Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Shalalalafenoughty]

You was a bit posh living on Brockhurst Ave

I have been called many things in my time but “posh” was never among them.

Until today...

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I have been called many things in my time but “posh” was never among them.

Until today...

Be no pissing in the bath from now on.

 

[benn5712]

Just for the record....
The FA Vase replay was at the City Ground, not Meadow Lane and the final at Wembley ended 1-1, not 2-2.

I was there too...

Thanks for that. Got the bits about London and Nottingham right though.

 

[stringjunior]

Sweet Baby Jesus and the orphans, I'd weep for a pub in East London serving that line-up of generic ales.
As I said in another thread, you in Sheffield have never had it so good!

There's a half decent micro brewery in a corner of the Westfield centre Stratford. But I imagine you know that already

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

There's a half decent micro brewery in a corner of the Westfield centre Stratford. But I imagine you know that already

Indeed, Tap East. Decent stuff that they make, but they have some very good guest ales on and an excellent selection of bottled imports, bit pricey though.

 

[stringjunior]

Indeed, Tap East. Decent stuff that they make, but they have some very good guest ales on and an excellent selection of bottled imports, bit pricey though.

That's the one. I've been stuck in the premier inn there aa coupl of times whilst the kids were in comps at the pool nearby. It's location is a little odd, in that the smokers sit outside the bar immediately adjacent to the kids play area.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

That's the one. I've been stuck in the premier inn there aa coupl of times whilst the kids were in comps at the pool nearby. It's location is a little odd, in that the smokers sit outside the bar immediately adjacent to the kids play area.

Aye, they stuck the play area in after the bar, strange decision. Handy for the International rail station though.

Next time you're down give me a shout, I'll join you for a couple

 

[GrayBlade]

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I think the Brocklehurst dealership in Chesterfield was located somewhere opposite Chesterfield's new stadium.



I worked for a short period of time at that Barclays branch about 1974.

I was downstairs in some kind of vault counting coins into the plastic money bags for all the branches.

Probably the first time I came across CCTV. The cameras were focussed on that street at the back that leads up to the Penny Black. CCTV cameras are all over the place nowadays.

Ernest Brocklehurst car showroom was on Whittington Moor on the site where Halfords and other shops are now. It spanned the whole length of those shops. If I recall correctly it was sold to Asda and became one of the first mega supermarkets in the area. I can’t remember whether that was before or after the big Asda at Handsworth. In later years it became Supasave.

Brocklehurst’s advertising featured the slogan, “Brrr-ocklehurst”.

 

[Lane Ender]

I have been called many things in my time but “posh” was never among them.

Until today...

I used to take the Stars on Brocklehurst Ave from Pembos Paper Shop.
Brocklehurst Ave and surrounding area was pretty tasty early 70s

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Change of scene. 1961, Piccadilly Circus. There's an innocent sophistication to it, if you know what I mean.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Change of scene. 1961, Piccadilly Circus. There's an innocent sophistication to it, if you know what I mean.

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Love the old taxi and RT bus.

 

[The Hobott]

Four Lanes Ends (before it became the Meadowhead roundabout) looking towards Dronfield in the 1960s
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I'd swear those trees in the background still have the same profile

 

[sitwell]

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Turn ups relocated from Nether Edge into the gas showrooms in the early 80s but it wasn't nearly as good ,think it then became a Chinese all you can eat buffet.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Ice Rink, Queens Rd, 1965

 

[Sean Thornton]

Ice Rink, Queens Rd, 1965
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Bowling alley, ice rink and nightclub.

 

[grafikhaus]

1966

 

[Nade]

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That picture has sent my brain funny.

What does that area look like now? I take it doesn't like that anymore?

 

[Nade]

That picture has sent my brain funny.

What does that area look like now? I take it doesn't like that anymore?

Never mind, I've found it on Google maps.

The Barclays sign has gone and the wall is a metal fence. Carry on....

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Never mind, I've found it on Google maps.

The Barclays sign has gone and the wall is a metal fence. Carry on....

The bus has moved, too.

 

[sitwell]

The bus has moved, too.

T'old lass will be about 90 if shes still here.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

T'old lass will be about 90 if shes still here.

I think she was still there the last time I drove past.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

1966

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I worked in the ticket office at Earls Court briefly.

 

[blade.i.am]

Great picture, Silent. The lad on the bike could be me.

Others have mentioned the Berni Inn and Brocklehurst Motors and from the deepest recesses of a once bright(ish) mind I’ve come up with some other names which, if nothing else, tell us what a thriving shopping centre Meadowhead once was and many others like it:

Clements. Thos Clements, to give it its full title. A sort of general grocery store, next to The Norton. I think it became a Pricekene in the seventies.

Tauntons Chemists. On the corner of Hunstone Avenue.

Cranns fish and chip shop. On the other corner of Hunstone Avenue.

Cranns shop, next door to the chippie. It was quite big inside but I can’t remember what it sold. There was a cafe on the floor above.

Pembertons Newsagent and Post Office across the road. I spent many an early Saturday evening queuing outside for a Green ‘Un, peering down the hill towards Woodseats for a sight of one of the vans.

Mitchells. It’s still there, of course, as a wine merchants. It was an off-licence back then. Mitchells had another business there but I can’t remember if it was a butchers shop or a greengrocers.

There was a Barclays Bank branch, some sort of insurance brokers, a travel agency (I think). There was also a tobacconists next door to Cranns and a haberdashery shop next door to that. I seem to recall a flower shop as well.

Brocklehurst Motors became an Alan Pond petrol station in the seventies. I had a summer job there for a couple of years.

Day's the bakers was next to Mitchell's and there was a hardware store at the end on the Crann's side. Next to that was a shop that sold sweets and cards (Crakerjack possibly?). I remember the garage as Alan Ponds in the 70s, Andrea Taunton was at Norton Free possibly in my brother's year.
I had a paper round at the newsagents for a few years, still pass that way on my way home from work sometimes.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Never mind, I've found it on Google maps.

The Barclays sign has gone and the wall is a metal fence. Carry on....

You've missed the tramlines and bridge if that's all you've seen.

Is the Wimpy Bar on the one your looking at?

 

[sitwell]

You've missed the tramlines and bridge if that's all you've seen.

Is the Wimpy Bar on the one your looking at?

And Jew Lane

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Summat a bit different:

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[SouthEssexBlade]