Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Cerberus Blade]

I took my first serious girlfriend there to see 'Emmanuelle' on our first date. Incredibly, it lasted for 2 years...

It was a long film I agree. I didn’t watch it as many times as you obviously. I was only there for three days until the school wagman fetched me out by the ear.

I remember buying chlorine goggles after seeing that film.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Could be an early Cortina Mk3?

I’m going to concede on this one. I looked hard at the photo and even zoomed in, but I can’t see the headlamp shape clearly. If it is a Cortina I’d suggest the Mark 2.

If that’s the case then the photo contains three generations of Ford saloon cars. That’s remarkable by itself.

 

[The Crab]

It wasn't the film that lasted two years, it was the errection.

Nobody likes a show off

 

[Bladethebrian]

I took my first serious girlfriend there to see 'Emmanuelle' on our first date. Incredibly, it lasted for 2 years...

That’s a seriously long film! I took mine to see the sex adventures of the three musketeers and recall she dropped her box of maltesers which rolled around for ages. And yes the film was garbage but fond memories.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Brown Cow was on Mowbray Street, on the corner of CorporationnStreet. Pub still there.

I’m not

My uncle worked in the Brewery and used to bring home bottles of it before it was let down and had that slight bit of fizz added. It was the colour of brown ale and was like rocket fuel. Warmed in a saucepan and drank before bed it was a guaranteed cold cure. You obviously didnt need a lot.

My Dad had a lot of colds......

One for those who wore long macs

 

[I should coco]

Now renamed the Harlequin. Both the Manchester and Harlequin (which was round the back and lost to to the ring road) were Wards pubs.

The Manchester was unafected by the road works but for some reason they switched the name. Here's the old one with its distinctive corner door:

 

[Paisley Blade]

Now renamed the Harlequin. Both the Manchester and Harlequin (which was round the back and lost to to the ring road) were Wards pubs.

The Manchester was unafected by the road works but for some reason they switched the name. Here's the old one with its distinctive corner door:

Alan and Margaret, later to be long time custodians of The Norfolk Arms Grenoside, used to run the Manchester. Wonderful people, The Norfolk was like a second home to me in my youth !

 

[Sheene7]

I took my first serious girlfriend there to see 'Emmanuelle' on our first date. Incredibly, it lasted for 2 years...

Didn't realise it was such a long film!

 

[snootyfenooty]

Didn't realise it was such a long film!

What struck me about that film is that it only took her about 30 seconds to reach crisis point. Fucking hell, I wish, it takes my missus the length of the film.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Cortina Mk2...

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Had a love affair with Nina,
in the back of my Cortina,
a seasoned up hyena,
could not have been more obscener

They don't write 'em like that anymore.....

 

[Sean Thornton]

Had a love affair with Nina,
in the back of my Cortina,
a seasoned up hyena,
could not have been more obscener

They don't write 'em like that anymore.....

George and Ira Gershwin?

 

[madeinsheffield]

Cleaned my teeth, put on my best clobber,
Tonight's the night I'm going to knob her
Vauxhall Viva's covered in rust,
But you can't shag a bird on a 29 bus

 

[BushBlade]

George and Ira Gershwin?

Goffin and King

 

[Trigger Blade]

Noel Coward was a charmer.
As a writer he was brahma.
Velvet jackets and pyjamas,
"The Gay Divorce" and other dramas,

Their ain't half been some clever bastards (lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)

 

[Dnblade]

Cleaned my teeth, put on my best clobber,
Tonight's the night I'm going to knob her
Vauxhall Viva's covered in rust,
But you can't shag a bird on a 29 bus

Try catching the 69.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I have a knife
Get in the van bitch





Oscar Wilde.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Now renamed the Harlequin. Both the Manchester and Harlequin (which was round the back and lost to to the ring road) were Wards pubs.

The Manchester was unafected by the road works but for some reason they switched the name. Here's the old one with its distinctive corner door:

Went in both in the 80s but can’t remember much about them. Planning to go in the Harlequin but I’m ususally cycling when down that end of town.

 

[I should coco]

Planning to go in the Harlequin

Now the brewery tap for the excellent Exit 33 brewery, so good real ales and ciders on hand pull. A little bit of a rocker's pub but not the Grebo thing you might remember from your youth.

but I’m ususally cycling when down that end of town.

That's nice.

 

[ghandi]

Was it the Coach House?

Think it moved to Dinnington and then renamed to something else

 

[Sean Thornton]

Think it moved to Dinnington and then renamed to something else

Venus.

The Venus at the corner of Cambridge Street and Pinstone Street and the Coach House were owned by the same people.

 

[Sheene7]

Noel Coward was a charmer.
As a writer he was brahma.
Velvet jackets and pyjamas,
"The Gay Divorce" and other dramas,

Their ain't half been some clever bastards (lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)

Ah dear old Ian Dury - remember seeing him at the City Hall. Top performer.

 

[I should coco]

Venus.

The Venus at the corner of Cambridge Street and Pinstone Street and the Coach House were owned by the same people.

Originally Deans in Dinnington but renamed Venus in late 80s or early 90s.

The food was okay but never mind the quality feel the width.
"Would you like some chips on your chips, sir?".

 

[Sean Thornton]

Originally Deans in Dinnington but renamed Venus in late 80s or early 90s.

The food was okay but never mind the quality feel the width.
"Would you like some chips on your chips, sir?".

Deans, that's right, now you've mentioned it.

 

[I should coco]

Deans, that's right, now you've mentioned it.

Of course it's right you cheeky sod.

Having said that my 'posh restaurant' knowledge (i.e. one without fish friers), is not as good as my pub knowledge.

 

[Isar]

What struck me about that film is that it only took her about 30 seconds to reach crisis point. Fucking hell, I wish, it takes my missus the length of the film.

You need to work on your foreplay, ask her if she has finished the washing up, that one is a winner.

 

[grafikhaus]

Had a love affair with Nina,
in the back of my Cortina,
a seasoned up hyena,
could not have been more obscener

They don't write 'em like that anymore.....

Not so sure. I'm (half) listening to FH and - ahead of tonight's Villa v Millers game - they mentioned a flag at the ground with...

'From Rotterdam to Rotherham' (Villa won the 1982 European Cup Final v Bayern Munich on 26/5/82 at De Kuip Stadium (Feyenoord, Rotterdam).

Brilliant!

Now the brewery tap for the excellent Exit 33 brewery, so good real ales and ciders on hand pull. A little bit of a rocker's pub but not the Grebo thing you might remember from your youth.

That's nice.

Shouldn't this be in the 'Wednesday Wankers' section?

 

[Danny_Blade]

Now renamed the Harlequin. Both the Manchester and Harlequin (which was round the back and lost to to the ring road) were Wards pubs.

The Manchester was unafected by the road works but for some reason they switched the name. Here's the old one with its distinctive corner door:

Alan and Margaret, later to be long time custodians of The Norfolk Arms Grenoside, used to run the Manchester. Wonderful people, The Norfolk was like a second home to me in my youth !

Just out of interest, why would we have a pub called 'The Manchester' in Sheffield??

That'd be like renaming the Cricketer's The Pricked Owl or summat!

 

[Deaneandagana]

My grandma (dad's mum) lived at Victor Street, S6. This was actually posh as they'd moved from a decrepit slum on Albert Terrace Road (where the apartments are on the corner of Penistone Road) in about 1935. I used to love going as it had an outside bog and the plumbing consisted of one cold tap in the sink and a kettle. Quirky! My dad told a great tale about why they had no light in the kitchen. When they had electricity installed in about 1936, the company gave a basic number for nowt - any more you had to pay for. My grandad said they'd have the basics and have more installed when they had the cash. They had a light in the "front room" (used about every 3 years and at Christmas), but intriguingly not in the kitchen (a room that my grandad didn't venture into except as a means of getting into and out of the house!). My grandma moved in about 1966, and still without no kitchen light. She had cooked meals for 30 years, between November and March, essentially in the dark, with a torch or candle! She had a hard life, but she was great, and rightly or wrongly, "just got on with it"!

Now then, my Grandma lived on Victor St - number 10, used to spend every Saturday there in the early 70’s, happy memories.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Just out of interest, why would we have a pub called 'The Manchester' in Sheffield??

That'd be like renaming the Cricketer's The Pricked Owl or summat!

Possibly because it was near the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln railway that was one of the first into Sheffield.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Cleaned my teeth, put on my best clobber,
Tonight's the night I'm going to knob her
Vauxhall Viva's covered in rust,
But you can't shag a bird on a 29 bus

Macc Lads ?