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HighfieldBlade said:
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Cold, drafty but dry place in winter but far better than when it was like this.Pond St bus station c1950 could be a little earlier. On a wet day got soaked waiting for buse...webp

Cold, drafty and WET place when it were like this, late 1940's, especially when able to walk under that lower bar, memories eh!!!!!
A couple of points of interest for those who don't remember it like this.
Far right, building with white between the windows, the Lyceum pub.Lyceum Hotel, Pond Hill. Drank in here whilst waiting coach returning to RAF Bridgenorth Sund...webp Only went in a couple of times, memory says 'it were ok'
Girder work, top left, started before WW2 and stood like this till around 1950 when it became the Odeon Cinema.Odean Cinema Norfolk St R Flat St L.webp A place where I honed my snogging and bra tweaking skills on half days, first and last days of term, from school, as a callow youth. Pleasant and happy memories.
The present Pond St bus station is OK automatic closing doors help keep it reasonable on bad weather days but I must say it's a while since I was last there.
Anyhow, a far cry from when Pond St was lined with houses and my granddad said every other house was a pub, little evidence of that in this photo but he weren't a man to exaggerate after thirty years down't pit with a pick in his hands, a short holiday in Egypt then in the trenches in France, till wounded a second time he came home to go back down't pit, as was the experience of thousands of others except those who never came home and are still out there. God Bless 'em.
Pond St sheffield tram Flat St in distance (2).webp
 
Eddiecolquhounsleg said:
Yes. It was a Midland Bank before it became a restaurant and the other building, which is now the Sheffield Fireworks Co was, I think, a Barclays. The S&E was the ‘go too’ place for school uniforms, if I recall right. We couldn’t afford Cole’s 😀😀. It was a great place to go and is what Meadowhall would call an ‘Anchor tenant’ in that you would have to walk past loads of other shops before you got to it. Yes, it was very popular and a sad loss both commercially and architecturally.
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Pre Thai it was Robert Brady Menswear after Mr Glover moved from Ecclesall Road.
 
XH536 said:
Cold, drafty but dry place in winter but far better than when it was like this.View attachment 201567

Cold, drafty and WET place when it were like this, late 1940's, especially when able to walk under that lower bar, memories eh!!!!!
A couple of points of interest for those who don't remember it like this.
Far right, building with white between the windows, the Lyceum pub.View attachment 201568 Only went in a couple of times, memory says 'it were ok'
Girder work, top left, started before WW2 and stood like this till around 1950 when it became the Odeon Cinema.View attachment 201569 A place where I honed my snogging and bra tweaking skills on half days, first and last days of term, from school, as a callow youth. Pleasant and happy memories.
The present Pond St bus station is OK automatic closing doors help keep it reasonable on bad weather days but I must say it's a while since I was last there.
Anyhow, a far cry from when Pond St was lined with houses and my granddad said every other house was a pub, little evidence of that in this photo but he weren't a man to exaggerate after thirty years down't pit with a pick in his hands, a short holiday in Egypt then in the trenches in France, till wounded a second time he came home to go back down't pit, as was the experience of thousands of others except those who never came home and are still out there. God Bless 'em.
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Not far from the Queens Head used to be an ice factory!
 

HighfieldBlade said:
Phil Oakley (Human League) outside Express Dairy with life-size plastic cow in window, Broadfield Rd, Heeley. Not sure what year it's from.
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A few seconds later the cow fell out of the window accompanied by a cry of "Oakey you wankurrrr!"
 

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