The shops on Hatfield House Lane in the 1950s

[erino 10]

Lovely couple, with lovely daughters one of which I assume you are? Are you the youngest?

 

Ahhh thanks so much for your kins words, yes I'm pauline the youngest. Do I know u? X

[tara 10]

the newsagents was jim bentons. a good friend of mine brian clarke worked there as well as my sister marilynne

 

Someone called Brian ran it in the 60s wonder if it was him.

[tara 10]

The chip shop was run by a couple called Jowell and later had a seating area put in.

 

There was also Gregory's the bakers near the cobblers whose Devonshire Splits were legendary.

 

The greengrocers was owned by a couple called Manterfield and after that Jean and Ted Clark.

 

Before the chip shop was a chip shop, it was a shop like Arkwrights in Open All Hours, where you bought butter by the pound from a big block, they used wooden paddles to shape it into a brick shape and wrapped it in greaseproof paper, and biscuits and flour and things were sold loose from tubs.

 

Just remembered there was the post office on the corner which also sold ladies accessories and children's clothes this was run by Eileen and her husband, then next to that a chemist where we always took our photos for developing. Next to the Post Office which is now William Hill was a Laundrette where Joyce and Mrs Sarson worked, they did service washes there a bit like Dot in Eastenders, you could also get all the gossip there.

There was also a grocers next to the greengrocer (later became a Spar shop) this was owned by two brother and I can't remember their names but they also had a shop on Paper Mill Road Low Shiregreen.

 

And of course Bentons the newsagent which has been mentioned, Brian who managed it was a lovely chap and I remember having a crush on one of Mr Bentons sons (I think it was his son, long time ago now)

 

My parents moved onto Hatfield House Lane in 1959 when I was about a year old and I lived there till I got married.

Did the Manterfields live on follett later?

[derfblade 10]

Someone called Brian ran it in the 60s wonder if it was him.

 

yes it was him. sadly brian passed away last year. a truly wonderful man.

[curriechick 10]

Ahhh thanks so much for your kins words, yes I'm pauline the youngest. Do I know u? X

 

Lived just across Fairthorn on Hatfield, I'm Denise?

[cliffsharky 10]

we used to come out of school hatfield and get the bus home to attercliffe.out side the bakers next to cobblers.the ladies would always have a yesterdays bun tray on top of counter 1d "thats old money" a bun, and my mum would go mad if I did`nt eat my tea. but you could`nt miss them buns.this was in 60s .and later we moved to 71 homestead rd next to mr and mrs Gott

[curriechick 10]

That was Gregory's the bakers and on our way home from school we used to pop in for penny buns and I used to get the Devonshire Splits which were lovely.

[wozman 10]

I know this is an old post, but the Furness brothers were my uncles Harold and John. Both passed away now.

[local blade 10]

there was also 2 small garage businesses on hatfield house one was a BP station on molineaux rd run by a guy called frank, and the other site was like on an old farm going towards barsnley rd think it was called hatfield house lane motors run by two blokes called terry & tony. anyone remember them ?

[cuttingedge 10]

Tony Chaloner (sp) he will be 74 now, he went to live in Canada his dad had a small farm up at wortley, before moving up to there, his brother used to work at Bill Bevers down page hall.

[local blade 10]

got another one for fellow forum readers, who remembers the legendary joe galls on bellhouse rd, just up from the bellhouse rd wmc, a real arkwrights shop if ever I saw one, he could sell sand to the arabs that bloke

[mammybear 10]

do you mean joe goulds. if so i remember it well, he sold everything even 1 egg or 1 slice of bread or a cigarette and a match. great old bloke.