cal1943

I did not live in Woodhouse, but went to Woodhouse Grammar School Sept 1951 to July 1958.

 

My father was well known in Woodhouse, having lived on Sheffield Road until age 21 - in 1938 when he married my mother and went to live in Swallownest.

His name - Victor Bartholomew Hutchinson - radio and tv repairs all around the area - the first to do tv's in the area, but in 1963 he changed to being a garage proprietor at Swallownest and Handsworth

 

Many of the pubs and street names you mention I remember, particulalrly the Station Hotel, run by ny fathers friend Peter Hollis and his wife Kath, but add to those :-

 

G.L.Curr and Son - watches, radios, cycles, tv's - George Curr and his son Derek Curr - Derek married a girl by the name of Edith Bowler from Balmoral Road

Win Camden - hats and millinery - her husband was Bill Fathers who worked at Cocker Brothers Springs at Attercliffe

Bill White chemist

George Hotel - Stones pub I think - all above on same side of Market place

opposite side was newsagents - ?? and a few other shops

Not far from the libray was the garage - Cliff ??

The projectionist at the cinema was Charlie Denton

There was a guy who cooked dinners at home and then served his lunchtime customers, a building above where the toilets were, and close to the Meadow shop. He was knows as Josh "Dinners" Dyson - had a gammy leg

 

On Beighton Road there was the butchers shop on the corner with Station Road, had 2 sons, Glyn and Peter, then there was Mossis's furniture shop, a fish and chip shop, one or two other shops and the greengrocers at the end on the corner with Balmoral Road. Family who had that were called Whinfrey - still in contact with the elder son - Fred

 

My uncle was a Woddhouse guy, born about 1918, Kenneth Brooks - lived on Balmoral Road, just a bit futher down from Jim Maxwell the coach proprietor - business later taken over by his son Nobby. One of the houses just below Maxwells rented out their front room to a dentist

 

There was the first betting shop opened down Station Road, by Mr Finley, and taken over by his son Trevor.

 

Other business behind shops on Market Place was Keetons, taxis, wedding card, funeral cars, underakers etc.. Now located at Orgreave and part of a national chain of undertakers

 

I remember a lot more, but not the names at the moment. I left Swallownst in Nov 1867 and moved to Driffield near Bridlington, then in late 2006 moved my company and manufacturing to Malaysia, near to Kuala Lumpur

 

Hope this helps your memories - Victor Marshall Hutchinson, Wangsa Baiduri, Subang Jaya, Selangor D.E., Malaysia

Hi,

I remember Fred Whinfrey...how's he keeping? Does he still live in this area?

"Woodhouse"

Regards...Cal

I knew Jim Higgins who lived up there I think

That's another name I can remember my mum talking about...Mrs Higgins !!

My mum has passed away now, but I can remember her telling me about all the neighbours sitting in each others houses. Helping each other when their babies were due to be born....even helping to lay the deceased out !!

I think my mum was the 16th child in her family...wow!! In a two up two down house...How did they manage??

cal.

Hi geoffusa,

No, it was 43 Longfield Road....sorry.

Regards

Cal.

my grandparents surname was morfitt

Hi,

Thank you, but I don't think it was Morfitt...I now think it may have been Hicks or Higgingbottom. On that side of the road was also Mr and Mrs Cook,

Mrs Wikeley. and Mr and Mrs Turner. My gramdma and grandad were called Farrand, and lived at No. 43.

Next door to them was Mr and Mrs Liversidge.

Regards ..

Cal.

Hi,

Yes, my dad was a true gentleman...sadly he passed away in 2003 at the age of 84, independent to the end. He had worked at Surmanco for a long time. Can you remember Cath who worked with him?

Cal

Hi

I worked there in 1959, A bit before your time. My dad ( Arnold Crookes ) worked there in the polishing shop, until the 70's I worked on a little press; stamping the name on nailfiles. I think the piecework rate was 7d a gross.

I remember getting quite good wages for that time.

Cal

Anyone remember a dentist at Woodhouse called Willie Thorne? I went there sometime in the 60's, walked from Hackenthorpe, had a tooth out and walked all the way back holding a cotton swab in my gob to stop the blood. He was an old man then, I think he was just about to retire. Why do I remember his name after 40 years?? I only ever went to him once.

Hi !

I remember him being called BUTCHER THORNE. ( Wonder how that name came about. ha ha )

my gran and grandad lived on Longfield road for many years until there house burnt down in the early 70s. The were Victoria (Tora) and James (boy). My uncle Tony lived with them they had another son Arthur and 4 daughters Edith, Joan, Shiela, and my mum Betty

Hi,

My grandparents lived opposite the house that got on fire. My mother told me of a girl called Tora, but I can't remember her surname; would it be possible for you to tell me her maiden name? I have some photo's of my mum with some kids off Longfield Rd. I wonder if it's the same Tora?

Regards Cal

Cal on my post about Woodhouse past, you mention a Ken Storey, and your mention of the Canary island made me think of Pete Storey that came off there, are these two related I think his knickname was Tiggy

Hi,

Mick told me of Ken's brother having the nick-name of Tiggy...he was Brian I think. Don't know if Pete Storey was related to them or not. The family that lived on the Mauncer, used to live on Southsea Rd I am told..many years ago.

regards Cal.

Hi,

Maybe Carlton Terrace was in that area, because a lot of the family lived on the Canary Island.

Can anyone remember where Carlton Terrace was?

I have been looking on an old family member's Birth Certificate, and I have found them to be living on this street?? I know for sure it was in Woodhouse Mill somewhere.

Hi Cal first of all so sad to hear about Mick, but yes I new Trev / Pete Mellor & Ernie & Ray Harrison Ken Storey Billy B urgess Stuart Burgess I was born on the Mauncer No 86 in 1945 a long time now.

And in reply to rogG I went to Woodhouse West 1950/56

Hi,

Just out of interest, could you send me a P.M. as to who you are.

Regards C.

is trevor lambert related to you, came off sheffield road.

Hi,

Yes, Trevor is our nephew. He lives in Swallownest now.

Hi,

I'm Mick's wife, unfortunately he died 2 years ago. Mick was born on Mauncer Lane, his cousins lived on the Crescent. Can you remember some of his other mates.....Peter Mellor, Ernest Harris, Ken Storey? Did you live on the same estate?

Regards...C.

Hi !

Most of the Lambert's...remember them?

Disgusting Cruel B's

When I was a teenager, I used to borrow my mum's Cream Puff by Max Factor, and her perfume was alway's Goya's Black Rose frozen push up stick.

Has anyone ever lived in a Prefab ('prefabricated house') in Sheffield, or do you know someone who did?

 

Some friends and I are putting together an online project at Uni about local Prefabs and we wanted to know what people thought of them. We know they were really well received when they were first built - there was loads of excitement about them after WWII.

 

We won't use any of your answers in the project without your permission - we just wanted to get a feel for what it was like to live in a Prefab here in Sheffield. So any response would be really appreciated.

Hi,

My parents moved into a prefab just after the war. It was on Errington Avenue, at Arbourthorne. Ater living in rented rooms, they said it was a wonderful little house. All mod cons. Even a fridge, and their very own garden. I don't remember it being cold at all. It had a solid fuel burner, that heated the bathroom up. I have still got the cutting from The Star newspaper that mentions how much all the housewives loved them.(My mum kept it because she was mentioned !)

Unfortunatly the Sheffield Gales flattened the one that we lived in, in 1962.

Cal.

I remember eating the very first fish fingers that came on the market. They were far better than the ones we get today. Also getting a television in 1953, and it was all ready for ITV to be tuned in. Later on getting a hair drier for Xmas, and not having to stay in until my hair dried naturally.

Does anyone know what happened to Marlene Appleyard. I last saw her in the 60's

I heard at the time, that it was going to be into another place exactly the same, in another location. Never heard anything else about it since !

Cal.

yer i know where yer mean,if only we could turn the clock back

I think Buck Croft and Talbot Rd were the same place. It's called Tilford Rd now.

Elvis, in Love Me Tender

SNAP....fabulous !!

Hi, I have just moved back to Sheffield, and trying to find my old mate Roy Fletcher.

We went to Brook school at Richmond togeather duing the mid 50s.

Last I knew he and wife and boys lived Dykevale/ Hackenthorpe area. if any one knows his were abouts please replie, I have looked on Facebook, but cant find the right Roy.

Hi,

If you want to e-mail him, you will find him on ....fletcher001@aol.co.uk.

my grandad james farrand had a sister call ruth who went missing!

Hi Scott,

My mum was Hilda Farrand, she was the youngest sister of your grandad James. (Jim) I have been trying to research Ruth Farrand, and have found a few documents at the archives regarding Ruth. If you P.M. me I will let you know what I know up to now.

Regards Carole.