Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[The Crab]

Woolworths, Haymarket. Loose biscuits sold by weight. Nowt better than an assortment of broken biscuits!

Cracking picture that is. You need a massive brew for all those biscuits

 

[Aganarama]

Sunderland away,always reminds me of the game when Hodges headbutted a Sunderland player,and we played in all white,think Jock scored the winner

Gordon Armstrong.
Bassett covers the incident in his book. Armstrong kicked Hodges where it hurts. Hodges was subbed but got his retribution after the final whistle.
Jock did score and we wore a one off white away shirt (if memory serves...).

 

[corkysbeard]

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Whilst we're on about broken biscuits, anyone who is familiar with this building half way up Shrewsbury Road will be interested to know this used to be a boiled sweet factory. Locals used to call it the rock factory. When we were kids, we used to go in with whatever we had, a penny, tuppence or whatever, and they would scoop up the broken bits, bag them up and send you on your way. Occasionally you got a couple of intact pieces in your bag, and yeah, that was like a lottery win!

When I went to Parkhill school we used to nip out every dinner time to rock factory,cough candy twist,ohhhhhh yes.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Gordon Armstrong.
Bassett covers the incident in his book. Armstrong kicked Hodges where it hurts. Hodges was subbed but got his retribution after the final whistle.
Jock did score and we wore a one off white away shirt (if memory serves...).

Just had a look on the season 90/91 video,played on 9th March 1991,Jock scored in the 56th minute with a left foot shot,to give us our 6th win on the trot,and the win moved us out of the bottom 3 for the 1st time that season,no mention of Hodges getting sent off,but there is a nice clip of our present manager volleying an attempt on goal from a Glyn Hodges corner,happy days

 

[CarlingBlade]

Gordon Armstrong.
Bassett covers the incident in his book. Armstrong kicked Hodges where it hurts. Hodges was subbed but got his retribution after the final whistle.
Jock did score and we wore a one off white away shirt (if memory serves...).

Gordon's younger brother went onto successfully play for us, anyone wanna guess who?

 

[I should coco]

Gordon's younger brother went onto successfully play for us, anyone wanna guess who?

Wayne Allison?

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Wayne Allison?

Are you sure,I thought it was Dries Boussatta

 

[The Crab]

Gordon's younger brother went onto successfully play for us, anyone wanna guess who?

Chris?

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Chris?

I think you are Stretching things a bit.

Very good player for us i thought

 

[The Crab]

I think you are Stretching things a bit.

Very good player for us i thought

Me too, probably would have got a lot further in the game if he hadn't been cursed with injury. Real shame for the lad.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Me too, probably would have got a lot further in the game if he hadn't been cursed with injury. Real shame for the lad.

Not only cursed with injuries but he had to pack in after being diagnosed with MS,not heard how he is for awhile,hope he is doing well

 

[The Crab]

Not only cursed with injuries but he had to pack in after being diagnosed with MS,not heard how he is for awhile,hope he is doing well

No, not heard anything either. Like yourself, hope he is doing well.

 

[Lane Ender]

Then on to here, Phil?

Whetstone top boozer mid 70s

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Sheaf valley baths absolutely brilliant,I used to torpedo off the top board and get whistled by the attendant to get out as I was apparently put myself in danger,was only about 9 at the time,cup of hot chocolate from the machine and a McGowans toffee bar on the way out.

Wow , that's exactly what me and my brothers used to get after swimming , then catching the 71 home .

 

[dublin 10 blade]

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Whilst we're on about broken biscuits, anyone who is familiar with this building half way up Shrewsbury Road will be interested to know this used to be a boiled sweet factory. Locals used to call it the rock factory. When we were kids, we used to go in with whatever we had, a penny, tuppence or whatever, and they would scoop up the broken bits, bag them up and send you on your way. Occasionally you got a couple of intact pieces in your bag, and yeah, that was like a lottery win!

Funny you posted this Snooty as me and my mate as we walked into town on my last vist over , talked about a few mates that lived in the houses beside Park Hill and this shop , used to walk past it most days on my way home to Skyedge .

 

[Grappler]

 

[Grappler]

 

[grafikhaus]

Whetstone top boozer mid 70s

Had my very first alcoholic drink in The Whetstone. Went in with some mates, was utterly bamboozled by all the bottles on the shelves and picked a smaller-than-average one. 'I'll have three of those in a pint pot.' said I. 66 pence. Gold Label Barley Wine. The rest is history. (Just wish I could remember half of it.)

 

[BushBlade]

Wow , that's exactly what me and my brothers used to get after swimming , then catching the 71 home .

I used to get verrucas and athletes foot.

 

[Harrisblade]

I used to get verrucas and athletes foot.

Ever manage to develop an athlete's body to go with your foot?

 

[BushBlade]

Ever manage to develop an athlete's body to go with your foot?

Oh aye. Like a sumo

 

[Coily]

Yeh I remember that pal , wasn't that part of the 7 game winning on the trot under Bassett in first season in old first div ? My first visit was Boxing Day 86 I think , it was fkg freezing on away end couldn't wait to get back in boozer !

Gordon Armstrong.
Bassett covers the incident in his book. Armstrong kicked Hodges where it hurts. Hodges was subbed but got his retribution after the final whistle.
Jock did score and we wore a one off white away shirt (if memory serves...).

Just had a look on the season 90/91 video,played on 9th March 1991,Jock scored in the 56th minute with a left foot shot,to give us our 6th win on the trot,and the win moved us out of the bottom 3 for the 1st time that season,no mention of Hodges getting sent off,but there is a nice clip of our present manager volleying an attempt on goal from a Glyn Hodges corner,happy days

A freezing day, but a memorable one!

Remember in the 1st half, Vinnie was winding up for a long throw right by their fans when he was hit square on the back of his head by a pie to cheers from all.

Huge win and deserved too, but it had been really building up for aggro to happen, didn't think it would have been after the final whistle!

Seemed to get their fans going, but me and a pal thought nothing of it and went to the nearest chippy before getting on our coach home. We'd just joined the queue when they locked the shop as an enormous brawl between rival fans went off outside, real wild west stuff. Fair play to the Sunderland fans in the chippy, they put us at the front of the snap queue so we could make a quick getaway, classy from them and we wouldn't have even thought to ask.

 

[bornablade]

Had my very first alcoholic drink in The Whetstone. Went in with some mates, was utterly bamboozled by all the bottles on the shelves and picked a smaller-than-average one. 'I'll have three of those in a pint pot.' said I. 66 pence. Gold Label Barley Wine. The rest is history. (Just wish I could remember half of it.)

Spent far too many lunchtimes and evenings in the Whetstone in the early to mid 1970's before leaving Sheffield.

One distinct feature were the windows. You could see out from inside the pub but they were mirrored on the outside. Suppose nowadays they'd not be seen as cool but in those days they were something different.

 

[metalblade]

It was fun giving coppers the rods from inside the Whetstone on a match day, met the first wife in there. Matchdays were always great in the early 70's, Hole in my shoe by Traffic always seemed to be on the juke box another big favourite was For your love by The Yardbirds and sometimes House of the rising sun by the Animals. The jukebox had some cracking 60's tunes along with the up to date stuff from Bowie, Stewart, Slade etc

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Had my very first alcoholic drink in The Whetstone. Went in with some mates, was utterly bamboozled by all the bottles on the shelves and picked a smaller-than-average one. 'I'll have three of those in a pint pot.' said I. 66 pence. Gold Label Barley Wine. The rest is history. (Just wish I could remember half of it.)

I'd forgot about that brew pal ... Lordy Lordy

 

[GrayBlade]

Now this really was a massacre...

 

[I should coco]

Remember in the 1st half, Vinnie was winding up for a long throw right by their fans when he was hit square on the back of his head by a pie to cheers from all.

He picked it up, took a bite out of it and lobbed it back at them. Our Vinnie really knew how to pacify an angry mob.

Remember being glad I'd worn brown undies when we sat in the car queueing to get back over the bridge. Outside mobs of Mackems peered into every car window.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

They used to get broken as in those days all biscuits used to be sold loose from tins on display which had hinged lids.
Davy's in Fargate used to have a huge range of biscuits in tins and also loose.
Sometimes one could find whole biscuits as well.
Money was very tight in those days and food shopping was done on very limited sums.
UTB

Davy's, that brings back memories. Mum and dad used to take us to the upstairs restaurant for birthday treats.
Isn't it W H Smiths these days?

 

[Kentblade]

Davy's, that brings back memories. Mum and dad used to take us to the upstairs restaurant for birthday treats.
Isn't it W H Smiths these days?

I recall the restaurant upstairs, a real treat in those days.
What it is now I do not know but my last time around that area I seem to recall various smaller outlets.

When my Dad got some broken biscuits it was as real treat, I recall the one which had a coffee type icing on one side.
The thing about Davys was the smell of coffee as they had large pieces of equipment down the left hand side grinding their own beans and selling it loose as most items were loose in those days.
There were hams hung up and I suppose it was like a mini Harrods food hall today.

Only purchased there if income /wages allowed.

Totally different to the world we live in today.

UTB

 

[Silent Blade]

Davy's, that brings back memories. Mum and dad used to take us to the upstairs restaurant for birthday treats.
Isn't it W H Smiths these days?

Yes