Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Grappler]

My brother had his stag night in there, about 1979 or 1980, I was the youngest of the crew and the older lads (all Blades) looked after me and bought me beers all night.

 

[Lane Ender]

Woodseats lads office 77-81

 

[Sean Thornton]

Woodseats lads office 77-81

Were you in the night drunken Police cadets decided they were going to bully customers? It was a Thursday and they picked the wrong place. Full of Blades.

Some grief from West Bar for a few weeks afterwards though.

 

[Lane Ender]

Were you in the night drunken Police cadets decided they were going to bully customers? It was a Thursday and they picked the wrong place. Full of Blades.

Some grief from West Bar for a few weeks afterwards though.

Wasn't in that night Sean obviously they made a bad mistake same as many Stag Nights from out of town who thought they could carry on their night after partying in the Beer Keller next door.

 

[Robby Blade]

I knew your Uncle Frank well, Robby - we lived close to the stables as kids, and were always made welcome if we popped in. In later years, we always had a word on match days.
You were very lucky, your uncle was a gentleman.

Thank you GBS for your kind words. Yes my uncle was a true gentleman. I have just spent hours looking for a photo I have of him on horseback taken back in those days. I will post it when I find it.

Back then they had, I think, about four police horses for Sheffield and Rotherham, bit different to today and only two police dogs which were trained at the same place. I remember there being a big house, a huge conservatory with grape vines still growing and an empty swimming pool. Be interesting to know more about the place what with you living nearby.

Unfortunately Uncle Frank died about 25 years ago. He had retired and like most retired policemen got a cushy job. He became a court usher at the magistrates court. He went to their Christmas dinner at The Grosvenor went outside to wait for a taxi, had an aneurysm and was dead before he hit the floor. At his funeral SYP sent a dozen mounted police in full dress as guard to see him off. Seeing them lined up, six horses either side of the hearse was a very moving sight.

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

 

[sitwell]

Woodseats lads office 77-81

Wilsons ,Smiths ,Tate ,Johnny Johnson ,sisso , Gormley ,that era ?
I played for the Double Six ,then the Chantrey round that time.

 

[Lane Ender]

Wilsons ,Smiths ,Tate ,Johnny Johnson ,sisso , Gormley ,that era ?
I played for the Double Six ,then the Chantrey round that time.

Yea all Big Tree lads
Snakebites football teams

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Yea all Big Tree lads
Snakebites football teams

Johnny Johnson who was a Tiler by trade,lived at Town End?

Sheaf Snakebites from the Sunday Imperial league,played in Graves Park?

 

[torridon]

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

 

[I should coco]

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Your third one didn't look like any building I'd ever seen in Sheffield.

Its from the Gorbals as I suppose are the rest.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/07/homeless-shelter-charity

There are no strict rules about this thread but I thought we were trying to keep it Blades/Sheff related?

 

[Harrisblade]

Your third one didn't look like any building I'd ever seen in Sheffield.

Its from the Gorbals as I suppose are the rest.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/07/homeless-shelter-charity

There are no strict rules about this thread but I thought we were trying to keep it Blades/Sheff related?

Even though that picture's not Sheffield, our old family home used to have one of those clothes dryers suspended from the ceiling as in attachment 30782

 

[speedymcgeady]

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Is that Robbie Keane's grandfather 5th photo down??

 

[I should coco]

our old family home used to have one of those clothes dryers suspended from the ceiling as in attachment 30782

Isn't there a 'Very very tenuous links' thread?

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

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Sabella's debut. Colin Franks behind him. Mick Speight at the back.

that kid in the stand has a big head

Your third one didn't look like any building I'd ever seen in Sheffield.

Its from the Gorbals as I suppose are the rest.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/07/homeless-shelter-charity

There are no strict rules about this thread but I thought we were trying to keep it Blades/Sheff related?

didnt know sorry your highness

 

[I should coco]

didnt know sorry your highness

Don't do it again then you little tinker.

By the way it's 'your Lordship'.

 

[Bert]

Don't do it again then you little tinker.

By the way it's 'your Lordship'.

Bert has just asked the bloke who started the thread and he said "Nowt Scottish unless they played for United"

 

[Trigger Blade]

Even though that picture's not Sheffield, our old family home used to have one of those clothes dryers suspended from the ceiling as in attachment 30782

I think they were known as a clothes maid or maiden, although those names also refer these days to what we used to call a clothes horse as well. Trig Jnr (TY) just bought a house in Sheffield and there's a ceiling mounted maiden in the loft there, so they are still around.

 

[Harrisblade]

I think they were known as a clothes maid or maiden, although those names also refer these days to what we used to call a clothes horse as well. Trig Jnr (TY) just bought a house in Sheffield and there's a ceiling mounted maiden in the loft there, so they are still around.

Hope he's got a mangle as well - or being in his loft on a Monday afternoon will be like walking round an Amazonian rain forest!

 

[Lane Ender]

Johnny Johnson who was a Tiler by trade,lived at Town End?

Sheaf Snakebites from the Sunday Imperial league,played in Graves Park?

Johnny had a shoe repairing shop in Woodseats.
Bites did play in Graves Park

 

[Grappler]

I can never, ever get bored of this thread, absolutely love it

 

[Trigger Blade]

Hope he's got a mangle as well - or being in his loft on a Monday afternoon will be like walking round an Amazonian rain forest!

Coincidentally, his Dad is reasonably well connected in the domestic appliance industry and I'm not just talking Hostess trolleys, so he already has a tumble dryer, I doubt he'll be dragging his smalls up two flights of stairs on a Monday afternoon. It's more likely the maid will be up for grabs on ebay

 

[Harrisblade]

Coincidentally, his Dad is reasonably well connected in the domestic appliance industry and I'm not just talking Hostess trolleys, so he already has a tumble dryer, I doubt he'll be dragging his smalls up two flights of stairs on a Monday afternoon. It's more likely the maid will be up for grabs on ebay

Bloody hell - Hostess trolley and tumble dryer?
Sorry Guv' didn't realise I was talking to a Toff

 

[Lane Ender]

Wilsons ,Smiths ,Tate ,Johnny Johnson ,sisso , Gormley ,that era ?
I played for the Double Six ,then the Chantrey round that time.

Gary Smith and Spud Tate played for the Chantrey.
Kev Wilson (Sweaty) was in my class at Jordo.
Phil Gormley fucking nutter.
Don't forget the Bowlers

 

[Isar]

Even though that picture's not Sheffield, our old family home used to have one of those clothes dryers suspended from the ceiling as in attachment 30782

We had an outside loo, and a tin bath in front of a coal fire, one cold tap in the kitchen, a coal shoot on the pavement which the coal man used to deliver the coal to the cellar. Lived in a terrace house Warkley as a nipper. Also like in the picture, I remember in the winter adding coats onto the bed.

 

[shorehamview]

Gary Smith and Spud Tate played for the Chantrey.
Kev Wilson (Sweaty) was in my class at Jordo.
Phil Gormley fucking nutter.
Don't forget the Bowlers

Phil Gormley with the tattooed cock? I've know him nearly 30 years since I worked in the Jordanthorpe. Used to be properly crackers, last time I saw him he'd calmed down a lot, stopped drinking and not had a fight in years. A good mate, but he definitely was a complete nutter years ago.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

We had an outside loo, and a tin bath in front of a coal fire, one cold tap in the kitchen, a coal shoot on the pavement which the coal man used to deliver the coal to the cellar. Lived in a terrace house Warkley as a nipper. Also like in the picture, I remember in the winter adding coats onto the bed.

Yep, all sounds very familiar indeed. I grew up on Alderson Place, off Bramall Lane.

 

[Isar]

Yep, all sounds very familiar indeed. I grew up on Alderson Place, off Bramall Lane.

It would be considered a slum these days.

 

[sitwell]

Gary Smith and Spud Tate played for the Chantrey.
Kev Wilson (Sweaty) was in my class at Jordo.
Phil Gormley fucking nutter.
Don't forget the Bowlers

Garys dad used to train us with Tony Mac had us running all over the Fraser then back to the Chantrey for a few ,we had a great set of lads and a good side , the Wilsons were Joe ,Steve and Richard ,I was a few years younger than them all ,Gary Steve and Richard were the 3 skinheads who ran on the pitch after Woodys first goal v Watford and had the coppers chase them into the cricket pavilion. Steve went on to play pro for Rockingham United in Australia.
We won the division one year and Peter Swann did the presentation ,that went down well