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Found my APOEC book. Ref. your above photo, APOEC just references Royal Hotel, no reference to Hotel Vaults. Maybe some discrepancy there, certainly says Royal Hotel Vaults but strange the interior seems visible from the street, opposite to dictates to licenced premises.
To be honest SEB, the Royal looks a bit fair to average, the Cowshed as it was nicknamed was reputed as its name suggest, an absolute shithouse. From the tales I heard the Cowshed was still trading late 40s to 50s, and maybe nearer the bottom of Dixon Lane area, nether the less, a very interesting photo, would what is or was the Bull and Mouth stand somewhere on theright-hand side
Didnt frequent it that much but in the odd occasions I did go in the Dove and Rainbow, all the women looked like weirdos. This would be probably early 90’s.
Second photo down, far right, Lew Burgin's door mi thinks, or maybe he had moved on when photo was taken. He also had shop in Castle Market next to RAF Recruiting Office 1st floor.
Yes the Castle Market, before that, possibly 1920's, certainly 1930's B&C Department store, blitzed 1940, then Castle Market from 1959.
That's a cracking photo XM657. I've never seen that particular shot in technicolor before. Can I ask where you found it?
Sounds like I may a bit younger then you but not by much. Started drinking round town as a 17 year old in the late eighties. Like you I often did the Golden Ball but also the Wig and Pen across the road. Generally fitted in the Fountain bar later in the night before walking up the old ramp to Roxys to see what the end of the night had in store
Yes, you can ask but I haven't a clue, possibly Pictures Sheffield. When I've nowt to do I'll trawl sights like PS, Pinterest, Getty etc. Just like old photos, seeing my parents, grandparents and great grandparents generations. Big believer in 'a photos worth 1000 words'.
Tears of joy no doubt, seeing her son join such an august institution. As I alus say 'ye mams ye bestist ever friend'.
Sounds like I may a bit younger then you but not by much. Started drinking round town as a 17 year old in the late eighties. Like you I often did the Golden Ball but also the Wig and Pen across the road. Generally fitted in the Fountain bar later in the night before walking up the old ramp to Roxys to see what the end of the night had in store
After a couple of years tended to go up West Street into the Saddle and usually managed to get barred most weeks, however they always let us back in the week after with a warning to behave ourselves.
Avoided the limit due to the pig persuasion.
Was a regular in Silks in the early nineties.
Sounds like I may a bit younger then you but not by much. Started drinking round town as a 17 year old in the late eighties. Like you I often did the Golden Ball but also the Wig and Pen across the road. Generally fitted in the Fountain bar later in the night before walking up the old ramp to Roxys to see what the end of the night had in store
After a couple of years tended to go up West Street into the Saddle and usually managed to get barred most weeks, however they always let us back in the week after with a warning to behave ourselves.
Avoided the limit due to the pig persuasion.
Was a regular in Silks in the early nineties.
Lew Burgin's son had a ladies hair salon next to the barbers. My wife used to work for him and left after a couple of years and found out the robbing bastard had been deducting NI from her wages but not paying the stamp, he had to pay the lot in one go.
Cracking photo. Foreground, Austin Somerset next to a Ford Consul, to the left would be the King's Head, which had a revolving door at the entrance. The Bell in the square as it was known in the late 50s, once stood outside on the pavement with my Dad and watched the best fist fight I have ever seen. Wiggy's to the right, everyone had a telly on the strap at sometime from them and the GPO extreme right, going in there in that era was like going in Church, if you uttered a sound yer Mam would clip you round the earole.
Next to the bus is John Spencer's, think it was a Taylor's shop. Along the skyline would that be Pitsmoor flats, can't remember them looking that impressive
Sorry, I follow what you mean now seeing this excellent photo of Fitzalan Sq. Although the cinema has had many name changes it's always been "The News Theatre" to me and was when I did the Satdis circa 1951. In '51 all that was shown was newsreels and American cartoons. On Satdi mornings change of programme for kids. Presumably it was The Cartoon Cinema when you saw Superman some time after my Saturday jaunts.
Kings Alms, Commercial St. never went in but as you say revolving door which must have been unique for a pub. Sad story from long standing neighbor no longer with us. 1945 demobed with his mate celebrating victory in Kings Alms, hoky coky strikes up mate puts his hands on a lasses hips, husband objects fight follows mate knocks husband down, Husband dead mate goes down for manslaughter.
A lot of that went on in the past, had to keep your eye on it otherwise you got robbed. Good to know it all went well in the end. No doubt a Billy Big Bollocks.
Found this, looks like the same photographer, possibly the same day.
Bunny’s clothes shop was down there.
Staggered into that taxi rank a few times bolloxed
Ah!!! the good old days.
You couldn’t walk through town drunk these days at 3 o’clock in the morning
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