Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[ghandi]

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I spent many a happy lunch hour in there towards the end of the seventiess. They used to do the finest chip butties proper chipped potatoes deep fat fried in a pan and the ale was pretty goog too.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Seem to remember the Rec having a disused youth club on it, by the time it was demolished, it had been so badly vandalised that not much was left for the demolition team.

This is pretty much as I recall The Rec from the mid 1950s. There was a row of huts on the left hand side (this shot must be taken from somewhere near the corner of Crookes Valley Road and Oxford Street) and I always thought they were something to do with Crooksmoor school.

 

[jockdodds]

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This is pretty much as I recall The Rec from the mid 1950s. There was a row of huts on the left hand side (this shot must be taken from somewhere near the corner of Crookes Valley Road and Oxford Street) and I always thought they were something to do with Crooksmoor school.

Yes, the huts were classrooms of Crookesmoor School, which I went to from 1953 to 1959. Happy days!

 

[don240]

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This is pretty much as I recall The Rec from the mid 1950s. There was a row of huts on the left hand side (this shot must be taken from somewhere near the corner of Crookes Valley Road and Oxford Street) and I always thought they were something to do with Crooksmoor school.

They're the ones I meant, great photo BTW, I never knew they were part of the school though.
By the time I was playing there, early to mid 70s, they were in a serious state of dereliction.
The whole area is steeped in history.

 

[corkysbeard]

Anybody else got one of these from back in the day when they weren't a loyalty points system to get away tickets and all you did for away games was turn up and pay on the turnstile!

 

[Hamburg Blade]

 

[bornablade]

View attachment 36043 Anybody else got one of these from back in the day when they weren't a loyalty points system to get away tickets and all you did for away games was turn up and pay on the turnstile!View attachment 36044

I still have my Young Blades Membership card from season 1966/67. It was issued on September 12th 1966. As an 11 year old I knew that it was a great investment as we built the team around the likes of Mick Jones and Alan Birchenhall.

I've still not learnt.

 

[bornablade]

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I used to add those numbers up and if they equalled 21 then I knew I was in for some good luck.

Bit sad really.

 

[grafikhaus]

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Ah, worth a thread on its own - 'Pubs on t'Wicker'. I think at one time there were 12 from Lady's Bridge to the railway viaduct. 'Hole in the Wall'?, The Viaduct? Big Gun?

and the ale was pretty goog too.

Strong, was it?

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Now that takes me back. At school, we had to buy five dinner tickets (for each day) on Mondays at 1/3d each. My inquisitive young mind noted that discarded tickets for the tennis courts at Bingham Park were identical, but 3d each. A bit of careful work with my fountain pen meant I got very cheap dinners at school for weeks. Used to spend the extra my mum had given me in Broomhill on sweets (and later, cider). Someone grassed me up and I got a brutal 'six of the best'. Ouch!

 

[I should coco]

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Both kids were born in there.

One conventionally in a bed and the other popped out a bit early in a 'relaxing' bath. I can't remember why, but obviously I was to blame at the time....

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Now that takes me back. At school, we had to buy five dinner tickets (for each day) on Mondays at 1/3d each. My inquisitive young mind noted that discarded tickets for the tennis courts at Bingham Park were identical, but 3d each. A bit of careful work with my fountain pen meant I got very cheap dinners at school for weeks. Used to spend the extra my mum had given me in Broomhill on sweets (and later, cider). Someone grassed me up and I got a brutal 'six of the best'. Ouch!

So that's how a forger's career gets started.

 

[corkysbeard]

Anybody remember workshop 6,just off john street? I worked in foundry as a 16yr old making such things.

 

[torridon]

And Impulse just next door.Where I used to buy my music t shirts from...fucking hell,I'd forgotten about that shop!!
Thanks for that!

Used to get all my bondage jackets and trousers from Impulse, great little shop.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

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Those tickets must be at least 45 years old. Did you find them in the back pocket of your Sta-Prest?

 

[bornablade]

Ah, worth a thread on its own - 'Pubs on t'Wicker'. I think at one time there were 12 from Lady's Bridge to the railway viaduct. 'Hole in the Wall'?, The Viaduct? Big Gun?



Strong, was it?


Now that takes me back. At school, we had to buy five dinner tickets (for each day) on Mondays at 1/3d each. My inquisitive young mind noted that discarded tickets for the tennis courts at Bingham Park were identical, but 3d each. A bit of careful work with my fountain pen meant I got very cheap dinners at school for weeks. Used to spend the extra my mum had given me in Broomhill on sweets (and later, cider). Someone grassed me up and I got a brutal 'six of the best'. Ouch!

That's brilliant. Not sure if kids today could be so creative.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Those tickets must be at least 45 years old. Did you find them in the back pocket of your Sta-Prest?

Ah, no, I wish I had one, but I came across them on ebay. You could probably make them yours for about £2.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I used to add those numbers up and if they equalled 21 then I knew I was in for some good luck.

Bit sad really.

Nowadays, the kids would get a calculator or iPhone out to do that...

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Both kids were born in there.

One conventionally in a bed and the other popped out a bit early in a 'relaxing' bath. I can't remember why, but obviously I was to blame at the time....

Had me worried there, as it follows a post about Bingham Park. I always felt nothing much happened in Bingham...

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Had me worried there, as it follows a post about Bingham Park. I always felt nothing much happened in Bingham...

Sledging down Bingham Park, happy days..

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Top and bottom of piste (avec pas de neige)

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Sledging down Bingham Park, happy days..

Happy days indeed. We always went in the other section of the park, where the lunatic part was going headfirst down to the bottom, hoping to avoid the electricity sub-station and the trees where it narrowed to a few feet wide. Glad to say I have since survived there with kids and grandkids (at reduced speeds).

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Not sure on date of this

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Not sure on date of this

You can clearly see St Paul's church in what is now the peace gardens and that was demolished in 1938. You can also see that the city hall has not been built and that was opened in 1932, but there does seem to be some activity on the site so I would say the shot is very early 1930s, but can't say for sure.

 

[oaklandrdblade]

 

[oaklandrdblade]

The Old Sheffield Battalion march off, how many never returned?

 

[derfblade.3]

The Old Sheffield Battalion march off, how many never returned?

Where is this taken? Looks a bit like Staniforth Rd.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Not sure on date of this

There's bugger all left, was it really that bad?

 

[oaklandrdblade]

Where is this taken? Looks a bit like Staniforth Rd.

Unfortunately it didn't say

 

[oaklandrdblade]

 

[oaklandrdblade]

First legal pint bought in here