Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[XM657]

We had one of those, bloody smelly thing it was too.

That's because you didn't trim your wick regularly, do that and it don't smell.

 

[Bert]

That's because you didn't trim your wick regularly, do that and it don't smell.

Bert's first flat had one, it was vital to use it overnight. It created a huge amount of condensation.

 

[XM657]

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Hadn't realised they had cycle racing at the Lane back in the day. The track was banked and made from cinders, a substance unlikely to be in short supply in those days.

Great photo, I've seen a photo showing the track ran all the way round the perimeter of the playing area. Nice to see the scoreboard, must have been the one before the brick built scoreboard that lasted till the end of cricket at the Lane, SIGH. The houses showing over the Cherry St wall can still be seen today.

 

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Doc Pace scoring in the 1st minute in our giant killing 3-0 FA Cup win at White Hart Lane in 1958. Keeper is Ted Ditchburn.

A great away day. Bill Hodgson was designated to stay close to Danny Blanchflower for the 90 minutes. He never left his side, and Blanchflower hardly had a kick. Both teams, as was normal then, played their strongest teams, and that was a real giant-killing over a great Spurs side.

 

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During the Great War schools were often used as military hospitals. This is my kids' school, Greystones.

Both my kids went there, and my nephews. Can't see any of them in the photo, though...

 

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Can tell it's not the 1958 cup-tie - Blanchflower hasn't got Hodgson standing next to him.

 

[XM657]

that's pretty unequivocally a bomb-site ... complete with 'bomb-site carpark', we only ever parked on bomb site carparks when we drove to Sheffield as a family.

Corn Exchange fire gutted1947, car park was site of demolished Castlefolds Wholesale Market which closed 60's.

 

[Silent Blade]

Can tell it's not the 1958 cup-tie - Blanchflower hasn't got Hodgson standing next to him.

Probably Blades 3 Spurs 3 in October 1963

 

[Basing Blade]

 

[vorpal blade]

that's a kilt, the linesman is a Scot by the looks and the short tweed jacket and tam o'shanter complete the highland dress. I'm guessing that in those days one linesman was supplied by either team, like they are in school games? He completes the look with woollen socks and brogues, he's even using ribboned garters.

 

[Harrisblade]

Probably Blades 3 Spurs 3 in October 1963

That's the first game I have any 'memory' of.
Once found an old school exercise book with a match-stick man picture of what was supposed to be footballers.
I must have written the result and scorers as I can clearly remember 'Dyson' being among them
(but not the rest).
The next one I remember was playing Wolves at home under floodlights - their old gold shirts looked magnificent, with the blonde (?) hair of Ron Flowers especially prominent.

Cue another drawing, but can't remember any words written on that one.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

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huh - players that wear gloves - wimps

UTB

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Bert's first flat had one, it was vital to use it overnight. It created a huge amount of condensation.

Yep we had two at home when I was a kid. A "Viceroy", which was a box-shaped thing, and a slightly more curvaceous "Paul" heater. The paraffin of choice was called "Aladdin" and it was pink. Fina also used to make a green one - and of course there was Esso blue. The paraffin was stored in a tank which had a cap with a needle on it. When the tank was placed inside the heater and the heater was switched on, by means of a revolving wheel, the needle would depress, allowing the paraffin to pass through to the wick. You had to remove the "pint pot", the heater burner with a gauze top, and light the wick, then place the pint pot back on top, evenly, or it wouldn't burn evenly. The heater also had to be on a level surface, or again, it wouldn't burn evenly. I still remember as a child, laying in bed at night with the paraffin heater on in the bedroom. It used to gurgle every now and then as more paraffin was fed through to the wick. The sound of that thing, and the smell, have remained with me all my life. Can't say I miss it though!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

that's a kilt, the linesman is a Scot by the looks and the short tweed jacket and tam o'shanter complete the highland dress. I'm guessing that in those days one linesman was supplied by either team, like they are in school games? He completes the look with woollen socks and brogues, he's even using ribboned garters.

Definitely agree there.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

...and of course there was Esso blue..

You have just triggered a long-dormant cerebral synapse and I now feel compelled to sing "Dum-dum-dum-dum Esso Blue"

 

[Cerberus Blade]

You have just triggered a long-dormant cerebral synapse and I now feel compelled to sing "Dum-dum-dum-dum Esso Blue"

Ha! Great stuff!

Some years later they made an Ad, using the same cartoon character, singing...(to the tune of, "Tears get in your eyes")

They asked me how I knew,
It was Esso Blue?
I of course replied,
with cheaper brands you find,
smoke gets in your eyes.

(Bizarre how some things stick in the memory eh?)

 

[Bert]

Ha! Great stuff!

Some years later they made an Ad, using the same cartoon character, singing...(to the tune of, "Tears get in your eyes")

They asked me how I knew,
It was Esso Blue?
I of course replied,
with cheaper brands you find,
smoke gets in your eyes.

(Bizarre how some things stick in the memory eh?)

All those adverts from the 60's .... "This is luxury you can afford by - - - - - - - - -" Those of a certain generation will be able to fill in the blanks.

 

[Harrisblade]

All those adverts from the 60's .... "This is luxury you can afford by - - - - - - - - -" Those of a certain generation will be able to fill in the blanks.

And what's wrong with lino and a rug?
I'll bet you even had a 'dining-room'!

 

[Cerberus Blade]

All those adverts from the 60's .... "This is luxury you can afford by - - - - - - - - -" Those of a certain generation will be able to fill in the blanks.

Cyril Lord.

I believe he was one of the first people to mass produce nylon carpets. What an invention they were eh? Hard wearing? Definitely! Aesthetically pleasing? Not! Static electricity? Certainly! Carpet Burns? Oh yes - those were the days!

 

[Cerberus Blade]

And what's wrong with lino and a rug?
I'll bet you even had a 'dining-room'!

2 up 2 down mid-terrace for me. "Living kitchen" with Yorkshire range and "Front room" or "parlour". 2 bedrooms upstairs. No toilet or bathroom. Most folks didn't use the front door regularly, because that would be treading muck into the front room, which was the best room in the house. It was unusual for folks to have fitted carpets, I can't remember us or any of my mates having one. it was mainly lino and a rug. Access to the house was down the gennel. The "front step" was really important in terms of "street cred". People would judge you by the state of your front step, if it wasn't clean then they'd assume the rest of the house wasn't clean either. Rag and Bone men used to come round collecting old clothes and they'd give out a "Donkey Stone" in exchange. This was used to clean the front step. Wash day was a fixed day of the week, usually Wednesdays. (It would be considered a sin to wash on a Sunday). It would be done outside in the yard with a zinc tub, a washboard, a posser and a mangle. Dolly blue bags were used to keep the whites whiter than white! I remember being treated for a bee sting with a dolly blue bag as well - so it must have had some medicinal use.

It was hard work for women back in those days. In my childhood most women were at home, doing things like washing, cleaning, ironing, cooking, and being a mum. I think it's only right that women have equal rights and opportunities as men, but I also think we've lost something as well from the times when most women's main role was in the home. Home cooking and baking for one. Recipes passed down through the generations are becoming a thing of the past. Spending hours making a meal, like (my favourite) meat and potato pie, was normal back then. Home made bread cakes, fresh out the Yorkshire range oven, cooling on a tray and filling the house with a wonderful aroma - then sliced and buttered and apricot or damson jam on them! It's so easy now to make nowt and buy everything and live off convenience food.

 

[Trigger Blade]

All those adverts from the 60's .... "This is luxury you can afford by - - - - - - - - -" Those of a certain generation will be able to fill in the blanks.

Cyril Lord...he also marketed a disastrous early form of AstroTurf called Cyrilawn. It turned from green to blue in sunlight which proved a big barrier to sales.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Cyril Lord...he also marketed a disastrous early form of AstroTurf called Cyrilawn. It turned from green to blue in sunlight which proved a big barrier to sales.

Ha! really? That's brilliant. Never knew that. It's a good job we went for Desso darn't lane then isn't it?

 

[Harrisblade]

2 up 2 down mid-terrace for me. "Living kitchen" with Yorkshire range and "Front room" or "parlour". 2 bedrooms upstairs. No toilet or bathroom. Most folks didn't use the front door regularly, because that would be treading muck into the front room, which was the best room in the house. It was unusual for folks to have fitted carpets, I can't remember us or any of my mates having one. it was mainly lino and a rug. Access to the house was down the gennel. The "front step" was really important in terms of "street cred". People would judge you by the state of your front step, if it wasn't clean then they'd assume the rest of the house wasn't clean either. Rag and Bone men used to come round collecting old clothes and they'd give out a "Donkey Stone" in exchange. This was used to clean the front step. Wash day was a fixed day of the week, usually Wednesdays. (It would be considered a sin to wash on a Sunday). It would be done outside in the yard with a zinc tub, a washboard, a posser and a mangle. Dolly blue bags were used to keep the whites whiter than white! I remember being treated for a bee sting with a dolly blue bag as well - so it must have had some medicinal use.

It was hard work for women back in those days. In my childhood most women were at home, doing things like washing, cleaning, ironing, cooking, and being a mum. I think it's only right that women have equal rights and opportunities as men, but I also think we've lost something as well from the times when most women's main role was in the home. Home cooking and baking for one. Recipes passed down through the generations are becoming a thing of the past. Spending hours making a meal, like (my favourite) meat and potato pie, was normal back then. Home made bread cakes, fresh out the Yorkshire range oven, cooling on a tray and filling the house with a wonderful aroma - then sliced and buttered and apricot or damson jam on them! It's so easy now to make nowt and buy everything and live off convenience food.

100% agree!
Not only did we 'not use the front door regularly' we hardly used the front room at all except for 'gatherings' such as weddings and funerals and sometimes Easter or Xmas get-togethers.
Mum's wash day was Monday and we had some sort of rope and pulley device fitted to the kitchen ceiling for
drying clothes - just like this

don't think I ever saw one in anyone else's house.
We must have been Sheffield's version of 'The Jetsons'

 

[Brussblade]

100% agree!
Not only did we 'not use the front door regularly' we hardly used the front room at all except for 'gatherings' such as weddings and funerals and sometimes Easter or Xmas get-togethers.
Mum's wash day was Monday and we had some sort of rope and pulley device fitted to the kitchen ceiling for
drying clothes - just like this

don't think I ever saw one in anyone else's house.
We must have been Sheffield's version of 'The Jetsons'

we had one in our house off Richmond Road

 

[Harrisblade]

we had one in our house off Richmond Road

Glad to hear that there was at least one more out there!

 

[Trigger Blade]

100% agree!
Not only did we 'not use the front door regularly' we hardly used the front room at all except for 'gatherings' such as weddings and funerals and sometimes Easter or Xmas get-togethers.
Mum's wash day was Monday and we had some sort of rope and pulley device fitted to the kitchen ceiling for
drying clothes - just like this

don't think I ever saw one in anyone else's house.
We must have been Sheffield's version of 'The Jetsons'

I think they were quite common in Victorian times and were known as a clothes maid, or maiden. They still exist and Trig Jnr (TY) has one in his house in Sharrow.

 

[Harrisblade]

I think they were quite common in Victorian times and were known as a clothes maid, or maiden. They still exist and Trig Jnr (TY) has one in his house in Sharrow.

Get it on Antiques Roadshow

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Ascot water heater/geyser. Who else had one of these in their kitchen?

 

[Fulwood Blade]

2 up 2 down mid-terrace for me. "Living kitchen" with Yorkshire range and "Front room" or "parlour". 2 bedrooms upstairs. No toilet or bathroom. Most folks didn't use the front door regularly, because that would be treading muck into the front room, which was the best room in the house. It was unusual for folks to have fitted carpets, I can't remember us or any of my mates having one. it was mainly lino and a rug. Access to the house was down the gennel. The "front step" was really important in terms of "street cred". People would judge you by the state of your front step, if it wasn't clean then they'd assume the rest of the house wasn't clean either. Rag and Bone men used to come round collecting old clothes and they'd give out a "Donkey Stone" in exchange. This was used to clean the front step. Wash day was a fixed day of the week, usually Wednesdays. (It would be considered a sin to wash on a Sunday). It would be done outside in the yard with a zinc tub, a washboard, a posser and a mangle. Dolly blue bags were used to keep the whites whiter than white! I remember being treated for a bee sting with a dolly blue bag as well - so it must have had some medicinal use.

It was hard work for women back in those days. In my childhood most women were at home, doing things like washing, cleaning, ironing, cooking, and being a mum. I think it's only right that women have equal rights and opportunities as men, but I also think we've lost something as well from the times when most women's main role was in the home. Home cooking and baking for one. Recipes passed down through the generations are becoming a thing of the past. Spending hours making a meal, like (my favourite) meat and potato pie, was normal back then. Home made bread cakes, fresh out the Yorkshire range oven, cooling on a tray and filling the house with a wonderful aroma - then sliced and buttered and apricot or damson jam on them! It's so easy now to make nowt and buy everything and live off convenience food.

that "type" of house describes perfectly, my grandma's house on South View Road, S7 - can still picture it and at the age of 6 (ish) I wouldn't go up to the attic !

UTB

Edit: outside toilet was dark in winter, so I made her a light, switch with a 9v everready battery when I was about 10.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

All those adverts from the 60's .... "This is luxury you can afford by - - - - - - - - -" Those of a certain generation will be able to fill in the blanks.

Wash it and the colour stays fast,
Give it the treatment,
The family treatment,
Enkalon is built to last
For years and years
And years and years and
This is luxury you can afford
Buy Cyril Lord!

It was all we had in those days.