Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Lane Ender]

Wasn't it the 53 bus. Or have you confused it with the 42?
The Wise and Hague families were blades,both on Lindsay,also the Aitken's.....
I'm off Buchanan,where ,as far as I remember,there was shopkeepers Roger Heath&Ernest Bownes,then Sam Major and me,who were Blades.

There was a shop on Buchanan Rd served us with 1p bangers when we were nippers

 

[Bert]

There was a shop on Buchanan Rd served us with 1p bangers when we were nippers

1d surely?

 

[Lane Ender]

1d surely?

Oops

 

[snootyfenooty]

Oops

Lets just call it a penny banger and stay friends.

 

[GrayBlade]

 

[GrayBlade]

 

[GrayBlade]

 

[GrayBlade]

 

[GrayBlade]

 

[Tom Bott]

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Used to have a very large (not massive ! ) christmas tree on that roundabout back in't good old days.

Though on the down side the glue on the back of the co-op stamps used to leave a bitter taste.

 

[Tom Bott]

That reminds me of the spot the ball competiton. Never where I put my X's

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Tony Field and that goal, with a young SEB on the John Street terrace behind.

 

[stringjunior]

This should keep the tram spotters happy. I don't recognise any of Sheffield though...

 

[speedymcgeady]

You're absolutely correct, I have confused the 2 numbers, but then I do that all the time these days, considering that was over 58 years ago, I 'm surprised I got it as close as I did!

We were spoils for choice with buses,a short walk took me to one end of Buchanan,if I was going to the match alone,I got the 20 or 17, if going with the lads of Wordsworth,it was the 49'53,89,or a short walk through Chaucer school fields,for the 42 or the buses from high green.
Happy days,as most dropped us within a short walk of the ground, ( it seemed short back then,even from Bridge street).

 

[I should coco]

This should keep the tram spotters happy. I don't recognise any of Sheffield though...

About 2.35 in it comes up Pinstone Street with the Town Hall on the distance in the right.

Then it jumps to going down Commercial Street towards what is now Park Square.

Loads and loads of bits i don't recognise, although the sp[rightly little terrier fairly early on was called Buster and was on his way for a shit.

 

[Silent Blade]

The top photo would be 1975 because the roof wasnt there until after March 1975 as you can see in the below pgoto (Blades v West Ham on 22nd March 1975)

 

[Boxer Blade]

Tony Field and that goal, with a young SEB on the John Street terrace behind.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Tony Field and that goal, with a young SEB on the John Street terrace behind.

Soccerlaw

 

[speedymcgeady]

There was a shop on Buchanan Rd served us with 1p bangers when we were nippers

Sounds like Heath's or Benton's, Can't ever recall the "bottom shops" near Chaucer school selling em.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

The top photo would be 1975 because the roof wasnt there until after March 1975 as you can see in the below pgoto (Blades v West Ham on 22nd March 1975)

Is that the quality goal by a quality player?

 

[Bert]

Is that the quality goal by a quality player?

It's a few lads off a building site having a kick around at snap time.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

About 2.35 in it comes up Pinstone Street with the Town Hall on the distance in the right.

Then it jumps to going down Commercial Street towards what is now Park Square.

Loads and loads of bits i don't recognise, although the sp[rightly little terrier fairly early on was called Buster and was on his way for a shit.

Think the tram goes down High Street then swings left into Haymarket then Waingate rather than going down Commercial Street. You can see one of the doorways to the Old Town Hall on the left very near the end of the film

 

[Silent Blade]

Is that the quality goal by a quality player?

Yes

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

 

[Tom Bott]

The top photo would be 1975 because the roof wasnt there until after March 1975 as you can see in the below pgoto (Blades v West Ham on 22nd March 1975)

What a waste of money that DESSO was, we could have kept a proper pitch to play proper footie on.

 

[Silent Blade]

What a waste of money that DESSO was, we could have kept a proper pitch to play proper footie on.

pommpey will love your comment!

 

[stringjunior]

About 2.35 in it comes up Pinstone Street with the Town Hall on the distance in the right.

Then it jumps to going down Commercial Street towards what is now Park Square.

Loads and loads of bits i don't recognise, although the sp[rightly little terrier fairly early on was called Buster and was on his way for a shit.

Found this

• Starts at the junction of London Road and Queens Road (Lowfield Primary School in centre shot)
• Down London Road, with the end of Alderson Road visible on right London Road / Alderson Road
• Up South Street, Moor and on to Pinstone Street
• Down Fargate and High Street
• Left just before Commercial Street and down Haymarket
• Finishes by the old Town Hall (Law Courts)
• Last shot is out of place, as it's Sheffield Goldsmiths Company, which was not at this location?

 

[grafikhaus]

 

[grafikhaus]

That reminds me of the spot the ball competiton. Never where I put my X's

It probably wouldn't have mattered - it was a big con. When it started, the top prize was £1k. Then they had a 'rollover' (sounds familiar?) and it eventually went up and up to £100k. Unless you cut out your entry with surgical precision, it would be rejected at it had to fit exactly in their frame. Remember those rubber stamps you could buy with loads of tiny 'X's?

 

[I should coco]

A video rather than a photo from a quintessentially Sheffield band; Don Valley and the Rotherhides:



I think the song comes from around 1989 and so predates her death by a good few years just in case anyone thinks I'm some kind of anti-Tory sicko (I am).