Anyone come from Lansdowne Rd area?

[Plain Talker 11]

I lived on Club Garden rd opposite Stevensons grocers went t Sharrow lane school,church, and cubs remember mrs Tudors sweet shop

 

What years were those manxbiker?

[Minimo 59]

Hi

I lived on London Rd. opposite T.C.Harrison in a court yard there were ten back to back houses. I remember the Kay family very well Derek, Margaret, and Theresa we attended the same same school St.Matthias (the dirty liars) Derek and myself spent many hours apple scrumping Kenwood Park Rd. area other families i remember Delyse and Melvyn Humphries Tommy Justice Lansdowne Rd. Wilson and Lowe families Pearl Str.

 

Cheers

Victor

 

Hi Victor

 

I am pleased someone else remembers Tommy. Funny how one name sticks in your memory, I don't recall hardly anyone else.

[manxbiker 10]

What years were those manxbiker?

 

1961-1967 went to Newfield school as well

[sheilawragg1 10]

I went to Sharrow Lane School and there was a Michael Green in my class, he would be 77 now, I also new of a Rose Elliot but can't remember whether she went to Sharrow lane School as well.

 

when I was very young my dad used to take us to family who lived somewhere at the back of the co-op, their name was Green,they made the old brown paper carrier bags. They had a quota to do per day so while we were there visiting my dad made me sit and glue the string handles on so they didn't fall behind. oh happy days:confused:

 

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anyone remember the police box at the back of co-op? If you got lost there you were taken to the box and given either a piece of chocolate or a sweet, needless to say some of us got lost quite often:hihi::hihi:

[Pmack37 10]

Hi sharrowyank , I will post you a private message

Regards.

[Minimo 59]

Ah the police box, and the rather portly policeman who patrolled the nearby streets in 1956 and thereabouts.

 

Re the co-op, wasn't there a passageway through it from one street to another?

[sharrowyank 10]

Regarding the co-op.Yes there was a passageway.It went from Cemetery Rd to Ecclesall R. I used to work at Banner Cross, and wait for the #4bus,if I saw a #82 coming to the moor roundabout I would run through the CO-op and catch it.

[Minimo 59]

Regarding the co-op.Yes there was a passageway.It went from Cemetery Rd to Ecclesall R. I used to work at Banner Cross, and wait for the #4bus,if I saw a #82 coming to the moor roundabout I would run through the CO-op and catch it.

 

Neat trick

[sharrowyank 10]

Hi Yorkyhells. Re St Mathias.. I went to Sharrow Lane and we would sing,

 

Saint Mathias, Dirty Liars. Two for tuppence ha'penny.

 

The reply would be Sharrow lane have no brains.

 

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For two great photos of Lansdown RD , check out, picturesheffield.com

advanced search. sharrow. #43. s17586. also, @42. s17584.

[Minimo 59]

There's also one of the police box.

[sharrowyank 10]

OK. I hope this doesn't get me in trouble but here goes. I have the old LANSDOWNE RD street sign that was at the bottom corner with London rd. On one of my trips back to S11,I saw workmen on scaffolding next to the sign.I asked what was going on and they said they were getting ready to pull the building down. I asked about the sign and they said it would be scrapped. When I asked if I could buy it they asked why and I explained I used to live there. They said giuss a coupla quid an tha can avit. So I gave them some of the one pound coins ,they put it in the trunk (sorry-boot) of my rental car and off it went. I hope the statute of limitations saves me on this.

[Minimo 59]

Oh I'm so jealous.

 

I really don't think you have anything to worry about. But then again, knowing our sainted council, they might come after you.

 

If I'd been in Sheffield at the time of demolition I would have loved to try and get a brick from my old house.

 

Just had a thought. I was once told that the houses had inter-connecting cellars, dating from the war years when it was an escape route should a house be bombed, if that makes sense. I don't remember any such myself.