Page Hall Firth Park 1950s1960s

[johnfromoz 10]

heres a few pics of page hall of today http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=685&q=page+hall+sheffield&oq=page+hall+sheffield&gs_l=img.12..0.4124.9361.0.11385.19.11.0.8.8.0.158.1375.2j9.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.2.img.k8B5YPYhNU0#imgrc=fBryS-aPTXwkoM%3A%3BMi9Dhi8NV8YIYM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.burngreavemessenger.org%252Farchives%252F2008%252Fapril-2008-issue-75%252Fmosque-celebrations-of-milad-un-nabi%252Fmilaad-un-nabi-celebration-gallery%252Fmilaad-un-nabi-procession-moving-through-firth-park-park-firvale.jpg%252Cscaled%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.burngreavemessenger.org%252Farchives%252F2008%252Fapril-2008-issue-75%252Fmosque-celebrations-of-milad-un-nabi%252Fmilaad-un-nabi-celebration-gallery%252Fmilaad-un-nabi-procession-moving-through-firth-park-park-firvale.jpg%252Chtml%3B512%3B384

Christ the place is a muslim

ghetto

 

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Yes even though I has and always will be a low income area and a working class area it was never a ghetto , people had pride and self respect and it was clean, from what I read that is sadly not the case now

[The Joker 10]

Christ the place is a muslim ghetto

 

It's a bit harsh calling the present-day Page Hall a ghetto; I think the word 'slum' would be more appropriate. It is a very untidy place, with a eye-watering amount of litter strewn across the streets.

 

Regarding the junction of Cammell Road and Bolsover Road, is it true that area suffered a direct hit from a bomb in WWII? I'd often wondered why that corner of the street had no houses on. There had been garages there for several years, before they were recently demolished and apartments built in their place.

[johnfromoz 10]

Hi Joker Yes I suppose slum would be an apt name, we are coming to the uk in Sept so I will pay a visit,it was bad the last time I was over there, regarding cammell road yes it did get a direct hit, we used to play on the bomb site when we were kids we found all sorts of stuff as masks a couple of tin hats and shrapnel,

[coddy 10]

My mum, dad and brother lived on Cammel Road during the war when it was bombed and then moved up the bank to Granby Road. I grew up there from 1949 to 1970. It was always a "bit draughty" up there but we had views over Sheffield towards Firvale Infirmary at the front of the house and Wincobank from the back. I've always had to live somewhere with a bit of space around me....couldn't live in a built up area after growing up at the top of that hill!!

[johnfromoz 10]

Hi Coddy I lived on Cammell down the bottom number 5 from about 1949 to 1965 we probably know each other I went to hucklow rd then hide house

[geotom 10]

I think it was 1965/6 I used to stand on the Bank steps at Pagehall, selling the Sheffield Star, wouldn't do it now.

[lakerman 16]

Hi John, I know you are new to the site so I was wondering if you have come across the Picture Sheffield Site. If you haven't, try it out, there are hundreds of pics of old sheffield on there and you can select the ones you look at by picking the area/ roads, streets etc.

[80swasfun 10]

It was a great place to grow up but rubbish now

[johnfromoz 10]

Thanks lakerman I will ckeck it out

[awoollen 10]

My mum, dad and brother lived on Cammel Road during the war when it was bombed and then moved up the bank to Granby Road. I grew up there from 1949 to 1970. It was always a "bit draughty" up there but we had views over Sheffield towards Firvale Infirmary at the front of the house and Wincobank from the back. I've always had to live somewhere with a bit of space around me....couldn't live in a built up area after growing up at the top of that hill!!

should have tried delivering milk up there in the winter i remember once a younge girl lent ma and my mate her sledge to put a few crates of milk on that woud be about 1951 time

[jad279 11]

Yes i lived on Idsworth Rd in the early 60's and it was a good place to live ,I went to Hucklow Rd infants .I can remember Mc Gregers shop and Bill Beavers motor cycles .Its a shame to see it as it is now and find it upsetting if i have to pass thru.Makes you feel angry:mad:

[lyndyloo 10]

Dont go there mate it will break you heart I grew up on page hall its been destroyed Fir vale is bad as well

 

You are not wrong it's a shame,we have lived in area over 30 yrs.