Soaphouse lane Woodhouse (Tripe Factory & Scrap Yard)

[sandie]

In the mid 60's I was a paper boy for Alan Holdsworth his shop was down the hill towards Woodhouse Mill I think it was Furness Hill.

I used to deliver papers around the area and always remember soaphouse lane, there was a very brightly coulerd transport wagin used to park there green in color with signwriting all over the cab. Then there was the tripe Factory, the owners used to have a stall in the Castle Market selling shellfish at the side of the famous Boiled Crab stall. Can anyone remember:help:

[Strix]

That'll be Furnace Hill

 

Sorry - I'm new to the area, so soaphouse lane is a street full of new houses to me

 

Have you looked at http://www.picturesheffield.com ?

[tinker]

In the mid 60's I was a paper boy for Alan Holdsworth his shop was down the hill towards Woodhouse Mill I think it was Furness Hill.

I used to deliver papers around the area and always remember soaphouse lane, there was a very brightly coulerd transport wagin used to park there green in color with signwriting all over the cab. Then there was the tripe Factory, the owners used to have a stall in the Castle Market selling shellfish at the side of the famous Boiled Crab stall. Can anyone remember:help:

there was a scrap yard ( wathens ) on soaphouse lane at woodhouse .

[melthebell]

i used to live near the junction pub

im talking 80s rather than 60s tbh

i used to play in the scrapyard down soaphouse lane, there was also a glue factory? or maybe soap factory seen as its soaphouse lane , i remember trucks full of stinking animal bones / bits going down there all the time, and a small brick hut in the middle of a field where standard used to store fireworks ............an associate once nicked em all, till he got caught cos we all had fireworks about 6 months early

[sandie]

Thanks tinker for the name Wathens I as a Kid have spent many happy hours with my Dad at that scrap yard. One day I will return to Woodhouse and look at what is left. Thanks for the reply.

[melthebell]

Thanks tinker for the name Wathens I as a Kid have spent many happy hours with my Dad at that scrap yard. One day I will return to Woodhouse and look at what is left. Thanks for the reply.

 

the old school / community centres gone

[alchresearch]

Soaphouse Lane was my old stomping ground. There was the field at the start of the lane, followed by Croda Agricultural, the Tripe Purveyors (I remember the sign at the top of the lane), the allotments and the empty detached house and bungalow next to it.

 

Nothing much but fields after that until you got to the Scrap Yards. I used to go down there for apples and pears on the trees between the scrapyard and the viaduct.

[geotom]

In the early 70's I used to work on Beighton Tip maintaining the cranes that were used to build the railway track, if the wind was in the wrong direction the smell from the tripe factory was enough to make you sick and not eat your sandwiches at dinner time, having said that, for 10p you could buy a lot of tripe and of course they also did cow heel. Delicious.

[capricorn_11]

In the mid 60's I was a paper boy for Alan Holdsworth his shop was down the hill towards Woodhouse Mill I think it was Furness Hill.

I used to deliver papers around the area and always remember soaphouse lane, there was a very brightly coulerd transport wagin used to park there green in color with signwriting all over the cab. Then there was the tripe Factory, the owners used to have a stall in the Castle Market selling shellfish at the side of the famous Boiled Crab stall. Can anyone remember:help:

 

 

Hiya Sandie,

I remember Alan Holdsworth too, shop was on Furnace Lane. I visited the glue factory during the early sixties when we changed the voltage in the area from 200v. to 240v. place full of bones and cow horns. All changed now, Wathen Bros. car scrapyard long gone, new housing estate now! Wonder if any of house owners have unearthed any Cortina's whilst digging there new gardens?

[sandie]

Hi alchresearch,

I can remember the apples and pairs, but I got caught scrompping as we used to call it and finished up with a clip round the ear from the local copper who was based at the local Police Station opposite the Brunswick, can't remember his name. But we used to be able to go and play as kids and come home when it got dark and no body worried, those were the days and it would be great if we could return to these values.

Thanks for your memories.

 

Regards Dave Theaker