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owd ill https://www.hpacde.org.uk/picturesheffield/jpgh_sheffield/t00419.jpg Thanks to kidorry this was t'owd ill seperating the two halves of Marcus Street. We used to play football with himm and his many brothers and the Barnets in the Wicker; well Stanley Street, on red shale. Our mob came down the Bull Rocks chanting our war songs but I think overall the honours were even. When it snowed we sledged down from the top of Verdon Street in convoys till coming to an abrupt stop under the bridge at the bottom. It was quite a long ride. The up Champs past this picture Champs https://www.hpacde.org.uk/picturesheffield/jpgh_sheffield/s13910.jpg right back to the start. As Mirander's mother would say "such fun"

Yes I lived just up the hill from that picture. http://www.picturesheffield.com/fron...=zoom&id=16754 A left turn took you into Marcus Street with waste land on both sides. Those houses were just above Whitby and Chandlers, a firm that our yard overlooked. Other people on this post are talking about the other side of Marcus Street which was split into two by another stretch of waste last viz- the "owd 'ill".

Don't remember you, Alan, but then I'm much older, born 1936. Our address was 3/1, Bruswick Road side of the "owd 'ill" and our yard had six houses and did overlook the "Bull Rocks" and the Fiery Jack tunnel linking the LNER to the LMS railways. We used this tunnel as our air raid shelter although we had Anderson Shelters and a brick one in our yard. There was a boy called France who came to Pye Bank when I was about 10, I think. My uncle, George (Son) Thorpe lived just the other side of Marcus Walk with his wife Elenor and children Doreen, Jean and Charlie, who were all older than me.

2013 New years greetings from a cool but dry Dronfield to all, especially Marcus Street rememberers. Best wishes with hopes for a more understanding, tolerating and compassionate world this year.

Kidorry. You must be one of the Dempseys. I remember playing football on some waste land by your house in the Wicker area. A gang of us used to come down the hill from the Marcus Street area every Sunday. Dick and Jack used to play with a number of you Dempseys and we used to be half a dozen of or so. Your two houses were the only ones there and you shared a yard. Can you run through all your names and relative ages? I beleive there was a OXO factory at one side and Snows factory the other with the Harlequin pub not far away. Don Morely had joined us by then and we had some cracking games. I can't pick out anyone from the photo except perhaps your oldest brother who used to play with us but he was older than that photo. Falls (don't know your name!). I saw Ronnie King about 5 years ago at our City Grammar 1948 intake reunion at the St Pauls Hotel in Sheffield. First time for about 50 years!

Yes, I remember nearly all these people, but, unfortunely not you Nora! Nina Dodd lived on Fox Street o'er t'hill. Eric Homer lived at the top on the next entry to our yard. Ray Keeny was the muscle man a bit older than us. Dennis Barrs was a wizard with a tennis ball played across the street and the Kynocks lived at the top of Verdon Street near a school pal of mine, little Ronnie King. There was also a house in the middle on Verdon Street someone had turned into a pub called Kynocks. My mum and dad used to go there. Oxley escapes me, though.

I remember all those kids in your recent posts. I lived in court 3 overlooking the Bull Rocks. Jean Martin lived next door but one with her younger brother Graham. She was the same age as me with Graham a couple of years younger. I still see Darrel Stent and Don Sherringham. Birkett Lucas was one of "our gang" together with Darrell, Brian Warburton, Norman Robinson, Eric Bolton. Harry Cogin lived at our end of Verdon Street. If anyone wants to test my memory more just throw in names of others.

Wish people would use their real names then I might be able to identify them. I was born in Marcus Street, the Verdon Street end in 1936. Didn't know many people the other side except my uncle Son (George) Thorpe lived there with his wife Evelyn and children Charlie, Doreen and Jean. We had a gang (nothing criminal but like Just William) consisting of Brian Warburton, Darrell Stent, Birkett Lucas, Norman Robinson and Eric Bolton. All these are my age within a year. There were older boys; Ron Ballard, Walt Harrison, Harry Coggin, Don Sherringham, Dennis Barrs, Eric Homer, Dennis Warburton, Don Morley. There didn't seem to be many girls. Jean Martin and Pat Morton in our yard, 3 court. The Bull Rocks were just over the wall. Birk Lucas had sblings Mary, June and Brian. If anybody want me to expand on any families in the area I will put my memory to the test. I still have fleeting contact with a few of them.

No. I remember Eric Homer, a bit older than me, in the next yard, I think. Some of us played football in the Wicker every Sunday with two families, the only ones living in that area, near the Harlequin pub, the Dempseys and their neighbors, Jack and Dick (can't remember their surname)

No. I lived on Marcus Street, now disappeared.

I remember most of these people in our class. Recently met with Ronnie King, Peter Oliver, Gerald Sharman, Geoff Parkin; and Stan Idle who we had not seen since leaving Pye Bank more than 60 years ago.

Just joined sheffieldforum and browsing. Many of my old pals are mentioned but I don't know by whom? Nicknames aren't very helpful. I spent my childhood living in Marcus St (the Verdon St end) from 1936 until 1955. My close pals (all on Marcus St) were Brian Warburton, Darrell Stent (still see him), Ron Ballard (and him), Birk Lucas, Norman Robinson and know about their families. Our yard (court 3) overlooked the Bull Rocks. Jean and Graham Martin; Pat, Gladys and Stuart Morton were also in the yard. Mary, June and Brian Lucas were Birk's siblings Harry Coggin lived round the corner in Verdon St.