francypants   441 #13 Posted October 8, 2019 We're now in 2019 and Matthews Wool Shop with Marilyn on Bellhouse Road, Firth Park is still surviving.  I live in Barnsley and until last year I regularly used to travel 2/3 times a week to help care for an elderly relative in Sheffield often stopping at Matthews on my way home. I no longer go to Sheffield as my relative died last October.   I now get all my wool and buttons off the internet but it's not the same as going into a proper wool shop. I used to feel like a kid in a sweetshop surrounded by all the wool and buttons.   🤣   Good wool shops nowadays are few and far between and I miss my visits to Matthews as I feel it's important to support the few that are left. I really must make a special effort and go over to Sheffield and stock up with wool and buttons to last me a few months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
wornout53 Â Â 10 #14 Posted January 29, 2020 Hillsborough at one time had 3 wool shops...Matthew's and Fernees facing each other on Middlewood road just below Minto road...and one at the bottom of Dixon Road run by Margaret Hawley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
