hopefully someone will have some info. Lynwood (or Linerwood) used to be a place in Dronfield Woodhouse in 1700. There is still a Lynwood Close in the big housing estate there, but is this the site of the previous place?

So it sounds like there was a dairy on the site of the current West House flats. I suppose it would have looked similar to the one on Derbyshire Lane opposite Graves Park. And was the Corn Field where the allotments are now just by West House flats?

Ah right. When was that then?

West House Flats are at the top of Meersbrook Park. Presumably there was a house there before that - called West House?

Scarsdale House at the top of Scarsdale Road has just been renovated into private apartments. It used to belong to the West Lindsay (?) Examination Board. Was Scarsdale House a private house some time in the past?

So no-one remembers the parrot? That's a shame. She's still alive and well in Sheffield. She still mentions Ma, who was her owner before the war. There was a story bot so long ago about Winston Churchill's parrot. He is known to still talk about Hitler! My colleague suspects his parrot was originally from Central America and was probably brought to UK by someone who worked on the Panama canal.

It seems that the parrot was in the Corker's fruit shop in Fitzalan Square. That shop was next to the Marples, which of course received a direct hit in the war. The parrot survived.

A colleague of mine owns a parrot that used to live in the Corker's fruit shop on the Moor. He thinks it came from Central America some time between 1920 and 1930. Can anyone remember the parrot or the shop or knows any more about the parrot? My mother went to Halfway school with another of the same Corker family who lived on Birley Moor Road, Frecheville. They had a shop there too.

Thank you for all your replies especially the last one. I have a good idea where it is now and of its history. Ta, Simon

I collect cigaratte packets. I cut our the fronts and stick them in scrap books. I've obviously ruined them as far as value is concerned, but they look good and are interesting. I started in the early 70s and have a few scrap books full.

Rubbish adverts on telly, and the last days of the test card, Ian Drurie and the Blockheads, Wishbone Ash, Suzie Quattro, Blondie, not very many foreign cars on the roads, Austin Princess, Allegro, 1100, Alsations were still king of dogs, Heeley Bottom with proper shops, being scared of park keepers.

I've lived in Sheffield, Ashbourne, Isle of Man, Flamborough, Stevenage, Stuttgart, Brussels, and Utrecht. They all have problems with the snow. Everyone says "why can't this country cope with a bit of snow", but I remember being stuck in the Stuttgart area and that's with plenty of warnings and people using chains on the car tyres etc. The same happened in Utrecht, so it's not just England.

We used to say 'Jinks' for immunity. Tiggy-chain was called flying sausages. Then there was British Bulldog.

Someone mentioned Dave Tye's motorbike shop at Cromford. Dave must be related to Johnny who was my uncle's lifelong friend and best man. They both were in the RAF and raced motorcycles too. They were also friends with John Cooper of Derby (Mooneyes).

My great-great-great-grandmother was Samuel Fox's sister. Samuel erected a monument to her in Hope, Derbyshire.

Someone wanted to know the name of the motorbike shop: Rainbow Motorcycles. I think the shop is still there, but it's called Manhatten now. I wouldn't say that was on Heeley Bottom though. I would say Heeley Bottom was between the railway bridge and the traffic lights (start of Queens Road?). Is there an official demarkation?

I went to Newfield school in the 70s and one of the caretakers there was an ex-walker who trained some good race walkers. Barry Lines was one of them and somebody Staniforth or Stainforth. I don't know if they ever won the race, but they were amongst the elite walkers.

I just found some information on the internet including a picture at http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/indexlk6.htm

My great-grandfather was a professional musician in Sheffield between about 1890 and 1914 and I know he played in some of the concert halls. May be he played in the band you mentioned. Were they based in Sheffield?

Carfield Juniors, 1964 or 5. I remember worrying that everyone knew what they were doing and I wondered how. I'd never seen a jigsaw before and there were lots of them scattered around and people were busy with them. I was scared of all the smells - wooden floors, wax crayons, pencils, smelly children, and school dinners, and of the boys who were obviously hardcases even that young.

My great-great-grandmother Anne Frith (nee Bowden) came from Drogheda in 1847 and settled in Sheffield. She was living on Attercliffe Road, Brightside in 1848. Her father James might have come over as well. There was a James Bowden of the right age who died in 1849. He lived at 1 Love Lane - just off Bridge Street behind West Bar. Was Love Lane crowded with Irish immigrants too?

Boston - how do you know that then? You must have been there. PM me.

I was there from 72 to 77. Mr Headley was head of the sports department and taught careers too. Headmaster was Mr Thraves, deputy heads Mr Wilson (Chinny), Miss Whitham, and Mr Almond. French Mr Ring and Mr Wileman, Music Mr Pye, Maths Mr Price, Chemistry Mr Heaven, German Mr Hancock (Randy Sandy), Art Mrs Kukso, Geography Mr Kenward (Concorde), Woodwork Mr ? (Bullfrog), and lots more.

So the Naaz, Nirmals, and the Indus are candidates. I remember eating in the Curry Centre on London Road in the seventies. But there must have been 'Indian' restaurants in Sheffield well before that - in the fifties. Which one was first?

Sorry if it's been a major thread before, but I couldn't find it - also I've seen it crop up, unanswered, in other threads. What was the first Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi/Kashmiri restaurant to open in Sheffield? Was it in attercliffe, London Road, city centre? Presumably it was actually Indian, but I don't know.