What was there before..

[Snakey_B 10]

im curious what was there before morrisons at meadowhead ? Homebase at woodseats ?

[extaxman 10]

It was a Safeways store

[Plain Talker 11]

;) *chuckle* No, Homebase at Woodseats was never at Meadowhead before Morrisons... ;)

 

Before the sales units that were in the vicinity of Homebase, it was a quarry. You can still see the evidence of the quarry at the back of the land.

[muddycoffee 10]

And before morrisons/safeways was there on Meadowhead, it was a Finnigans builder's yard. Decades before that it was a quarry.

[King-29 10]

And before morrisons/safeways was there on Meadowhead, it was a Finnigans builder's yard. Decades before that it was a quarry.

 

Thought it was Gleesons first

[muddycoffee 10]

Thought it was Gleesons first

 

Yes your right, it was Gleesons, not Finnigans.

sorry for the confusion...

[JackK0 10]

Di anyone here work for Gleesons when it was there?

[cuttsie 1,090]

Di anyone here work for Gleesons when it was there?

Worked for Gleesons so many times that I have forgotten half the jobs we were on in the 60's, inc the Tower blocks at Norfolk Park [where have they gone].

 

Also Finnegans the last job being St Pauls Catholic School on Granville Road.

[painterman 10]

im curious what was there before morrisons at meadowhead ? Homebase at woodseats ?

 

As said, Morrisons was Gleesons then powerminster, Homebase was a Brick makers yard

[PopT 10]

I believe Norton Church was built with stone from the old quarry.

 

PopT

[manxbiker 10]

Bit here

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1105452

[BIGJON 10]

Di anyone here work for Gleesons when it was there?

 

Hi,I worked at Gleesons on Meadowhead from about 1973.

Looking out from the repair shop window at the back there was a foxes lair and we would watch the young foxes playing.

There was also a woodworking company owned by Gleesons called Northern Woodworkers. They made all the window frames, staircases etc for the houses they built.