Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Danny_Blade]

A few pages ago there were discussions on St Paul's church on what is now the peace gardens. Impressive building, but I found an interior shot from 1922, showing an impressive bell tower/cupola.

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Not another SCC demolition job surely?

I know they're backwards but it would be much better if it was a victim of the Blitz instead!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Technically, and not to be pedantic, but they were called Sta-Prest and it was a Levi brand name, which means that for a time, Levi Strauss had a monopoly on trousers that were cool to be seen in.

The first pair of Levi’s I owned cost 48/6d, which was over three weeks worth of paper round money at 14/6d a week. My Mum was horrified that jeans could cost so much when you could get a pair of Delamere brand for about 10/6d

Good old Tesco eh?

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Amazing what you learn on here. I am 6 months older than him, so he was the year below me at Ecclesall. I spent all my time playing football, and I never came across him. Why wasn’t he in Endcliffe, Bingham or Millhouses? Anyone know where he lived?
High Storrs has had some good footballers - Kyle Walker, Jack Lester, Steve Heighway. Any more?

Do you remember Geoff Cantrill ? Little guy; couldn`t get the ball off him.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Dem Blades, wearing their FA Cup winners' medals
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Is that Billy Sharp far right ?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Not another SCC demolition job surely?

I know they're backwards but it would be much better if it was a victim of the Blitz instead!

Structural issues I think. Also it's a church, so they would decide whether to repair or not.

 

[sitwell]

We must all remember Harrington’s in the castle market......Brian often offered to measure my inside leg.....even when I was buying a jacket

That ladder

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

A few pages ago there were discussions on St Paul's church on what is now the peace gardens. Impressive building, but I found an interior shot from 1922, showing an impressive bell tower/cupola.

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Lovely pictures.
I couldn't find a couple of posts from earlier in this thread which said that the stone from St Paul's was used to build some houses on Trap Lane. A neighbour, who is really into local history, checked on maps and local directories, and it appears that the houses were already there in the 1920s, the decade before the church was demolished. So it appears that the stone must have come from a different public building.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Do you remember Geoff Cantrill ? Little guy; couldn`t get the ball off him.

I know the name, but can't place him. I couldn't get the ball off anybody, so I was always in goal, or 'goalie if ness' when numbers were low.

 

[Going t lane]

We must all remember Harrington’s in the castle market......Brian often offered to measure my inside leg.....even when I was buying a jacket

Badge remember Dempsey, park hill.

 

[BadgersBigToe]

Absolutely......used to get my shoes and school uniform from there

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

How did Brexit turn out.

We never looked back once we cast off the Krauts and Frogs.

Half of us driving Ferrari's and the other half in in a Maserati after Italy jumped ship six weeks after us and did a trade deal that included a free Italian car with every white goods purchase.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Posted by TOFFS but what a great kit bottom left.

 

[ghandi]

Lovely pictures.
I couldn't find a couple of posts from earlier in this thread which said that the stone from St Paul's was used to build some houses on Trap Lane. A neighbour, who is really into local history, checked on maps and local directories, and it appears that the houses were already there in the 1920s, the decade before the church was demolished. So it appears that the stone must have come from a different public building.

I'm not 100% sure but previously in this thread someone said the stones had been used in building a wall to a house in Trap Lane .

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I'm not 100% sure but previously in this thread someone said the stones had been used in building a wall to a house in Trap Lane .

I tried to find the posts, but failed. The houses are there and clearly built with stone from a building of a bygone era. But it appears they were built before St Paul’s was demolished. I am hoping the earlier poster sees this. This thread is a victim of its own success.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Wasn't the two-tone clothing known as Trevira?

it was.

And thanks Trigger Blade for the correction on “Sta-prest”. I never realised they were a Levi brand either.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I remember getting 14 shillings per week paper round.

In 1974 as an 18 year old I was working in Devon. I bought a made to measure Sheepskin coat for £73.00.

I was earning good money and probably had more money in those days (relatively speaking) than I do today.

Good quality coat that I still have.

Were you a John Motson wannabe bornablade?

Sheepskin coats were popular back then. I had an unusual light grey one bought from Antarctica on Cambridge Street. I felt like the rams bollocks in that.

 

[Trigger Blade]

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Posted by TOFFS but what a great kit bottom left.

It’s Tony Field wearing it

 

[Sean Thornton]

it was.

And thanks Trigger Blade for the correction on “Sta-prest”. I never realised they were a Levi brand either.

As posted earlier, Trevira was a multi purpose cloth used in both men's and women's clothing. It wasn't just two tone. It was a cheaper version of original mods mohair and tonic suits. Became more of a smart girls fashion as the guys moved towards Barathea blazers with a Yorkshire Rose and hankie/tie pin. The older lads wearing - and copied as you got older - hand made suits and tailored jackets like the original mods.

Daft high waist trousers, tank tops, star jumpers became a mainstream fashion mainly for divs and younger kids. Anyone genuinely into fashion wouldn't look twice at them outside gear like Skinners. You can always tell the bullshitters as they never mention the transition from suedehead to patchwork jumpers, round collared shirts slight flares and Oxford bags. Same with the Northern Soul fashions. Always at the front of fashion at the time. Go to Samantha's in 1975 and there weren't many in bags. Straight leg jeans or cords, Levi 501's and generally a black v neck jumper/leather bomber. Not from Harringtons either. The only people who remember that were those who were there. Many talk about the fashions in the mod revival of the late 70's onwards rather than 68 onwards. It was very different. The "new" mods here and in Europe tend to be much more in sync with the original U.K. Mods rather than the Who/media driven fantasy put forward these days.

There were a few local original Skins/Mods in their mid sixties - unless you were very precocious , that's how old you need to be to have a hope of being an original Mod - who put on Ska, Reggae and club soul nights a few years ago. Like being Down Broadway all those years ago but old enough to drink legally

 

[grafikhaus]

Do you remember Geoff Cantrill ? Little guy; couldn`t get the ball off him.

Was he the guy who was much older than the rest of us? We played just about every Sunday afternoon in 'Encs', late 60s, early 70s.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

As posted earlier, Trevira was a multi purpose cloth used in both men's and women's clothing. It wasn't just two tone. It was a cheaper version of original mods mohair and tonic suits. Became more of a smart girls fashion as the guys moved towards Barathea blazers with a Yorkshire Rose and hankie/tie pin. The older lads wearing - and copied as you got older - hand made suits and tailored jackets like the original mods.

Daft high waist trousers, tank tops, star jumpers became a mainstream fashion mainly for divs and younger kids. Anyone genuinely into fashion wouldn't look twice at them outside gear like Skinners. You can always tell the bullshitters as they never mention the transition from suedehead to patchwork jumpers, round collared shirts slight flares and Oxford bags. Same with the Northern Soul fashions. Always at the front of fashion at the time. Go to Samantha's in 1975 and there weren't many in bags. Straight leg jeans or cords, Levi 501's and generally a black v neck jumper/leather bomber. Not from Harringtons either. The only people who remember that were those who were there. Many talk about the fashions in the mod revival of the late 70's onwards rather than 68 onwards. It was very different. The "new" mods here and in Europe tend to be much more in sync with the original U.K. Mods rather than the Who/media driven fantasy put forward these days.

There were a few local original Skins/Mods in their mid sixties - unless you were very precocious , that's how old you need to be to have a hope of being an original Mod - who put on Ska, Reggae and club soul nights a few years ago. Like being Down Broadway all those years ago but old enough to drink legally

Samantha's. I reckon late 60s



EDIT:

Thinking about it, it might have been Heartbeats then. Anyone know when did it become Samantha's?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[tyke1889]

This was taken by me in late 1969 from the Classic steps. Lots of interesting things going on, can you spot them? View attachment 62177

Yeah, the guy in Micky Mouse ears. What's that all about!

 

[Sean Thornton]

Samantha's. I reckon late 60s



EDIT:

Thinking about it, it might have been Heartbeats then. Anyone know when did it become Samantha's?

Heartbeat. Samantha's around 1971?

 

[Mad Mick]

Samantha's. I reckon late 60s



EDIT:

Thinking about it, it might have been Heartbeats then. Anyone know when did it become Samantha's?

Yes mid to late 60's. It was called the Heartbeat then. In those days it was virtually my local, just down from Park Hill Flats. In 1970 we watched the world cup in colour in the back room. I always remember they had a DJ called the Mighty Atom.

 

[corkysbeard]

Absolutely......used to get my shoes and school uniform from there

Me too.

 

[Eskimo]

Again, Silent Blade , thank you, another match I went to! I remember us being on the open end, (now their Kop) opposite their then Kop, the Scratching Shed End. I think we sold 13,000 tickets that day and their old Tannoy speakers were belting out, "Noo Don't Stop De Carnival" (April Price's band?) and their pitch was a diamond-shaped quagmire. Despite relegation, 1968 was a good season in many ways. Well, for me it was.

We shouldn’t have lost that one. Reece missed a sitter and they scored late in the game. On the way home near Newmillerdam we were overtaken by a van packed full of Blades with its side and back doors open. It went on two wheels around the corner. Any one on here ?

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Was he the guy who was much older than the rest of us? We played just about every Sunday afternoon in 'Encs', late 60s, early 70s.

I wouldn`t know about that. I only knew him from school. However he was born in 1947, so the right age to be playing in the years you mention.

 

[Silent Blade]

We shouldn’t have lost that one. Reece missed a sitter and they scored late in the game. On the way home near Newmillerdam we were overtaken by a van packed full of Blades with its side and back doors open. It went on two wheels around the corner. Any one on here ?

Madeley scored in the 1st half

 

[sitwell]

Samantha's. I reckon late 60s



EDIT:

Thinking about it, it might have been Heartbeats then. Anyone know when did it become Samantha's?

My first nightclub in 1978. A group of us from school went and one of the girls got so pissed she was blue lighted to hospital. It was Samanthas then and changed to Stars a couple of years later.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

My first nightclub in 1978. A group of us from school went and one of the girls got so pissed she was blue lighted to hospital. It was Samanthas then and changed to Stars a couple of years later.

I was a regular at Samantha’s from mid-seventies but didn’t care too much for the Northern Soul stuff. As I became more sophisticated I started going to Scamps in preference. By the time Josephines opened most of my clubbing pals had got married and weren’t allowed out to play. I occasionally went there but never really liked it very much. Attracted a very posy crowd.

I enjoyed Fannys and Climax with moderate success.

I resorted to chatting up girls in the workplace, shop girls, especially those off the perfumery departments, were my favourites, I liked the ones off lingerie too, and haberdashery, in fact, I liked them all!

I still do! And it’s nice to see many of them recycling themselves after several rounds of marriage, 30 years or so and many divorces later, at the posh bars on Ecclesall Road. (Like Pointing Dog that was but isn’t called that now I’ve been told!).

They bait you with tight jeans, slack hides and Botox. They check out your key fob to see what car you are driving. And they wait, like preying mantis, ready to pounce!

Beware!